City of Dallas Mayors

1856 to Present

Samuel B. Pryor                    1856-1857
John M. Crockett                   1857-1858
Issac Naylor                       1858
A. D. Rice                         1858-1859
John M. Crockett                   1859-1861
J. L. Smith                        1861
Thos. E. Sherwood                  1861-1862
     No Mayor, Civil War           1862-1865
     Under Military Governor of Texas
John M. Crockett                   1865-1866
John M. Lane                       1866
George W. Guess                    1866-1868
Benjamin Long                      1868-1870
Henry Ervay                        1870-1872
Benjamin Long                      1872-1874
W. L. Cabell                       1874-1876
John D. Kerfoot                    1876-1877
W. L. Cabell                       1877-1879
J. M. Thurmond                     1879-1880
J. J. Good                         1880-1881
J. W. Crowdus                      1881-1883
W. L. Cabell                       1883-1885
John Henry Brown                   1885-1887
Win ship C. Connor                 1887-1894
Bryan T. Barry                     1894-1895
F. P. Holland                      1895-1897
Bryan T. Barry                     1897-1898
John H. Traylor                    1898-1900
Ben E. Cabell                      1900-1904
Bryan T. Barry                     1904-1906
Curtis P. Smith                    1906-1907
Stephen J. Hay                     1907-1911
W. M. Holland                      1911-1915
Henry D. Lindsley                  1915-1917
Joe E. Lawther                     1917-1919
Frank W. Wozencraft                1919-1921
Sawnie R. Aldredge                 1921-1923
Louis Blaylock                     1923-1927
R. E. Burt                         1927-1929
J. Waddy Tate                      1929-1931
T. L. Bradford                     1931-1932
Chas E. Turner                     1931-1935
George Sergeant                    1935-1937
George Sprague                     1937-1939
Woodall Rodgers                    1939-1947
J. R. Temple                       1947-1949
Wallace H. Savage                  1949-1951
J. B. Adoue                        1951-1953
Robert L. Thornton                 1953-1961
Earle Cabell                       1961-1964
Erik Jonsson                       1964-1971
Wes Wise                           1971-1976
Adelene Harrison                   1976
Robert Folsom                      1977-1981
Jack Evans                         1981-1983
Starke Taylor                      1983-1987
Annette Strauss                    1987-1991
Steve Bartlett                     1991-1995
Ron Kirk                           1995-2001
Mary Poss                          2001							
Laura Miller                       2002-2007
Tom Leppert                        2007-Present

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