List of elected socialist mayors in the United States
The following is a list of mayors who have declared themselves to be socialists or have been a member of a socialist party in the United States.
In 1911 it was estimated that there were twenty-eight such mayors and in 1913 thirty-four. In 1967, however, James Weinstein's table of "Cities and Towns Electing Socialist Mayors or Other Major Municipal Officers, 1911–1920" counted 74 such municipalities in 1911 and 32 in 1913, with smaller peaks in 1915 and 1917.
List of mayors
Mayor | Term start | Term end | City | State | Party | |
Ray Austin | 1905 | Red Lodge | Montana | Socialist Party of America | ||
C.L. Barewald | 1920 | Davenport | Iowa | Socialist Party of America | ||
David Belgum | 1976 | 1987 | University Heights | Iowa | Socialist Party of America | |
J.B. Bitterly | 1911 | 1915 | Victor | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
C. Henry Bloom | 1933 | 1953 | Rockford | Illinois | Rockford Progressive Party | |
Charles A. Born | 1903 | Sheboygan | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | ||
Walter V. Tyler | 1912 | 1915 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Socialist Party of America | |
Eugene Bootz | 1914 | 1915 | Edgewater | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
John C. Chase | 1898 1899 | 1899 1900 | Haverhill | Massachusetts | Social Democratic Party / Socialist Party of America | |
Major Church | 1918 | 1921 | Eureka | Utah | Socialist Party of America | |
Peter Clavelle | 1989 1995 | 1993 2006 | Burlington | Vermont | Vermont Progressive Party | |
Charles H. Coulter | 1900 | 1901 | Brockton | Massachusetts | Social Democratic Party / Socialist Party of America | |
A. Barton Cross | 1913 | 1914 | Naugatuck | Connecticut | Socialist Party of America | |
John Dobler | 1911 | 1913 | Gulfport | Florida | Socialist Party of America | |
Louis J. Duncan | 1911 | 1914 | Butte | Montana | Socialist Party of America | |
Elijah Falk | 1915 | 1919 | Eureka | California | Socialist Party of America | |
Parkman B. Flanders | 1903 1920 | 1904? 1923 | Haverhill | Massachusetts | Socialist Party of America | |
Thomas M. Fluhart | 1912 | Linden Heights | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | ||
Edward Foe | 1911 | Red Cloud | Nebraska | Socialist Party of America | ||
John Frinke | 1903 | Anaconda | Montana | Socialist Party of America | ||
James B. Furber | 1922 | Rahway | New Jersey | Socialist Party of America | ||
Irving Freese | 1947 | 1951 | Norwalk | Connecticut | Socialist Party of America | |
John H. Gibbons | 1919 | Lackawanna | New York | Socialist Party of America | ||
Robert Gordon | 1916 | 1917 | Barre | Vermont | Socialist Party of America | |
W.E. Griffin | 1911 | Beatrice | Nebraska | Socialist Party of America | ||
J.M. Haley | 1912 | 1916 | Paonia | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
Alexander Halliday | 1911 | Two Harbors | Minnesota | Socialist Party of America | ||
J. Herman Hallstrom | 1921 1929 | 1927 1933 | Rockford | Illinois | Rockford Labor Legion Independent | |
Frank B. Hamilton | 1918 | Piqua | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | ||
H.P. Houghton | 1911 | Girard | Kansas | Socialist Party of America | ||
Daniel Webster Hoan | 1916 | 1940 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
George A. Huscher | 1912 | 1915 | Murray | Utah | Socialist Party of America | |
J.F. Johnston | 1912 | 1914 | Fairhope | Alabama | Socialist Party of America | |
Bob Kiss | 2006 | 2012 | Burlington | Vermont | Vermont Progressive Party | |
N. L. Larson | 1912 | 1913 | Crookston | Minnesota | Socialist Party of America | |
James Larson | 1911 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | ||
Daniel T. Leigh | 1906 | 1907 | Cedar City | Utah | Socialist Party of America | |
Arthur LeSueur | 1910 | 1911 | Minot | North Dakota | Socialist Party of America | |
David Love | 1916 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | ||
James Love | 1914 | 1916 | Lake Worth | Florida | Socialist Party of America | |
Chokwe Lumumba | 2013 | 2014 | Jackson | Mississippi | Democratic Party | |
Chokwe Antar Lumumba | 2017 | present | Jackson | Mississippi | Democratic Party | |
George R. Lunn | 1911 1915 | 1913 1917 | Schenectady | New York | Socialist Party of America | |
Edward Mauck | 1911 | Wymore | Nebraska | Socialist Party of America | ||
Jasper McLevy | 1933 | 1957 | Bridgeport | Connecticut | Socialist Party of America | |
John A. C. Menton | 1911 | 1912 | Flint | Michigan | Socialist Party of America | |
Andrew Mitchell | 1908 | Eureka | Utah | Socialist Party of America | ||
Robert Murray | 1911 | 1915 | Toronto | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
A. Ousdahl | 1909 | 1910 | Brainerd | Minnesota | Socialist Party of America | |
Thomas W. Pape | 1912 | Lorain | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | ||
Alfred A. Perrin | 1912 | 1913 | Mount Vernon | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
E.E. Robinson | 1911 | 1913 | Mineral Ridge | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
Bernie Sanders | 1981 | 1989 | Burlington | Vermont | Independent | |
Henry M. Schutte | 1915 | Adamston | West Virginia | Socialist Party of America | ||
Emil Seidel | 1910 | 1912 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
William Shay | 1911 | 1917 | Star City | West Virginia | Socialist Party of America | |
Corbin Shook | 1912 | Lima | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | ||
Peter Stewart | 1912 | 1914 | Hartford | Arkansas | Socialist Party of America | |
Henry Stolze, Jr. | 1911 | Manitowoc | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | ||
Ernst Gottfrid Strand | 1916 | 1917 | Two Harbors | Minnesota | Socialist Party of America | |
J. Henry Stump | 1927 1935 1943 | 1931 1939 1947 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Socialist Party of America | |
William Swoboda | 1931 | 1932 | Racine | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
Fred W. Suitor | 1929 | 1931 | Barre | Vermont | Socialist Party of America | |
William Thum | 1911 | 1913 | Pasadena | California | Socialist Party of America | |
Thomas M. Todd | 1909 | 1914 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
George Urie | 1912 | 1913 | Cedar City | Utah | Socialist Party of America | |
Thomas Van Lear | 1917 | 1919 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Public Ownership Party | |
A. W. Vincent | 1914 | 1915 | St. Johns | Oregon | Socialist Party of America | |
Joseph Warnock | 1912 | Harbor Springs | Michigan | Socialist Party of America | ||
Brand Whitlock | 1908? | 1912? | Toledo | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
Scott Wilkins | 1912 | 1913 | St. Marys | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
J. Stitt Wilson | 1911 | 1913 | Berkeley | California | Socialist Party of America | |
John T. Wood | 1911 | 1913 | Coeur d'Alène | Idaho | Socialist Party of America | |
Seth Wood | 1913 | 1914 | Lafayette | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
Ewell Work | 1910 | 1912? | Ledford | Illinois | Socialist Party of America | |
Frank P. Zeidler | 1948 | 1960 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America |