List of elected socialist mayors in the United States

The following is a list of mayors who have declared themselves to be socialists or have been a member of a socialist party in the United States.

Statistics

In 1911, one author estimated that there were twenty-eight such mayors and in 1913 another author estimated thirty-four. In 1967, however, James Weinstein's table of "Cities and Towns Electing Socialist Mayors or Other Major Municipal Officers, 1911–1920" counted 74 such municipalities in 1911 and 32 in 1913, with smaller peaks in 1915 (22) and 1917 (18):

In 1911, the SPA won election to about 1,141 local offices in total.

List of mayors

See also

• Other lists:
• List of socialist members of the United States Congress
• List of Democratic Socialists of America public officeholders
• List of Green politicians who have held office in the United States (none at federal level)
• List of Communist Party USA members who have held office in the United States (none at federal level)
• History of the socialist movement in the United States
• The Squad (United States Congress)
• Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Millennial socialism

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Henry Bengston, On the Left in America: Memoirs of the Scandinavian-American Labor Movement. SIU Press, 1999; pg. 237.
• David R. Berman, Socialist Mayors in the United States: Governing in an Era of Municipal Reform. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2022.
• Jack Ross, "Socialist Elected Officeholders, 1897-1960." The Socialist Party of America: A Complete History. Lincoln, NE: Potomac Books, 2015; pp. 609–638.
• James Weinstein, The Decline of Socialism in America 1912–1925. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1967; pp. 116–118.