List of mayors of Pasadena, California

The Mayor of Pasadena is the head of the Pasadena city government.

Mayors of Pasadena, California

# Dates Image Name Life dates Elected by Party Notes 1 1886–1887 Henry James Holmes 1825–1892 council Republican 2 1887–1889 Millard Mayhew Parker 1849–1928 council Republican 3 1889–1890 Amos G. Throop 1811–1894 council Temperance 4 1890–1892 Theodore Lukens (1) 1848–1918 council Republican 5 1892–1894 Oscar Fitzallen Weed 1824–1919 council Republican 6 1894–1895 Theodore Lukens (2) 1848–1918 council Republican 7 1895–1896 John Samuel Cox 1857–1941 council Republican 8 1896–1898 Calvin Hartwell 1849–1920 council Republican 9 1898–1900 George Downing Patten 1847–1922 council Republican 10 1900–1901 Horace Dobbins 1868–1962 council Republican 11 1901–1903 Martin H. Weight 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 1849–1912 public Democratic 15 1911–1913 William Thum 1862–1941 public Socialist 16 1913–1915 Richard Lee Metcalf 1854–1916 public Democratic 17 1915–1921 Arthur Lincoln Hamilton 1859–1953 public 18 1921–1925 Hiram W. Wadsworth 1862–1939 public Republican 19 1925–1927 Franklin Brooks Cole 1872–1943 council 20 1927–1929 Clayton Taylor 1870–1941 council Republican 21 1929–1931 Robert L. Daugherty 1885–1978 council Republican 22 1931–1932 Patrick M. Walker 1876–1946 council 23 1932–1941 Edward O. Nay 1873–1941 council Republican Only mayor to die in office 24 1941–1943 Albert I. Stewart 1870–1963 council Republican 25 1943–1945 Carl G. Wopschall 1879–1959 council 26 1945–1947 Robert E. Dawson 1884–1968 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 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 Allen Oakley 1915–1982 council Democratic 36 1964–1966 Floyd Gwinn 1897–1972 council Democratic 37 1966–1968 Boyd Welin 1904–1989 council Republican 38 1968–1970 Cyril 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 Democrat 43 1977–1980 Dr. Ellis Jones 1916–1986 council Republican 44 1980–1982 Josephine Heckman 1914–1998 council Republican First female mayor 45 1982–1984 Loretta Thompson-Glickman 1945–2001 council Democratic First African-American mayor 46 1984–1986 Bill Bogaard (1) 1938– council Democratic 47 1986–1988 John C. Crowley 1920–2007 council Democratic 48 1988–1990 William E. Thomson 1927– council Republican 49 1990–1992 Jess Hughston 1924–1998 council Democratic 50 1992–1994 Rick Cole 1953– council Democratic 51 1994–1995 Katie Nack 1925–2008 council Democratic 52 1995–1997 Bill Paparian 1950– council Independent 53 1997–1999 Chris Holden 1960– council Democratic Second African-American mayor 54 1999–2015 Bill Bogaard (2) 1938– public Democratic Longest-serving mayor 55 2015–2020 Terry Tornek 1945- public Democratic 56 2020– Victor Gordo 1969- public Democratic Current mayor First Hispanic mayor

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