List of mayors of Sacramento, California


This is a list of Mayors of Sacramento, California. The Sacramento City Council met for the first time on August 1, 1849 and the citizens approved the city charter on October 13, 1849. The City Charter was recognized by the State of California on February 27, 1850 and Sacramento was incorporated on March 18, 1850.
YearMayorNotes and references
2016–presentDarrell Steinberg
2008–2016Kevin JohnsonFirst African-American mayor, former NBA player, and P.R.A. Dodger
2000–2008Heather FargoSecond elected female mayor in Sacramento
1999–2000Jimmie R. YeeFirst Asian-American to serve as mayor
1992–1999Joe Serna, Jr.First Hispanic-American to be elected as mayor
1983–1992Anne RudinFirst elected female mayor in Sacramento
1983R. Burnett Miller
1975–1982Phil IsenbergLater served in the California State Assembly
1968–1975Richard H. Marriott
1966–1967Walter Christensen
1960–1965James B. McKenney
1956–1959Clarence L. Azevedo
1954–1955H. H. Hendren
1954William A. HicksResigned from office
1952–1953Leslie E. Wood
1950–1951Bert E. Geisreiter
1948–1949Belle CooledgeFirst female mayor
1946–1947George L. Klumpp
1938–1945Thomas B. Monk
1936–1937Arthur D. Ferguson
1934–1935Thomas P. Scollan
1930–1933C. H. S. Bidwell
1928–1929Ralph E. Conley
1926–1927Alexander E. Goddard
1921–1925Albert ElkusFirst mayor to be born within city boundaries
1920–1921Charles A. Bliss
1918–1920John Q. BrownSon of former mayor John Q. Brown
1916–1918Daniel W. Carmichael
1915–1916Gustavaus C. Simmons
1912–1915Michael J. Burke
1910–1912Marshall R. Beard
1908–1909Clinton L. White
1906–1907Marshall R. Beard
1904–1905William J. Hassett
1900–1903George H. Clark
1898–1899William Land
1896–1897Cyrus H. Hubbard
1893–1895Bernard U. SteinmanFirst Jew elected mayor of Sacramento
1889–1892William D. Comstock
1887–1888Eugene J. Gregory
1881–1887John Q. BrownFather of mayor John Q. Brown
1878–1880Jabez TurnerElected on what was known as the State Workingmen's ticket
1872–1877Christopher Green
1863–1871Charles Heman
1859–1862William Shattuck
1858Henry Lambard NicholsLater served as Secretary of State of California
1857Joseph Palmer Dyer
1856Benjamin Barnard ReddingBorn in Canada
1855James Lawrence EnglishLater served as the California State Treasurer
1854R. P. Johnson
1853James Richmond Hardenberg
1852C. I. Hutchinson
1851James Richmond Hardenberg
1850Hardin BigelowThe first elected mayor of Sacramento
1849Albert Maver Winn
1849William StoutSpent three weeks in office

See also : Lists of incumbents