List of Mayors of Pasadena, California

Mayors of Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...

#	Dates	Name	Life Dates	Elected By	Party	Notes
1	1886–1887	H.J. Holmes	????-????	council	Republican
2	1887–1889	M.M. Parker	????-????	council	Republican
3	1889–1890	Amos G. Throop Amos G. Throop Amos Gager Throop was a businessman and politician in Chicago, Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s. Most famously he was known for being a staunch abolitionist prior to the Civil War. In Chicago he lost two campaigns to be that city's mayor in 1852 and 1854. In both elections he was the nominee of...	1811–1894	council	Temperance Temperance movement A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
4	1890–1892	Theodore Lukens Theodore Lukens Theodore Parker Lukens was an American conservationist, real estate investor, civic leader, and forester who believed that burned over mountains could again be covered in timber which would protect watersheds. Lukens collected pine cones and seeds of different types and conducted experimental... (1)	1848–1918	council	Republican
5	1892–1894	Oscar F. Weed	1824-????	council	Republican
6	1894–1895	Theodore Lukens Theodore Lukens Theodore Parker Lukens was an American conservationist, real estate investor, civic leader, and forester who believed that burned over mountains could again be covered in timber which would protect watersheds. Lukens collected pine cones and seeds of different types and conducted experimental... (2)	1848–1918	council	Republican
7	1895–1896	John S. Cox	????-????	council	Republican
8	1896–1898	Calvin Hartwell Calvin Hartwell Calvin Hartwell was a Republican politician who served as a member of the Pasadena Board of Trustees from 1895-1898, Mayor of Pasadena, California from 1896-1898, Los Angeles County Assessor from 1906-1910, and Los Angeles County Coroner from 1908-1920....	????-????	council	Republican
9	1898–1900	George D. Patten	????-????	council	Republican
10	1900–1901	Horace Dobbins Horace Dobbins Horace Dobbins was Mayor of Pasadena, California, United States in 1900-1901. He was known for building the California Cycleway from Pasadena to Los Angeles.-External links:...	1868–1962	council	Republican
11	1901–1903	Martin H. Weight Martin H. Weight Martin H. Weight was the first Mayor of Pasadena, California elected by popular vote. During his administration, Pasadena's first two parks were established as well as the completion of Pasadena's first City Hall building....	1854-1920	public	Republican	first publicly elected mayor
12	1903–1905	William Vedder	1862–1923	public	Democratic
13	1905–1907	William Waterhouse	1852-1943	public	Republican
14	1907–1911	Thomas Earley	????-????	public	Democratic
15	1911–1913	William Thum William Thum William Thum served as Mayor of Pasadena, California from 1911 to 1913. During his administration, Pasadena assumed control of the city's water system.-References:...	1862-1941	public	Republican
16	1913–1915	Richard Lee Metcalf	1854–1916	public	Democratic
17	1915–1921	A.L. Hamilton	????-????	public
18	1921–1925	Hiram Wadsworth	1862-????	public	Republican
19	1925–1927	Franklin B. Cole	????-????	council
20	1927–1929	Clayton Taylor	1870-1941	council	Republican
21	1929–1931	Robert L. Daugherty	1885-1978	council	Republican
22	1931–1932	P.M. Walker	????-????	council
23	1932–1941	Edward O. Nay	1873-1941	council	Republican	only mayor to die in office
24	1941–1943	Albert I. Stewart	????-1963	council	Republican
25	1943–1945	Carl G. Wopschall	1879-1959	council
26	1945–1947	Robert E. Dawson	????-1968	council	Republican
27	1947–1948	Charles Hamill	1898-1978	council
28	1948–1951	A. Ray Benedict	1885–1974	council	Republican
29	1951–1953	Alson E. Abernethy	1900-1969	council	Republican
30	1953–1955	Clarence A. Winder Clarence A. Winder Clarence A. Winder served as Mayor of Pasadena, California from 1953-1955.-Early life:Winder was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 30, 1887. After attending local schools, Winder graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1909 with a degree in electrical engineering...	1887-1959	council	Republican
31	1955–1956	Warren Dorn	1918–2006	council	Republican
32	1956–1959	Seth Miller	1890-1967	council	Republican
33	1959–1961	Ray G. Woods	1910-1990	council	Republican
34	1961–1963	C. Lewis Edwards	1905–1999	council	Democratic
35	1963–1964	Clarence Oakley	????-????	council	Democratic
36	1964–1966	Floyd Gwinn	1897-1972	council	Democratic
37	1966–1968	Boyd Welin	1904-1989	council	Republican
38	1968–1970	C. Bernard Cooper	1900–1971	council	Republican
39	1970–1972	Walter Benedict	1908–2000	council	Republican
40	1972–1974	Donald F. Yokaitis	1932-	council	Republican
41	1974–1976	Mortimer J. Matthews	1933–2007	council	Republican
42	1976–1977	Robert Glenn White	1929-2010	council	Republican
43	1977–1980	Ellis Jones	1916–1986	council	Republican
44	1980–1982	Josephine Heckman	1914–1998	council	Republican	first female mayor
45	1982–1984	Loretta Thompson-Glickman Loretta Thompson-Glickman Loretta Thompson-Glickman was the first African-American Mayor of Pasadena, California.-Background:Glickman was a jazz singer and toured with the New Christy Minstrels before retiring from the entertainment industry in 1975 to start a family. In 1977, she became the first black woman elected as a...	1945-2001	council	Democratic	first African-American mayor
46	1984–1986	Bill Bogaard Bill Bogaard William Joseph "Bill" Bogaard is an American Democratic politician, and the current mayor of Pasadena, California, elected in 1999, and re-elected with an overwhelming majority of the vote in 2003... (1)	1938-	council	Democratic
47	1986–1988	John C. Crowley	1920–2007	council	Democratic
48	1988–1991	William E. Thomson	1927-	council	Republican
49	1990–1992	Jess Hughston	1924–1998	council	Democratic
50	1992–1994	Rick Cole Rick Cole Rick Cole is the current City Manager of Ventura, California, having served in that position since 2004. He previously served as Deputy Mayor of Pasadena from 1990–1992 and as Mayor of Pasadena from 1992-1994...	1953-	council	Democratic
51	1994–1995	Katie Nack	1925–2008	council	Democratic
52	1995–1997	Bill Paparian Bill Paparian Bill Paparian is an American politician, a former mayor of Pasadena, California, serving from 1995 to 1997. He was also a member of the Pasadena City Council from 1987 to 1999, and a Green Party candidate for Congress in 2006. He was the first Armenian-American mayor of Pasadena, as well as the...	1950-	council	Independent
53	1997–1999	Chris Holden Chris Holden Christopher Holden is an American Democratic politician, a former mayor of Pasadena, California, serving from 1997 to 1999...	1960-	council	Democratic	second African-American mayor
54	1999-	Bill Bogaard Bill Bogaard William Joseph "Bill" Bogaard is an American Democratic politician, and the current mayor of Pasadena, California, elected in 1999, and re-elected with an overwhelming majority of the vote in 2003... (2)	1938-	public	Democratic	longest serving mayor

Living former mayors

As of December 2008, four former mayors were alive, the oldet being Bill Thomson (1988–1991). The most recent mayor to die was Katie Nack (1994–1995), on March 17, 2008.

Name	Mayoral term
Bill Thomson	1988–1969
Rick Cole Rick Cole Rick Cole is the current City Manager of Ventura, California, having served in that position since 2004. He previously served as Deputy Mayor of Pasadena from 1990–1992 and as Mayor of Pasadena from 1992-1994...	1992–1994
Bill Paparian Bill Paparian Bill Paparian is an American politician, a former mayor of Pasadena, California, serving from 1995 to 1997. He was also a member of the Pasadena City Council from 1987 to 1999, and a Green Party candidate for Congress in 2006. He was the first Armenian-American mayor of Pasadena, as well as the...	1995–1997
Chris Holden Chris Holden Christopher Holden is an American Democratic politician, a former mayor of Pasadena, California, serving from 1997 to 1999...	1997–1999

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