The Mayor of Annapolis is the chief political figure in the city of Annapolis, which is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland. The mayor is elected to a four-year term. The office was originally created as the Lord Mayor of Annapolis by royal charter. Jared Littmann serves as the 138th mayor.

History

Annapolis was incorporated on November 22, 1708 through royal charter, issued by Queen Anne, to become capital of the Province of Maryland. The city is the only mayoralty in the United States entitled to the dignity of lord mayor. That title was officially used for most of the 18th century, until it fell into disuse just after the conclusion of the American Revolution.

List of lord mayors and mayors 1708–1720: Amos Garrett 1720–1721: Thomas Larkin 1721–1722: Benjamin Tasker 1722–1726: Vachel Denton 1726–1727: Benjamin Tasker 1727–1745: Vachel Denton 1745–1746: Robert Gordon 1746–1747: Michael MacNamara 1747–1748: Benjamin Tasker 1748–1749: John Ross 1749–1750: John Bullen 1750–1753: Benjamin Tasker 1753–1754: Michael MacNamara 1754–1755: Benjamin Tasker, Jr. 1755–1756: John Brice, Jr. 1756–1757: Benjamin Tasker 1757–1758: John Bullen 1758–1759: John Ross 1759–1760: Dr. George Hume Steuart 1760–1761: Michael MacNamara (MacNamara left Annapolis for England in April, 1761.) 1761–1762: Stephen Bordley (elected to serve out the rest of MacNamara's term) 1762–1763: John Brice, Jr. 1763–1764: Dr. George Hume Steuart 1764–1765: Daniel Dulany the Younger 1765–1766: John Ross 1766–1767: Walter Dulany 1767–1768: Upton Scott 1771–1772: Thomas Jennings 1773–1780: Allen Quynn 1780–1781: John Brice, III 1781–1782: John Bullen 1782–1783: James Brice 1783–1784: Jeremiah Townly Chase 1784–1785: Nicholas Carroll 1785–1786: Robert Couden 1786–1787: Allen Quynn 1787–1788: James Brice 1788–1789: John Bullen 1789–1790: Nicholas Carroll 1790–1791: Robert Couden 1791–1792: Allen Quynn 1792–1793: John Bullen 1793–1794: James Williams 1794–1795: William Pinkney 1795–1796: Allen Quynn 1796–1797: John Bullen 1797–1798: Philip Barton Key 1798–1799: Nicholas Carroll 1799–1800: John Davidson 1800–1801: James Williams 1801–1802: Allen Quynn 1802–1803: Samuel Ridout 1803–1804: John Johnson 1804–1805: James Williams 1805–1806: Samuel Ridout 1806–1807: Burton Whetcroft 1807–1808: John Kilty 1808–1809: Burton Whetcroft 1809–1810: John Johnson 1810–1811: Nicholas Brewer 1811–1812: Gideon White 1812–1813: Nicholas Brewer 1813–1814: John Randall 1814–1815: Nicholas Brewer 1815–1816: John Randall 1816–1817: Nicholas Brewer 1817–1818: John Randall 1818–1819: Nicholas Brewer 1819–1823: Lewis Duvall 1823–1825: James Boyle 1825–1828: Richard Harwood of Thomas 1828–1837: Dr. Dennis Claude 1837–1840: John Miller 1840–1843: Alexander Contee Magruder 1843–1845: Richard Swann 1845–1846: William Bryan 1846–1848: Richard Swann 1848–1849: Richard Goodwin 1849–1851: Dr. Abram Claude 1851–1852: Brice Worthington 1852–1853: Richard Goodwin 1853–1854: Dr. Dennis Claude 1854–1855: Dr. Abram Claude 1855–1856: Nicholas Brewer, III 1856–1858: Richard Swann 1858–1859: Joseph Brown 1859–1860: William Harwood 1860–1862: John Magruder 1862–1863: Wesley White 1863–1864: John Magruder 1864–1865: Solomon Phillips 1865–1866: Richard Goodwin 1866–1867: Richard Swann 1867–1869: Dr. Abram Claude 1869–1870: Augustus Gassaway 1870–1871: John Hyde (D) 1871–1875: James Munroe 1875–1877: Arthur Wells 1877–1879: James Brown 1879–1883: Thomas Martin 1883–1889: Dr. Abram Claude 1889–1893: James Brown 1893–1897: John Thomas 1897–1899: Dr. Richard Green 1899: Nevett Steele (Steele was elected mayor February 13, 1899, to fill the unexpired term of Green, who had died the month before. Steele served until the election of Seidewitz in July.) 1899–1901: Edwin Seidewitz 1901–1903: Charles Dubois (R) 1903–1905: Samuel Jones 1905–1907: John Douw 1907–1909: Gordon Claude (D) 1909–1919: James F. Strange (D) 1919–1921: John Levy (D) 1921–1923: Samuel Jones 1923–1925: Charles Smith 1925–1927: Allen Bowie Howard (D) 1927–1929: Charles Smith 1929–1935: Walter Quenstedt (R) 1935–1939: Louis Phipps (D) 1939–1941: George Haley (acting mayor, Jan. 17, 1939 to July 21, 1941) 1941–1949: William McCready (D) 1949–1952: Roscoe Rowe (R) 1952: Robert Campbell, Sr. (acting mayor following Rowe's death, nine months of 1952) 1952–1961: Arthur Ellington (D, acting mayor, Jan. 15 to July 20, 1953) 1961–1965: Joseph Griscom, Sr. (R) 1965–1973: Roger Moyer (D) 1973: Noah Hillman (D, served June 2 to 11; resigned 10 days before the end of his term as a way to honor Hillman, a long-time city councilman) 1973 – March 9, 1981: John Apostol (R, resigned March 3, 1981) March 9, 1981 – April 12, 1981: Gustav Akerland (R, alderman and acting mayor following Apostol's resignation; died April 15, 1981) April 12, 1981 – June 7, 1981: John Thomas Chambers, Jr. (R, alderman and acting mayor following Akerland's suicide; Annapolis' first African-American mayor) 1981–1985: Richard Lazer Hillman (R) 1985–1989: Dennis Callahan (D) 1989–December 1, 1997: Alfred Hopkins (D) December 1, 1997 – December 3, 2001: Dean Johnson (R) December 3, 2001 – December 7, 2009: Ellen Moyer (D) December 7, 2009 – December 2, 2013: Joshua Cohen (D) December 2, 2013 – December 7, 2017: Mike Pantelides (R) December 7, 2017 – December 1, 2025: Gavin Buckley (D) December 1, 2025 – 2029: Jared Littmann (D)

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