List of mayors of New Orleans
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All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats.

List of mayors of New Orleans

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats.

#	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Terms	Party

1	Étienne de Boré	December 20, 1803	May 26, 1804	1	None

2	Cavalier Petit	May 26, 1804	June 5, 1804	Acting	None

3	James Pitot	June 6, 1804	July 26, 1805	1	None

4	John Watkins	July 27, 1805	March 8, 1807	1	None

5	James Mather	March 9, 1807	May 23, 1812	1	None

6	Charles Trudeau	May 24, 1812	October 8, 1812	Acting	None

7	Nicholas Girod	October 8, 1812	November 5, 1812	Partial	Democratic-Republican

8	LeBreton Dorgenois	November 6, 1812	December 4, 1812	Acting	Democratic-Republican

(7)	Nicholas Girod	December 5, 1812	September 4, 1815	1 ​1⁄2	Democratic-Republican

9	Augustin de Macarty	September 4, 1815	May 13, 1820	2	Democratic-Republican

10	Louis Philippe de Roffignac	May 14, 1820	May 10, 1828	4	Democratic-Republican

11	Denis Prieur	May 12, 1828	April 9, 1838	6	Democratic

12	Paul Bertus	April 10, 1838	May 12, 1838	Acting	None

13	Charles Genois	May 12, 1838	May 10, 1840	1	Whig

14	William Freret	May 11, 1840	April 4, 1842	1	Native American

(11)	Denis Prieur	April 4, 1842	February 7, 1843	​1⁄2	Democratic

(12)	Paul Bertus	February 7, 1843	February 26, 1843	Acting	None

(14)	William Freret	February 27, 1843	May 12, 1844	Partial	Whig

15	Joseph Montegut	May 13, 1844	April 5, 1846	1	Democratic

16	Abdiel Crossman	May 11, 1846	March 26, 1854	4	Whig

17	John L. Lewis	April 10, 1854	June 17, 1856	1	Democratic

18	Charles M. Waterman	June 17, 1856	June 3, 1858	1	American

19	Henry M. Summers	June 5, 1858	June 21, 1858	Partial	American

20	Gerald Stith	June 21, 1858	June 18, 1860	1	American

21	John T. Monroe	June 18, 1860	May 16, 1862	1	Constitutional Union

Office suspended; city occupied by Union Army

(21)	John T. Monroe	May 12, 1866	March 27, 1867	​1⁄2	Democratic

22	Edward Heath	March 28, 1867	June 10, 1868	​1⁄2	Republican

23	John R. Conway	June 10, 1868	April 4, 1870	1	Democratic

24	Benjamin Flanders	April 4, 1870	November 29, 1872	1	Republican

25	Louis A. Wiltz	November 30, 1872	November 30, 1874	1	Democratic

26	Charles J. Leeds	November 30, 1874	December 19, 1876	1	Democratic

27	Edward Pilsbury	December 19, 1876	November 18, 1878	1	Democratic

28	Isaac W. Patton	November 18, 1878	December 16, 1880	1	Democratic

29	Joseph A. Shakspeare	December 16, 1880	November 20, 1882	1	Democratic

30	William J. Behan	November 20, 1882	April 28, 1884	1	Democratic

31	Joseph V. Guillotte	April 29, 1884	April 23, 1888	2	Democratic

(29)	Joseph A. Shakspeare	April 23, 1888	April 25, 1892	2	Democratic

32	John Fitzpatrick	April 25, 1892	April 27, 1896	2	Democratic

33	Walter C. Flower	April 27, 1896	May 7, 1900	2	Democratic

34	Paul Capdevielle	May 7, 1900	December 5, 1904	2	Democratic

35	Martin Behrman	December 5, 1904	December 6, 1920	3	Democratic

36	Andrew J. McShane	December 6, 1920	May 4, 1925	2	Democratic

(35)	Martin Behrman †	May 4, 1925	January 12, 1926	1	Democratic

37	Arthur J. O'Keefe	January 12, 1926	July 15, 1929	1	Democratic

38	Thomas S. Walmsley	July 15, 1929	June 30, 1936	3 ​1⁄2	Democratic

39	Albert M. Pratt	June 30, 1936	July 15, 1936	Acting	Democratic

40	Fred A. Earhart	July 15, 1936	July 15, 1936	Acting	Democratic

41	Jesse S. Cave	July 15, 1936	August 17, 1936	Acting	Democratic

42	Robert Maestri	August 18, 1936	April 4, 1946	4	Democratic

43	Chep Morrison	April 4, 1946	July 17, 1961	3	Democratic

44	Victor H. Schiro	July 17, 1961	May 2, 1970	2	Democratic

45	Maurice Landrieu	May 2, 1970	May 1, 1978	2	Democratic

46	Ernest N. Morial	May 1, 1978	May 5, 1986	2	Democratic

47	Sidney Barthelemy	May 5, 1986	May 2, 1994	2	Democratic

48	Marc Morial	May 2, 1994	May 6, 2002	2	Democratic

49	Ray Nagin	May 6, 2002	May 3, 2010	2	Democratic

50	Mitch Landrieu	May 3, 2010	May 7, 2018	2	Democratic

51	LaToya Cantrell	May 7, 2018	Incumbent	—	Democratic

Sentence(s)

Walter Flower was the Mayor of New Orleans from April 27, 1896 till May 7, 1900.

final_sentence: Walter Flower was the Mayor of New Orleans from April 27, 1896 till May 7, 1900.