This is a list of people who have served as mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. Each mayoral term lasts two years.

List of mayors of Houston

Term	Mayor
2010—	Annise Parker Annise Parker Annise Danette Parker is an American politician and the mayor of Houston since January 2, 2010. She served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1998 to 2003 and city controller from 2004 to 2009...
2004–2010	Bill White
1998–2004	Lee Brown Lee P. Brown Lee Patrick Brown had a long-time career in law enforcement, leading police departments in Atlanta, Houston and New York over the course of nearly four decades. During this time he helped to implement a number of techniques in community policing that appeared to result in substantial decreases in...
1992–1998	Bob Lanier Bob Lanier (politician) Bob Lanier is a businessman in the real estate industry who served as mayor of the city of Houston, Texas from 1992 to 1998...
1982–1991	Kathy Whitmire Kathryn J. Whitmire Kathryn Jean "Kathy" Whitmire was Mayor of the city of Houston, Texas, from 1982 to 1991.Whitmire was a professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she taught political science classes in the Burns Leadership Academy. Whitmire was the daughter of Ida Reeves and Karl Niederhofer, a...
1978–1981	Jim McConn Jim McConn James Joseph McConn was mayor of Houston, Texas from 1978 to 1982.McConn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He moved with his family to Houston in 1939, where he met Marjorie Gougenheim, whom he married in 1947...
1974–1977	Fred Hofheinz Fred Hofheinz Fred Hofheinz , was mayor of Houston, Texas, from 1974 to 1978. He attended the University of Texas, earning a B.A., M.A., PhD, and J.D....
1964–1973	Louie Welch Louie Welch Louie Welch Louie Welch Louie Welch (December 9, 1918Louie Welch (December 9, 1918Louie Welch (December 9, 1918"," Houston Public Library – January 27, 2008,) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Houston, Texas, from 1964 to 1973. -Early life:...
1958–1963	Lewis Cutrer Lewis Wesley Cutrer Lewis Wesley Cutrer served as Mayor of Houston, Texas from 1957–1963. Among his chief accomplishments while in office were the construction of Houston Intercontinental Airport and the Lake Livingston development project.The Houston Airport System named Lewis W...
1956–1957	Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe served as the mayor of Houston, Texas for 22 years, in 11 non-consecutive terms....
1953–1955	Roy Hofheinz Roy Hofheinz Roy Mark Hofheinz , popularly known as Judge Hofheinz or "The Judge", was State Representative from 1934 to 1936, County Judge of Harris County, Texas from 1936 to 1944, and mayor of the city of Houston, Texas from 1953 to 1955.-Biography:A flamboyant and successful orator, broadcaster, developer...
1947–1952	Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe served as the mayor of Houston, Texas for 22 years, in 11 non-consecutive terms....
1943–1946	Otis Massey Otis Massey Otis Massey was mayor of Houston, Texas from January 1943 to 1946. He was married to Mayme Kiser, they had two daughters, Dorothy and Marion. Massey was the first mayor of Houston to serve under the city manager form, rather than the city commission form of government. As mayor, he supported a...
1941–1942	Neal Pickett Cornelius A. Pickett Cornelius Augustus Pickett , commonly known as Neal Pickett, was a politician and former mayor of Houston, Texas from 1941 to 1943.-Personal life:...
1939–1941	Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe served as the mayor of Houston, Texas for 22 years, in 11 non-consecutive terms....
1937–1938	R. H. Fonville
1933–1936	Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe served as the mayor of Houston, Texas for 22 years, in 11 non-consecutive terms....
1929–1933	Walter E. Monteith
1921–1929	Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar F. Holcombe Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe served as the mayor of Houston, Texas for 22 years, in 11 non-consecutive terms....
1918–1921	A. Earl Amerman
1917–1918	Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr. Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr. Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr. was a United States federal judge.Born in Houston, Texas, on October 19, 1879, Hutcheson received an LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1900. He was in private practice in Houston, Texas from 1900 to 1918, and was the chief legal advisor to the City...
1917	J. J. Pastoriza (died in office)
1913–1917	Ben Campbell
1905–1913	H. Baldwin Rice Horace Baldwin Rice Horace Baldwin Rice was a prominent early Texas businessman. He was born in 1861. Rice was also very active in politics, serving once as Harris County Commissioner and twice as Mayor of Houston, from 1896 to 1898 and again from 1905 to 1913. He was also the grandson of Horace Baldwin, who served as...
1904–1905	Andrew L. Jackson
1902–1904	O. T. Holt
1901–1902	John D. Woolford
1898–1901	Samuel H. Brashear
1896–1898	H. Baldwin Rice Horace Baldwin Rice Horace Baldwin Rice was a prominent early Texas businessman. He was born in 1861. Rice was also very active in politics, serving once as Harris County Commissioner and twice as Mayor of Houston, from 1896 to 1898 and again from 1905 to 1913. He was also the grandson of Horace Baldwin, who served as...
1892–1896	John T. Browne John T. Browne John Thomas Browne was an Irish Catholic Mayor of Houston, Texas. He was instrumental in starting the Houston Fire Department as a paid force. He served in that post from 1892 to 1896 and then in the Texas House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899 and again in 1907...
1890–1892	Henry Scherffius
1886–1890	Daniel C. Smith
1880–1886	William R. Baker William R. Baker William Robinson Baker was a U.S. politician who was a Texas State Senator and Mayor of Houston, Texas.Baker was born 21 May 1820 in Onondaga County, New York to Asa Baker and the former Hannah Robinson. He lived in New York until age 17 at which time he moved to Houston in the Republic of Texas...
1879–1880	Andrew J. Burke
1877–1878	James T. D. Wilson
1875–1876	I. C. Lord
1874	James T. D. Wilson
1870–1873	Thomas H. Scanlan
1868–1870	Joseph R. Morris
1867–1868	Alexander McGowan
1866	Horace D. Taylor
1863–1865	William Anders
1862	Thomas W. House Thomas William House, Sr. Thomas William House, Sr. was a Texan businessman. He was mayor of Houston, Texas in 1862.-Early life:House was born on March 4, 1814 in Stoke St Gregory, Somerset, England. His family was of Dutch origin. "House" was an anglicized version of the Dutch word Huis. In May 1835, House emigrated to...
1861	William J. Hutchins William J. Hutchins William Hutchins was an English churchman and academic.William Hutchins may also refer to:*William Henry Hutchins , Canadian merchant and political figure...
1860	Thomas W. Whitmarsh
1859	William King
1858	Alexander McGowan
1856–1857	Cornelius Ennis
1855–1856	James H. Stevens
1853–1854	Nathan Fuller
1849–1852	Francis W. Moore, Jr. Francis W. Moore, Jr. Francis W. Moore, Jr. became the second mayor of Houston, Texas in 1838. He was elected twice more and served as mayor of the city in three consecutive decades, the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s.-Telegraph and Texas Register:...
1847–1848	B. P. Buckner
1846	James Bailey James Bailey (politician) James Bailey was Mayor of the city of Houston, Texas in 1846....
1845	W. W. Swain
1844	Horace Baldwin
1843	Francis W. Moore, Jr. Francis W. Moore, Jr. Francis W. Moore, Jr. became the second mayor of Houston, Texas in 1838. He was elected twice more and served as mayor of the city in three consecutive decades, the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s.-Telegraph and Texas Register:...
1841–1842	Colonel J.D. Andrews
1840	Charles Bigelow
1839	George W. Lively
1838–1839	Francis W. Moore, Jr. Francis W. Moore, Jr. Francis W. Moore, Jr. became the second mayor of Houston, Texas in 1838. He was elected twice more and served as mayor of the city in three consecutive decades, the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s.-Telegraph and Texas Register:...
1837	James S. Holman James Sanders Holman James Sanders Holman became the first mayor of Houston, Texas in 1837. He served as mayor until 1838....

Living former mayors

, five former mayors were alive, the oldest being Bob Lanier

Bob Lanier (politician)

Bob Lanier is a businessman in the real estate industry who served as mayor of the city of Houston, Texas from 1992 to 1998...

 (1992–1998, born 1925). The most recent mayor to die was Louie Welch

Louie Welch

Louie Welch Louie Welch Louie Welch (December 9, 1918Louie Welch (December 9, 1918Louie Welch (December 9, 1918"," Houston Public Library – January 27, 2008,) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Houston, Texas, from 1964 to 1973. -Early life:...

 (1964–1973), on January 27, 2008. The most recently serving mayor to die was Jim McConn

Jim McConn

James Joseph McConn was mayor of Houston, Texas from 1978 to 1982.McConn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He moved with his family to Houston in 1939, where he met Marjorie Gougenheim, whom he married in 1947...

 (1978–1981), on March 14, 1997.

Name	Mayoral term	Date of birth
Fred Hofheinz Fred Hofheinz Fred Hofheinz , was mayor of Houston, Texas, from 1974 to 1978. He attended the University of Texas, earning a B.A., M.A., PhD, and J.D....	1974–1977	1938
Kathy Whitmire Kathryn J. Whitmire Kathryn Jean "Kathy" Whitmire was Mayor of the city of Houston, Texas, from 1982 to 1991.Whitmire was a professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she taught political science classes in the Burns Leadership Academy. Whitmire was the daughter of Ida Reeves and Karl Niederhofer, a...	1982–1991	August 15, 1946
Bob Lanier Bob Lanier (politician) Bob Lanier is a businessman in the real estate industry who served as mayor of the city of Houston, Texas from 1992 to 1998...	1992–1998	March 10, 1925
Lee Brown Lee P. Brown Lee Patrick Brown had a long-time career in law enforcement, leading police departments in Atlanta, Houston and New York over the course of nearly four decades. During this time he helped to implement a number of techniques in community policing that appeared to result in substantial decreases in...	1998–2004	October 4, 1937
Bill White	2004–2010	June 16, 1954

External links

• Mayor of Houston Biography
• List of Houston mayors
• Rulers - Houston