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This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Each mayoral term lasts two years.
Mayor of Houston of Texas Style The Honorable Term length Two years, renewable twice Inaugural holder James S. Holman
1837Formation Houston City Charter Website Official website List of mayors of Houston
Term Mayor 2010— Annise Parker 2004–2010 Bill White 1998–2004 Lee Brown 1992–1998 Bob Lanier 1982–1991 Kathy Whitmire 1978–1981 Jim McConn 1974–1977 Fred Hofheinz 1964–1973 Louie Welch 1958–1963 Lewis Cutrer 1956–1957 Oscar F. Holcombe 1953–1955 Roy Hofheinz 1947–1952 Oscar F. Holcombe 1943–1946 Otis Massey 1941–1942 Neal Pickett 1939–1941 Oscar F. Holcombe 1937–1938 R. H. Fonville 1933–1936 Oscar F. Holcombe 1929–1933 Walter E. Monteith 1921–1929 Oscar F. Holcombe 1918–1921 A. Earl Amerman 1917–1918 Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr. 1917 J. J. Pastoriza (died in office) 1913–1917 Ben Campbell 1905–1913 H. Baldwin Rice 1904–1905 Andrew L. Jackson 1902–1904 O. T. Holt 1901–1902 John D. Woolford 1898–1901 Samuel H. Brashear 1896–1898 H. Baldwin Rice 1892–1896 John T. Browne 1890–1892 Henry Scherffius 1886–1890 Daniel C. Smith 1880–1886 William R. Baker 1879–1880 Andrew J. Burke 1877–1878 James T. D. Wilson 1875–1876 I. C. Lord 1874 James T. D. Wilson 1870–1873 Thomas H. Scanlan 1868–1870 Joseph R. Morris 1867–1868 Alexander McGowan 1866 Horace D. Taylor 1863–1865 William Anders 1862 Thomas W. House 1861 William J. Hutchins 1860 Thomas W. Whitmarsh 1859 William King 1858 Alexander McGowan 1856–1857 Cornelius Ennis 1855–1856 James H. Stevens 1853–1854 Nathan Fuller 1849–1852 Francis W. Moore, Jr. 1847–1848 B. P. Buckner 1846 James Bailey 1845 W. W. Swain 1844 Horace Baldwin 1843 Francis W. Moore, Jr. 1841–1842 Colonel J.D. Andrews 1840 Charles Bigelow 1839 George W. Lively 1838–1839 Francis W. Moore, Jr. 1837 James S. Holman Living former mayors
As of January 2010[update], five former mayors were alive, the oldest being Bob Lanier (1992–1998, born 1925). The most recent mayor to die was Louie Welch (1964–1973), on January 27, 2008. The most recently serving mayor to die was Jim McConn (1978–1981), on March 14, 1997.
Name Mayoral term Date of birth Fred Hofheinz 1974–1977 1938 Kathy Whitmire 1982–1991 August 15, 1946 Bob Lanier 1992–1998 March 10, 1925 Lee Brown 1998–2004 October 4, 1937 Bill White 2004–2010 June 16, 1954 External links
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See also: The six wards of HoustonNeighborhoods Afton Oaks | Brentwood | Briargrove Park | City Park | Clinton Park | Cloverland | Corinthian Pointe | Crestwood | Eastwood | Garden Oaks | Highland Village | Houston Gardens | Idylwood | Kashmere Gardens | Larchmont | Magnolia Grove | Montrose | Morningside Place | Near North Side | Nottingham Forest | Old Braeswood | Pecan Park | Port Houston | Rice Military | Robindell | Royal Oaks Country Club | Settegast | Sharpstown | Shenandoah | University Oaks | Walnut Bend | Westbury | West End | Westmoreland | Willow Meadows | Willowbend | Woodland Heights
See: List of Houston neighborhoodsEducation Public universities: University of Houston | University of Houston–Clear Lake | University of Houston–Downtown | Texas Southern University
Private universities: Rice University | Houston Baptist University | University of St. Thomas
Community colleges: Houston Community College | Lone Star College | San Jacinto College
See: List of colleges and universities in HoustonCategories:- Lists of mayors of places in the United States
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