# List of mayors of Spokane

The mayor of Spokane is the chief executive of city government in Spokane, Washington, the 96th largest city in the United States. The mayor oversees the management and administration of various local government departments. Historically, the mayor of Spokane has had different powers under different forms of government. From its founding until 1960, Spokane used a commission system. On March 8, 1960, voters overwhelmingly approved the adoption of a city manager system, which gave the role of city manager most powers. In 2001, Spokane switched to the currently used strong mayor form of government, giving more power to the mayor as chief executive.

## List
### Pre-strong mayor system (1881–2001)

| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
| 1 | Robert W. Forrest | 1881 | 1882 |
| 2 | James N. Glover | 1883 | 1884 |
| 3 | Anthony M. Cannon | 1885 | 1886 |
| 4 | William H. Taylor | 1887 | 1888 |
| 5 | Jacob Hoover | 1888 | 1889 |
| 6 | Francis M. Tull | 1889 | 1889 |
| 7 | Isaac S. Kaufman | 1889 | 1889 |
| 8 | Fred Furth | 1889 | 1890 |
| 9 | Charles F. Clough | 1890 | 1891 |
| 10 | David B. Fotheringham | 1891 | 1892 |
| 11 | Daniel M. Drumheller | 1892 | 1893 |
| 12 | Edward L. Powell | 1893 | 1894 |
| 13 | Horatio N. Belt | 1894 | 1896 |
| 14 | Elmer D. Olmsted | 1897 | 1898 |
| 15 | James M. Comstock | 1898 | 1901 |
| 16 | Patrick S. Byrne | 1901 | 1903 |
| 17 | L. Frank Boyd | 1903 | 1905 |
| 18 | Floyd L. Daggett | 1905–1907 |
| 19 | C. Herbert Moore | 1907 | 1909 |
| 20 | Nelson S. Pratt | 1909 | 1911 |
| 21 | William J. Hindley | 1911 | 1913 |
| 22 | Charles M. Fassett | 1914 | 1916 |
| 23 | Charles A. Fleming | 1916 | 1917 |
| 24 | Charles M. Fassett | 1918 | 1920 |
| 25 | Charles A. Fleming | 1920 | 1929 |
| 26 | Leonard Funk | 1929 | 1935 |
| 27 | Arthur W. Burch | 1935 | 1937 |
| 28 | Frank G. Sutherlin (Sr.) | 1937 | 1945 |
| 29 | Otto A. Dirkes | 1945 | 1946 |
| 30 | Arthur Meehan | 1945 | 1955 |
| 31 | Willard Taft | 1955 | 1958 |
| 32 | Frank G. Sutherlin (Jr.) | 1958 | 1960 |
| 33 | Kenneth Lawson | 1960 | 1960 |
| 34 | Neal R. Fosseen | 1960 | 1967 |
| 35 | David H. Rodgers | 1967 | 1978 |
| 36 | Ron Bair | 1978 | 1982 |
| 37 | James Everett Chase | 1982 | 1986 |
| 38 | Vicki McNeill | 1986 | 1990 |
| 39 | Sheri S. Barnard | 1990 | 1994 |
| 40 | Jack Geraghty | 1994 | 1998 |
| 41 | John Talbott | 1998 | 2000 |

### Strong mayor system (2001–present)

Spokane adopted the "strong mayor" form of government in January 2001.
| # | Mayor | Term | Party | Election | Notes |
| 39 | John Powers | December 28, 2000 – December 23, 2003 | Democratic | 2000 | Elected to a truncated term of three years due to the switch to the strong mayor system. |
| 40 | James E. West | December 23, 2003 – December 16, 2005 | Republican | 2003 | Recalled in 2005 over allegations of sexual abuse. |
| 41 | Dennis P. Hession | December 16, 2005 – November 27, 2007 | Democratic | — | Appointed by the city council as mayor following West's recall in 2005. |
| 42 | Mary Verner | November 27, 2007 – December 30, 2011 | Democratic | 2007 | |
| 43 | David Condon | December 30, 2011 – December 30, 2019 | Republican | 2011 | |
| 43 | David Condon | December 30, 2011 – December 30, 2019 | Republican | 2015 | |
| 44 | Nadine Woodward | December 30, 2019 – January 2, 2024 | Republican | 2019 | |
| 45 | Lisa Brown | January 2, 2024 – present | Democratic | 2023 | |