List of mayors of El Paso, Texas
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The following is a list of mayor
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s of El Paso
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
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| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Ben S. Dowell | 1873–1875 |
| Melton A. Jones | 1875–1876 |
| Solomon Shultz | 1880–1881 |
| Joseph Magoffin | 1881–1885 |
| C. Lightbody | 1885–1889 |
| Richard Caples | 1889–1893 |
| W. H. Austin | 1893–1894 |
| Adolph Solomon | 1894 |
| A. K. Albers | 1894 |
| Robert Campbell | 1895–1897 |
| Joseph Magoffin | 1897–1901 |
| Ben F. Hammett | 1901–1903 |
| Charles Davis | 1905–1907 |
| Joseph Sweeney | 1907–1910 |
| W. F. Robinson | 1910 |
| Charles E. Kelly | 1910–1915 |
| Tom Lea Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr. Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr. , was a prominent American attorney from El Paso, Texas, and mayor of that city from 1915 to 1917.-Biography:Lea was born in Independence, Missouri, to Thomas Calloway and Amanda Rose Lea.... | 1915–1917 |
| Charles Davis | 1917–1923 |
| R. M. Dudley | 1923–1925 |
| H. P. Jackson | 1925–1927 |
| R. Ewing Thomason R. Ewing Thomason Robert Ewing Thomason was a Texas politician, a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, the mayor of El Paso, a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, and a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.Partner in a El Paso... | 1927–1931 |
| A. B. Poe | 1931 |
| R. E. Sherman | 1931–1937 |
| M. A. Harlan | 1937–1938 |
| J. E. Anderson | 1938–1947 |
| Dan R. Ponder | 1947–1949 |
| Dan L. P. Dike | 1949–1951 |
| Fred Hervey | 1951–1955 |
| W. T. Misenhimer | 1955 |
| Tom E. Rogers | 1955–1957 |
| Raymond Telles Raymond Telles Raymond L. Telles, Jr. was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city, El Paso, Texas.Born in El Paso and educated as an accountant, Telles worked at the United States Department of Justice for eight years. He was drafted into the Army in 1941. Telles then served in the U.S... | 1957–1961 |
| Ralph Seitsinger | 1961–1963 |
| Judson F. Williams | 1963–1969 |
| Ashley G. Classen | 1969 |
| Peter De Wetter | 1969–1971 |
| Bert Williams | 1971–1973 |
| Fred Hervey | 1973–1975 |
| Don Henderson | 1975–1977 |
| Ray Salazar | 1977–1979 |
| Thomas D. Westfall Thomas D. Westfall Thomas D. Westfall was born in Decatur, Illinois in 1927. He met his future wife, Margie Peterson while in high school in Decatur. Westfall joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17 and was sent to China during the final campaigns of WWII... | 1979–1981 |
| Jonathan W. Rogers | 1981–1989 |
| Suzanne S. Azar | 1989–1991 |
| William S. Tilney William S. Tilney William Stephen "Bill" Tilney served as mayor of El Paso, Texas from 1991-1993. He later taught United States history from 2000-2003 at Jackie Robinson Academy in Long Beach, California. Prior to assuming his mayoral role, Tilney was the U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.-References:... | 1991–1993 |
| Larry Francis | 1993–1997 |
| Carlos Ramirez | 1997–2001 |
| Raymond Caballero Raymond Caballero Raymond Caballero is an American attorney and politician. He was the mayor of El Paso, Texas from 2001 until 2003. He was elected in May 2001, defeating former mayor Larry Francis in a runoff election with 62.5% of the vote... | June 9, 2001 – June 10, 2003 |
| Joe Wardy Joe Wardy Joseph D. Wardy , is the former mayor of El Paso, Texas. He was elected mayor in 2003, when he defeated the previous incumbent Raymond Caballero... | June 10, 2003 – June 13, 2005 |
| John Cook John Cook (El Paso) John Cook is an American teacher, businessman, veteran, civic leader, and member of the Paso Del Norte Group. Cook has been Mayor of El Paso, Texas since defeating incumbent Joe Wardy in June 2005, and was reelected in 2009 to a second four-year term... | June 13, 2005– |