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List of mayors of San Antonio

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List of mayors of San Antonio

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The following is a list of mayors of San Antonio, Texas.

San Antonio operates under a council–manager form of government. While the mayor presides over meetings of the City Council and is paid $3,000 more than other members of the Council, the mayor does not wield executive authority or veto power. Rather, the mayor has one vote (of 11) on the city council, and the city manager, appointed by the City Council, has executive power (the city charter gives the manager the responsibility to "execute the laws and administer the government of the city"). However, the mayor does have additional ceremonial responsibilities, such as issuing proclamations. Additionally, the mayor is the only city-wide elected official, and "a high-profile mayor can wield considerable political influence" in the city. For example, the San Antonio Express-News editorial board wrote that Mayor Julian Castro has "a mastery of political skill that made him a strong force in a weak mayor structure" during his term (2009–14).

Under Texas law, the mayor, like the city council, is selected in a non-partisan election. When a vacancy occurs, the city council appoints an interim mayor.Van Darden, Mayor Ivy Taylor announces she will run for mayor: Taylor appointed mayor by City Council in July, KSAT (February 16, 2015). The mayor, like the other members of the city council, served a two-year term, with a four-term limit. However, due to the passage of Proposition F in 2024, the winner will receive a four-year term, as term limits were changed from four two-year terms to two four-year terms. From 1975 to 2025, every mayor of San Antonio had previously served on the city council.

Colonial (1731–1821) and Mexican (1821–1836) San Antonio

The mayors of colonial San Antonio served one-year terms, although there were exceptions: some mayors, such as José Curbelo, Ignacio Lopez de Armas and Jose Felix Menchaca, held office several times. Juan Leal Goraz became the first mayor of La Villa de San Fernando, the settlement which would later become known as the city of San Antonio, after its founding on March 9, 1731.

Years of serviceMayor1731–3217331734173517361737173817391740174117421743174417451746174717481748175017511752–5317551756175717581759–17601761176217631764April 1764 – ?17651766176717681769177017711772–731774177517761777177817791780178117821783178417851786178717881789–901791179217931794179517961797179817991800180118021803180418051806–071807180818091810January–February 1811March 1811 – ?18121813 (until October)1813–141815181618171818181918201820182118221823182418251826182718281829183018311832183318341835January–February 1836April 1836 – 1837
Juan Leal Goraz
Antonio de los Santos
Manuel de Niz
Juan Leal Goraz (2nd term)
Antonio de los Santos (2nd term)
Juan Curbelo
Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas
Juan Curbelo (2nd term)
Juan Delgado
Antonio Rodríguez Medero
Patricio Rodríguez
Antonio Sosa
Antonio López Aguado y Villafuente
Juan José Montes de Oca
José Curbelo
Mateo Pérez
Juan José Padrón
José Leal
Juan José Padrón (2nd term)
José Curbelo (2nd term)
Luis Antonio Menchaca
Manuel Delgado
Antonio López Aguado y Villafuente (2nd term)
José Curbelo (3rd term)
Juan José Flores
Martín Lorenzo de Armas
Antonio López Aguado y Villafuente (3rd term)
Juan José Flores (2nd term)
Luis Antonio Menchada (2nd term)
Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas (2nd term)
Francisco Delgado
Bernabé de Carbajal
Domingo Delgado
Miguel Gortari
Jacinto Delgado
Francisco Flores de Abrego
Simón de Arocha
José Félix Menchaca
Domingo Delgado (2nd term)
Joaquín Menchaca
Amador Delgado
Vicente Álvarez Travieso
Manuel Delgado (2nd term)
José Félix Menchaca (2nd term)
Francisco Flores de Abrego (2nd term)
Toribio de la Fuente Fernández
Francisco Flores de Abrego (3rd term)
Juan José de la Santa
Manuel Delgado (3rd term)
Francisco Javier Rodríguez
Salvador Rodríguez
Juan José de la Santa (2nd term)
Simón de Arocha (2nd term)
José Félix Menchaca (3rd term)
Ignacio Calvillo
Francisco de Arocha
Vicente Ferrer Enriquez de Amador
Manuel de Arocha
Ramón de las Fuentes
José Félix Menchaca (4th term)
Salvador Rodríguez (2nd term)
José Roberto Núñez
Manuel de Arocha (2nd term)
Juan José de la Garza
Manuel Delgado (4th term)
Manuel María Barrera
José Antonio Saucedo
José Félix Menchaca (5th term)
Tomás de Arocha
Ignacio Pérez
José Antonio Saucedo (2nd term)
Ángel Navarro
Ignacio Pérez
Manuel María Barrera (2nd term)
Manuel Delgado (5th term)
Gaspar Flores de Abrego
Francisco Travieso
Clemente Delgado
José Antonio de la Garza
José Antonio Saucedo (3rd term)
José María Zambrano
Domingo Bustillos
Francisco Flores
Juan María Zambrano (2nd term)
Francisco Montes de Oca
Francisco Flores (2nd term)
Erasmo Seguín (from July 25)
José Ángel Navarro
José María Salinas
Manuel Yturri Castillo
Gaspar Flores de Abrego (2nd term)
Juan Martín de Veramendi
Juan José Zambrano
José María Salinas (2nd term)
Juan Martín de Veramendi (2nd term)
Gaspar Flores de Abrego (3rd term)
Jose Miguel de Arciniega
José María Salinas (3rd term)
José Antonio de la Garza (2nd term)
Jose Miguel de Arciniega (2nd term)
Juan Seguín
José Ángel Navarro (2nd term)
Francisco Antonio Ruíz
José María Salinas (4th term)

San Antonio in the Republic of Texas (1836–1844) and U.S. State of Texas (1844–present)

[[Samuel Maverick
[[Juan Seguín
[[Daniel Cleveland
[[Maury Maverick
[[Henry Cisneros
[[Edward D. Garza
[[Julian Castro
[[Ivy Taylor
Years of serviceImageMayor1837–3818381838–391839–401840–411841–4218411842–441844–461846–4718471847–4818481848–491849–511849–511852–531853–541854–551855–561856–5718571857–591859–621862–631863–6518651865–661866–671867–7218721872–751875–851885–921892–931893–9418941894–971897–991899–0319031903–051905–1219121912–191319131913–19171917–211921–231923–2719271927–3319331933–391939–411941–431943–471947–491949–521952–531953–5419541954–55May 1, 1955 – May 1, 1961May 1, 1961 – May 1, 1971May 1, 1971 – May 1, 1973May 1, 1973 – May 1, 1975May 1, 1975 – May 1, 1981May 1, 1981 – June 1, 1989June 1, 1989 – June 1, 1991June 1, 1991 – June 1, 1995June 1, 1995 – June 1, 1997June 1, 1997 – June 1, 2001June 1, 2001 – June 7, 2005June 7, 2005 – June 1, 2009June 1, 2009 – July 22, 2014July 22, 2014 – June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 – June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 – present
John W. Smith
William H. Daingerfield
[[File:Menchaca.jpg75px]]Antonio Menchaca (Pro Tem)
[[File:Samuel Maverick.jpg75px]]Samuel Maverick
John W. Smith (2nd)
[[File:Juan seguin.jpg75px]]Juan Seguín (2nd)
Francis Guilbeau (Pro Tem)
John W. Smith (3rd)
Edward Dwyer
Bryan Callaghan, Sr.
Charles F. King
S. S. Smith
Charles F. King (2nd)
S. S. Smith (2nd)
J. M. Devine
J. S. McDonald
Charles F. King (3rd)
J. M. Devine (2nd)
John M. Carolan
James R. Sweet
J. M. Devine (3rd)
J. H. Beck (Pro Tem)
A. A. Lockwood
James R. Sweet (2nd)
Samuel Maverick (2nd)
P.L. Buquor
J. H. Lyons
[[File:Daniel-Cleveland-sdhs-smythe-p542.jpg75px]]Daniel Cleveland
J. H. Lyons (2nd)
[[File:Theilepage.jpg75px]]Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape
S. G. Newton
[[File:Giraud.jpg75px]]Francois P. Giraud
James H. French
[[File:Bryan V. Callaghan Jr.png75px]]Bryan Callaghan, Jr.
A. I. Lockwood (Pro Tem)
George Paschal
Henry Elmendorf (Pro Tem)
Henry Elmendorf
[[File:Bryan V. Callaghan Jr.png75px]]Bryan Callaghan, Jr. (2nd)
Marshall Hicks
Frederick Terrell (Pro Tem)
John P. Campbell
[[File:Bryan V. Callaghan Jr.png75px]]Bryan Callaghan, Jr. (3rd)
William L. Richter (Pro Tem)
A. H. Jones
Albert Steves (Pro Tem)
Clinton G. Brown
Sam C. Bell
O. B. Black
John W. Tobin
Phil Wright (Pro Tem)
C. M. Chambers
C. K. Quin (Pro Tem)
C. K. Quin
[[File:Maury Maverick.jpg75px]]Maury Maverick
C. K. Quin (2nd)
Gus B. Mauerman
Alfred Callaghan
A. C. (Jack) White
Sam Bell Steves
A. C. (Jack) White (2nd)
R. L. Lester
R. N. White, Sr.
J. Edwin Kuykendall
Walter W. McAllister
John Gatti
Charles L. Becker
[[File:Lila Cockrell.jpg75px]]Lila Cockrell
[[File:HenryCisnerosLibraryHIGHRES (cropped2).JPG75px]]Henry G. Cisneros
[[File:Lila Cockrell.jpg75px]]Lila Cockrell (2nd)
[[File:Judge Nelson Wolff (cropped).jpg75px]]Nelson Wolff
William E. "Bill" Thornton
Howard W. Peak
[[File:Former Mayor Ed Garza supporters TJHS Feb 18 2009 Creative Commons IMG 0015.jpg75px]]Edward D. Garza
[[File:SA Mayor Phil Hardberger.jpg75px]]Phil Hardberger
[[File:Julián Castro's Official HUD Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg75px]]Julian Castro
[[File:Ivy Taylor em maio de 2017.png75px]]Ivy Taylor
[[File:Ron Nirenberg 2023 (cropped).jpg75px]]Ron Nirenberg
[[File: UnderSecAF Gina Ortiz Jones portrait (cropped).jpg75px]]Gina Ortiz Jones

References

References

  1. Kriston Capps, [https://www.citylab.com/equity/2014/05/why-julian-castros-record-as-mayor-of-san-antonio-doesnt-necessarily-tell-us-much-about-his-future-at-hud/371166/ Why Julián Castro's Record as Mayor of San Antonio Doesn't Necessarily Tell Us Much About His Future at HUD], ''CityLab'' (May 19, 2014).
  2. Sharon Navarro, [https://jsri.msu.edu/upload/recent-reports/RR-52%20Latino%20Mayors%20of%20San%20Antonio.pdf The Latino Mayors: San Antonio Politics and Policies], Research Report No. 52, April 2015, Julian Samora Research Institute, [[Michigan State University]], p. 2.
  3. [http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/article/Castro-served-our-city-well-as-mayor-5609867.php Castro served our city well as mayor], ''San-Antonio Express-News'' (July 9, 2014).
  4. José Manuel Balbuena Castellano. (2007). "La odisea de los canarios en Texas y Luisiana". Anroart Ediciones.
  5. (June 2005). "Congressional Record, V. 147, Pt. 3, March 8, 2001 to March 26, 2001". Government Printing Office.
  6. [http://www.sanantonio.gov/clerk/Archives/alcaldes_all.aspx City of San Antonio Alcaldes]
  7. Clark Jr., John W.. "François P. Giraud". Texas State Historical Association.
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