List of mayors of Portland, Oregon

See also: Government of Portland, Oregon

This is a list of mayors of the city of Portland, Oregon. Note: under Portland's system of government, members of the City Council (known as Commissioners) have many duties that are typically the domain of a mayor.

The term for mayor of Portland is four years. Mayoral elections are held in May of US presidential election years (years divisible by four), during the Oregon primary election, with a runoff between the top two vote-getters held in November of the same year should no candidate garner a majority vote in the May election. The mayor-elect takes office the following January.

Josiah Failing

William S. Ladd

Henry Failing

David P. Thompson

William S. Mason

Joseph Simon

Portland Mayors' Portrait Gallery

• Hugh D. O'Bryant (1851–1852)
• Allison C. Bonnell (1852)
• Simon B. Marye (1852–1853)
• Josiah Failing (1853–1854)
• William S. Ladd (1854–1855)
• George W. Vaughn (1855–1856)
• James O'Neill (1856–1857)
• William S. Ladd (1857–1858)
• A. M. Starr (1858–1859)
• S. J. McCormick (1859–1860)
• G. Collier Robbins (1860–1861)
• John M. Breck (1861)-1862)
• William H. Farrar (1862–1863)
• David Logan (1863–1864)
• Henry Failing (1864–1865)
• T.J. Holmes (1866–1867)
• J. A. Chapman (1867–1868)
• Hamilton Boyd (1868–1869)
• Bernard Goldsmith (1869–1871)
• P. Wasserman (1871–1873)
• Henry Failing (1873–1875)
• J. A. Chapman (1875–1877)
• William Spencer Newbury (1877–1879)
• David P. Thompson (1879–1881)
• J. A. Chapman (1882–1885)
• John Gates (1885–1888)
• Van B. DeLashmutt (1888–1891)
• William S. Mason (1891–1894)
• George P. Frank (1894–1896)
• Sylvester Pennoyer (1896–1898)
• William S. Mason (1898–1899)
• W. A. Storey (1899–1900)
• Henry S. Rowe (1900–1902)
• George Henry Williams (1902–1905)
• Harry Lane (1905–1909)
• Joseph Simon (1909–1911)
• A. G. Rushlight (1911–1913)
• Harry Russell Albee (1913–1917)
• George Luis Baker (1917–1933)
• Joseph K. Carson, Jr. (1933–1941)
• Earl Riley (1941–1949)
• Dorothy McCullough Lee (1949–1953)
• Fred L. Peterson (1953–1956)
• Terry Doyle Schrunk (1957–1973)
• Neil Goldschmidt (1973–1979)
• Connie McCready (1979–1981)
• Francis J. Ivancie (1981–1985)
• J. E. "Bud" Clark (1985–1993)
• Vera Katz (1993–2005)
• Tom Potter (January 3, 2005 – December 31, 2008)
• Sam Adams (January 1, 2009–present)

Portland Mayors' Portraits

The City of Portland Mayor's office, in City Hall contains a collection of mounted portraits of all the mayors to date. As of this writing only two Mayors are missing from the Collection; William H. Farrar (1862–1863) and Hamilton Boyd (1868–1869).

See also

• Lists of Oregon-related topics

External links

• List of mayors from Portland auditor's office