Mayor of New York City - Definition and Overview

For a list of the Dutch Director-Generals who governed New Amsterdam (as New York City was called when it was a Dutch-run settlement) between 1624 and 1664, see: Director-General of New Netherland.

Mayors of New York City

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1665-1766

Thomas Willett	1665-66
Thomas Delavall	1666-67
Thomas Willett	1667-68
Cornelius Van Steenwyck	1668-71
Thomas Delavall	1671-72
Matthias Nicholls	1672-73
John Lawrence	1673-75
William Dervall	1675-76
Nicholas De Mayer	1676-77
Stephanus Van Cortlandt	1677-78
Thomas Delavall	1678-79
Francis Rombouts	1679-80
William Dyre	1680-82
Cornelius Van Steenwyk	1682-84
Gabriel Minvielle	1684-85
Nicholas Bayard	1685-86
Stephanus Van Cortlandt	1686-88
Peter Delanoy	1688-91
John Lawrence	1691-92
Abraham DePeyster	1692-94
Charles Lodwik	1694-96
William Merritt	1696-98
Abraham De Peyster	1698-99
David Provost	1699-1700
Isaac De Reimer	1700-01
Thomas Noell	1701-02
Thomas Hood	1702
Phillip French	1702-03
William Peartree	1703-07
Ebenezer Wilson	1707-10
Jacobus Van Cortlandt	1710-11
Caleb Heathcote	1711-14
John Johnstone	1714-19
Jacobus Van Cortlandt	1719-20
Robert Walters	1720-25
Johannes Jansen	1725-26
Robert Lurting	1726-35
Paul Richard	1735-39
John Cruger	1739-44
Stephen Bayard	1744-47
Edward Holland	1747-57
John Cruger, Jr.	1757-66

1766-1866

Whitehead Hicks	1766-76
David Matthews	1776-84
James Duane	1784-89
Richard Varick	1789-1801
Edward Livingston	1801-03
De Witt Clinton	1803-07
Marinus Willett	1807-08
De Witt Clinton	1808-10
Jacob Radcliff	1810-11
De Witt Clinton	1811-15
John Ferguson	1815
Jacob Radcliff	1815-18
Cadwallader D. Colden	1818-21
Stephen Allen	1821-24
William Paulding Jr.	1825-26
Philip Hone	1826-27
William Paulding Jr.	1827-29
Walter Browne	1829-33
Gideon Lee	1833-34
Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence	1834-37
Aaron Clark	1837-39
Isaac L. Varian	1839-41
Robert Morris	1841-44
James Harper	1844-45
William Havemeyer	1845-46
Andrew H. Mickle	1846-47
William Brady	1847-48
William Havemeyer	1848-49
Caleb Smith Woodhull	1849-51
Ambrose Kingsland	1851-53
Jacob Westervelt	1853-55
Fernando Wood	1855-58
Daniel F. Tiemann	1858-60
Fernando Wood	1860-62
George Opdyke	1862-64
Charles Gunther	1864-66

1866-1966

John T. Hoffman	1866-68
Thomas Coman	1868
Abraham Oakey Hall	1869-72
William Havemeyer	1873-74
Samuel Vance	1874
William Wickham	1875-76	Democratic
Smith Ely, Jr.	1877-78	Democratic
Edward Cooper	1879-80	Democratic
William Russell Grace	1881-82
Franklin Edson	1883-84	Democratic
William Russell Grace	1885-86
Abram S. Hewitt	1887-88	Democratic
Hugh L. Grant	1889-92
Thomas F. Gilroy	1893-94	Democratic
William L. Strong	1895-97
Robert A. Van Wyck	1898-1901	Democratic
Seth Low	1902-03	Republican/Citizens Union
George B. McClellan Jr.	1904-09	Democratic
William Jay Gaynor	1910-13
Ardolph Loges Kline	1913	Republican
John Purroy Mitchel	1914-17	fusion candidate
John F. Hylan	1918-25
James J. Walker	1926-32	Democratic
Joseph V. McKee	1932	Democratic
John P. O'Brien	1933	Democratic
Fiorello H. LaGuardia	1934-45	Republican/fusion
William O'Dwyer	1946-50	Democratic
Vincent R. Impellitteri	1950-53	Democratic
Robert F. Wagner Jr.	1954-65	Democratic

1966-present

John V. Lindsay	1966-73	Republican/Liberal
Abraham D. Beame	1974-77	Democratic
Edward I. Koch	1978-89	Democratic
David N. Dinkins	1990-93	Democratic
Rudolph W. Giuliani	1994-2001	Republican
Michael R. Bloomberg	2002-present	Republican

Mayor of New York City - Definition and Overview

1665-1766

1766-1866

1866-1966

1966-present

See also

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