List of mayors of Berkeley, California

This is a list of mayors of Berkeley, California. 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
• Samuel Heywood / Joseph L. Scotchler (Republican) 1889–1891
• 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
• William H. Marston 1899–1903
• Thomas Rickard (Republican) 1903–1909
• Mayors
• Beverly L. Hodghead (Democrat) 1909–1911
• J. Stitt Wilson (Socialist) 1911–1913
• Charles D. Heywood (Republican) 1913–1915
• Samuel C. Irving (Democrat) 1915–1919
• Louis Bartlett (Republican) 1919–1923
• Frank D. Stringham (Republican) 1923–1927
• Michael B. Driver (Republican) 1927–1930
• Thomas E. Caldecott (Republican) 1930–1932
• Edward N. Ament (Republican) 1932–1939
• Frank S. Gaines (Republican) 1939–1943
• Fitch Robertson (Republican) 1943–1946
• Carrie L. Hoyt (Republican) 1947 (January–April)
• Laurance L. Cross (Democrat) 1947–1955
• Claude B. Hutchison (Republican) 1955–1963
• Wallace Johnson (Republican) 1963–1971
• Warren Widener (Democrat) 1971–1979, first African-American mayor
• Gus Newport, (Berkeley Citizens Action) 1979–1986
• Loni Hancock, (Berkeley Citizens Action) 1986–1994
• Jeffrey Shattuck Leiter, 1994 (March–December)
• Shirley Dean, (Berkeley Democrat Club) 1994–2002
• Tom Bates, 2002–2014
• Jesse Arreguín, 2014–2024
• Adena Ishii, 2024–present

References

External links

• City of Berkeley Mayor's Office