The mayor of Alexandria, Virginia serves as the ceremonial head of government of the independent City of Alexandria, Virginia. Elected at large by the voters of the city, the mayor serves a three-year term. The incumbent, Alyia Gaskins, was first elected in the 2024 election.
List of mayors of Alexandria (1780âÂÂ)
Source:
- Robert T. Hooe 1780âÂÂ1781
- James Hendricks 1781âÂÂ1782
- William Herbert 1782âÂÂ1783
- Richard Conway 1783âÂÂ1784
- James Keith 1784âÂÂ1785
- James Kirk 1785âÂÂ1786
- David Arell 1786
- John Fitzgerald 1786âÂÂ1787
- William Hunter, Jr. 1787âÂÂ1788
- Jesse Taylor 1788âÂÂ1789
- Dennis Ramsay 1789âÂÂ1790
- William Hunter, Jr. 1790âÂÂ1791
- Philip Marsteller 1791âÂÂ1792
- Jesse Taylor 1792âÂÂ1793
- Dennis Ramsay 1793âÂÂ1794
- Robert Mease 1794âÂÂ1795
- John Dundas 1795âÂÂ1796
- Jonah Thompson 1796âÂÂ1797
- Francis Peyton 1797âÂÂ1798
- John Dundas 1798âÂÂ1799
- Francis Peyton 1799âÂÂ1800
- Amos Alexander 1800âÂÂ1801
While included within the District of Columbia (1801âÂÂ1847)
- George Taylor 1801âÂÂ1802
- Alexander Smith 1802
- George Washington Slacum 1802âÂÂ1803
- Jacob Hoffman 1803âÂÂ1804
- Elisha C. Dick 1804âÂÂ1805
- Jonah Thompson 1805âÂÂ1808
- Cuthbert Powell 1808âÂÂ1809
- William Herbert 1809âÂÂ1812
- Charles Simms 1812âÂÂ1815
- Edmund J. Lee 1815âÂÂ1818
- Jacob Hoffman 1818âÂÂ1821
- Christopher Neale 1821âÂÂ1824
- John Roberts 1824âÂÂ1827
- Thomson Francis Mason 1827âÂÂ1830
- John Roberts 1830âÂÂ1833
- Bernard Hooe Jr. 1833âÂÂ1836
- George Wise 1836âÂÂ1837
- Bernard Hooe Jr. 1837âÂÂ1840
- Edgar Snowden 1840âÂÂ1843
- Robert G. Violett 1843
- Joseph Eaches 1843âÂÂ1846
- William Veitch 1846âÂÂ1847
After retrocession of the City of Alexandria and Alexandria County back to Virginia (1847âÂÂpresent)
- William Veitch 1847âÂÂ1849
- Isaac Buckingham 1849âÂÂ1850
- Lawrence Berry Taylor 1850âÂÂ1853
- John Muir 1853âÂÂ1854
- George P. Wise 1854âÂÂ1857
- William Duncan Massey 1857âÂÂ1860
- William B. Price 1860âÂÂ1861
- Lewis McKenzie 1861âÂÂ1863
- Charles A. Ware 1863âÂÂ1866
- Hugh Latham 1866âÂÂ1868
- William Norris Berkley 1868âÂÂ1869
- Hugh Latham 1869âÂÂ1872
- William Norris Berkley 1872âÂÂ1874
- Kosciusko Kemper 1874âÂÂ1876
- J. B. Johnson 1876âÂÂ1877
- Kosciusko Kemper 1877âÂÂ1878
- Courtland H. Smith 1878âÂÂ1881
- James T. Beckham 1881âÂÂ1885
- John B. Smoot 1885âÂÂ1887
- E. E. Downham 1887âÂÂ1891
- Henry Strauss 1891âÂÂ1897
- George L. Simpson 1897âÂÂ1903
- F. J. Paff 1903âÂÂ1912
- Thomas Fisher 1912âÂÂ1920
- James M. Duncan 1920âÂÂ1922
- William Albert Smoot 1922âÂÂ1930
- Robert Simpson Jones 1930
- Carroll Pierce 1930âÂÂ1931
- Edmund F. Ticer 1931âÂÂ1934
- Emmett C. Davison 1934âÂÂ1937
- Richard Ruffner 1937âÂÂ1940
- William T. Wilkins 1940âÂÂ1949
- Franklin P. Backus 1949âÂÂ1952
- Marshall J. Beverley 1952âÂÂ1955
- Leroy S. Bendheim 1955âÂÂ1961
- Frank E. Mann 1961âÂÂ1967
- Charles E. Beatley 1967âÂÂ1976
- Frank E. Mann 1976âÂÂ1979
- Charles E. Beatley 1979âÂÂ1985
- Jim Moran 1985âÂÂ1991
- Patsy Ticer 1991âÂÂ1996, first female mayor
- Kerry J. Donley 1996âÂÂ2003
- William D. Euille 2003âÂÂ2016, first African-American mayor
- Allison Silberberg 2016âÂÂ2019
- Justin Wilson 2019âÂÂ2025
- Alyia Gaskins 2025âÂÂpresent, first African-American female mayor
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