List of mayors of Washington, D.C.
List of mayors for Washington, D.C.
The cities of Washington and Georgetown also had mayors from 1802-[1871]]. Governors administered the District of Columbia from 1871-1874.
Mayors of Washington City
Until 1820 the mayor was appointed
- Robert Brent 1802-1812
- Daniel Rapine 1812-1813
- James H. Blake 1813-1817
- Benjamin G. Orr 1817-1819
- Samuel N. Smallwood 1819-1822 (Smallwood was elected mayor in 1820)
- Thomas Carbery 1822-1824
- Samuel N. Smallwood 1824
- Roger C. Weightman 1824-1827
- Joseph Gales, Jr. 1827-1830
- John P. Van Ness 1830-1834
- William A. Bradley 1834-1836
- Peter Force 1836-1840
- William Winston Seaton 1840-1850
- Walter Lenox 1850-1852
- John W. Maury 1852-1854
- John Thomas Towers 1854-1856
- William B. Magruder 1856-1858
- James G. Berret 1858-1861
- Richard Wallach 1861-1868
- Sayles J. Bowen 1868-1870
- Matthew Gault Emery 1870-1871
Mayors of Georgetown
- Robert Peter 1790
- Thomas Beale 1791
- Uriah Forrest 1792
- John Threlkeld 1793
- Peter Casenave 1794
- Thomas Turner 1795
- Daniel Reintzel 1796
- Lloyd Beall 1797-1799
- Daniel Reintzel 1799-1804
- Thomas Corcoran 1805
- Daniel Reintzel 1806-1807
- Thomas Corcoran 1808-1810
- David Wiley 1811
- Thomas Corcoran 1812
- John Peter 1813-1818
- Henry Foxall 1819-1820
- John Peter 1821-1822
- John Cox 1823-1845
- Henry Addison 1845-1857
- Richard R. Crawford 1857-1861
- Henry Addison 1861-1867
- Charles D. Welch 1867-1869
- Henry M. Sweeney 1869-1871
Governors of the District of Columbia
- Henry Cooke 1871-1873
- Alexander Shepherd 1873-1874
Home Rule Mayors
- Walter Washington, 1975-1979
- Marion Barry, 1979-1991
- Sharon Pratt Kelly, 1991-1995
- Marion Barry, 1995-1999
- Anthony Williams, 1999-Present