Mayor of Dallas
Mayor of Dallas | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Residence | Dallas, Texas |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Dr. Samuel B. Pryor 1856 |
Formation | Dallas City Charter |
Salary | $80,000 |
Website | City of Dallas - Mayor Eric Johnson |
Elections in Texas |
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Government |
The Mayor of the City of Dallas is a member of the Dallas City Council and its presiding officer. The current mayor is Eric Johnson, who has served one term since 2019 and is the 60th mayor to serve in the position. Dallas operates under a city charter that designates the mayor as the official head of city government and a council-manager system where a city council-appointed city manager serves as the chief operating officer of the city.
Duties and powers
The city of
History
The Office of Mayor was created with the formation of the Dallas City Charter in 1856, also providing for the mayor six aldermen, a treasurer, recorder and a constable. In the charter, it was stated that each office would be elected for a term of one year. A. D. Rice would run for office again and go on to serve as the 4th mayor of the city.
For much of the 19th century, mayors of the city of Dallas served for only one term. This precedence was broken at the end of Winship C. Connor's term, who – after serving three consecutive terms from 1887 to 1894 – would go on to be the city's longest consecutively serving mayor in the 19th century. His success was accredited to the development of the city's first water, power, and streetcar systems.
The municipal government of Dallas underwent two significant structural changes during its history. The first change was made in 1907 where the city voted to change from an alderman system to a commission form of government. Stephen J. Hay was the first mayor elected in this new form of government, demonstrating the success of the highly debated commission form of government and contributing to the development of White Rock Lake in response to a water shortage in 1910. The second major government change was made in 1930, altering the commission form of government to specifically be a council-manager form. The first mayor to serve following this change was Tom Bradford, a successful grocer who was a significant financial contributor to the Bradford Memorial Hospital for Babies, the preliminary institution to the Children's Medical Center Dallas. He died after suffering a major heart attack in 1932 and was the first mayor of Dallas to die in office.
Earle Cabell served as 48th mayor from 1961 to 1964 and was mayor during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in the city. In the wake of the assassination, Cabell was the target of multiple death threats and accusations of his involvement in the act.
The image of the city of Dallas was immensely tarnished by the assassination of the President, earning the moniker "City of Hate". Following Earle Cabell was Mayor
List
This is the list of people who have held the office of Mayor. Note: municipal elections in Texas are non-partisan. The party affiliation of the Mayor is listed here for informational purposes only. [a]
# | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Terms | ||
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1 | Samuel B. Pryor | 1856 | 1857 | 1 | None | |
2 | John McClannahan Crockett | 1857 | 1858 | 1 | Democratic | |
3 | Isaac Naylor | 1858 | 1858 | 1 | None | |
4 | A. D. Rice | 1858 | 1859 | 1 | None | |
5 | John M. Crockett (Second term)
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1859 | 1861 | 1 | Democratic | |
6 | Joshua Lafayette Smith | 1861 | 1861 | 1 | None | |
7 | Thos. E. Sherwood
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1861 | 1862 | 1 | None | |
- | Military governor (American Civil War). | 1862 | 1865 | None | None | |
8 | John M. Crockett (Third term)
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1865 | 1866 | 1 | Democratic | |
9 | John W. Lane | 1866 | 1866 | 1 | Democratic | |
10 | George W. Guess | 1866 | 1868 | 1 | None | |
11 | Benjamin Long | 1868 | 1870 | 1 | None | |
12 | Henry Ervay | 1870 | 1872 | 1 | None | |
13 | Benjamin Long (Second term) | 1872 | 1874 | 1 | None | |
14 | William Lewis Cabell | 1874 | 1876 | 1 | None | |
15 | John D. Kerfoot | 1876 | 1877 | ½ | None | |
16 | William Lewis Cabell (Second term) | 1877 | 1879 | 1 | None | |
17 | J. M. Thurmond | 1879 | 1880 | 1 | None | |
18 | J. J. Good
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1880 | 1881 | ½ | Democratic | |
19 | J. W. Crowdus | 1881 | 1883 | 1 | None | |
20 | William Lewis Cabell (Third term) | 1883 | 1885 | 1 | None | |
21 | John Henry Brown | 1885 | 1887 | 1 | None | |
22 | Winship C. Connor | 1887 | 1894 | 3 | None | |
23 | Bryan T. Barry | 1894 | 1895 | ½ | None | |
24 | F. P. Holland
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1895 | 1897 | 1 | None | |
25 | Bryan T. Barry (Second term) | 1897 | 1898 | 1 | None | |
26 | John H. Traylor | 1898 | 1900 | 2 | None | |
27 | Ben E. Cabell | 1900 | 1904 | 4 | None | |
28 | Bryan T. Barry (Third term) | 1904 | 1906 | 2 | None | |
29 | Curtis P. Smith | 1906 | 1907 | 1 | Democratic | |
30 | Stephen J. Hay | 1907 | 1911 | 2 | Democratic | |
31 | W. M. Holland | 1911 | 1915 | 2 | None | |
32 | Henry D. Lindsley | 1915 | 1917 | 1 | Democratic | |
33 | Joe E. Lawther | 1917 | 1919 | 1 | Democratic | |
34 | Frank W. Wozencraft | 1919 | 1921 | 1 | Democratic | |
35 | Sawnie R. Aldredge | 1921 | 1923 | 1 | Democratic | |
36 | Louis Blaylock | 1923 | 1927 | 2 | None | |
37 | R. E. Burt | 1927 | 1929 | 1 | None | |
38 | J. Waddy Tate | 1929 | 1931 | 1 | None | |
39 | Tom Bradford | 1931 | 1932 | ½ | None | |
40 | Charles E. Turner | 1932 | 1935 | 1½ | Democratic | |
41 | George Sergeant | 1935 | 1937 | 1 | Democratic | |
42 | George Sprague | 1937 | 1939 | 1 | Democratic | |
43 | Woodall Rodgers | 1939 | 1947 | 4 | None | |
44 | J. R. Temple | 1947 | 1949 | 1 | Democratic | |
45 | Wallace H. Savage | 1949 | 1951 | 1 | Democratic | |
46 | Jean Baptiste Adoue | 1951 | 1953 | 1 | None | |
47 | Robert L. Thornton | 1953 | 1961 | 4 | Democratic | |
48 | Earle Cabell | 1961 | 1964 | 1½ | Democratic | |
49 | J. Erik Jonsson | 1964 | 1971 | 3½ | None | |
50 | Wes Wise | 1971 | 1976 | 2½ | None | |
Acting (51) | Adlene Harrison | 1976 | 1976 | less than 1 | Democratic | |
51 (52) | Robert Folsom | 1976 | 1981 | 2½ | None | |
52 (53) | Jack Wilson Evans | 1981 | 1983 | 1 | Republican | |
53 (54) | Starke Taylor | 1983 | 1987 | 2 | Republican | |
54 (55) | Annette Strauss | 1987 | 1991 | 2 | None | |
55 (56) | Steve Bartlett | 1991 | 1995 | 2 | Republican | |
56 (57) | Ron Kirk | 1995 | 2001 | 3½ | Democratic | |
Acting (58) | Mary Poss | 2001 | 2002 | less than 1 | None | |
57 (59) | Laura Miller | 2002 | 2007 | 2½ | Democratic | |
58 (60) | Tom Leppert | 2007 | 2011 | 2 | Republican | |
Acting (61) | Dwaine Caraway | 2011 | 2011 | less than 1 | Democratic | |
59 (62) | Mike Rawlings | 2011 | 2019 | 2 | Democratic | |
60 (63) | Eric Johnson | 2019 | 2023 | less than 2 | Democratic | |
2023 | incumbent | Republican |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "01Chartr (1).pdf" (PDF). City of Dallas. p. 5.
- ^ "01Chartr (1).pdf" (PDF). City of Dallas. p. 6.
- ^ "ElectMasterList.pdf" (PDF). City of Dallas. p. 5.
- ^ "01Chartr (1).pdf" (PDF). City of Dallas. p. 6.