This is a list of mayors of
Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland, Cali ...
. The list includes people serving in the equivalent position of president, in the city's early history.
*Presidents, Town Board of Trustees (1878–1909)
**Abel Whitton (
Workingman's Party) 1878–1881
**A. McKinstry 1881–1883
**W.C. Wright (Republican) 1883–1885
**J.B. Henley 1885–1887
**Henry L. Whitney 1887–1889
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Samuel Heywood / Joseph L. Scotchler (Republican) 1889–1891
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Reuben Rickard (Republican) 1891–1893
**Byron E. Underwood / Martin J. Acton / Charles S. Preble 1893–1895
**Reuben Rickard (Republican) 1895
**John W. Richards 1895–1899
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William H. Marston 1899–1903
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Thomas Rickard (Republican) 1903–1909
*Mayors
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Beverly L. Hodghead (Democrat) 1909–1911
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J. Stitt Wilson (
Socialist
Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...
) 1911–1913
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Charles D. Heywood
Charles Dingley Heywood (1881–1957) was an American politician. He was member of a family prominent in the early history of Berkeley, California. He served as mayor of the City of Berkeley from 1913 to 1915. In 1925, he was appointed as the l ...
(Republican) 1913–1915
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Samuel C. Irving (Democrat) 1915–1919
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Louis Bartlett
Louis De Fontenay. Bartlett (1873–1951) was an attorney and Mayor of Berkeley, California, from 1919 to 1923.
Bartlett was noted for his work to promote public utilities, especially water and power.
Louis Bartlett was born in San Francisco on ...
(Republican) 1919–1923
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Frank D. Stringham (Republican) 1923–1927
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Michael B. Driver (Republican) 1927–1930
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Thomas E. Caldecott (Republican) 1930–1932
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Edward N. Ament (Republican) 1932–1939
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Frank S. Gaines (Republican) 1939–1943
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Fitch Robertson (Republican) 1943–1946
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Carrie L. Hoyt (Republican) 1947 (January–April)
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Laurance L. Cross (Democrat) 1947–1955
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Claude B. Hutchison (Republican) 1955–1963
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Wallace Johnson (Republican) 1963–1971
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Warren Widener (Democrat) 1971–1979, first African-American mayor
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Gus Newport, (Berkeley Citizens Action) 1979–1986
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Loni Hancock, (Berkeley Citizens Action) 1986–1994
**Jeffrey Shattuck Leiter, 1994 (March–December)
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Shirley Dean, (Berkeley Democrat Club) 1994–2002
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Tom Bates, 2002–2016
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Jesse Arreguín, 2016–2024
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Adena Ishii, 2024–
References
External links
City of Berkeley Mayor's Office
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayors of Berkeley, California
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