List of mayors of Baltimore
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List of mayors of Baltimore

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#	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Terms	Party	Notes

1	James Calhoun	1797	1804	4	None

2	Thorowgood Smith	1804	1808	2	None

3	Edward Johnson	1808	1816	4	Democratic-Republican

4	George Stiles	1816	1819	1 ​1⁄2	Democratic-Republican	Died in office

(3)	Edward Johnson	1819	1820	Partial	Democratic-Republican	Elected by the 1818 electors to finish out Mayor Stiles' term

5	John Montgomery	1820	1822	1	Democratic-Republican

(3)	Edward Johnson	1822	1824	1	Democratic-Republican

(5)	John Montgomery	1824	1826	1	Democratic-Republican

6	Jacob Small	1826	1831	2 ​1⁄2	Democratic-Republican	Resigned from office

7	William Steuart	1831	1832	Partial	Democratic-Republican	Elected by the 1830 electors to finish out Mayor Small's term

8	Jesse Hunt	1832	1835	1 ​1⁄2	Whig	Resigned from office

9	Samuel Smith	1835	1838	1 ​1⁄2	Democratic	First elected in a special election to finish out Mayor Hunt's term, elected to a full term in 1836

10	Sheppard C. Leakin	1838	1840	1	Whig

11	Samuel Brady	1840	1842	Partial	Whig	Resigned from office

12	Solomon Hillen Jr.	1842	1843	Partial	Democratic	First elected in a special election to finish out Mayor Brady's term, elected to a full term in 1842. Resigned from office

13	James O. Law	1843	1844	Partial	Democratic	Elected in a special election to finish out Mayor Hillen's term

14	Jacob G. Davies	1844	1848	2	Whig

15	Elijah Stansbury, Jr.	1848	1850	1	Democratic

16	John H.T. Jerome	1850	1852	1	Democratic

17	John S. Hollins	1852	1854	1	Whig

18	Samuel Hinks	1854	1856	1	American

19	Thomas Swann	1856	1860	2	American

20	George W. Brown	1860	1861	Partial	Constitutional Union	Arrested and removed from office by the Union Army for Confederate sympathies

21	John C. Blackburn	1861	1862	Partial	None	President of the First Branch of the City Council and served as Mayor Ex Officio from Mayor Brown's arrest until the new First Branch organized and elected a President in January 1862

22	John L. Chapman	1862	1867	3 ​1⁄2	Republican	President of the First Branch of the City Council and served as Mayor Ex Officio from January to November 1862. Elected to three terms.

23	Robert T. Banks	1867	1871	1	Democratic	The Maryland Constitution of 1867 extended the term of office from two to four years. The term was reduced back to two years in 1870

24	Joshua Van Sant	1871	1875	2	Democratic

25	Ferdinand C. Latrobe	1875	1877	1	Democratic

26	George P. Kane	1877	1878	Partial	Democratic	Died in office

(25)	Ferdinand C. Latrobe	1878	1881	1 ​1⁄2	Democratic	First elected in a special election to finish out Mayor Kanes' term, elected to a full term in 1879.

27	William P. Whyte	1881	1883	1	Democratic

(25)	Ferdinand C. Latrobe	1883	1885	1	Democratic

28	James Hodges	1885	1887	1	Republican

(25)	Ferdinand C. Latrobe	1887	1889	1	Democratic

29	Robert C. Davidson	1889	1891	1	Democratic

(25)	Ferdinand C. Latrobe	1891	1895	2	Democratic

30	Alcaeus Hooper	1895	1897	1	Republican

31	William T. Malster	1897	1899	1	Republican

32	Thomas G. Hayes	1899	1903	1	Democratic

33	Robert McLane	1903	1904	Partial	Democratic	Died in office

34	E. Clay Timanus	1904	1907	Partial	Republican	President of the Second Branch. Succeeded to the mayoralty following McLane's death

35	J. Barry Mahool	1907	1911	1	Democratic	Lost reelection

36	James H. Preston	1911	1919	2	Democratic	Lost reelection

37	William F. Broening	1919	1923	1	Republican	Lost reelection

38	Howard W. Jackson	1923	1927	1	Democratic	Did not run for reelection

(37)	William F. Broening	1927	1931	1	Republican	Did not run for reelection

(38)	Howard W. Jackson	1931	1943	3	Democratic	Lost reelection in 1943

39	Theodore McKeldin	1943	1947	1	Republican	Did not run for reelection

40	Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.	1947	1959	3	Democratic	Lost reelection in 1959

41	J. Harold Grady	1959	1962	Partial	Democratic	Resigned following appointment as a Judge to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City (Circuit Court)

42	Philip H. Goodman	1962	1963	Partial	Democratic	City Council President. Succeeded to the mayoralty following Grady's resignation. Lost reelection to a full term.

(39)	Theodore McKeldin	1963	1967	1	Republican	Did not run for reelection

43	Thomas D'Alesandro III	1967	1971	1	Democratic	Did not run for reelection

44	William D. Schaefer	1971	1987	4	Democratic	Baltimore's longest-serving mayor. Resigned following his election as governor.

45	Clarence H. Burns	1987	1987	Partial	Democratic	City Council President. First African-American mayor of Baltimore.

46	Kurt Schmoke	1987	1999	3	Democratic	First African-American elected Mayor of Baltimore. Did not run for reelection in 1999.

47	Martin O'Malley	1999	2007	2	Democratic	Resigned following his election as governor

48	Sheila Dixon	2007	2010	Partial	Democratic	City Council President. First female Mayor of Baltimore and first female elected Mayor of Baltimore.

49	Stephanie Rawlings-Blake	2010	2016	1 ​1⁄2	Democratic	City Council President. Succeeded to the mayoralty following Dixon's resignation.

50	Catherine E. Pugh	2016	Incumbent	1	Democratic

50	Bernard C. Young	2019	Acting	partial	Democratic	President of the Baltimore City Council and serves as Mayor ex-officio during Mayor's Pugh's illness.

Sentence(s)

In 1959, D'Alesandro was defeated by J. Harold Grady for Mayor of Baltimore.

final_sentence: In 1959, D'Alesandro was defeated by J. Harold Grady for Mayor of Baltimore.