List of mayors of Sacramento, California

This is a list of mayors of Sacramento, California. The Sacramento City Council met for the first time on August 1, 1849, and the citizens approved the city charter on October 13, 1849. The City Charter was recognized by the State of California on February 27, 1850, and Sacramento was incorporated on March 18, 1850.

+ List of mayors of Sacramento#ImageMayorTerm startTerm endNotes and references1William Stout1849Spent three weeks in office 2Albert Maver Winn18493Hardin BigelowApril 1, 1850November 1850The first elected mayor of Sacramento4James Richmond HardenbergNovember 185018515C. I. Hutchinson18526James Richmond Hardenberg18537R. P. Johnson18548James Lawrence English1855Later served as the California State Treasurer9Benjamin Barnard Redding18561857Born in Canada10Joseph P. Dyer185711Henry Lambard Nichols1858Later served as Secretary of State of California12William Shattuck1859186213Charles Heman1863187114Christopher Green1872187715Jabez Turner18781880Elected on what was known as the State Workingmen's ticket16John Q. Brown18811887Father of mayor John Q. Brown (1918–1920)17Eugene J. Gregory1887188818William D. Comstock1889189219Bernard U. Steinman18931895First Jewish mayor of Sacramento 20Cyrus H. Hubbard1896189721William Land1898189922George H. Clark1900190323William J. Hassett1904190524Marshall R. Beard1906190725Clinton L. White1908190926Marshall R. Beard1910191227Michael J. Burke1912191528Gustavaus C. Simmons1915191629Daniel W. Carmichael1916191830John Q. Brown19181920Son of former mayor John Q. Brown (1881–1887)31Charles A. Bliss1920192132Albert Elkus19211925First mayor to be born within city boundaries33Alexander E. Goddard1926192734Ralph E. Conley19281928Resigned effective October 15, 192835Martin I. Welsh19281930Ran for Lieutenant Governor of California in 193036C. H. S. Bidwell1930193337Thomas P. Scollan1934193538Arthur D. Ferguson1936193739Thomas B. Monk1938194540George L. Klumpp1946194741Belle Cooledge19481949First female mayor42Bert E. Geisreiter1950195143Leslie E. Wood1952195344William A. Hicks1954Resigned from office45H. H. Hendren1954195546Clarence L. Azevedo1956195947James B. McKenney1960196548Walter Christensen1966196749Richard H. Marriott1968197550Phil Isenberg19751982Later served in the California State Assembly51R. Burnett Miller198352Anne Rudin1983January 2, 1993First elected female mayor in Sacramento53Joe Serna, Jr.January 2, 1993November 7, 1999 First Hispanic-American to be elected as mayor (died in office)VacantNovember 7, 1999December 14, 1999–Jimmie R. Yee (interim)December 14, 1999November 27, 2000First Asian-American mayor54Heather FargoNovember 27, 2000December 2, 2008Second elected female mayor in Sacramento 55Kevin JohnsonDecember 2, 2008December 13, 2016First African-American mayor and former NBA player56Darrell SteinbergDecember 13, 2016December 10, 202457Kevin McCartyDecember 10, 2024Incumbent

See also Timeline of Sacramento, California

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