List of mayors of Berkeley, California facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mayor of Berkeley
Seal of the City of Berkeley.
Incumbent Jesse Arreguín since December 1, 2016
Formation	1878
First holder	Abel Whitton

This is a list of mayors of Berkeley, California. The list includes people serving in the equivalent position of president, in the city's early history.

• Presidents, Town Board of Trustees (1878–1909)
  • Abel Whitton (Workingman's Party) 1878–1881
  • A. McKinstry 1881–1883
  • W.C. Wright (Republican) 1883–1885
  • J.B. Henley 1885–1887
  • Henry L. Whitney 1887–1889
  • Samuel Heywood / Joseph L. Scotchler (Republican) 1889–1891
  • Reuben Rickard (Republican) 1891–1893
  • Byron E. Underwood / Martin J. Acton / Charles S. Preble 1893–1895
  • Reuben Rickard (Republican) 1895
  • John W. Richards 1895–1899
  • William H. Marston 1899–1903
  • Thomas Rickard (Republican) 1903–1909
• Mayors
  • Beverly L. Hodghead (Democrat) 1909–1911
  • J. Stitt Wilson (Socialist) 1911–1913
  • Charles D. Heywood (Republican) 1913–1915
  • Samuel C. Irving (Democrat) 1915–1919
  • Louis Bartlett (Republican) 1919–1923
  • Frank D. Stringham (Republican) 1923–1927
  • Michael B. Driver (Republican) 1927–1930
  • Thomas E. Caldecott (Republican) 1930–1932
  • Edward N. Ament (Republican) 1932–1939
  • Frank S. Gaines (Republican) 1939–1943
  • Fitch Robertson (Republican) 1943–1946
  • Carrie L. Hoyt (Republican) 1947 (January–April)
  • Laurance L. Cross (Democrat) 1947–1955
  • Claude B. Hutchison (Republican) 1955–1963
  • Wallace Johnson (Republican) 1963–1971
  • Warren Widener (Democrat) 1971–1979, first African-American mayor
  • Gus Newport, (Berkeley Citizens Action) 1979–1986
  • Loni Hancock, (Berkeley Citizens Action) 1986–1994
  • Jeffrey Shattuck Leiter, 1994 (March–December)
  • Shirley Dean, (Berkeley Democrat Club) 1994–2002
  • Tom Bates, 2002–2016
  • Jesse Arreguín, 2016–