List of mayors of New Orleans

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The post of Mayor of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the acquisition by the U.S. of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km²) of the French territory La Louisiane in 1803:

No.	Mayor		Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Etienne de Boré		November 30, 1803	May 26, 1804[1]
2	James Pitot		June 2, 1804	July 26, 1805[1]
3	John Watkins		July 27, 1805	March 8, 1807
4	James Mather		March 9, 1807	May 16, 1812[1]
5	Charles Trudeau[2]		May 16, 1812	October 8, 1812
6	Nicholas Girod		October 8, 1812	November 5, 1812[3]
7	LeBreton Dorgenois[2]		November 6, 1812	December 4, 1812
--	Nicholas Girod		December 5, 1812[3]	September 4, 1815[1]
8	Augustin de Macarty		September 4, 1815	May 13, 1820
9	Louis Philippe de Roffignac		May 14, 1820	May 10, 1828[1]
10	Denis Prieur		May 12, 1828	April 9, 1838	Democratic
11	Paul Bertus[2]		April 10, 1838	May 12, 1838
12	Charles Genois		May 12, 1838	May 10, 1840	Democratic
13	William Freret		May 11, 1840	April 4, 1842	Whig
--	Denis Prieur (2nd term)		April 4, 1842	February 7, 1843	Democratic
--	Paul Bertus (2nd term)[2]		February 7, 1843	February 26, 1843
--	William Freret (2nd term)		February 27, 1843	May 12, 1844	Whig
14	Joseph Edgard Montegut		May 13, 1844	April 5, 1846	Democratic
15	Abdiel Crossman		May 11, 1846	March 26, 1854	Whig
16	John L. Lewis		April 10, 1854	June 17, 1856	Democratic
17	Charles W. Waterman		June 17, 1856	June 8, 1858	American
18	Gerald Stith		June 21, 1858	June 18, 1860	American
19	John T. Monroe		June 18, 1860	May 16, 1862	American
Acting Military Mayors
20	George F. Shepley		May 20, 1862	July 11, 1862
21	Godfrey Weitzel		July 14, 1862	August 5, 1862
22	Jonas H. French		August 6, 1862	August 20, 1862
--	Godfrey Weitzel (2nd term)		August 21, 1862	September 30, 1862
23	Henry C. Deming		October 2, 1862	January 30, 1863
24	James F. Miller		January 30, 1863	September 12, 1863
25	Edward Henry Durell		September 12, 1863	October 30, 1863
--	James F. Miller (2nd term)		November 6, 1863	February 2, 1864
26	Stephen Hoyt		February 9, 1864	March 21, 1865
27	Hugh Kennedy		March 21, 1865	May 5, 1865
28	Samuel Miller Quincy		May 5, 1865	June 8, 1865
29	Glendy Burke		June 8, 1865	June 28, 1865
--	Hugh Kennedy (2nd term)		June 28, 1865	March 18, 1866
30	J. A. D. Rozier		March 19, 1866	March 20, 1866
31	George Clark		March 20, 1866	May 11, 1866
End of Acting Military Mayors
32	John T. Monroe		May 12, 1866	March 28, 1867	Democratic
33	Edward Heath		March 28, 1867	June 10, 1868	Republican
34	John R. Conway		June 10, 1868	April 4, 1870	Democratic
35	Benjamin Flanders		April 4, 1870	November 29, 1872	Republican
36	Louis A. Wiltz		November 30, 1872	November 30, 1874]]	Democratic
37	Charles J. Leeds		November 30, 1874	December 19, 1876	Democratic
38	Edward Pilsbury		December 19, 1876	November 18, 1878
39	Isaac W. Patton		November 18, 1878	December 16, 1880
40	Joseph A. Shakspeare		December 16, 1880	November 20, 1882
41	William J. Behan		November 20, 1882	April 28, 1884	Democratic
42	J. Valsin Guillotte		April 29, 1884	April 23, 1888	Democratic
--	Joseph A. Shakspeare (2nd term)		April 23, 1888	April 25, 1892
43	John Fitzpatrick		April 25, 1892	April 27, 1896	Democratic
44	Walter C. Flower		April 27, 1896	May 7, 1900
45	Paul Capdevielle		May 7, 1900	December 5, 1904
46	Martin Behrman		December 5, 1904	December 6, 1920	Democratic
47	Andrew J. McShane		December 6, 1920	May 4, 1925
--	Martin Behrman (2nd term)		May 4, 1925	January 12, 1926	Democratic
48	Arthur J. O'Keefe		January 12, 1926	July 15, 1929	Democratic
49	T. Semmes Walmsley		July 15, 1929	June 30, 1936	Democratic
50	A. Miles Pratt[2]		June 30, 1936	July 15, 1936
51	Fred A. Earhart[2]		July 15, 1936	July 15, 1936
52	Jesse S. Cave[2]		July 15, 1936	August 17, 1936
53	Robert S. Maestri		August 18, 1936	April 4, 1946	Democratic
54	De Lesseps Story Morrison		April 4, 1946	July 17, 1961	Democratic
55	Victor H. Schiro		July 17, 1961	May 2, 1970	Democratic
56	Moon Landrieu		May 2, 1970	May 1, 1978	Democratic
57	Ernest Nathan Morial		May 1, 1978	May 5, 1986	Democratic
58	Sidney Barthelemy		May 5, 1986	May 2, 1994	Democratic
59	Marc Morial		May 2, 1994	May 6, 2002	Democratic
60	C. Ray Nagin		May 6, 2002	Present	Democratic

See also

• New Orleans mayoral elections

References

• Cahoon, Benjamin M.. "Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W". http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Mayors2.html#New-Orleans. Retrieved 2008-01-21. 
• Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Mayors of New Orleans, Louisiana". http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/neworleans.html. Retrieved 2008-01-21.