List of mayors of Houston


This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.
Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms. On November 3, 2015, voters approved Proposition 2, which extended the terms of the Mayor, City Controller and City Councilmembers to four years, while imposing a limit of two terms.

List of mayors of Houston

TermMayorParty Affiliation
2016–presentSylvester Turner Democratic
2010–2016Annise Parker Democratic
2004–2010Bill White Democratic
1998–2004Lee Brown Democratic
1992–1998Bob Lanier Democratic
1982–1992Kathy Whitmire Democratic
1978–1981Jim McConn Republican
1974–1978Fred Hofheinz Democratic
1964–1973Louie Welch Republican
1958–1963Lewis Cutrer Democratic
1956–1957Oscar F. Holcombe Democratic
1953–1955Roy Hofheinz Democratic
1947–1952Oscar F. Holcombe Democratic
1943–1946Otis Massey Democratic
1941–1942Neal Pickett
1939–1941Oscar F. Holcombe Democratic
1937–1938Richard H. Fonville
1933–1936Oscar F. Holcombe Democratic
1929–1933Walter E. Monteith
1921–1929Oscar F. Holcombe Democratic
1918–1921A. Earl Amerman
1917–1918Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr.
1917J. J. Pastoriza
1913–1917Ben Campbell
1905–1913H. Baldwin Rice
1904–1905Andrew L. Jackson
1902–1904O. T. Holt
1901–1902John D. Woolford
1898–1901Samuel H. Brashear
1896–1898H. Baldwin Rice
1892–1896John T. Browne
1890–1892Henry Scherffius
1886–1890Daniel C. Smith
1880–1886William R. Baker
1879–1880Andrew J. Burke
1877–1878James T. D. Wilson
1875–1876I. C. Lord
1874James T. D. Wilson
1870–1873Thomas H. Scanlan
1868–1870Joseph Robert Morris
1867–1868Alexander McGowan
1866Horace D. Taylor
1863–1865William Anders
1862Thomas W. House
1861William J. Hutchins
1860Thomas W. Whitmarsh
1859William King
1858Alexander McGowan
1856–1857Cornelius Ennis
1855–1856James H. Stevens
1853–1854Nathan Fuller
1849–1852Francis W. Moore, Jr.
1847–1848B. P. Buckner
1846James Bailey
1845W. W. Swain
1844Horace Baldwin
1843Francis W. Moore, Jr.
1841–1842Colonel J.D. Andrews
1840Charles Bigelow
1839George W. Lively
1838–1839Francis W. Moore, Jr.
1837James S. Holman

Living former mayors

, five former mayors were alive, the oldest being Lee Brown. The most recent mayor to die was Bob Lanier, on December 20, 2014.
NameMayoral termDate of birth
Fred Hofheinz1974–1977March 15, 1938
Kathy Whitmire1982–1991August 15, 1946
Lee Brown1998–2004October 4, 1937
Bill White2004–2010June 16, 1954
Annise Parker2010–2016May 17, 1956