Mayor of New Orleans

Mayor of New Orleans
Seal of City of New Orleans
Incumbent LaToya Cantrell since May 7, 2018
Style	The Honorable
Term length	4 years renewable once
Inaugural holder	Étienne de Boré
Formation	1803
Salary	$140,000
Website	Mayor's office website

The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (French: Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the 1803 acquisition by the U.S. of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km²) of the French province La Louisiane. In all mayoral elections since 1930, New Orleans has used a two-round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round. All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats.

List

#	Image	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Terms		Party
1		Étienne de Boré	December 20, 1803	May 26, 1804	1		None
2		Cavelier Petit	May 26, 1804	June 5, 1804	Acting		None
3		James Pitot	June 6, 1804	July 26, 1805	1		None
4		John Watkins	July 27, 1805	March 8, 1807	1		None
5		James Mather	March 9, 1807	May 23, 1812	1		None
6		Charles Trudeau	May 24, 1812	October 8, 1812	Acting		None
7		Nicholas Girod	October 8, 1812	November 5, 1812	Partial		Democratic-Republican
8		François Dorgenois	November 6, 1812	December 4, 1812	Acting		Democratic-Republican
(7)		Nicholas Girod	December 5, 1812	September 4, 1815	1 1⁄2		Democratic-Republican
9		Augustin de Macarty	September 4, 1815	May 13, 1820	2		Democratic-Republican
10		Louis Philippe de Roffignac	May 14, 1820	May 10, 1828	4		Democratic-Republican
11		Denis Prieur	May 12, 1828	April 9, 1838	6		Democratic
12		Paul Bertus	April 10, 1838	May 12, 1838	Acting		None
13		Charles Genois	May 12, 1838	May 10, 1840	1		Whig
14		William Freret	May 11, 1840	April 4, 1842	1		Native American
(11)		Denis Prieur	April 4, 1842	February 7, 1843	1⁄2		Democratic
(12)		Paul Bertus	February 7, 1843	February 26, 1843	Acting		None
(14)		William Freret	February 27, 1843	May 12, 1844	Partial		Whig
15		Joseph Montegut	May 13, 1844	April 5, 1846	1		Democratic
16		Abdiel Crossman	May 11, 1846	March 26, 1854	4		Whig
17		John L. Lewis	April 10, 1854	June 17, 1856	1		Democratic
18		Charles M. Waterman	June 17, 1856	June 3, 1858	1		American
19		Henry M. Summers	June 5, 1858	June 21, 1858	Partial		American
20		Gerald Stith	June 21, 1858	June 18, 1860	1		American
21		John T. Monroe	June 18, 1860	May 16, 1862	1		Constitutional Union
Acting military mayors during American Civil War and Reconstruction era
—		George Foster Shepley	May 20, 1862	July 11, 1862	—
		Jonas H. French	August 6, 1862	August 20, 1862
		Godfrey Weitzel	August 21, 1862	September 30, 1862
(21)		John T. Monroe	October 2, 1862	January 30, 1863			Republican
—		James F. Miller	January 30, 1862	February 2, 1864
		Stephen Hoyt	February 9, 1864	March 21, 1865
		Hugh Kennedy	March 21, 1865	May 5, 1865
		Samuel Miller Quincy	May 5, 1865	June 8, 1865
		Glendy Burke	June 8, 1865	June 28, 1865
		Hugh Kennedy	June 28, 1865	March 18, 1866
		J. A. D. Rozier	March 19, 1866	March 20, 1866
		George Clark	March 20, 1866	May 11, 1866
Office resumed following Reconstruction
(21)		John T. Monroe	May 12, 1866	March 27, 1867	1⁄2		Democratic
22		Edward Heath	March 28, 1867	June 10, 1868	1⁄2		Republican
23		John R. Conway	June 10, 1868	April 4, 1870	1		Democratic
24		Benjamin Flanders	April 4, 1870	November 29, 1872	1		Republican
25		Louis A. Wiltz	November 30, 1872	November 30, 1874	1		Democratic
26		Charles J. Leeds	November 30, 1874	December 19, 1876	1		Democratic
27		Edward Pilsbury	December 19, 1876	November 18, 1878	1		Democratic
28		Isaac W. Patton	November 18, 1878	December 16, 1880	1		Democratic
29		Joseph A. Shakspeare	December 16, 1880	November 20, 1882	1		Democratic
30		William J. Behan	November 20, 1882	April 28, 1884	1		Democratic
31		Joseph V. Guillotte	April 29, 1884	April 23, 1888	2		Democratic
(29)		Joseph A. Shakspeare	April 23, 1888	April 25, 1892	2		Democratic
32		John Fitzpatrick	April 25, 1892	April 27, 1896	2		Democratic
33		Walter C. Flower	April 27, 1896	May 7, 1900	2		Democratic
34		Paul Capdevielle	May 7, 1900	December 5, 1904	2		Democratic
35		Martin Behrman	December 5, 1904	December 6, 1920	3		Democratic
36		Andrew J. McShane	December 6, 1920	May 4, 1925	2		Democratic
(35)		Martin Behrman †	May 4, 1925	January 12, 1926	1		Democratic
37		Arthur J. O'Keefe	January 12, 1926	July 15, 1929	1		Democratic
38		Thomas S. Walmsley	July 15, 1929	June 30, 1936	3 1⁄2		Democratic
39		Albert M. Pratt	June 30, 1936	July 15, 1936	Acting		Democratic
40		Fred A. Earhart	July 15, 1936	July 15, 1936	Acting		Democratic
41		Jesse S. Cave	July 15, 1936	August 17, 1936	Acting		Democratic
42		Robert Maestri	August 18, 1936	April 4, 1946	4		Democratic
43		Chep Morrison	April 4, 1946	July 17, 1961	3		Democratic
44		Victor H. Schiro	July 17, 1961	May 2, 1970	2		Democratic
45		Maurice Landrieu	May 2, 1970	May 1, 1978	2		Democratic
46		Ernest N. Morial	May 1, 1978	May 5, 1986	2		Democratic
47		Sidney Barthelemy	May 5, 1986	May 2, 1994	2		Democratic
48		Marc Morial	May 2, 1994	May 6, 2002	2		Democratic
49		Ray Nagin	May 6, 2002	May 3, 2010	2		Democratic
50		Mitch Landrieu	May 3, 2010	May 7, 2018	2		Democratic
51		LaToya Cantrell	May 7, 2018	Incumbent	—		Democratic

Further reading

• "Administrations of the Mayors of New Orleans, 1803-1936" by E. D. Friedrichs, Archives of the City of New Orleans

See also

• New Orleans City Council
• New Orleans mayoral elections
• Timeline of New Orleans

References

• Cahoon, Benjamin M. "Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W". Retrieved 2008-01-21.
• Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Mayors of New Orleans, Louisiana". Retrieved 2008-01-21.