List of Mayors of Baltimore
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This is a list of mayors of Baltimore, Maryland
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Mayor Term Began Term Ended Political Party
James Calhoun
James Calhoun (mayor of Baltimore)
James Calhoun was a politician from Maryland who served as the first mayor of Baltimore, from 1794 until 1804, when he resigned. Born on April 17, 1743, he became an orphan's court judge in Maryland in 1791. He died on August 14, 1816, and was buried at Baltimore's Westminster Burying...

 
1794 1804
Thorowgood Smith  1804 1808
Edward Johnson  1808 1816
George Stiles  1816 1819
Edward Johnson  1819 1820
John Montgomery  1820 1822
Edward Johnson  1822 1824
John Montgomery  1824 1826
Jacob Small  1826 1831
William Steuart
William Steuart (Mayor of Baltimore)
Lieutenant Colonel William Steuart was a wealthy planter in colonial Maryland, and Mayor of Baltimore from 1831 to 1832. He inherited the estate of Dodon in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, from his father, planter and politician George H. Steuart...

 
1831 1832
Jesse Hunt  1832 1835
Samuel Smith  1835 1838 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Sheppard C. Leakin  1838 1840
Samuel Brady  1840 1842
Solomon Hillen, Jr.
Solomon Hillen, Jr.
Solomon Hillen, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Maryland and mayor of Baltimore.Hillen was born on the family estate, "Hillen Road", near Baltimore. He graduated from Georgetown College, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Baltimore...

 
1842 1843 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

James O. Law  1843 1844
Jacob G. Davies  1844 1848
Elijah Stansbury, Jr.  1848 1850
John Hanson Thomas Jerome  1850 1852
John Smith Hollins  1852 1854
Samuel Hinks
Samuel Hinks
Samuel Hinks was Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 to 1856. He was a member of the Know-Nothing party. He was succeeded in 1856 by fellow Know-Nothing Thomas Swann.-Baltimore mayoral election of 1856:...

 
1854 1856 American
Thomas Swann
Thomas Swann
Thomas Swann was an American politician. Initially a Know-Nothing, and later a Democrat, he served as mayor of Baltimore , as the 33rd Governor of Maryland , and as U.S...

 
1856 1860 American
George William Brown
George William Brown
George William Brown was the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland from 1860 to 1861.-Pratt Street Riot:Brown played an important role in controlling the Pratt Street Riot on April 19, 1861, at the onset of the American Civil War. After the Pratt Street Riot, some small skirmishes occurred throughout...

 
1860 1861
John C. Blackburn  1861 1862
John Lee Chapman  1862 1867
Robert T. Banks  1867 1871
Joshua Van Sant
Joshua Van Sant
Joshua Van Sant was a United States Congressional representative from Maryland.Van Sant was born in Millington in Kent County, Maryland. He moved with his parents to Wilmington, Delaware, in 1807, and later to Philadelphia in 1812. He attended the common schools before moving to Baltimore,...

 
1871 1875 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Ferdinand C. Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe served seven terms as Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland during the 19th century....

 
1875 1877 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

George Proctor Kane
George Proctor Kane
George Proctor Kane was Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, from November 5, 1877, to his death on June 23, 1878. He is best known for his role as Marshall of Police during the Baltimore riot of 1861 and his subsequent incarceration in Fort McHenry and Ft. Warren prisons without benefit of habeas corpus...

 
1877 1878
Ferdinand C. Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe served seven terms as Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland during the 19th century....

 
1878 1881 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

William P. Whyte
William Pinkney Whyte
William Pinkney Whyte , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and the State Attorney General.-Early life and...

 
1881 1883 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Ferdinand C. Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe served seven terms as Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland during the 19th century....

 
1883 1885 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

James Hodges  1885 1887
Ferdinand C. Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe served seven terms as Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland during the 19th century....

 
1887 1889 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Robert C. Davidson  1889 1891
Ferdinand C. Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe
Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe served seven terms as Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland during the 19th century....

 
1891 1895 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Alcaeus Hooper  1895 1897 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

William T. Malster  1897 1899 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Thomas Gordon Hayes  1899 1903
Robert McLane  1903 1904 Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

E. Clay Timanus  1904 1907
J. Barry Mahool  1907 1911
James H. Preston
James H. Preston
James Harry Preston was the Mayor of Baltimore from 1911-1919.-Biography:Preston was born in Harford County, Maryland in 1860. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1890-1894. He briefly served as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1894. Preston then served as the Mayor...

 
1911 1919 Democrat
William Frederick Broening
William Frederick Broening
William Frederick Broening was a Maryland politician and twice Mayor of Baltimore .- Background :William Frederick Broening was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 2 June 1870, the son of Henry Jacob Broening and Catherine Broening...

 
1919 1923 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Howard W. Jackson
Howard W. Jackson
Howard Wilkinson Jackson was the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland from 1923 to 1927 and from 1931-1943.He supported the integration of the Peabody Conservatory in 1949.-References:...

 
1923 1927 Democrat
William Frederick Broening
William Frederick Broening
William Frederick Broening was a Maryland politician and twice Mayor of Baltimore .- Background :William Frederick Broening was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 2 June 1870, the son of Henry Jacob Broening and Catherine Broening...

 
1927 1931 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Howard W. Jackson
Howard W. Jackson
Howard Wilkinson Jackson was the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland from 1923 to 1927 and from 1931-1943.He supported the integration of the Peabody Conservatory in 1949.-References:...

 
1931 1943 Democrat
Theodore R. McKeldin  1943 1947 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro, Jr.  1947 1959 Democrat
J. Harold Grady
J. Harold Grady
Joseph Harold Grady was a judge and the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland from 1959 to 1962.Prior to running for mayor, he was an FBI agent and state's attorney for Baltimore city.- References :...

 
1959 1962 Democrat
Philip H. Goodman
Philip H. Goodman
Philip H. Goodman was an American politician, 42nd Mayor of the City of Baltimore and a member of the Maryland Senate.-Education:...

 
1962 1963 Democrat
Theodore R. McKeldin  1963 1967 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro III
Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro III
Thomas D'Alesandro III was Mayor of Baltimore from 1967 to 1971. He is the brother of former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, and son of former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr...

 
1967 1971 Democrat
William Donald Schaefer
William Donald Schaefer
William Donald Schaefer was an American politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. A Democrat, he was mayor of Baltimore from 1971 to 1987, the 58th Governor of Maryland from January 21, 1987 to January 18, 1995, and the Comptroller of...

 
1971 1987 Democrat
Clarence H. Burns
Clarence H. Burns
For the boxer named Clarence Burns, see Red Burman.Clarence H. "Du" Burns was a Democratic politician and mayor of Baltimore, Maryland in 1987....

 
January 26, 1987 1988 Democrat
Kurt L. Schmoke  January 10, 1988 December 7, 1999 Democrat
Martin J. O'Malley  December 7, 1999 January 17, 2007 Democrat
Sheila Dixon
Sheila Dixon
Sheila Ann Dixon served as the forty-eighth Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. When former Mayor Martin O'Malley was sworn in as Governor on January 17, 2007, Dixon, a Democrat, became mayor and served out the remaining year of O'Malley's term. In November 2007, she was elected mayor...

 
January 17, 2007 February 4, 2010 Democrat
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake  February 4, 2010 Democrat

Note: As of January 1, 2011, the Office of Mayor of Baltimore City has changed hands 59 times with 49 different individuals assuming that office. Six individauls are credited with multiple non-consecutive returns to the office after completing an initial term. Edward Johnson returned twice, John Montgomery once, Ferdinand Latrobe 4 times, Howard Jackson once, William Broening once and Theodore McKeldin once.
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