# List of mayors of Schenectady, New York

Joseph C. Yates was the first mayor of Schenectady, New York. John Isaac De Graff was the first mayor elected by popular vote.
Gary R. McCarthy has been the current mayor since 2011.

## List of mayors

* Joseph C. Yates (1798 to 1807)
** Democrat and later Governor of New York.
* John Yates (1808 to 1809)
** Democrat
* Abraham Oathout (1810)
** Federalist who was a colonel in the American Revolution, involved in the Continental Congress, and helped found Union College.
* John Yates (1811 to 1812)
** Democrat
* Maus Schermerhorn (1813 to 1816)
** Federalist
* 1817
** Henry Yates, Jr. (Democrat)
* 1825
** Isaac M. Schermerhorn (Federalist)
* 1826
** David Boyd (Democrat)
* 1828
** Isaac M. Schermerhorn (Federalist)
* 1831
** Archibald L. Linn (Whig)
* 1836
** John Isaac DeGraff (Democrat)
* 1837
** Samuel W. Jones (Whig)
* 1839
** Archibald L. Linn (Democrat)
* 1840
** Alexander C. Gibson (Democrat)
* 1842
** John Isaac DeGraff (Whig)
* 1843
** Alexander C. Gibson (Whig)
* 1845
** John Isaac DeGraff (Whig)
* 1846
** Peter Rowe (Whig)
* 1848
** James E. VanHorn (Democrat)
* 1850
** Peter Rowe (Democrat)
* 1851
** Mordecai Myers (Democrat)
* 1852
** A. A. VanVoast (Democrat)
* 1854
** Mordecai Myers (Whig)
* 1855
** Casper F. Hoag (Democrat)
* 1855
** Abel Smith (Democrat)
* 1857
** Benjamin V. S. Vedder (Whig)
* 1858
** Alex M. Vedder (Democrat)
* 1859
** David P. Forest (Democrat)
* 1860
** Benjamin F. Potter (Republican)
* 1861
** Arthur W. Hunter (Republican)
* 1865
** Andres McMullen (Republican)
* 1869
** A. A. VanVoast (Democrat)
* 1871
** William J. VanHorn (Democrat)
* 1873
** Arthur W. Hunter (Democrat)
* 1875
** Peter B. Yates (Republican)
* 1876
** William Howes Smith (Democrat)
* 1879
** Joseph P. Grahm (Democrat)
* 1881
** A. A. VanVoast (Democrat)
* 1883
** John Young (Republican)
* 1885
** Henry S. DeForest (Democrat)
* 1887
** T. Low Barhydt (Republican)
* 1889
** Henry S. DeForest (Democrat)
* 1891
** Everett Smith (Republican)
* 1893
** Jacob W. Clute (Democrat)
* 1898
** Charles C. Duryee (Republican)
* 1900
** John H. White (Republican)
* 1902
** H. S. VanVoast (Democrat)
* 1904
** F. F. Eisenmenger (Democrat)
* 1906
** Jacob W. Clute (Republican)
* 1908
** Horace S. VanVoast (Democrat)
* 1910
** Charles C. Duryee (Socialist)
* 1912
** George R. Lunn (Democrat)
* 1914
** J. Teller Schoolcraft (Democrat)
* 1916
** George R. Lunn (Democrat)
* 1918
** Charles A. Simon (Republican)
* 1920
** George R. Lunn (Democrat)
* 1922
** George R. Lunn (Democrat)
* 1923
** C. A. Whitmire (Republican)
* 1924
** William W. Campbell (Republican)
* 1926
** A. T. Blessing (Republican)
* 1928
** Henry C. Fagal (Republican)
* 1932
** J. Ward White (Democrat)
* 1934
** Henry C. Fagal (Republican)
* 1936
** Robert W. Baxter (Republican)
* 1940
** Mills Ten Eyck (Republican)
* 1948
** Owen M. Begley (Democrat)
* 1951
** Owen M. Begley (Democrat)
* 1952
** Archibald Wemple (Republican)
* 1956
** Samuel S. Stratton (Democrat) (later Congressman)
* 1959
** Kenneth S. Sheldon (Republican)
* 1960
** Malcolm E. Ellis (Republican)
* 1964
** Malcolm E. Ellis (Republican)
* 1968
** Malcolm E. Ellis (Republican)
* 1972
** Frank J. Duci (Republican)
* 1976
** Frank J. Duci (Republican)
* 1980
** Frank J. Duci (Republican)
* 1984
** Karen B. Johnson (Democrat)
* 1992
** Frank J. Duci (Republican)
* 1993
** Frank J. Duci (Republican)
* 1996
** Albert P. Jurczynski (Republican)
* 2000
** Albert P. Jurczynski (Republican)
* 2003
** Brian U. Stratton (Democrat)
* 2007
** Brian U. Stratton (Democrat)
* 2011
** Gary R. McCarthy (Democrat)