# List of elected socialist mayors in the United States

The following is a list of mayors who have declared themselves to be socialists or have been a member of a socialist party in the United States.

## Statistics

In 1911, one author estimated that there were twenty-eight such mayors and in 1913 another author estimated thirty-four. In 1967, however, James Weinstein's table of "Cities and Towns Electing Socialist Mayors or Other Major Municipal Officers, 1911–1920" counted 74 such municipalities in 1911 and 32 in 1913, with smaller peaks in 1915 (22) and 1917 (18):$^{:116–118}$
U.S. towns electing Socialist mayors or major officers, 1911–1920 :
| Year | No. | Year | No. | Year | No. | Year | No. | Year | No. |
| 1911 | 74 | 1913 | 32 | 1915 | 22 | 1917 | 18 | 1919 | 5 |
| 1912 | 8 | 1914 | 5 | 1916 | 6 | 1918 | 2 | 1920 | 2 |
| Total | 82 | Total | 37 | Total | 28 | Total | 20 | Total | 7 |
In 1911, the SPA won election to about 1,141 local offices in total.

## List of mayors

| Mayor | Term start | Term end | City | State | Party | Ref |
| Eduardo Martinez | 2023 | Current | Richmond | California | Democratic Party (DSA member and Richmond Progressive Alliance member) | |
| Sara Innamorato | 2023 | Current | Allegheny County | Pennsylvania | Democratic Party (DSA member, now former) | |
| Konstantine Anthony | 2022 | 2023 | Burbank | California | Democratic Party (DSA member) | |
| khalid kamau | 2022 | Current | South Fulton | Georgia | Democratic Party (DSA member and WFP endorsed) | |
| James H. Coleman | 2021 | Current | South San Francisco | California | Democratic Party (DSA member) | |
| Anne Watson | 2018 | Current | Montpelier | Vermont | Fusion candidate: Vermont Progressive Party and Democratic | |
| Marc Elrich | 2018 | Current | Montgomery County | Maryland | Democratic Party (DSA member) | |
| Chokwe Antar Lumumba | 2017 | Current | Jackson | Mississippi | Democratic Party, self-described socialist | |
| Ethan Strimling | 2015 | 2019 | Portland | Maine | Democratic Party (DSA member) | |
| Chokwe Lumumba | 2013 | 2014 | Jackson | Mississippi | Democratic Party, self-described socialist | |
| Ron Dellums | 2007 | 2011 | Oakland | California | Democratic Party (DSA member) | |
| Bob Kiss | 2006 | 2012 | Burlington | Vermont | Vermont Progressive Party | |
| Peter Clavelle | 1995 | 2006 | Burlington | Vermont | Vermont Progressive Party (1995-2004), then Democratic Party (2004-2006) | |
| James Scheibel | 1990 | 1994 | Saint Paul | Minnesota | Democratic Party (DSA member) | |
| David Dinkins | 1990 | 1993 | New York City | New York | Democratic Party (DSA member) | |
| Peter Clavelle | 1989 | 1993 | Burlington | Vermont | Vermont Progressive Party | |
| Benjamin Nichols | 1989 | 1995 | Ithaca | New York | Democratic Party (DSA member) | |
| Bernie Sanders | 1981 | 1989 | Burlington | Vermont | Independent | |
| Gus Newport | 1979 | 1986 | Berkeley | California | Berkeley Citizens Action (DSA member) | |
| David Belgum | 1976 | 1987 | University Heights | Iowa | Socialist Party of America | |
| Frank P. Zeidler | 1948 | 1960 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
| Irving Freese | 1947 | 1951 | Norwalk | Connecticut | Socialist Party of America | |
| J. Henry Stump | 1943 | 1947 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Socialist Party of America | |
| J. Henry Stump | 1935 | 1939 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Socialist Party of America | |
| C. Henry Bloom | 1933 | 1953 | Rockford | Illinois | Rockford Progressive Party | |
| Jasper McLevy | 1933 | 1957 | Bridgeport | Connecticut | Socialist Party of America | |
| William Swoboda | 1931 | 1932 | Racine | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
| Fred W. Suitor | 1929 | 1931 | Barre | Vermont | Socialist Party of America | |
| J. Henry Stump | 1927 | 1931 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Socialist Party of America | |
| Robert A. Bakeman | 1925 | 1929 | Peabody | Massachusetts | Non-partisan election, member of the Socialist Party of America | |
| James B. Furber | 1922 | 1924 | Rahway | New Jersey | Socialist Party of America | |
| J. Herman Hallstrom | 1921 | 1933 | Rockford | Illinois | Rockford Labor Legion (1921-29), then Independent (1929-33) | |
| C.L. Barewald | 1920 | 1922 | Davenport | Iowa | Socialist Party of America | |
| Parkman B. Flanders | 1920 | 1923 | Haverhill | Massachusetts | Socialist Party of America | |
| John H. Gibbons | 1920 | 1922 | Lackawanna | New York | Socialist Party of America | |
| Frank B. Hamilton | 1918 | | Piqua | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
| Major Church | 1918 | 1921 | Eureka | Utah | Socialist Party of America | |
| Thomas Van Lear | 1917 | 1919 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Socialist Party of America (1917-18), then Public Ownership Party (1918-19) | |
| David Love | 1916 | | West Allis | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
| Daniel Webster Hoan | 1916 | 1940 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
| Robert Gordon | 1916 | 1917 | Barre | Vermont | Socialist Party of America | |
| Ernst Gottfrid Strand | 1916 | 1917 | Two Harbors | Minnesota | Socialist Party of America | |
| George R. Lunn | 1915 | 1917 | Schenectady | New York | Socialist Party of America | |
| Henry M. Schutte | 1915 | | Adamston | West Virginia | Socialist Party of America | |
| Elijah Falk | 1915 | 1919 | Eureka | California | Socialist Party of America | |
| Eugene Bootz | 1914 | 1915 | Edgewater | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
| James Love | 1914 | 1916 | Lake Worth | Florida | Socialist Party of America | |
| A. W. Vincent | 1914 | 1915 | St. Johns | Oregon | Socialist Party of America | |
| A. Barton Cross | 1913 | 1914 | Naugatuck | Connecticut | Socialist Party of America | |
| Seth Wood | 1913 | 1914 | Lafayette | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
| N. L. Larson | 1912 | 1913 | Crookston | Minnesota | Socialist Party of America | |
| Thomas M. Fluhart | 1912 | | Linden Heights | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
| J.M. Haley | 1912 | 1916 | Paonia | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
| George A. Huscher | 1912 | 1915 | Murray | Utah | Socialist Party of America | |
| J.F. Johnston | 1912 | 1914 | Fairhope | Alabama | Socialist Party of America | |
| Walter V. Tyler | 1912 | 1915 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Socialist Party of America | |
| George Urie | 1912 | 1913 | Cedar City | Utah | Socialist Party of America | |
| Joseph Warnock | 1912 | | Harbor Springs | Michigan | Socialist Party of America | |
| Scott Wilkins | 1912 | 1913 | St. Marys | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
| Thomas W. Pape | 1912 | | Lorain | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
| Alfred A. Perrin | 1912 | 1913 | Mount Vernon | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
| Corbin Shook | 1912 | | Lima | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
| Peter Stewart | 1912 | 1914 | Hartford | Arkansas | Socialist Party of America | |
| B. C. Ross | 1912 | 1916 | Daly City | California | Socialist Party of America | |
| George R. Lunn | 1911 | 1913 | Schenectady | New York | Socialist Party of America | |
| Henry Stolze, Jr. | 1911 | | Manitowoc | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
| Edward Mauck | 1911 | | Wymore | Nebraska | Socialist Party of America | |
| John A. C. Menton | 1911 | 1912 | Flint | Michigan | Socialist Party of America | |
| Robert Murray | 1911 | 1915 | Toronto | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
| E.E. Robinson | 1911 | 1913 | Mineral Ridge | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
| William Shay | 1911 | 1917 | Star City | West Virginia | Socialist Party of America | |
| Jackson Stitt Wilson | 1911 | 1913 | Berkeley | California | Socialist Party of America | |
| John T. Wood | 1911 | 1913 | Coeur d'Alène | Idaho | Socialist Party of America | |
| James Larson | 1911 | | Marinette | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
| M.E. Kirkpatrick | 1911 | | Granite City | Illinois | Socialist Party of America | |
| H.P. Houghton | 1911 | | Girard | Kansas | Socialist Party of America | |
| W.E. Griffin | 1911 | | Beatrice | Nebraska | Socialist Party of America | |
| Alexander Halliday | 1911 | | Two Harbors | Minnesota | Socialist Party of America | |
| Edward Foe | 1911 | | Red Cloud | Nebraska | Socialist Party of America | |
| W. H. Cook | 1911 | | Edmonds | Washington | Socialist Party of America | |
| John Dobler | 1911 | 1913 | Gulfport | Florida | Socialist Party of America | |
| Lewis J. Duncan | 1911 | 1914 | Butte | Montana | Socialist Party of America | |
| J.B. Bitterly | 1911 | 1915 | Victor | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
| Albert B. Thomas | 1911 | | Greenville | Michigan | Socialist Party of America | |
| William Thum | 1911 | 1913 | Pasadena | California | Socialist Party of America | |
| Emil Seidel | 1910 | 1912 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
| Ewell Work | 1910 | 1912 | Ledford | Illinois | Socialist Party of America | |
| Arthur LeSueur | 1910 | 1911 | Minot | North Dakota | Socialist Party of America | |
| A. Ousdahl | 1909 | 1910 | Brainerd | Minnesota | Socialist Party of America | |
| Thomas M. Todd | 1909 | 1914 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Socialist Party of America | |
| Andrew Mitchell | 1908 | | Eureka | Utah | Socialist Party of America | |
| Daniel T. Leigh | 1906 | 1907 | Cedar City | Utah | Socialist Party of America | |
| Brand Whitlock | 1906 | 1912 | Toledo | Ohio | Socialist Party of America | |
| Ray Austin | 1905 | 1906 | Red Lodge | Montana | Socialist Party of America | |
| Parkman B. Flanders | 1903 | 1904 | Haverhill | Massachusetts | Socialist Party of America | |
| John Frinke | 1903 | | Anaconda | Montana | Socialist Party of America | |
| Charles A. Born | 1903 | 1904 | Sheboygan | Wisconsin | Socialist Party of America | |
| Charles H. Coulter | 1900 | 1901 | Brockton | Massachusetts | Social Democratic Party, then Socialist Party of America | $^{:117}$ |
| John C. Chase | 1898 | 1900 | Haverhill | Massachusetts | Social Democratic Party, then Socialist Party of America | $^{:90,117}$ |