List of mayors of Washington, D.C.

The cities of Washington and Georgetown had separate mayors from 1802 - 1871. From 1871 through 1874, the District of Columbia was administered by Governors. From 1874 to 1974, the District was administered by a Board of Commissioners that was appointed by the President of the United States. From 1975 to the present day, the District, given home rule, has been administered by a popularly elected mayor and city council. The mayor of Washington, D.C., can be thought of as analogous to the city mayors of other cities in the United States, but in some manners can also be thought of as analogous to governors of other states.

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Mayors of Washington (1802 - 1871)

Mayors were appointed from 1802 until 1820, and then were elected.

Mayor Term Began Term Ended
Robert Brent 1802 1812
Daniel Rapine 1812 1813
James H. Blake 1813 1817
Benjamin G. Orr 1817 1819
Samuel N. Smallwood 1819 1822
Thomas Carbery 1822 1824
Samuel N. Smallwood 1824 1824
Roger C. Weightman 1824 1827
Joseph Gales, Jr. 1827 1830
John P. Van Ness 1830 1834
William A. Bradley 1834 1836
Peter Force 1836 1840
William Winston Seaton 1840 1850
Walter Lenox 1850 1852
John W. Maury 1852 1854
John Thomas Towers 1854 1856
William B. Magruder 1856 1858
James G. Berret 1858 1861
Richard Wallach 1861 1868
Sayles J. Bowen 1868 1870
Matthew Gault Emery 1870 1871
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Mayors of Georgetown (1790 - 1871)

Mayor Term Began Term Ended
Robert Peter 1790 1791
Thomas Beale 1791 1792
Uriah Forrest 1792 1793
John Threlkeld 1793 1794
Peter Casenave 1794 1795
Thomas Turner 1795 1796
Daniel Reintzel 1796 1797
Lloyd Beall 1797 1799
Daniel Reintzel 1799 1804
Thomas Corcoran 1805 1806
Daniel Reintzel 1806 1807
Thomas Corcoran 1808 1810
David Wiley 1811 1812
Thomas Corcoran 1812 1813
John Peter 1813 1818
Henry Foxall 1819 1820
John Peter 1821 1822
John Cox 1823 1845
Henry Addison 1845 1857
Richard R. Crawford 1857 1861
Henry Addison 1861 1867
Charles D. Welch 1867 1869
Henry M. Sweeney 1869 1871
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Governors of the District of Columbia (1871 - 1874)

Governor Term Began Term Ended
Henry Cooke 1871 1873
Alexander Shepherd 1873 1874
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Presidents of the Board of Commissioners

President Term Began Term Ended Political Party
William Dennison 1874 1878
Seth Ledyard Phelps 1878 1879
Josiah Dent 1879 1882
Joseph Rodman West 1882 1883
James Barker Edmonds 1883 1886
William Benning Webb 1886 1889
John Watkinson Douglass 1889 1893
John Wesley Ross 1893 1898
John Brewer Wright 1898 1900
Henry Brown Floyd MacFarland 1901 1909
Cuno Hugo Rudolph 1910 1913
Oliver Peck Newman 1913 1917
Louis Brownlow 1917 1920
Charles Willauer Kent 1920 1920
Cuno Hugo Rudolph 1920 1926
Proctor L. Dougherty 1926 1930
Luther Halsey Reichelderfer 1930 1933
Melvin Colvin Hazen 1933 1941
John Russell Young 1941 1952
F. Joseph Donohue 1952 1953
Samuel Spencer 1953 1956
Robert E. McLaughlin 1956 1961
Walter Nathan Tobriner 1961 1967
Walter Washington 1967 1975 Democrat
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Home Rule Mayors (1975 - present day)

Mayor Term Began Term Ended Political Party
Walter Washington 1975 1979 Democrat
Marion S. Barry 1979 1991 Democrat
Sharon Pratt Kelly * 1991 1995 Democrat
Marion S. Barry 1995 1999 Democrat
Anthony A. Williams 1999 present Democrat

(*) Elected as Sharon Pratt Dixon, but remarried during her term.