List of mayors of New York City (LandonExists)

For a list of the Dutch Directors-General who governed New Amsterdam as part of New Netherland between 1624 and 1664, see Director-General of New Netherland.
The mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the Government of New York City, as stipulated by New York City's charter. The current officeholder, the 110th in the sequence of regular mayors, is Andrew Yang, a member of the Democratic Party.
During the Dutch colonial period from 1624 to 1664, New Amsterdam was governed by the Director of New Netherland. Following the 1664 creation of the British Province of New York, newly renamed New York City was run by the British military governor, Richard Nicolls. The office of Mayor of New York City was established in 1665. Holders were appointed by colonial governors, beginning with Thomas Willett. The position remained appointed until 1777. That year, during the American Revolution, a Council of Appointment was formed by the State of New York. In 1821 the New York City Council – then known as the Common Council – began appointing mayors. Since 1834, mayors have been elected by direct popular vote.
Before 1898, the city included little beyond the island of Manhattan. The 1898 consolidation created the city as it is today with five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck.
The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965), Ed Koch (1978–1989) and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013), each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive four-year terms). The shortest terms in office since 1834 have been those of acting mayors: William T. Collins served a single day on December 31, 1925, Samuel B. H. Vance served one month (from November 30 to December 31, 1874), and Thomas Coman served five weeks (from Monday, November 30, 1868, to Monday, January 4, 1869).
Every mayor was white until the election of David Dinkins (1990–1993), to date the city's only African American to hold the office. New York has not had a Hispanic or Latino mayor, with the possible exception of John Purroy Mitchel (1914–1917), who was of Spanish descent and whose grandfather was born in Venezuela. New York City's mayors have been religiously diverse; the city has had Protestant, Jewish and Catholic mayors. No woman has ever served as mayor of New York City.
== Note ==
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== Colonial mayors ==
Before 1680, mayors served one-year terms. From 1680, they served two-year terms. Exceptions are noted thus (*). A dagger (†) indicates mayoralties cut short by death in office.
No.	Name 	Starting year of office	Ending year of office
1 	Thomas Willett (1st term) 	1665 	1666
2 	Thomas Delavall (1st term) 	1666 	1667
3 	Thomas Willett (2nd term) 	1667 	1668
4 	Cornelius Van Steenwyk (1st term) 	1668 	1671
5 	Thomas Delavall (2nd term) 	1671 	1672
6 	Matthias Nicoll 	1672 	1673
7 	John Lawrence (1st term) 	1673 	1675
8 	William Dervall 	1675 	1676
9 	Nicholas De Mayer 	1676 	1677
10 	Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1st term) 	1677 	1678
11 	Thomas Delavall (3rd term) 	1678 	1679
12 	Francis Rombouts 	1679 	1680
13 	William Dyre 	1680 	1682
14 	Cornelius Van Steenwyk (2nd term) 	1682 	1684
15 	Gabriel Minvielle (*) 	1684 	1685
16 	Nicholas Bayard (*) 	1685 	1686
17 	Stephanus Van Cortlandt (2nd term) 	1686 	1688
18 	Peter Delanoy (only popularly-elected mayor before 1834) 1	1689 	1691
19 	John Lawrence (2nd term *) 	1691 	1691
20 	Abraham de Peyster 	1691 	1694
21 	Charles Lodwik 	1694 	1695
22 	William Merritt 	1695 	1698
23 	Johannes de Peyster 	1698 	1699
24 	David Provost 	1699 	1700
25 	Isaac De Reimer 	1700 	1701
26 	Thomas Noell 	1701 	1702
27 	Phillip French 	1702 	1703
28 	William Peartree 	1703 	1707
29 	Ebenezer Wilson 	1707 	1710
30 	Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1st term) 	1710 	1711
31 	Caleb Heathcote 	1711 	1714
32 	John Johnstone 	1714 	1719
33 	Jacobus Van Cortlandt (2nd term) 	1719 	1720
34 	Robert Walters 	1720 	1725
35 	Johannes Jansen 	1725 	1726
36 	Robert Lurting † 	1726 	1735
37 	Paul Richard 	1735 	1739
38 	John Cruger † 	1739 	1744
39 	Stephen Bayard 	1744 	1747
40 	Edward Holland † 	1747 	1757
41 	John Cruger Jr. 	1757 	1766
42 	Whitehead Hicks 	1766 	1776
43 	David Mathews 	1776 	1783
Note
# Peter Delanoy was the first and only directly-elected mayor of New York until 1834. Appointed mayors resumed in the wake of Leisler's Rebellion.
† died in office
== Pre-consolidation mayors ==
The mayor continued to be selected by the Government of New York's Council of Appointment until 1821, when Stephen Allen became the first mayor appointed by a local Common Council. Under the Charter of 1834, mayors were elected annually by direct popular vote. Starting in 1849, mayors were elected to serve two-year terms.
# 	Portrait	Mayor 	Term Start 	Term End 	Terms 	Party
44 	 	James Duane 	January 1, 1784 	1789 	5 	None
45 	 	Richard Varick 	1789 	1801 	11 	Federalist
46 	 	Edward Livingston 	1801 	1803 	2 	Democratic-Republican
47 	 	DeWitt Clinton (1st term) 	1803 	1807 	4 	Democratic-Republican
48 	 	Marinus Willett 	1807 	1808 	1 	Democratic-Republican
49 	 	DeWitt Clinton (2nd term) 	1808 	1810 	2 	Democratic-Republican
50 	 	Jacob Radcliff (1st term) 	1810 	1811 	1 	Federalist
51 	 	DeWitt Clinton (3rd term) 	1811 	1815 	4 	Democratic-Republican
52 	 	John Ferguson 	1815 	1815 	1/2 	Democratic-Republican
53 	 	Jacob Radcliff (2nd term) 	February 13, 1815	1818 	3 	Federalist
54 	 	Cadwallader D. Colden 	1818 	1821 	3 	Federalist
55 	 	Stephen Allen 	1821 	1824 	3 	Federalist
56 	 	William Paulding Jr. (1st term) 	1825 	1826 	1 	Democratic-Republican
57 	 	Philip Hone 	1826 	1827 	1 	National Republican
58 	 	William Paulding Jr. (2nd term) 	1827 	1829 	2 	Democratic-Republican
59 	 	Walter Bowne 	1829 	1832 	3 	Democratic
60 	 	Gideon Lee 	1833 	1834 	1 	Democratic
61 	 	Cornelius Lawrence 	1834 	1837 	3 	Democratic
62 	 	Aaron Clark 	1837 	1839 	2 	Whig
63 	 	Isaac L. Varian 	1839 	1841 	2 	Democratic
64 	 	Robert H. Morris 	1841 	1844 	3 	Democratic
65 	 	James Harper 	1844 	1845 	1 	American Republican
66 	 	William Frederick Havemeyer (1st term) 	1845 	1846 	1 	Democratic
67 	 	Andrew H. Mickle 	1846 	1847 	1 	Democratic
68 	 	William V. Brady 	1847 	1848 	1 	Whig
69 	 	William Frederick Havemeyer (2nd term) 	1848 	1849 	1 	Democratic
70 	 	Caleb Smith Woodhull 	1849 	1851 	1 	Whig
71 	 	Ambrose Kingsland 	1851 	1853 	1 	Whig
72 	 	Jacob Aaron Westervelt 	1853 	1855 	1 	Democratic
73 	 	Fernando Wood (1st term) 	1855 	1858 	2 	Democratic
74 	 	Daniel F. Tiemann 	1858 	1860 	1 	Independent Party
75 	 	Fernando Wood (2nd term) 	1860 	1862 	1 	Democratic
76 	 	George Opdyke 	1862 	1864 	1 	Republican
77 	 	Charles Godfrey Gunther 	1864 	1866 	1 	Democratic
78 	 	John T. Hoffman 1 	1866 	November 30, 1868	less than 1	Democratic
Acting	 	Thomas Coman 1 	November 30, 1868	January 4, 1869 	5 weeks 	Democratic
79 	 	A. Oakey Hall 2 	January 4, 1869 	December 31, 1872	1 	Democratic
80 	 	William Frederick Havemeyer 3 (3rd term) †	January 1, 1873 	November 30, 1874	Less than 1	Republican
Acting	 	Samuel B. H. Vance 3 	November 30, 1874	December 31, 1874	1 month 	Republican
81 	 	William H. Wickham 	January 1, 1875 	December 31, 1876	1 	Democratic (Reform)
82 	 	Smith Ely Jr. 	1877 	1878 	1 	Democratic
83 	 	Edward Cooper 	1879 	1880 	1 	Democratic (Reform)
84 	 	William Russell Grace (1st term) 	1881 	1882 	1 	Democratic (Reform)
85 	 	Franklin Edson 	1883 	1884 	1 	Democratic
86 	 	William Russell Grace (2nd term) 	1885 	1886 	2 	None
 	 	Abram Hewitt 	1887 	1888 	1 	Democratic
88 	 	Hugh J. Grant 	1889 	1892 	2 	Democratic
89 	 	Thomas Francis Gilroy 	1893 	1894 	1 	Democratic
90 	 	William Lafayette Strong 4 	January 1, 1895 	December 31, 1897	1 
(3 years)	Republican
Notes
# John T. Hoffman resigned after his election as Governor of New York state but before the end of his mayoral term. Thomas Coman, President of the Board of Aldermen, completed Hoffman's term as acting mayor until his elected successor, A. Oakey Hall, took office.
# When Hall temporarily retired during the Tweed investigation, the Acting Mayor of New York City was John Cochrane, the President of the New York City Council.
# William F. Havemeyer died during his last term of office. Samuel B. H. Vance, President of the Board of Aldermen, completed Havemeyer's term as acting mayor until his elected successor, William H. Wickham, took office.
# William L. Strong served an additional year in office because New York City mayoral elections were changed to be held in odd-numbered years due to the impending consolidation of New York City.
† died in office
== Post-consolidation mayors ==
See also: New York City mayoral elections
The 1898–1901 term was for four years. The City Charter was changed to make the mayor's term a two-year one beginning in 1902, but after two such terms was changed back to resume four-year terms in 1906. George B. McClellan Jr. thus served one two-year term from 1904 to 1905, during which he was elected to a four-year term from 1906 to 1909.
The party of the mayor reflects party registration, as opposed to the party lines run under during the general election.
# 	Portrait	Name 	Term in office 	Length of service	Party affiliation	Previous office
91 	 	Robert Anderson Van Wyck 1
(1849-1918; aged 69)	January 1, 1898
-
December 31, 1901	4 years 	Democratic 	Chief Justice of the City Court of New York
92 	 	Seth Low 2
(1850-1916; aged 66)	January 1, 1902
-
December 31, 1903	2 years 	Republican 	11th President of Columbia University
(1890–1901)
93 	 	George B. McClellan Jr.
(1865-1940; aged 75)	January 1, 1904
-
December 31, 1909	6 years 	Democratic 	U.S. Representative for New York
(1895–1903)
94 	 	William Jay Gaynor 3 †
(1849-1913; aged 64)	January 1, 1910
-
September 10, 1913	3 years, 253 days	Democratic 	Judge of the New York Supreme Court
(1893–1909)
Acting 	 	Ardolph L. Kline 	September 10, 1913
-
December 31, 1913	113 days 	Republican 	President of the Board of Aldermen
95 	 	John Purroy Mitchel
(1879-1918; aged 38)	January 1, 1914
-
December 31, 1917	4 years 	Republican 	U.S. Customs Collector of the Port of New York;
President of the Board of Aldermen
96 	 	John Francis Hylan 4
(1868-1936; aged 67)	January 1, 1918
-
December 30, 1925	8 years 	Democratic 	County Judge in Brooklyn
Acting 	 	William T. Collins	December 31, 1925	1 day 	Democratic 	President of the Board of Aldermen
97 	 	Jimmy Walker 5
(1881-1946; aged 65)	January 1, 1926
-
September 1, 1932	6 years, 244 days
(6 years, 8 months)	Democratic 	New York State Senator
(1919-1925)
Acting 	 	Joseph V. McKee
(1889-1956)	September 1, 1932
-
December 31, 1932	121 days
(4 months)	Democratic 	President of the Board of Aldermen
98 	 	John P. O'Brien
(1873-1951; aged 78)	January 1, 1933
-
December 31, 1933	1 year 	Democratic 	Surrogate of New York County
99 	 	Fiorello La Guardia
(1882-1947; aged 64)	January 1, 1934
-
December 31, 1946	12 years 	Republican 	U.S. Representative for New York
(1922–1933)
100 	 	William O'Dwyer 6
(1890-1964; aged 74)	January 1, 1946
-
August 31, 1950	4 years, 243 days
(4 years, 8 months)	Democartic 	Brooklyn District Attorney 
(1939–1945)
101 	 	Vincent R. Impellitteri 6
(1900-1987; aged 86)	August 31, 1950
-
December 31, 1953
Acting:
August 31, 1950
-
November 14, 1950	3 years, 123 days	Democratic (as acting mayor)
Experience Party (as elected mayor)	President of the City Council
102 	 	Robert F. Wagner Jr.
(1910-1991; aged 80)	January 1, 1954
-
December 31, 1955	12 years 	Democratic 	17th Borough President of Manhattan 
(1950–1953)
103 	 	John Lindsay
(1921-2000; aged 79)	January 1, 1966
-
December 31, 1973	8 years 	Republican 
(1966-1971)
Democratic 
(1971-1973)	U.S. Representative for New York
(1959–1965)
104 	 	Abraham Beame
(1906-2001; aged 94)	January 1, 1974
-
December 31, 1977	4 years 	Democratic 	36th and 38th New York City Comptroller
(1970–1973)
105 	 	Ed Koch
(1924-2013; aged 88)	January 1, 1978
-
December 31, 1989	12 years 	Democratic 	U.S. Representative for New York
(1969–1977)
106 	 	David Dinkins
(1927-2020; aged 93)	January 1, 1990
-
December 31, 1993	4 years 	Democratic 	23rd Borough President of Manhattan 
(1986–1989)
107 	 	Rudy Giuliani
(born 1944; age 85)	January 1, 1994
-
December 31, 2001	8 years 	Republican 	United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
(1983–1989)
108 	 	Michael Bloomberg
(born 1942; aged 87)	January 1, 2002
-
December 31, 2013	12 years 	
Republican
(2001-2007)
Independent
(2007-2013)	CEO of Bloomberg L.P. 
(1981–2001)
109 	 	Bill de Blasio
(born 1961; aged 64)	January 1, 2014
-
December 31, 2021	8 years 	Democratic 	3rd New York City Public Advocate
(2010–2013)
110 	 	Eric Adams
(born 1960; aged 69)	January 1, 2022
-
December 31, 2029	8 years 	Democratic 	18th Borough President of Brooklyn (2014-2021)
111 (elect)	 	Corey Johnson
(born 1982; aged 47)	Assuming office
January 1, 2030	TBD 	Democratic 	45th New York City Comptroller (2022-2029)
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