List of borough presidents of New York City

The following is a list of borough presidents of the five boroughs of New York City.

The Bronx borough presidents Borough PresidentTook officeLeft officeTenureElection Party 1 Louis F. Haffen 1897 Democratic190119031905– John F. Murray – Democratic23Cyrus C. Miller1909 Democratic4Douglas Mathewson1913 Fusion(Republican) 5 Henry Bruckner 1917 Democratic192119251929 6 James J. Lyons 1933 Democratic1937194119451949195319577Joseph F. Periconi1961 Republican8Herman Badillo1965 Democratic 9 Robert Abrams 1969 Democratic19731977colspan="3" colspan="4" 10 Stanley Simon Democratic19811985– Cecil P. Joseph – Democratic 11 Fernando Ferrer Democratic198919931997 12 Adolfo Carrión Jr. 2001 Democratic2005– Earl D. Brown – Democratic 13 Rubén Díaz Jr. 2009 special Democratic200920132017 14 Vanessa Gibson Incumbent 2021 Democratic2025

Brooklyn borough presidents

Borough PresidentTook officeLeft officeTenureElection Party1Edward M. Grout1897 Democratic2J. Edward Swanstrom1901 Fusion(Republican)3Martin W. Littleton1903 Democratic-Independent4Bird Sim Coler1905 Municipal Ownership League5Alfred E. Steers1909 Democratic-Independent6Lewis H. Pounds1913 Fusion(Republican) 7 Edward J. Riegelmann 1917 Democratic1921 8 Joseph A. Guider Democratic1925– James J. Byrne – Democratic 9 1926 special1929– Henry Hesterberg – Democratic 10 1930 special11Peter A. Carey Democratic 12 Raymond Ingersoll 1933 Fusion(Democratic)1937– Arthur R. Ebel – Democratic 13 John Cashmore Democratic1940 special19411945194919531957– John F. Hayes – Democratic14 15 Abe Stark 1961 Democratic19651969 16 Sebastian Leone Democratic 1970 special1973 17 Howard Golden Democratic 197719811985198919931997 18 Marty Markowitz 2001 Democratic20052009 19 Eric Adams 2013 Democratic2017 20 Antonio Reynoso Incumbent 2021 Democratic2025

Manhattan borough presidents Before 1874, when it annexed part of the Bronx, New York City was the same as the present Borough of Manhattan. For New York's mayors before 1898, see List of mayors of New York City.

Borough President Took office Left office Tenure Election Party1Augustus W. Peters1897 Democraticcolspan="3" colspan="4" 2James J. Coogan Democratic3Jacob A. Cantor1901 Fusion(Republican) 4 John F. Ahearn 1903 Democratic19055John Cloughen Democratic6George McAneny1909 Fusion(Democratic)7Marcus M. Marks1913 Republican8Frank L. Dowling1917 Democratic– Michael F. Loughman – Democratic9Edward F. Boyle Democratic– Michael F. Loughman – Democratic10Henry H. Curran1919 special Republican 11 Julius Miller 1921 Democratic19251929– H. Warren Hubbard – Democratic 12 Samuel Levy Democratic193313Stanley M. Isaacs1937 Republican14Edgar J. Nathan1941 Republican15Hugo Rogers1945 Democratic16Robert F. Wagner Jr.1949 Democratic 17 Hulan Jack 1953 Democratic1957– Louis A. Cioffi – DemocraticHulan Jack– Democratic– Louis A. Cioffi – Democratic 18 Edward Richard Dudley Democratic1961– Earl Louis Brown – Democratic 19 Constance Baker Motley Democratic1965– Leonard N. Cohen – Democratic 20 Percy Sutton Democratic1966 special19691973 21 Andrew Stein 1977 Democratic198122David Dinkins1985 Democratic 23 Ruth Messinger 1989 Democratic1993 24 C. Virginia Fields 1997 Democratic2001 25 Scott Stringer 2005 Democratic2009 26 Gale Brewer 2013 Democratic201727Mark Levine2021 Democratic28Brad Hoylman-SigalIncumbent2025 Democratic

Queens borough presidents Borough PresidentTook officeLeft officeTenureElection Party1Frederick Bowley1897 Democratic 2 Joseph Cassidy 1901 Democratic19033Joseph Bermel1905 Democratic 4 Lawrence Gresser Democratic1909– Walter H. Bunn – Democratic 5 Maurice E. Connolly Democratic1913191719211925– Michael J. Shugrue – Democratic6 Bernard M. Patten Democratic 7 George U. Harvey 1928 special Republican192919331937 8 James A. Burke 1941 Democratic19459Maurice A. FitzGerald1949 Democratic– Joseph F. Mafera – Democratic10 11 James A. Lundy 1951 special Republican195312James J. Crisona1957 Democraticcolspan="3" colspan="4" 13 John T. Clancy Democratic1959 special1961 14 Mario J. Cariello Democratic1965– Sidney Leviss – Democratic 15 1969 16 Donald Manes Democratic1971 special1973197719811985– Claire Shulman – Democratic 17 1986 special198919931997 18 Helen M. Marshall 2001 Democratic20052009 19 Melinda Katz 2013 Democratic2017– Sharon Lee – Democratic 20 Donovan Richards Incumbent 2020 special Democratic20212025

Richmond/Staten Island borough presidents The Borough of Richmond was renamed the Borough of Staten Island in 1975. The county is still named Richmond County.

Borough PresidentTook officeLeft officeTenureElection Party 1 George Cromwell 1897 Republican19011903190519092Charles J. McCormack1913 Democratic– Spire Pitou Jr. – Democratic 3 Calvin D. Van Name Democratic19174Matthew J. Cahill1921 Democraticcolspan="3" colspan="4" 5 John A. Lynch Democratic1922 special19251929 6 Joseph A. Palma 1933 Republican19371941 7 Cornelius A. Hall 1945 Democratic1949– Thomas F. Reilly – Democratic 8 Edward G. Baker Democratic1953 9 Albert V. Maniscalco Democratic1955 special19571961 10 Robert T. Connor 1965 Republican19691973 11 Anthony Gaeta Democratic19771981 12 Ralph J. Lamberti Democratic1985 13 Guy Molinari 1989 Republican19931997 14 James Molinaro 2001 Conservative20052009 15 James Oddo 2013 Republican2017 16 Vito Fossella Incumbent 2021 Republican2025

Timelines The Bronx

Brooklyn

Manhattan

Queens

Richmond/Staten Island

See also Borough president

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