List of mayors of Denver
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Image
Mayor
Term

1

John C. Moore
1859–1861

2

Charles A. Cook
1861–1863

3

Amos Steck
1863–1864

4

Hiram J. Brendlinger
1864–1865

5

George T. Clark
1865–1866

6

Milton DeLano
1866–1868

7

William M. Clayton
1868–1869

8

Baxter B. Stiles
1869–1871

9

John Harper
1871–1872

10

Joseph E. Bates
1872–1873

11

Francis M. Case
1873–1874

12

William J. Barker
1874–1876

13

R. G. Buckingham
1876–1877

14

Baxter B. Stiles
1877–1878

15

Richard Sopris
1878–1881

16

Robert Morris
1881–1883

17

John Long Routt
1883–1885

18

Joseph E. Bates
1885–1887

19

William Scott Lee
1887–1889

20

Wolfe Londoner
1889–1891

21

Platt Rogers
1891–1893

22

M. D. Van Horn
1893–1895

23

Thomas S. McMurry
1895–1899

24

Henry V. Johnson
1899–1901

25

Robert R. Wright
1901–1904

26

Robert W. Speer
1904–1912

27

Henry J. Arnold
1912–1913

28

J. M. Perkins
1913–1915

29

William H. Sharpley
1915–1916

30

Robert W. Speer
1916–1918

31

William Fitz Randolph Mills
1918–1919

32

Dewey C. Bailey
1919–1923

33

Benjamin F. Stapleton
1923–1931

34

George D. Begole
1931–1935

35

Benjamin F. Stapleton
1935–1947

36

J. Quigg Newton
1947–1955

37

Will Nicholson
1955–1959

38

Richard Batterton
1959–1963

39
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Tom Currigan
1963–1968

40

William H. McNichols, Jr.
1968–1983

41

Federico Peña
1983–1991

42

Wellington Webb
July 15, 1991–July 21, 2003

43

John Hickenlooper
July 21, 2003–January 12, 2011

44

Bill Vidal
January 12, 2011-July 18, 2011

45

Michael Hancock
July 18, 2011–present

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