List of pre-statehood mayors of San Francisco
This is a list of pre-statehood alcaldes and mayors of San Francisco, from 1779 to 1850, during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods, prior to California's admission to statehood.
Spanish era
California's first governor Felipe de Neve ordered all of the Missions to elect local Alcaldes (a combination of Mayor and Magistrate) around 1779.[1]
Term | |
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Valeriano and Jorge were elected.[2] | 1797 |
Two Ohlone men from the village Pruristac with the baptismal names Hilarion and George[3] | 1807 |
Mexican era
Portrait | Alcalde | Term | Notes |
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![]() | Francisco de Haro | 1834 | 1835 |
![]() | José Joaquín Estudillo | 1835 | 1836 |
Francisco Guerrero y Palomares | 1836 | 1837 | |
Ygnacio Martínez | 1837 | 1838 | |
![]() | Francisco de Haro | 1838 | 1839 |
Francisco Guerrero y Palomares | 1839 | 1842 | |
![]() | José de Jesús Noé | 1842 | 1843 |
![]() | Francisco Sánchez | 1843 | 1844 |
William Sturgis Hinckley | 1844 | 1845 | |
Juan Nepomuceno Padilla | 1845 | 1845 | |
José de la Cruz Sánchez | 1845 | 1846 | |
![]() | José de Jesús Noé | 1846 | 1846 |
American era
Portrait | Alcalde | Term | Notes |
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![]() | Washington Allon Bartlett | August 22, 1846 | February 22, 1847 |
Edwin Bryant | February 22, 1847 | June 1847 | |
![]() | George Hyde[9] | June 1847 | April 1848 |
John Townsend | April 1848 | September 1848 | |
Thaddeus M. Leavenworth | October 1848 | August 1849 | |
![]() | John White Geary | August 1849 | March 1, 1850 |
See also
- List of pre-statehood mayors of Los Angeles
- List of pre-statehood mayors of San Jose
- List of pre-statehood mayors of San Diego
References
- ^ Fr. Engelhardt O. F. M, Zephyrin. San Francisco or Mission Dolores, Franciscan Herald Press, 1924 pg 97
- ^ Englehardt, 1924
- ^ Milliken, Randall. A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area 1769–1910 Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1995. ISBN 0-87919-132-5 (alk. paper); See pages 206–207
- ^ a b MisterSF.com
- ^ a b Mayors of US Major Cities M-W
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1825-1840 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN 978-1344073653; See pages 729-731
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1808-1824 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN 9789353603700; See pages 604-606
- ^ History of San Jose, California - Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers
- ^ "Early San Francisco Street Names - 1846-1849". Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2007.