List of mayors of Phoenix explained

The following is a list of the mayors of Phoenix, Arizona.

	Portrait	Mayor	Term
1			1881
2		Francis A. Shaw	1881–1883
3			1883–1884
4		George F. Coats	1884–1885
5			1885–1886	First Jewish mayor[1]
6		DeForest Porter (2nd)	1886–1888
7		A. Leonard Meyer	1888–1889
8		George F. Coats (2nd)	1889–1890
9		T. D. McGlasson	1890–1891
10		Joseph Campbell	1891–1893
11		P. J. Cole	1893–1894
12			1894–1895
13		R. L. Rosson	1895–1896
14		R. Allyn Lewis	1896
15		Frank B. Moss	1896
16		James D. Monihon (2nd)	1896–1897
17		John C. Adams	1897–1899
18		Czar James Dyer	1899
19		Emil Ganz (2nd)	1899–1901
20		Walter Talbot	1901–1903
21		Walter Bennett	1903–1904
22		John T. Dunlap	1904–1905
23		John C. Adams (2nd)	1905
24		Frank B. Moss (2nd)	1905–1906 (died in office)
25		R. H. Greene	1906
26		Lewis W. Coggins	1906–1909
27		Lloyd B. Christy	1909–1914
28		George U. Young	1914–1916
29		Peter Corpstein	1916–1920
30		Willis H. Plunkett	1920–1922
31		L. L. Harmon	1922–1923
32		Louis B. Whitney	1923–1925
33		Frank A. Jefferson	1925–1928
34		Fred J. Paddock	1928–1930
35		Franklin D. Lane	1930–1932
36		Fred J. Paddock (2nd)	1932–1934
37		Joseph S. Jenckes	1934–1936
38			1936–1938
39		Walter J. Thalheimer	1938–1940
40		Reed Shupe	1940–1942
41		Newell Stewart	1942–1944
42		J. H. Fleming	1944–1946
43		Ray Busey	1946–1948
44			1948–1952
45		Hohen Foster	1952–1954
46		Frank G. Murphy	1954–1956
47			1956–1960
48			1960–1964
49			1964–1970
50			1970–1974
51			1974–1976
52			1976–1984	First woman mayor
53			1984–1990
54			1990–1994
55		John B. Nelson (fill-in)	1994
56		Thelda Williams (interim)	1994
57			1994–2004
58			2004–2012	2nd Jewish mayor of Phoenix[2]
59		Thelda Williams (interim)	2012
60			2012–2018
61		Thelda Williams (interim)	2018–2019
62			2019–present	Elected 2019[3] First female Jewish mayor of Phoenix

See also

• List of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States

External links

• Political Graveyard: Mayors of Phoenix

Notes and References

1. News: Ron. Kampeas . The pandemic put Kate Gallego, Phoenix’s Jewish mayor, in the spotlight . The Jerusalem Post. July 30, 2020. Gallego is Phoenix’s third Jewish mayor — she said it was a “point of pride” that Emil Ganz was the first in the late 19th century .
2. News: Ira . Morton . Phoenix's first Jewish mayor. Jewish News (Arizona). May 28, 2004.
3. News: Boehm . Jessica . Latest numbers: Kate Gallego wins big in race for Phoenix mayor . March 21, 2024 . The Arizona Republic . March 12, 2019.