# List of longest-serving mayors in the United States

**Section:** Current and former mayors

| Years | Name | Municipality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 years, 73 days | Hilmar Moore | Richmond, Texas | Served from September 22, 1949 to December 4, 2012. |
| 61 years, 111 days | John H. Land | Apopka, Florida | Served from January 1, 1971 to April 22, 2014. Also served from January 1, 1950 to January 1, 1968. |
| 58 years, 233 days | Robert Linn | Beaver, Pennsylvania | Served from January 2, 1946 to August 22, 2004. |
| 59–60 years | Charles E. Long | Booneville, Kentucky | Entered office in 1959. |
| 56 years | Paul Jurko | Yankee Lake, Ohio | Elected into office in November 1931 at the age of 21. Served until his death on March 1, 1988. |
| 54 years | Robert L. Butler | Marion, Illinois | Entered office in May 1963. Served until his resignation on January 31, 2018. |
| 52 years, 0 days | John M. Coyne | Brooklyn, Ohio | Served from 1948 until January 2000. |
| 55 years, 92 days | Bruce Arnold | Valparaiso, Florida | Entered office on January 21, 1964, Died in office February 23, 2017. |
| 51 years | Donald Stephens | Rosemont, Illinois | First Mayor of Rosemont. Served from village's incorporation in 1956 to 2007. |
| 50 years | Leonard T. Connors | Surf City, New Jersey | Entered office in 1966, served until January 5, 2016. |
| 48 years, 352 days | Frank E. Rodgers | Harrison, New Jersey | Served from September 4, 1946 to August 22, 1995. |
| 47 years, 11 months | Frank Kelly | Collingdale, Pennsylvania | Served from 1970 to his death on November 22, 2018. |
| 47 years, 115 days | Nicholas B. Blase | Niles, Illinois | Served from May 2, 1961 to his resignation on August 25, 2008. |
| 49 years, 231 days | Leonard Scarcella | Stafford, Texas | Entered into office on September 4, 1969. |
| 48 years, 112 days | H. Ford Gravitt | Cumming, Georgia | Entered office on January 1, 1971. Served four years on City Council (1967-1970) |
| 48 years, 112 days | Robert Blais | Lake George, New York | Began current term on April 5, 1971. |
| 43–44 years | Richard A. Mola | Elmwood Park, New Jersey | Entered office in 1972, served until his death in 2016. |
| 43 years, 0 days | Paul W. Cassidy | Parma Heights, Ohio | Served in office between January 1958 through January 2001. |
| 43–44 years | Margaret Doud | Mackinac Island, Michigan | Entered office in April 1975. |
| 41 years, 146 days | Erastus Corning II | Albany, New York | Served from January 2, 1942 to May 28, 1983. |
| 40 years, 27 days | Joseph P. Riley, Jr. | Charleston, South Carolina | Served from December 15, 1975 to January 11, 2016. |
| 40 years | Louis Bay 2nd | Hawthorne, New Jersey | Entered into office in 1947, served until 1987. |
| 42–43 years | Harold Rainwater | Wilmore, Kentucky | Entered into office in 1976. |
| 41–42 years | Jim L. Sells | Rogersville, Tennessee | Entered office in 1977. |
| 36-37 Years | Mary Hawkins Butler | Madison, Mississippi | Entered office in 1981. |
| 37–38 years | Gary W. Starr | Middleburg Heights, Ohio | Entered office in 1981. |
| 37 years, 357 days | Edward J. Zabrocki | Tinley Park, Illinois | Entered into office on May 1, 1981. |
| 36 years | Orville L. Hubbard | Dearborn, Michigan | Entered office in 1942. Served until 1978. |
| 35 years, 111 days | William W. Dickinson, Jr. | Wallingford, Connecticut | Entered office in 1984. |
| 30 years, 33 days | Frank Hague | Jersey City, New Jersey | Entered office in 1917. Served until 1947. |
| 29 years, 201 days | Dr. LeRoy G. Suire | Erath, Louisiana | Entered office in 1961. Served until 1990. |
| 29 years, 39 days | Willie Oswalt | Lake City, Georgia | Entered office in 1989. Served until 2018. |
| 27 years, 364 days | Stephen R. Reed | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Entered office in 1982. Served until 2010. |