List of the youngest mayors in the United States
Youngest mayors

List of the youngest mayors in the United States

Section Title: Youngest mayors
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Name	Locale	State	Birth date	Age at appointment	Population (2010 Census)	Term	Notes

Billy Barlow	Oswego	NY	1989	26	18,141	2016–present	Elected as a Republican mayor of the City of Oswego, served previously as a city councilor.

Matthew Bogusz	Des Plaines	IL	1986	26	58,364	2013–present	Elected as an alderman at age 22 and mayor at age 26

Stephen C. Brinlee	Wilburton	Oklahoma	1985	22	2,843	2007–present

Aja Brown	Compton	CA	1982	31	96,455	2013–present

Pete Buttigieg	South Bend	IN	1982	29	101,168	2012–present	Elected Mayor of South Bend with 74% of the vote. Took office on January 1, 2012.

Chris Clark	Mountain View	CA	1983	30	74,066	2014–present	Took office on January 7, 2014 as the youngest mayor in Mountain View history.

Daniel Corona	West Wendover	NV	1991	25	4,305	2016–	Mayor Corona is the youngest mayor ever elected in Nevada. He is also the first openly gay mayor in Nevada’s history.

C. Scott Davis	Colonial Heights	VA	1988	29	17,890	2009–2015

Matt Delligatti	Fairmont	WV	1986	22	18,704	2009–2010	On January 13, 2009 Delligatti became the youngest ever mayor of Fairmont by a five to three vote among council members.

William A. Egan	Valdez	AK	1914	32	3,977	1946

Enrique A. Fernandez	Woodland	CA	1989	28	55,468	2017–2018	On December 5, 2017, Fernandez became the youngest mayor in Woodland's history by a 4-0-1 vote among the city council members.

John Tyler Hammons	Muskogee	OK	September 4, 1988	19	39,223	2008–2012	Hammons won 70 percent of the vote over the three-term former mayor, and was a freshman at the University of Oklahoma when elected.

Scott Faughn	Poplar Bluff	MO	1980	22	17,023	2002–2004	In 2005, Faughn was found guilty of forgery charges related to a highway project he promoted as mayor.

Kelvin Green	Archer City	TX	1995	18	1,834	2014–present	Green ran unopposed at the age of 18 while in high school. He was re-elected in 2017.

Alexis Hermosillo	El Mirage	AZ	1990	28	31,797	2018–present	Lana Mook, the incumbent opponent during the 2018 election, is 43 years older.

James R. Kern III	Pohatcong	NJ	1988	22	3,339	2011–2018	22 years old when he was inaugurated on July 1, 2011 youngest municipal executive in New Jersey.

Dennis Kucinich	Cleveland	OH	1946	31	396,815 (2010 Census) 750,903 (1970 Census)	1977–1979	"The boy mayor of Cleveland"

Thomas Ashby Laine	Alviso	CA	1937	24	2,128	1961–1964	The youngest mayor ever in Alivso and the youngest mayor of an incorporated city in California.

Willie Logan	Opa-locka	FL	1957	23	15,219	1980–1982

Marco Lopez	Nogales	AZ	1978	22	20,837	2000–2003	Immigrated to the United States in 1994.

Seth Low	Brooklyn	NY	1850	31	2,504,700 (2010 Census) 599,495 (1880 Census)	1881–1885	After he was mayor of Brooklyn, Low became the only person to be President of Columbia University and Mayor of New York City.

Byron Mallott	Yakutat	AK	1943	22	662	1965–1966	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Alaska in 2014 at age 71 making him the oldest person elected to that office.

Andy Manar	Bunker Hill	IL	November 15, 1975	25	1,801	2001–2003	Manar was first elected to the Bunker Hill City Council at age 21.

Art Martinez de Vara	Von Ormy	TX	April 29, 1975	32	1,085	2008–2015	While a volunteer fire fighter and law student at St. Mary's University School of Law Art Martinez de Vara led the effort to incorporate his community when he was 28 years old.

Steve McAlpine	Valdez	AK	1949	31	3,977	1980–1982

Marcus Molinaro	Tivoli	NY	1975	19	1,118	1995–2007

Alex B. Morse	Holyoke	MA	1989	22	39,880	2012–present	The youngest mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Youngest openly gay mayor to elected.

Svante Myrick	Ithaca	NY	1987	24	30,014	2012–present	The youngest mayor of Ithaca, New York. The first mayor of African-American heritage for the city.

Victoria Napolitano	Moorestown	NJ	August 16, 1988	26	20,726	2015–2016	First won election to Moorestown Town Council in 2012 at the age of 24. The youngest mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey, and presumed to be the youngest woman to ever take the oath of office as Mayor in New Jersey history.

Justin Nickels	Manitowoc	WI	1987	22	33,736	2009–present	Elected mayor of Manitowoc on April 7, 2009. Took office April 21, 2009.

Freddie Odom	Bluffton	GA	1982	30	103	2012–present	First autistic mayor in the United States.

Guy Padgett	Casper	WY	1977	27	55,316	2005–2006

Samantha Paradis	Belfast	ME	1990	26	6,647	2017–Present	First queer and second woman mayor. Popularly elected in a city wide vote.

Sarah Palin	Wasilla	AK	1964	32	7,831	1996–2002

Brandon Presley	Nettleton	MS	July 21, 1977	21	1,932	2001–2007	He is currently a member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission.

Romaine Quinn	Rice Lake	WI	July 30, 1990	19	8,438	2010–2012

Luke Ravenstahl	Pittsburgh	PA	February 6, 1980	27	305,704	2006–2014	The youngest mayor of a major American city. He was 26 when as City Council President, he assumed the vacant mayoral office upon the death of Bob O'Connor, his predecessor, before being elected to the position to serve out O'Connor's term the following year.

Josh Roberts	West Union	SC	September 2, 1980	24	315	2004–2006	The youngest mayor ever in South Carolina.

Michael Sessions	Hillsdale	MI	September 22, 1987	18	8,305

Ben Smith	Butler	PA	February 5, 1988	29	13,757	2018–present

Erin Stewart	New Britain	CT	May 4, 1987	26	73,206	2013– Present	First female mayor to get re-elected.

Tye Thomas	Gun Barrel City	TX	1979	21	5,672	2000–2001	The youngest mayor in both Gun Barrel City and Texas histories.

Bennie Thompson	Bolton	MS	1948	25	567	1973–1979

Alex Torpey	South Orange	NJ	August 10, 1987	23	16,198	2011–2015	Youngest in the Village's history. Won by 13 votes.

Michael Tubbs	Stockton	CA	1990	26	315,592	2017–present	He went on to win the election, receiving 70.6% of the vote and becoming both the city's first black mayor and at 26 the youngest person to ever hold that office.

Ryan Toussaint	Solvang	CA	1987	31	5,245	2018–present	Elected Councilmen at age of 29 in 2016 then running for Mayor and receiving 61.47% of the vote and becoming both the city's second directly elected mayor after 10 years of the prior incumbent and at the age of 31.

C. L. 'Skip' Wagner	Manchester	Oh	1985	32	2012	2018–present

Bill Walker	Valdez	AK	1951	27	3,977	1979–1980	Youngest mayor of Valdez.

Nick Wasicsko	Yonkers	NY	May 13, 1959	28	195,976	1988–1990	Defeated 6-term incumbent Angelo R. Martinelli

Jason West	New Paltz	NY	1977	26	6,818	2003–2007; 2011–2015	West made headlines by solemnizing same-sex marriages in New York.

William Dakota "Kota" Young	Princeton	KY	1994	24	6,108	2018–Present	Princeton, Kentucky's youngest mayor to ever be elected.

Don Young	Fort Yukon	AK	1933	31	583	1964–1968

Matthew Godfrey	Ogden	UT	1970	29	83,048	1999–2011	Youngest mayor of Ogden.

Jasiel Correia	Fall River	MA	1991	23	87,103	2016–present	Youngest mayor of Fall River. Correia was arrested and charged with wire fraud amounting to $231,000, and filling false tax returns.

Sentence(s)

Elected at the age of 18, Michael Sessions was among the youngest mayors in the United States history.

final_sentence: Elected at the age of 18, Michael Sessions was among the youngest mayors in the United States history.