The Mayor of Annapolis is the chief political figure in the city of

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, which is the capital city of

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. The mayor is elected to a four-year term.

List of Mayors of Annapolis

*1708–1720

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*1720–1721 Thomas Larkin *1721–1722 Benjamin Tasker *1722–1726 Vachel Denton *1726–1727 Benjamin Tasker *1727–1745 Vachel Denton *1745–1746 Robert Gordon *1746–1747 Michael MacNamara *1747–1748 Benjamin Tasker *1748–1749 John Ross *1749–1750 John Bullen *1750–1753 Benjamin Tasker *1753–1754 Michael MacNamara *1754–1755 Benjamin Tasker, Jr. *1755–1756 John Brice, Jr. *1756–1757 Benjamin Tasker *1757–1758 John Bullen *1758–1759 John Ross *1759–1760 Dr George H. Steuart *1760–1761 Michael MacNamara (MacNamara left Annapolis for England in April, 1761) *1761–1762 Stephen Bordley (elected to serve out the rest of MacNamara's term) *1762–1763 John Brice, Jr. *1763–1764 Dr George H. Steuart *1764–1765 Daniel Dulany *1765–1766 John Ross *1766–1767 Walter Dulany *1767–1768 Upton Scott *1771–1772 Thomas Jennings *1773–1780 Allen Quynn *1780–1781 John Brice III *1781–1782 John Bullen *1782–1783

James Brice James Brice (August 26, 1746 – July 11, 1801) was an Americans, American planter, lawyer, and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was Governor of Maryland in 1792, and one of the largest land owners on the east coast. James was born in An ...

*1783–1784 Jeremiah Townly Chase *1784–1785 Nicholas Carroll *1785–1786 Robert Couden *1786–1787 Allen Quynn *1787–1788

*1788–1789 John Bullen *1789–1790 Nicholas Carroll *1790–1791 Robert Couden *1791–1792 Allen Quynn *1792–1793 John Bullen *1793–1794 James Williams *1794–1795

William Pinkney William Pinkney (March 17, 1764February 25, 1822) was an American statesman and diplomat, and was appointed the seventh U.S. Attorney General by President James Madison. Biography William Pinkney was born in 1764 in Annapolis in the Province o ...

*1795–1796 Allen Quynn *1796–1797 John Bullen *1797–1798

Philip Barton Key Philip Barton Key (April 12, 1757 – July 28, 1815), was an American Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and later was a United States Circuit Judge and Chief United States Circuit Judge of the United States circuit court for the F ...

*1798–1799 Nicholas Carroll *1799–1800 John Davidson *1800–1801 James Williams *1801–1802 Allen Quynn *1802–1803 Samuel Ridout *1803–1804 John Johnson *1804–1805 James Williams *1805–1806 Samuel Ridout *1806–1807 Burton Whetcroft *1807–1808 John Kilty *1808–1809 Burton Whetcroft *1809–1810 John Johnson *1810–1811 Nicholas Brewer *1811–1812 Gideon White *1812–1813 Nicholas Brewer *1813–1814 John Randall *1814–1815 Nicholas Brewer *1815–1816 John Randall *1816–1817 Nicholas Brewer *1817–1818 John Randall *1818–1819 Nicholas Brewer *1819–1823 Lewis Duvall *1823–1825 James Boyle *1825–1828 Richard Harwood of Thomas *1828–1837 Dr.

Dennis Claude Dennis Claude ( – December 9, 1863) was a 2-time mayor of Annapolis, Maryland (1828–1837, 1853–1854). He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, in the Maryland Senate and as Treasurer of Maryland. He was the father of 4-time ...

*1837–1840 John Miller *1840–1843

Alexander Contee Magruder Alexander Contee Magruder (c. 1779–1853) was a Maryland politician and judge. He served as a member of the Governor's Council from 1812 to 1815.

*1843–1845 Richard Swann *1845–1846 William Bryan *1846–1848 Richard Swann *1848–1849 Richard Goodwin *1849–1851 Dr. Abram Claude *1851–1852 Brice Worthington *1852–1853 Richard Goodwin *1853–1854 Dr.

*1854–1855 Dr. Abram Claude *1855–1856 Nicholas Brewer, III *1856–1858 Richard Swann *1858–1859 Joseph Brown *1859–1860 William Harwood *1860–1862 John Magruder *1862–1863 Wesley White *1863–1864 John Magruder *1864–1865

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*1865–1866 Richard Goodwin *1866–1867 Richard Swann *1867–1869 Dr. Abram Claude *1869–1870

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*1870–1871 John Hyde (D) *1871–1875 James Munroe *1875–1877 Arthur Wells *1877–1879

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nick ...

*1879–1883

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*1883–1889 Dr. Abram Claude *1889–1893

*1893–1897 John Thomas *1897–1899 Dr. Richard Green *1899 Nevett Steele (Steele was elected mayor February 13, 1899, to fill the unexpired term of Green, who had died the month before. Steele served until the election of Seidewitz in July.) *1899–1901 Edwin Seidewitz *1901–1903 Charles Dubois (R) *1903–1905 Samuel Jones *1905–1907 John Douw *1907–1909 Gordon Claude (D) *1909–1919 James F. Strange (D) *1919–1921 John Levy (D) *1921–1923 Samuel Jones *1923–1925 Charles Smith *1925–1927 Allen Bowie Howard (D) *1927–1929 Charles Smith *1929–1935 Walter Quenstedt (R) *1935–1939 Louis Phipps (D) *1939–1941

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(acting mayor, Jan. 17, 1939 to July 21, 1941) *1941–1949 William McCready (D) *1949–1952 Roscoe Rowe (R) *1952 Robert Campbell, Sr. (acting mayor following Rowe's death, nine months of 1952) *1952–1961 Arthur Ellington (D, acting mayor, Jan. 15 to July 20, 1953) *1961–1965 Joseph Griscom, Sr. (R) *1965–1973 Roger Moyer (D) *1973 Noah Hillman (D, Served June 2 to 11; Moyer resigned 10 days before the end of his term as a way to honor Hillman, a long-time City Councilmen). *1973 – March 9, 1981 John Apostol (R, resigned March 3, 1981) *March 9, 1981 – April 12, 1981 Gustav Akerland (R, Alderman and acting mayor following Apostol's resignation; died April 15, 1981). *April 12, 1981 – June 7, 1981 John Thomas Chambers, Jr. (R, Alderman and acting mayor following Akerland's suicide; Annapolis’ first African-American Mayor). *1981–1985 Richard Lazer Hillman (R) *1985–1989 Dennis Callahan (D) *1989– December 1, 1997

Alfred Hopkins Alfred Harral Hopkins (March 14, 1870 – May 5, 1941) was an American architect, an "estate architect" who specialized in country houses and especially in model farms in an invented "vernacular" style suited to the American elite. He was a me ...

(D) *December 1, 1997 – December 3, 2001 Dean Johnson (R) *December 3, 2001 – December 7, 2009

Ellen Moyer Ellen Oosterling Moyer (born February 12, 1936) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland, having been elected in 2001. As mayor, she established the Annapol ...

(D) *December 7, 2009 – December 2, 2013 Joshua Cohen (D) *December 2, 2013 – December 4, 2017

Mike Pantelides Michael John Pantelides (born September 5, 1983) is an American politician who served as the mayor of the city of Annapolis, Maryland, from 2013 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. Pantelides was elected in November 2013, defeating i ...

(R) *December 4, 2017 – Present

Gavin Buckley Gavin Buckley (born 8 February 1963) is a South African-born Australian-American politician and former restaurateur who has been the 137th mayor of Annapolis, Maryland since 2017. Born in South Africa and raised primarily in Perth, Western Aus ...

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References

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Mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

1708 establishments in Maryland