List of mayors of Vancouver, Washington

See also: List of mayors of Vancouver, British Columbia

The following is a list of mayors of Vancouver, Washington from 1858 on. The city of Vancouver was incorporated on January 23, 1857.

# Mayor Term start Term end Notes
1 Levi Farnsworth 1858
2 H. F. Stryker 1859
3 S. W. Brown 1861
4 A. G. Tripp 1865
5 Joseph M. Fletcher 1869
6 O. A. Freeman 1871
7 Abel G. Tripp [a] 1873 17 September 1875
8 Louis Sohns 1875
9 Dr Randolph Smith 1881
10 Randolph Smith 1883
11 J. R. Smith 1885
12 Charles Brown 1887
13 Louis Sohns 1889
14 J. R. Smith 1890
15 W. Byron Daniels 1891
16 G. W. Stapleton 1894
17 William Hoyt Brewster 1897
18 A. B. Eastham 1898
19 A. L. Johnson 1900
20 A. B. Eastham 1901
21 L. B. Clough 1903
22 E. G. Crawford 1904
23 Joseph R. Harvey 1906
24 E. M. Green 1907
25 John Phillip Kiggins 1908 1st Term
26 C. S. Irwin 1911
27 Henry Drass 1913
28 Milton Evans 1914
29 Grover R. Percival [b] 1918 1920
30 John Phillip Kiggins 1920 2nd Term
31 B. E. Allen 1925
32 John Phillip Kiggins 1927 3rd Term
33 Edward A. Hamilton [c] 20 May 1935[2] 31 December 1935 Was victim in a car accident, and finally passed away on New Years Eve of 1935.
34 C. Art Pender [c][d] 1936 1936 Supposedly hated the job. Resigned after 8 months.
35 Joseph Powell Breckel [d] 1936 Chose not to run for re-election.
36 John Phillip Kiggins 1937 1938[3] 4th Term
37 A. N. Stanley 1939
38 John A. Hogg 1942
39 Fred W. Sinclair 1944
40 V. B. Anderson 1948
41 Ralph E. Carter 1952
42 Robert S. McCall June 1954[4]
43 Roy W. Adams 1955
44 Henry L. Schumacher 1956
45 Irving A. Jensen 1958
46 P. L. "Bob" Wilson 1960
47 Rudolph Luepke 1962
48 Robert D. McMullen 1966
49 Albert C. Angelo 1967
50 Irving C. Jensen 1969
51 Lloyd Stromgren 1972
52 James Gallagher 1974
53 Jim Justin 1978 1984[5]
54 Bryce Seidl 1984 1987
55 Bruce Hagensen 1988
56 Royce Pollard 1996 2010
57 Tim Leavitt 2010 2018
58 Anne McEnerny-Ogle 2018
Incumbent

Notes

  1. ^ Tripp died in office on September 17, 1875.[1][2]
  2. ^ Percival disappeared October 17, 1920. His body was found November 22, 1920.[2]
  3. ^ a b Hamilton was in a traffic accident in late 1935 and died in January 1936. City councilman Pender was chosen by his fellow councillors to be mayor until the next election.[3]
  4. ^ a b Pender disliked being mayor and resigned within a few months of assuming the office. Breckel took over, as no other city councillor wanted to be mayor.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1890). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Volume XXXI: History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana 1845-1889. San Francisco: The History Company. p. 365. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Landerholm, Carl (1960). Vancouver Area Chronology 1784-1958 (PDF) (2002 ed.). Vancouver, WA: Clarke County Historical Society. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Jollota, Pat (2012). Legendary Locals of Vancouver, Washington. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 9781467100014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. ^ "New Mayor Named". The Daily Chronicle. Centralia, WA. 10 June 1954.
  5. ^ Damewood, Andrea (9 December 2009). "Justin, Ex-mayor of Vancouver, Dies". The Columbian. Vancouver, WA. Retrieved 6 February 2015.