List of mayors of Phoenix facts for kids

A mayor is the leader of a city. They help make important decisions about how the city runs, like managing services, planning new projects, and representing the people who live there. This page lists all the people who have served as mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, from when the city was first officially formed.

#	Portrait	Mayor	Term	Notes
1		John T. Alsap	1881
2		Francis A. Shaw	1881–1883
3		DeForest Porter	1883–1884
4		George F. Coats	1884–1885
5		Emil Ganz	1885–1886	First Jewish mayor
6		DeForest Porter (2nd)	1886–1888
7		A. Leonard Meyer	1888–1889
8		George F. Coats (2nd)	1889–1890
9		T. D. McGlasson	1890–1891
10		Joseph Campbell	1891–1893
11		P. J. Cole	1893–1894
12		James D. Monihon	1894–1895
13		R. L. Rosson	1895–1896
14		R. Allyn Lewis	1896
15		Frank B. Moss	1896
16		James D. Monihon (2nd)	1896–1897
17		John C. Adams	1897–1899
18		Czar James Dyer	1899
19		Emil Ganz (2nd)	1899–1901
20		Walter Talbot	1901–1903
21		Walter Bennett	1903–1904
22		John T. Dunlap	1904–1905
23		John C. Adams (2nd)	1905
24		Frank B. Moss (2nd)	1905–1906	Died while in office
25		R. H. Greene	1906
26		Lewis W. Coggins	1906–1909
27		Lloyd B. Christy	1909–1914
28		George U. Young	1914–1916
29		Peter Corpstein	1916–1920
30		Willis H. Plunkett	1920–1922
31		L. L. Harmon	1922–1923
32		Louis B. Whitney	1923–1925
33		Frank A. Jefferson	1925–1928
34		Fred J. Paddock	1928–1930
35		Franklin D. Lane	1930–1932
36		Fred J. Paddock (2nd)	1932–1934
37		Joseph S. Jenckes	1934–1936
38		John Hunt Udall	1936–1938
39		Walter J. Thalheimer	1938–1940
40		Reed Shupe	1940–1942
41		Newell Stewart	1942–1944
42		J. H. Fleming	1944–1946
43		Ray Busey	1946–1948
44		John Nicholas Udall	1948–1952
45		Hohen Foster	1952–1954
46		Frank G. Murphy	1954–1956
47		Jack Williams	1956–1960
48		Sam Mardian	1960–1964
49		Milton H. Graham	1964–1970
50		John D. Driggs	1970–1974
51		Timothy A. Barrow	1974–1976
52		Margaret Hance	1976–1984	First woman mayor
53		Terry Goddard	1984–1990
54		Paul Johnson	1990–1994
55		John B. Nelson	1994	Served as a temporary fill-in
56		Thelda Williams	1994	Served as a temporary interim mayor
57		Skip Rimsza	1994–2004
58		Phil Gordon	2004–2012	Second Jewish mayor of Phoenix
59		Thelda Williams	2012	Served as a temporary interim mayor
60		Greg Stanton	2012–2018
61		Thelda Williams	2018–2019	Served as a temporary interim mayor
62		Kate Gallego	2019–present	Elected in 2019; First female Jewish mayor of Phoenix

See also

• List of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States