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List of mayors of Houston

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Summary

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Field	Value
post	Mayor
body	Houston
insignia	Seal of Houston, Texas.png
insigniacaption	Seal of the City of Houston
flag	File:Flag of Houston, Texas.svg
flagcaption	Flag of the City of Houston
image	John Whitmire speaking at Veterans Day Ceremony, 2024 (5366) (cropped).jpg
incumbent	John Whitmire
incumbentsince	January 1, 2024
style	The Honorable
salary	$236,189 (2019)
termlength	Four years, renewable once (effective 2016)
formation	Houston City Charter
inaugural	James S. Holman
1837
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1837

The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.

Qualifications, election, and terms

To file to run for mayor, a person must be a qualified voter of the city of Houston, and have has resided in the city for at least 12 months immediately preceding the election day; to serve, the person must continue to be a qualified voter and resident. Elections for mayor are held every other odd-numbered year. To serve as mayor of Houston, a person must be a qualified voter and resident of the City. To win the election, a candidate is required to receive the majority of votes; if no candidate receives a majority, a run-off election between the top two

Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved Proposition 2, which extended the terms of the Mayor, City Controller and City Councilmembers to four years, while imposing a limit of two terms.

List of mayors of Houston

No.	Term	Mayor	Party
63	2024–present	John Whitmire	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
62	2016–2024	Sylvester Turner	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
61	2010–2016	Annise Parker	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
60	2004–2010	Bill White	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
59	1998–2004	Lee Brown	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
58	1992–1998	Bob Lanier	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
57	1982–1992	Kathy Whitmire	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
56	1978–1982	Jim McConn	Republican Party (United States)}};"
55	1974–1978	Fred Hofheinz	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
54	1964–1974	Louie Welch	Republican Party (United States)}};"
53	1958–1964	Lewis Cutrer	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
52	1956–1958	Oscar F. Holcombe (5th)	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
51	1953–1956	Roy Hofheinz	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
50	1947–1953	Oscar F. Holcombe (4th)	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
49	1943–1947	Otis Massey	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
48	1941–1943	Neal Pickett	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
47	1939–1941	Oscar F. Holcombe (3rd)	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
46	1937–1939	Richard H. Fonville
45	1933–1937	Oscar F. Holcombe (2nd)	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
44	1929–1933	Walter E. Monteith	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
43	1921–1929	Oscar F. Holcombe	Democratic Party (United States)}};"
42	1918–1921	A. Earl Amerman
41	1917–1918	Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.
40	1917	J. J. Pastoriza (died in office)
39	1913–1917	Ben Campbell
38	1905–1913	H. Baldwin Rice (2nd)
37	1904–1905	Andrew L. Jackson
36	1902–1904	O. T. Holt
35	1901–1902	John D. Woolford
34	1898–1901	Samuel H. Brashear
33	1896–1898	Horace Baldwin Rice
32	1892–1896	John T. Browne
31	1890–1892	Henry Scherffius
30	1886–1890	Daniel C. Smith
29	1880–1886	William R. Baker
28	1879–1880	Andrew Jackson Burke
27	1877–1878	James T. D. Wilson (2nd)
26	1875–1876	I. C. Lord
25	1874	James T. D. Wilson
24	1870–1873	Thomas H. Scanlan
23	1868–1870	Joseph Robert Morris
22	1867–1868	Alexander McGowan (2nd)
21	1866	Horace D. Taylor
20	1863–1865	William Anders
19	1862	Thomas W. House
18	1861	William J. Hutchins
17	1860	Thomas W. Whitmarsh
16	1859	William King
15	1858	Alexander McGowan
14	1856–1857	Cornelius Ennis
13	1855–1856	James H. Stevens
12	1853–1854	Nathan Fuller
11	1849–1852	Francis W. Moore Jr. (3rd)
10	1847–1848	Benjamin P. Buckner
9	1846	James Bailey
8	1845	William Swain
7	1844	Horace Baldwin
6	1843	Francis W. Moore Jr. (2nd)
5	1841–1842	John Day Andrews
4	1840	Charles Bigelow
3	1839	George W. Lively
2	1838–1839	Francis W. Moore Jr.
1	1837	James S. Holman

References

"Timeline". Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History.

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