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The following is a list of the mayors of Phoenix, Arizona.
# | Mayor | Term | Ref. |
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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 | |
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 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 | |
53 | Terry Goddard | 1984–1990 | |
54 | Paul Johnson | 1990–1994 | |
55 | John B. Nelson (fill-in) | 1994 | |
56 | Thelda Williams (interim) | 1994 | |
57 | Skip Rimsza | 1994–2004 | |
58 | Phil Gordon | 2004–2012 | |
59 | Thelda Williams (interim) | 2012 | |
60 | Greg Stanton | 2012–2018 | |
61 | Thelda Williams (interim) | 2018–2019 | |
62 | Kate Gallego | 2019–present | [1] |
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