List of mayors of Corpus Christi, Texas
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The following is a list of mayors of Corpus Christi, Texas.[1][2] The current mayor is Paulette Guajardo.
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Benjamin F. Neal | 1852–1853 |
| E. H. Winfield | 1853 (Resigned) |
| C. R. Hopson | 1853–1854 (Pro-tem) |
| Henry F. Berry | 1854–1855 |
| Benjamin F. Neal | 1855–1856 |
| Henry A. Maltby | 1856–1857 (Resigned) |
| Cornelius Cahill | 1857 (Pro-tem) |
| Henry W. Berry | 1857 (abandoned office) |
| Ruben Holbein | 1857–1860 |
| Henry W. Berry | 1860–1863 |
| Dr. George W. Robertson | 1863–1866 |
| Weymon N. Staples | 1866–1868 |
| Nelson Plato | 1868–1870 |
| J. B. Mitchell | 1870–1872 |
| Perry Doddridge | 1872–1875 |
| Nelson Plato | 1875–1876 |
| William Headen | 1876–1877 |
| J. C. Russell | 1877 |
| John Marks Davenport Moore | 1877–1880 |
| John Bernard Murphy | 1880–1884 |
| George F. Evans | 1884–1886 |
| Cheston C. Heath | 1886–1888 |
| Henry Keller | 1888–1892 |
| Oscar C. Lovenskiold | 1892–1902 |
| H. H. Segrest | 1902–1904 (Acting Mayor) |
| H. H. Segrest | 1904–1908 |
| Dan Reid | 1908–1909 (Died in office) |
| W. H. Hull | 1909–1910 (Pro-tem) |
| Clark Pease | 1910–1913 |
| Roy Miller | 1913–1919 |
| Gordon Boone | 1919–1921 |
| Dr. Perry Gl Lovenskiold | 1921–1931 |
| Edwin F. Flato | 1931–1933 |
| William Shaffer | 1933–1935 |
| Dr. H. R. Giles | 1935–1937 |
| A. C. McCaughan | 1937–1945 |
| Roy Self | 1945–1946 (Resigned) |
| Robert T. Wilson | 1946–1947 (Died in office) |
| Wesley Eli Seale | 1947–1949 |
| Leslie Wasserman | 1949–1953 |
| A. Albert Lichtenstein | 1953–1954 (Resigned) |
| Ellroy King | 1954 (Pro tem) |
| P. C. Callaway | 1954–1955 |
| Farrell D. Smith | 1955–1959 |
| Ellroy King | 1959–1961 |
| Ben F. McDonald | 1961–1963 |
| Dr. James L. Barnard | 1963–1965 |
| Dr. McIver Furman | 1965–1967 |
| Jack R. Blackmon | 1967–1971 |
| Ronnie Sizemore | 1971–1973 |
| Jason Luby | 1973–1979 |
| Luther Jones | 1979–1987 |
| Betty Turner | 1987–1991 |
| Mary Rhodes | 1991–1997 |
| Loyd Neal | 1997–2005 |
| Henry Garrett | 2005–2009 |
| Joe Adame | 2009–2012 |
| Nelda Martinez | 2012–2016 |
| Dan McQueen | 2016–2017 (in office 37 days before resigning via Facebook[3]) |
| Joe McComb | 2017–2021 |
| Paulette Guajardo | 2021–present |
The acting pro-tem, Gabe Lozano, finished out his term until 1979. (Luby resigned in order to run for Congress and city ordinance prohibited him from holding his position while running for another office)
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Corpus Christi Caller-Times, March 20, 1947.
- ^ Corpus Christi Public Libraries: Local History Vertical File: City Government. Accessed 6 Apr 2009.
- ^ "Corpus Christi mayor resigns after just 37 days". Fox News. January 19, 2017.