List of mayors of Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Name
Took office
Left office
Party

1
Thomas R. Potts
1850
1851
Unaffiliated

2
Robert Kennedy
1851
1852
Unaffiliated

3
Bushrod W. Lott
1852
1854
Democratic

4
David Olmsted
1854
1855
Democratic

5
Alexander Ramsey
1855
1856
Democratic

6
George Loomis Becker
1856
1857
Democratic

7
John B. Brisbin
1857
1858
Democratic

8
Norman Wolfred Kittson
1858
1859
Democratic

9
Daniel A. Robertson
1859
1860
Democratic

10
John S. Prince
1860
1863
Democratic

11
John E. Warren
1863
1864
Democratic

12
Jacob H. Stewart
1864
1865
Republican

13
John S. Prince
1865
1867
Democratic

14
George L. Otis
1867
1868
Democratic

15
Jacob H. Stewart
1868
1869
Republican

16
James T. Maxfield
1869
1870

17
William Lee
1870
1872
Democratic

18
Jacob H. Stewart
1872
1875
Republican

19
James T. Maxfield
1875
1878

20
William Dawson
1878
1881

21
Edmund Rice
1881
1883
Democratic

22
Christopher D. O'Brien
1883
1885
Democratic

23
Edmund Rice
1885
1887
Democratic

24
Robert A. Smith
1887
1892
Democratic

25
Frederick P. Wright
1892
1894
Republican

26
Robert A. Smith
1894
1896
Democratic

27
Frank Doran
1896
1898
Republican

28
Andrew Kiefer
1898
1900
Republican

29
Robert A. Smith
1900
1908

30
Daniel W. Lawler
1908
1910
Democratic

31
Herbert P. Keller
1910
1914
Republican

32
Winn Powers
1914
1916
Democratic

33
Vivian R. Irvin
1916
1918
Republican

34
Laurence C. Hodgson
1918
1922
Democratic

35
Arthur C. Nelson
1922
1926
Republican

36
Laurence C. Hodgson
1926
1930
Democratic

37
Gerhard J. Bundlie
1930
1932

38
William Mahoney
1932
1934
Farmer-Labor Party

39
Mark H. Gehan
1934
1938

40
William H. Fallon
1938
1940
Ind.

41
John J. McDonough
1940
1948
Democratic/DFL[1]

42
Edward K. Delaney
1948
1952
DFL

43
John E. Daubney
1952
1954

44
Joseph E. Dillon
1954
1960
DFL

45
George J. Vavoulis
1960
1966
Republican

46
Thomas R. Byrne
1966
1970
DFL

47
Charles P. McCarty
1970
1972
DFL

48
Lawrence D. Cohen
1972
1976
DFL

49
George Latimer
1976
1990
DFL

50
James Scheibel
1990
1994
DFL

51
Norm Coleman
1994
1996
DFL

1996
2002
Republican[2]

52
Randy Kelly
2002
January 3, 2006
DFL

53
Chris Coleman
January 3, 2006
January 2, 2018
DFL

54
Melvin Carter III
January 2, 2018
Incumbent
DFL

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