The mayor of Alexandria, Virginia serves as the ceremonial head of government of the independent City of Alexandria, Virginia. Elected at large by the voters of the city, the mayor serves a three-year term. The incumbent, Alyia Gaskins, was first elected in the 2024 election.
List of mayors of Alexandria (1780–) Source:
Before joining the District of Columbia (1780–1801)
Robert T. Hooe 1780–1781 James Hendricks 1781–1782 William Herbert 1782–1783 Richard Conway 1783–1784 James Keith 1784–1785 James Kirk 1785–1786 David Arell 1786 John Fitzgerald 1786–1787 William Hunter, Jr. 1787–1788 Jesse Taylor 1788–1789 Dennis Ramsay 1789–1790 William Hunter, Jr. 1790–1791 Philip Marsteller 1791–1792 Jesse Taylor 1792–1793 Dennis Ramsay 1793–1794 Robert Mease 1794–1795 John Dundas 1795–1796 Jonah Thompson 1796–1797 Francis Peyton 1797–1798 John Dundas 1798–1799 Francis Peyton 1799–1800 Amos Alexander 1800–1801
While included within the District of Columbia (1801–1847) George Taylor 1801–1802 Alexander Smith 1802 George Washington Slacum 1802–1803 Jacob Hoffman 1803–1804 Elisha C. Dick 1804–1805 Jonah Thompson 1805–1808 Cuthbert Powell 1808–1809 William Herbert 1809–1812 Charles Simms 1812–1815 Edmund J. Lee 1815–1818 Jacob Hoffman 1818–1821 Christopher Neale 1821–1824 John Roberts 1824–1827 Thomson Francis Mason 1827–1830 John Roberts 1830–1833 Bernard Hooe Jr. 1833–1836 George Wise 1836–1837 Bernard Hooe Jr. 1837–1840 Edgar Snowden 1840–1843 Robert G. Violett 1843 Joseph Eaches 1843–1846 William Veitch 1846–1847
After retrocession of the City of Alexandria and Alexandria County back to Virginia (1847–present)
William Veitch 1847–1849 Isaac Buckingham 1849–1850 Lawrence Berry Taylor 1850–1853 John Muir 1853–1854 George P. Wise 1854–1857 William Duncan Massey 1857–1860 William B. Price 1860–1861 Lewis McKenzie 1861–1863 Charles A. Ware 1863–1866 Hugh Latham 1866–1868 William Norris Berkley 1868–1869 Hugh Latham 1869–1872 William Norris Berkley 1872–1874 Kosciusko Kemper 1874–1876 J. B. Johnson 1876–1877 Kosciusko Kemper 1877–1878 Courtland H. Smith 1878–1881 James T. Beckham 1881–1885 John B. Smoot 1885–1887 E. E. Downham 1887–1891 Henry Strauss 1891–1897 George L. Simpson 1897–1903 F. J. Paff 1903–1912 Thomas Fisher 1912–1920 James M. Duncan 1920–1922 William Albert Smoot 1922–1930 Robert Simpson Jones 1930 Carroll Pierce 1930–1931 Edmund F. Ticer 1931–1934 Emmett C. Davison 1934–1937 Richard Ruffner 1937–1940 William T. Wilkins 1940–1949 Franklin P. Backus 1949–1952 Marshall J. Beverley 1952–1955 Leroy S. Bendheim 1955–1961 Frank E. Mann 1961–1967 Charles E. Beatley 1967–1976 Frank E. Mann 1976–1979 Charles E. Beatley 1979–1985 Jim Moran 1985–1991 Patsy Ticer 1991–1996, first female mayor Kerry J. Donley 1996–2003 William D. Euille 2003–2016, first African-American mayor Allison Silberberg 2016–2019 Justin Wilson 2019–2025 Alyia Gaskins 2025–present, first African-American female mayor
See also Timeline of Alexandria, Virginia History of Alexandria, Virginia
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