Mayor of Los Angeles

The **Mayor of Los Angeles** is the head of the executive branch of the government of Los Angeles and the chief executive of Los Angeles. The office is nonpartisan.

## List

|No.|Portrait|Name|Term in office|Length of service|colspan="2"|Party affiliation|Election|Previous office||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Alpheus P. Hodges**|July 1, 1850 – May 7, 1851||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1850|None|||||
||**Benjamin D. Wilson**|May 7, 1851 – May 4, 1852||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1851|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**John G. Nichols**|May 4, 1852 – May 3, 1853||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1852|Los Angeles City Recorder|||||
||**Antonio F. Coronel**|May 3, 1853 – May 4, 1854||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1853|1st Los Angeles County Assessor|||||
||**Stephen C. Foster**|May 4, 1854 – January 13, 1855||style="background:;"||Democratic|rowspan=2 class=nowrap|1854|Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education|||||
||**Manuel Requena**|January 13, 1855 – January 25, 1855||style="background:;"||Republican|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||||
||**Stephen C. Foster**|January 25, 1855 – May 9, 1855||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1855 (J)|Mayor of Los Angeles|||||
||**Thomas Foster**|May 9, 1855 – May 7, 1856||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1855 (M)|Member of the Board of Education School Commission|||||
||**Stephen C. Foster**|May 7, 1856 – September 22, 1856||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap rowspan=2|1856 (M)|Mayor of Los Angeles|||||
||**Manuel Requena**|September 22, 1856 – October 4, 1856||style="background:;"||Republican|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||||
||**John G. Nichols**|October 4, 1856 – May 9, 1859||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1856 (O) --- 1857 --- 1858|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**Damien Marchesseault**|May 9, 1859 – May 9, 1860|1 year|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1859|None|||||
||**Henry Mellus** †|May 9, 1860 – December 26, 1860||style="background:;"||Democratic|rowspan=2 class=nowrap|1860|None|||||
||**Wallace Woodworth**|December 26, 1860 – January 7, 1861||style="background:;"||Democratic|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||||
||**Damien Marchesseault**|January 7, 1861 – May 5, 1865||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1861 --- 1862 --- 1863 --- 1864|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**Jose Mascarel**|May 5, 1865 – May 10, 1866||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1865|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**Cristobal Aguilar**|May 10, 1866 – May 8, 1867||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1866|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**Damien Marchesseault**|May 8, 1867 – August 8, 1867||style="background:;"||Democratic|rowspan=2 class=nowrap|1867|Zanjero of Los Angeles|||||
||**Cristobal Aguilar**|August 8, 1867 – December 7, 1868||style="background:;"||Democratic|Mayor of Los Angeles|||||||
||**Joel Turner**|December 9, 1868 – December 9, 1870|2 years|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1868 --- 1869|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**Cristobal Aguilar**|December 9, 1870 – December 5, 1872||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1870 --- 1871|Mayor of Los Angeles|||||
||**James R. Toberman**|December 5, 1872 – December 18, 1874||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1872 --- 1873|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**Prudent Beaudry**|December 18, 1874 – December 8, 1876||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1874 --- 1875|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**Frederick A. MacDougall** †|December 8, 1876 – November 16, 1878||style="background:;"||Democratic|rowspan=3 class=nowrap|1876 --- 1877|None|||||
|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|**Bernard Cohn**|style="background:lightyellow"|November 16, 1878 – November 21, 1878|style="background:lightyellow"||rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|
|November 21, 1878 – December 5, 1878||||||||||||||
||**James R. Toberman**|December 5, 1878 – December 9, 1882||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1878 --- 1879 --- 1880 --- 1881|Mayor of Los Angeles|||||
||**Cameron E. Thom**|December 9, 1882 – December 9, 1884|2 years|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1882 --- 1883|15th Los Angeles County District Attorney|||||
||**Edward F. Spence**|December 9, 1884 – December 14, 1886||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1884 --- 1885|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**William H. Workman**|December 14, 1886 – December 10, 1888||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1886 --- 1887|Member of the Los Angeles Common Council|||||
||**John Bryson**|December 10, 1888 – February 25, 1889||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1888|Member of the Board of Police Commissioners|||||
||**Henry T. Hazard**|February 25, 1889 – December 5, 1892||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap rowspan=2|1889 --- 1890|Member of the Los Angeles Board of Freeholders|||||
||**William H. Bonsall**|December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1892||style="background:;"||Republican|Member of the Los Angeles City Council|||||||
||**Thomas E. Rowan**|December 12, 1892 – December 12, 1894|2 years|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1892|8th Los Angeles City Treasurer|||||
||**Frank Rader**|December 12, 1894 – December 16, 1896||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1894|Member of the Los Angeles Street Commission|||||
||**Meredith P. Snyder**|December 16, 1896 – December 15, 1898||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1896|Member of the Los Angeles City Council|||||
||**Frederick Eaton**|December 15, 1898 – December 12, 1900||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1898|Los Angeles City Engineer|||||
||**Meredith P. Snyder**|December 12, 1900 – December 8, 1904||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1900 --- 1902|Mayor of Los Angeles|||||
||**Owen McAleer**|December 8, 1904 – December 13, 1906||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1904|Member of the Los Angeles City Council|||||
||**Arthur C. Harper**|December 13, 1906 – March 11, 1909||style="background:;"||Democratic|rowspan=3 class=nowrap|1906|Member of the Los Angeles Charter Revision Committee|||||
||**Niles Pease**|March 11, 1909 – March 15, 1909||style="background:;"||Republican|Member of the Los Angeles City Council|||||||
||**William Stephens**|March 15, 1909 – March 26, 1909||style="background:;"||Republican|Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education|||||||
||**George Alexander**|March 26, 1909 – July 1, 1913||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1909 (M) --- 1909 (N) --- 1911|Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors|||||
||**Henry H. Rose**|July 1, 1913 – July 1, 1915|2 years|style="background:;"||Independent|class=nowrap|1913|Judge of the Los Angeles Police Judges|||||
||**Charles E. Sebastian**|July 1, 1915 – September 2, 1916||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap rowspan=2|1915|Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department|||||
||**Martin F. Betkouski**|September 2, 1916 – September 5, 1916||style="background:;"||Democratic|Member of the Los Angeles City Council|||||||
||**Frederic T. Woodman**|September 5, 1916 – July 1, 1919||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1917|Member of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission|||||
||**Meredith P. Snyder**|July 1, 1919 – July 1, 1921|2 years|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1919|Commissioner of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission|||||
||**George E. Cryer**|July 1, 1921 – July 1, 1929|8 years|style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1921 --- 1923 --- 1925|Chief Los Angeles County District Attorney|||||
||**John C. Porter**|July 1, 1929 – July 1, 1933|4 years|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1929|None|||||
||**Frank L. Shaw**|July 1, 1933 – September 26, 1938||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1933 --- 1937|Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors|||||
||**Fletcher Bowron**|September 26, 1938 – July 1, 1953||style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1938 --- 1941 --- 1945 --- 1949|Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court|||||
||**Norris Poulson**|July 1, 1953 – July 1, 1961|8 years|style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1953 --- 1957|U.S. Representative for California <small>(1947–1953)</small>|||||
||**Sam Yorty**|July 1, 1961 – July 1, 1973|12 years|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1961 --- 1965 --- 1969|U.S. Representative for California <small>(1951–1955)</small>|||||
||**Tom Bradley**|July 1, 1973 – July 1, 1993|20 years|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|1973 --- 1977 --- 1981 --- 1985 --- 1989|Member of the Los Angeles City Council <small>(1963–1973)</small>|||||
||**Richard Riordan**|July 1, 1993 – July 1, 2001|8 years|style="background:;"||Republican|class=nowrap|1993 --- 1997|Member of the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners|||||
||**James Hahn**|July 1, 2001 – July 1, 2005|4 years|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|2001|15th Los Angeles City Attorney|||||
||**Antonio Villaraigosa**|July 1, 2005 – July 1, 2013|8 years|style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|2005 --- 2009|Member of the Los Angeles City Council <small>(2003–2005)</small>|||||
||**Eric Garcetti**|July 1, 2013 – December 11, 2022||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|2013 --- 2017|Member of the Los Angeles City Council <small>(2001–2013)</small>|||||
||**Karen Bass**|December 12, 2022 – Incumbent||style="background:;"||Democratic|class=nowrap|2022|U.S. Representative for California <small>(2011–2022)</small>|||||

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## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Mayor
- **body**: the City of Los Angeles
- **insignia**: Seal of Los Angeles.svg
- **insigniasize**: 110px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of Los Angeles
- **image**: Mayor Karen Bass official portrait (alt crop).jpg
- **incumbent**: Karen Bass
- **incumbentsince**: December 12, 2022
- **department**: Government of Los Angeles
- **style**: Her Honor
- **residence**: Getty House
- **salary**: $269,365
- **termlength**: Four years (renewable once)
- **formation**: 1850
- **inaugural**: Alpheus P. Hodges
- **flag**: Flag_of_Los_Angeles,_California.svg
- **flagcaption**: Flag of Los Angeles
- **flagsize**: 155px