List of mayors of New York City - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Mayor of New York City
Mayor of New York City
The Mayor of the City of New York is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within New York City.The budget overseen by the...

is the chief executive of the government of New York City

Government of New York City

The government of New York City is organized under the City Charter and provides for a "strong" mayor-council system. The government of New York is more centralized than that of most other U.S...

, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of New York.

This list through 1897 includes the mayors of (roughly) what is now considered Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

and (after 1874) portions of The Bronx

The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...

only. The five boroughs (Manhattan, the Bronx, Kings

Kings

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, Queens

Queens

Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....

and Staten Island

Staten Island

Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...

) were consolidated in 1898. See History of New York City
History of New York City
The history of New York, New York begins with the first European documentation of the area by Giovanni da Verrazzano, in command of the French ship, La Dauphine, when he visited the region in 1524. It is believed he sailed in Upper New York Bay where he encountered native Lenape, returned through...

.

The current Mayor of New York City, and 108th person to be mayor, is Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...

, once elected as a Republican and now an independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

.

During the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

colonial period from 1625 to 1664, New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland. It later became New York City....

was governed by a Director-General
Director-General of New Netherland
This is a list of Directors, appointed by the Dutch West India Company, of the 17th century Dutch province of New Netherland in North America...

. For the year prior to the establishment of the office of Mayor of New York in 1665, New York was run by Richard Nicolls

Richard Nicolls

Richard Nicolls was the first English colonial governor of New York province....

, who was the British military governor of the Province of New York

Province of New York

The Province of New York was an English and later British crown territory that originally included all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine, as well as eastern Pennsylvania...

. Prior to 1680, mayors served one year terms. As of 1680, they served two year terms. Exceptions are noted thus (*). Thomas Willett

Thomas Willett

Thomas Willett was a British-born American merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherland, magistrate of Plymouth Colony, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia and was the first Mayor of New York City, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City...

was the first person to be specifically appointed mayor.

Mayors were appointed by provincial governors until 1777 when a Council of Appointment

Council of Appointment

The Council of Appointment was a body of the Government of New York that existed from 1777 to 1822.-History:...

was formed by New York State. In 1821 the New York City Council

New York City Council

The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs. The Council serves as a check against the mayor in a "strong" mayor-council government model. The council monitors performance of city agencies and...

(then known as the Common Council) began appointing mayors. Since 1834 mayors have been elected by direct popular vote.

Office Term Number	Name	Starting year of Office	Ending year of Office	Political Party	Status
1	Thomas Willett Thomas Willett Thomas Willett was a British-born American merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherland, magistrate of Plymouth Colony, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia and was the first Mayor of New York City, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City...	1665	1666		Official Mayor
2	Thomas Delavall Thomas Delavall Thomas Delavall was a British-born American official and businessman. He was appointed the Mayor of New York City on three separate occasions, in 1664, 1665 and 1673 respectively....	1666	1667
3	Thomas Willett Thomas Willett Thomas Willett was a British-born American merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherland, magistrate of Plymouth Colony, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia and was the first Mayor of New York City, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City...	1667	1668
4	Cornelius Van Steenwyk Cornelius Van Steenwyk Cornelius Steenwyck served two terms as Mayor of New York City, the first from 1668 to 1672 Cornelius Steenwyck (born Cornelis Jacobsz Steenwijck; March 16, 1626 – November 21, 1684) served two terms as Mayor of New York City, the first from 1668 to 1672 Cornelius Steenwyck (born Cornelis...	1668	1671
5	Thomas Delavall Thomas Delavall Thomas Delavall was a British-born American official and businessman. He was appointed the Mayor of New York City on three separate occasions, in 1664, 1665 and 1673 respectively....	1671	1672
6	Matthias Nicoll Matthias Nicoll Matthias Nicoll , aka Nicolls, was Mayor of New York City from 1672 to 1673.He is the patriarch of the Nicoll family which settled and owned much of Long Island, New York. Numerous place names on the island now bear the Nicoll name....	1672	1673
7	John Lawrence John Lawrence (New York) John Lawrence was Mayor of New York City from 1672 to 1674, and again in 1691.-Life:He arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1635, and later removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts and later to Long Island. In 1644, he was one of the patentees of Hempstead under grant by Dutch Colonial Governor Willem...	1673	1675
8	William Dervall	1675	1676
9	Nicholas De Mayer Nicholas De Mayer Nicholaes DeMeyer was the ninth mayor of New York, in the English colony of New York. He held office from 1676 to 1677....	1676	1677
10	Stephanus Van Cortlandt Stephanus Van Cortlandt Stephanus van Cortlandt was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688. He was the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and was on the governor's executive council from 1691 to 1700. His brother, Jacobus Van Cortlandt also served as...	1677	1678
11	Thomas Delavall Thomas Delavall Thomas Delavall was a British-born American official and businessman. He was appointed the Mayor of New York City on three separate occasions, in 1664, 1665 and 1673 respectively....	1678	1679
12	Francis Rombouts Francis Rombouts Francis Rombouts was the Mayor of New York City from 1679 to 1680, when it was New Amsterdam.-Biography:Francis came to New Amsterdam in 1653 aboard the ship New Amsterdam. He was from Hasselt in present-day Belgium. He went into the fur-trading business with Gulian Verplanck...	1679	1680
13	William Dyre	1680	1682
14	Cornelius Van Steenwyk Cornelius Van Steenwyk Cornelius Steenwyck served two terms as Mayor of New York City, the first from 1668 to 1672 Cornelius Steenwyck (born Cornelis Jacobsz Steenwijck; March 16, 1626 – November 21, 1684) served two terms as Mayor of New York City, the first from 1668 to 1672 Cornelius Steenwyck (born Cornelis...	1682	1684
15	Gabriel Minvielle(*)	1684	1685
16	Nicholas Bayard Nicholas Bayard Colonel Nicholas Bayard was an official in the colony of New York. Bayard served as the sixteenth Mayor of New York City, from 1685 to 1686... (*)	1685	1686
17	Stephanus Van Cortlandt Stephanus Van Cortlandt Stephanus van Cortlandt was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688. He was the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and was on the governor's executive council from 1691 to 1700. His brother, Jacobus Van Cortlandt also served as...	1686	1688
18	Peter Delanoy	1688	1691
19	John Lawrence John Lawrence (New York) John Lawrence was Mayor of New York City from 1672 to 1674, and again in 1691.-Life:He arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1635, and later removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts and later to Long Island. In 1644, he was one of the patentees of Hempstead under grant by Dutch Colonial Governor Willem... (*)	May 1691	October 1691
20	Abraham de Peyster Abraham de Peyster Abraham de Peyster was Mayor of New York City from 1691 to 1694.-Life:De Peyster was born in New Amsterdam on July 8, 1657, to Johannes and Cornelia Lubberts de Peyster. He married his second cousin, Catharina de Peyster on April 5, 1684, while visiting Amsterdam.He was appointed mayor by...	October 1691	1694
21	Charles Lodwik	1694	1696
22	William Merritt	1696	1698
23	Johannes de Peyster Johannes de Peyster Johannes de Peyster was Mayor of New York City in 1698-99., p. 395-96 -Life:Johannes was born in New York City in 1666 to Johannes and Cornelia Lubberts de Peyster....	1698	1699
24	David Provost David Provost David Provost was the Mayor of New York City from 1699 to 1700.David Provost was Born in Ulster, New York, in about 1672, to Benjamin Provost, one of New Amsterdam's Dutch burghers, and Elsie Alberts Provost....	1699	1700
25	Isaac De Reimer Isaac De Reimer Isaac De Reimer was the Mayor of New York from 1700 to 1701.In 1700, Isaac de Reimer, a merchant of Holland origin was appointed Mayor. He was a descendant of one of the oldest families of the city, and a nephew of the well-known Cornelius Van Steenwyck, the former mayor.De Reimer Avenue in The...	1700	1701
26	Thomas Noell Thomas Noell Thomas Noell was the Mayor of New York from 1701 to 1702....	1701	1702
27	Thomas Hood Thomas Hood (mayor) Thomas Hood served briefly as mayor of New York City in 1702....	1702
28	Phillip French Phillip French Phillip French was the Mayor of New York from 1702 to 1703....	1702	1703
29	William Peartree William Peartree William Peartree was Mayor of New York from 1703 to 1707. He married Anna, daughter of Daniel Litsco and Annetje Croesen Litsco, who later for many years entertained at "Mother Litsco's Tavern" on lower Pearl Street near the Brooklyn ferry.Peartree began his career as a planter in Jamaica in the...	1703	1707
30	Ebenezer Wilson Ebenezer Wilson Ebenezer Wilson was the Mayor of New York from 1707 to 1710....	1707	1710
31	Jacobus Van Cortlandt Jacobus Van Cortlandt Jacobus Van Cortlandt was a merchant and Mayor of New York from 1710 to 1711 and again from 1719 to 1720.He was born in 1658.Van Cortlandt purchased a parcel of land in what is now Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York, from John Barrett, after his father, Samuel Barrett, died around 1691. At that...	1710	1711
32	Caleb Heathcote Caleb Heathcote Caleb Heathcote was a Mayor of New York . His estate in Westchester County, New York is the site the present-day town of Scarsdale and was granted on March 21, 1701 or 1702 by Lieutenant Governor of New York John Nanfan. A neighborhood and an elementary school in present-day Scarsdale are named...	1711	1714
33	John Johnstone	1714	1719
34	Jacobus Van Cortlandt Jacobus Van Cortlandt Jacobus Van Cortlandt was a merchant and Mayor of New York from 1710 to 1711 and again from 1719 to 1720.He was born in 1658.Van Cortlandt purchased a parcel of land in what is now Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York, from John Barrett, after his father, Samuel Barrett, died around 1691. At that...	1719	1720
35	Robert Walters	1720	1725
36	Johannes Jansen	1725	1726
37	Robert Lurting Robert Lurting Robert Lurting was the Mayor of New York from 1726 to 1735.Lurting Avenue in the Morris Park section of The Bronx is named after him....	1726	1735
38	Paul Richard Paul Richard Paul Richard was the Mayor of New York from 1735 to 1739....	1735	1739
39	John Cruger John Cruger John Cruger was an immigrant to colonial New York with an uncertain place of birth, but his family was originally Danish. In New York from at least 1696, he became a prosperous merchant and established a successful family as well...	1739	1744
40	Stephen Bayard Stephen Bayard Stephen Bayard was the Mayor of New York City from 1744 to 1747....	1744	1747
41	Edward Holland Edward Holland (mayor) Edward Holland was the Mayor of New York from 1747 to 1757....	1747	1757
42	John Cruger, Jr. John Cruger, Jr. John Cruger, Jr. was the speaker of the Province of New York assembly and the Mayor of New York City.He was born July 18, 1710 the son of John Cruger and Maria Cuyler....	1757	1766
43	Whitehead Hicks Whitehead Hicks -References:...	1766	1776
44	David Matthews	1776	1783
45	James Duane James Duane James Duane was an American lawyer, jurist, and Revolutionary leader from New York. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, New York state senator, Mayor of New York, and a U.S...	1784	1789
46	Richard Varick Richard Varick Richard Varick was an American lawyer and politician. He was born on 15 March 1753 at Hackensack in Bergen County, New Jersey, and he died on 30 July 1831 at Jersey City in Hudson County, New Jersey....	1789	1801
47	Edward Livingston Edward Livingston Edward Livingston was an American jurist and statesman. He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code. He represented both New York, and later Louisiana in Congress and he served as the U.S...	1801	1803	Democratic-Republican
48	DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton was an early American politician and naturalist who served as United States Senator and the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal...	1803	1807	Democratic-Republican
49	Marinus Willett Marinus Willett Marinus Willett was an American soldier and political leader from New York. He was characterized by historian Mark M. Boatner as "one of the truly outstanding American leaders of the Revolution."...	1807	1808
50	DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton was an early American politician and naturalist who served as United States Senator and the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal...	1808	1810	Democratic-Republican
51	Jacob Radcliff Jacob Radcliff Jacob Radcliff was Mayor of New York City from 1810 to 1811 and from 1815 to 1818....	1810	1811
52	DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton was an early American politician and naturalist who served as United States Senator and the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal...	1811	1815	Democratic-Republican
53	John Ferguson John Ferguson (New York politician) John Ferguson was Mayor of New York City from March to June 1815. He was also Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall and a political enemy of Dewitt Clinton...	1815
54	Jacob Radcliff Jacob Radcliff Jacob Radcliff was Mayor of New York City from 1810 to 1811 and from 1815 to 1818....	1815	1818
55	Cadwallader D. Colden Cadwallader D. Colden Cadwallader David Colden was an American politician.-Life:...	1818	1821	Federalist
56	Stephen Allen Stephen Allen Stephen Allen was the Mayor of New York for three terms from December 1821 through 1824.Under the new constitution the Mayor was appointed by the Common Council, as opposed to the governor, leading to Allen being the first elected Mayor.Feb 1824 Allen declined a directorship on New York and Sharon...	1821	1824
57	William Paulding, Jr. William Paulding, Jr. William Paulding, Jr. was a United States Representative from New York and a Mayor of New York City. Born in Philipsburgh , Westchester County, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York...	1825	1826	Democratic
58	Philip Hone Philip Hone Philip Hone was Mayor of New York from 1826 to 1827. He was most notable for a detailed diary he kept from 1828 until the time of his death in 1851. His recorded diary is said to be the most extensive and detailed of his time in 19th century America.Son of a German immigrant carpenter, Hone became...	1826	1827	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
59	William Paulding Jr.	1827	1829	Democratic
60	Walter Bowne Walter Bowne Walter Bowne was the four term Mayor of New York from 1829 to 1833.Walter Bowne was born on Flushing, Long Island, the son of James Bowne and his wife Caroline Rodman....	1829	1832	Democratic
61	Gideon Lee Gideon Lee Gideon Lee was an American politician who was Mayor of New York and United States Representative from New York.-Life:...	1833	1834	Democratic
62	Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence was a politician from New York. He became the first popularly elected Mayor of New York City after the law was changed in 1834.-Biography:...	1834	1837	Democratic
63	Aaron Clark Aaron Clark Aaron Clark was an American politician who became the second popularly elected Mayor of New York, serving two one-year terms from 1837 to 1839. He was a member of the Whig Party, the only member of his party to ever serve as mayor of New York.-Early life:Clark was born in Worthington, Massachusetts...	1837	1839	Whig
64	Isaac Varian Isaac Varian Isaac Leggett Varian was a New York state legislator and a Mayor of New York.-Political career:Varian was a prominent Democrat and led Tammany Hall from 1835 until 1842...	1839	1841	Democratic
65	Robert Morris Robert Morris (mayor) Robert Hunter Morris was an attorney and Mayor of New York.- Early political career :...	1841	1844	Democratic
66	James Harper James Harper (publisher) James Harper , was an American publisher and politician in the early-to-mid 19th century. James was the eldest of four sons born to Joseph Henry Harper, , a farmer, carpenter, and storekeeper, and Elizabeth Kolyer, daughter of Jacobus Kolyer and Jane Miller.-Childhood and starting in...	1844	1845	American Republican American Republican Party The American Republican Party was a minor nativist political organization that was launched in New York in June 1843, largely as a protest against immigrant voters and officeholders. In 1844, it carried municipal elections in New York City and Philadelphia and expanded so rapidly that by July,...
67	William Havemeyer	1845	1846	Democratic
68	Andrew H. Mickle Andrew H. Mickle Andrew F. H. Mickle was the Mayor of New York from 1846 to 1847.-References:...	1846	1847	Democratic
69	William Brady William Brady (mayor) William Vermilye Brady was the Mayor of New York from 1847 to 1848. Brady Avenue in the Bronx was named after him.-References:...	1847	1848	Whig
70	William Havemeyer	1848	1849	Democratic
71	Caleb Smith Woodhull Caleb Smith Woodhull Caleb Smith Woodhull was the Mayor of New York from 1849 to 1851....	1849	1851	Whig
72	Ambrose Kingsland Ambrose Kingsland Ambrose Cornelius Kingsland was a wealthy sperm oil merchant who served as mayor of New York from 1851 to 1853...	1851	1853	Whig
73	Jacob Aaron Westervelt	1853	1855	Democratic
74	Fernando Wood Fernando Wood Fernando Wood was an American politician of the Democratic Party and mayor of New York City; he also served as a United States Representative and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th Congress .A successful shipping merchant who became Grand Sachem of the...	1855	1858	Democratic
75	Daniel F. Tiemann Daniel F. Tiemann Daniel Fawcett Tiemann was the mayor of New York from 1858 to 1860. He was a founding trustee of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Tiemann was an industrialist, who lived in Manhattanville where he owned D.F. Tiemann & Company Paint & Color Works which manufactured pigments...	1858	1860	Coalition (People's Union, American Know Nothing The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by... , Democratic)
76	Fernando Wood Fernando Wood Fernando Wood was an American politician of the Democratic Party and mayor of New York City; he also served as a United States Representative and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th Congress .A successful shipping merchant who became Grand Sachem of the...	1860	1862	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
77	George Opdyke George Opdyke George Opdyke was an entrepreneur and the Mayor of New York during the American Civil War.-Early life:He was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey and in the 1820s he lived in Cleveland, Ohio and New Orleans, Louisiana....	1862	1864	Republican
78	Charles Godfrey Gunther Charles Godfrey Gunther Charles Godfrey Gunther was a Democratic Mayor of New York from 1864 until 1866.-Early life:Gunther was born in New York into a family of recent immigrants from Germany. His father, Christian G...	1864	1866	Democratic
79	John T. Hoffman John T. Hoffman John Thompson Hoffman was the 23rd Governor of New York . He was also Recorder of New York City and Mayor of New York City...	1866	1868
80	Thomas Coman Thomas Coman Thomas Coman was President of the New York City Board of Aldermen from 1868 to 1871.He became Acting Mayor of New York when the resignation of Mayor John Thompson Hoffman became effective on November 30, 1868, and he served one month as Mayor until A...	1868			Acting Mayor
81	Abraham Oakley Hall	1869	1872	Republican	Official Mayor
82	William F. Havemeyer William F. Havemeyer William Frederick Havemeyer was a German American businessman and politician of New York who served three times as the Mayor of New York City: from 1845–1846, 1848–1849 and from 1873 until his death in 1874....	1873	1874		Official Mayor
83	Samuel B. H. Vance Samuel B. H. Vance Samuel B. H. Vance, as a Republican President of the New York City Board of Aldermen in 1873-74, briefly became Acting Mayor of New York City between the death of the elected Mayor William Havemeyer on November 30, 1874 and the inauguration of his elected successor, William H...	1874	1874		Acting Mayor
84	William H. Wickham William H. Wickham William H. Wickham was a New York mayor and anti-Ring Democrat who helped to topple corrupt politician Boss Tweed.-Biography:...	1875	1876	Democratic	Official Mayor
85	Smith Ely, Jr. Smith Ely, Jr. Smith Ely, Jr. was a Mayor of New York City and member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....	1877	1878
86	Edward Cooper Edward Cooper (mayor) Edward Cooper was the Mayor of New York City from 1879 to 1880, serving as a Democrat. He was the only son of industrialist Peter Cooper. Edward Cooper's business partner and brother-in-law, Abram S. Hewitt, also served as mayor of New York City . W.R. Grace's terms as mayor separated Cooper's and...	1879	1880
87	William Russell Grace William Russell Grace William Russell Grace was the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company.-Biography:He was born on May 10, 1832 in Ballylinan, County Laois, Ireland....	1881	1882	Democratic (anti-Tammany)
88	Franklin Edson Franklin Edson Franklin Edson was the Mayor of New York from 1883 to 1884.Edson was a grain commission merchant, first in Albany, and then in New York City. He became a business leader and the president of the New York Produce Exchange...	1883	1884	Democratic
89	William Russell Grace William Russell Grace William Russell Grace was the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company.-Biography:He was born on May 10, 1832 in Ballylinan, County Laois, Ireland....	1885	1886	Independent
90	Abram S. Hewitt	1887	1888	Democratic
91	Hugh L. Grant Hugh L. Grant Hugh J. Grant served as mayor of New York City for two terms from 1889 to 1892. He remains the youngest mayor in the city's history...	1889	1892
92	Thomas F. Gilroy Thomas F. Gilroy Thomas Francis Gilroy , born in Ireland, was mayor of New York 1893-94 and Commissioner of Public works 1889-93. He was also a member of Tammany Hall. He had a daughter, Frances E. Gilroy, who married Edward A. Maher, Jr...	1893	1894
93	William L. Strong William L. Strong William Lafayette Strong was the Mayor of New York from 1895 to 1897. He was the last mayor of New York before the Consolidation of the City of New York on January 1, 1898.-Biography:...	1895	1897	Fusion Fusion Party Fusion Party is a term that may have a variety of meanings in the political history of the United States.The Fusion Party was the original name of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio. In 1854, anti-slavery parties were forming in many northern states in opposition to the Kansas Nebraska Act...

Mayors since the 1898 Consolidation

#	Name	Start day & month	Start year	End day & month	End year	Status	Political Party
94	Robert A. Van Wyck Robert Anderson Van Wyck Robert Anderson Van Wyck, was the first mayor of New York City after the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of New York in 1898.-Biography:...	January 1	1898	December 31	1901	Elected	Democratic
95	Seth Low Seth Low Seth Low , born in Brooklyn, New York, was an American educator and political figure who served as mayor of Brooklyn, as President of Columbia University, as diplomatic representative of the United States, and as Mayor of New York City...	January 1	1902	December 31	1903	Elected	Citizens Union Citizens Union Citizens Union is one of the United States' first good government groups. Founded in 1897 as a political party, the group was reconstituted in 1908 as a non-partisan member organization with the broad mission of serving "as a watchdog for the public interest and an advocate for the common... /Rep./Anti-Tammany Dem.
96	George B. McClellan Jr.	January 1	1904	December 31	1909	Elected	Democratic
97	William Jay Gaynor William Jay Gaynor William Jay Gaynor was an American politician from New York City, associated with the Tammany Hall political machine. He served as mayor of the City of New York from 1910 to 1913, as well as stints as a New York Supreme Court Justice from 1893 to 1909.-Early life:Gaynor was born in Oriskany, New...	January 1	1910	September 10	1913	Elected	Democratic
98	Ardolph Loges Kline Ardolph Loges Kline Ardolph Loges Kline , was a senior officer of the New York National Guard and a Republican politician who became acting Mayor of New York City on September 10, 1913 upon the death of Mayor William Jay Gaynor, serving for the rest of the year...	September 10	1913	December 31	1913	Acting,not elected	Republican
99	John Purroy Mitchel John Purroy Mitchel John Purroy Mitchel was the mayor of New York from 1914 to 1917. At age 34 he was the second-youngest ever; he is sometimes referred to as "The Boy Mayor of New York." Mayor Mitchel is remembered for his short career as leader of Reform politics in New York, as well as for his early death as an...	January 1	1914	December 31	1917	Elected	Fusion
100	John F. Hylan John F. Hylan John Francis Hylan , nicknamed "Red Mike", was the Mayor of New York City from 1918 to 1925.-Biography:Hylan was born in Hunter, New York a town in upstate Greene County where his family owned a farm. Hylan married young, became dissatisfied with farm life and moved to Brooklyn with his bride, and...	January 1	1918	December 31	1925	Elected	Democratic
101	James J. Walker Jimmy Walker James John Walker, often known as Jimmy Walker and colloquially as Beau James , was the mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932...	January 1	1926	September 1	1932	Elected
102	Joseph V. McKee Joseph V. McKee Joseph V. McKee, Sr. was originally a teacher at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York, but later became a politically active Democrat and briefly served as the Mayor of New York City.-Biography:...	September 1	1932	December 31	1932	Acting
103	John P. O'Brien John P. O'Brien John Patrick O'Brien was an Irish-American politician who served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1 to December 31, 1933.-Biography:He was born on February 1, 1873 to Mary and Patrick O'Brien....	January 1	1933	December 31	1933	Elected
104	Fiorello H. La Guardia	January 1	1934	December 31	1945	Elected	Republican / Fusion
105	William O'Dwyer William O'Dwyer William O'Dwyer was the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office from 1946 to 1950.-Biography:O'Dwyer was born in County Mayo, Ireland and migrated to the United States in 1910, after abandoning studies for the priesthood...	January 1	1946	August 31	1950	Elected	Democratic
106	Vincent R. Impellitteri Vincent R. Impellitteri Vincent Richard Impellitteri was an American politician, who served as the 101st Mayor of New York City.-Biography:He was born in Isnello, Sicily, and moved with his family to the United States as an infant in 1901...	August 31	1950	December 31	1953	Acting / Elected	Democratic / Independent
107	Robert F. Wagner Jr.	January 1	1954	December 31	1965	Elected	Democratic
108	John V. Lindsay John Lindsay John Vliet Lindsay was an American politician, lawyer and broadcaster who was a U.S. Congressman, Mayor of New York City, candidate for U.S...	January 1	1966	December 31	1973	Elected	Republican / Liberal Liberal Party of New York The Liberal Party of New York is a minor American political party that has been active only in the state of New York. Its platform supports a standard set of social liberal policies: it supports right to abortion, increased spending on education, and universal health care.As of 2007, the Liberal... 1966–69; Liberal Liberal Party of New York The Liberal Party of New York is a minor American political party that has been active only in the state of New York. Its platform supports a standard set of social liberal policies: it supports right to abortion, increased spending on education, and universal health care.As of 2007, the Liberal... 1969–70; Democratic / Liberal Liberal Party of New York The Liberal Party of New York is a minor American political party that has been active only in the state of New York. Its platform supports a standard set of social liberal policies: it supports right to abortion, increased spending on education, and universal health care.As of 2007, the Liberal... 1970–73
109	Abraham D. Beame	January 1	1974	December 31	1977	Elected	Democratic
110	Edward I. Koch Ed Koch Edward Irving "Ed" Koch is an American lawyer, politician, and political commentator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989...	January 1	1978	December 31	1989	Elected
111	David N. Dinkins David Dinkins David Norman Dinkins is a former politician from New York City. He was the Mayor of New York City from 1990 through 1993; he was the first and is, to date, the only African American to hold that office.-Early life:...	January 1	1990	December 31	1993	Elected
112	Rudolph W. Giuliani Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....	January 1	1994	December 31	2001	Elected	Republican
113	Michael R. Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...	January 1	2002			Elected	Republican 2002–07; Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... since 2007.

Notes:

Seth Low
Seth Low
Seth Low , born in Brooklyn, New York, was an American educator and political figure who served as mayor of Brooklyn, as President of Columbia University, as diplomatic representative of the United States, and as Mayor of New York City...

previously served as Mayor of the City of Brooklyn
History of Brooklyn
The history of Brooklyn, a present-day borough of New York City, spans more than 350 years. The settlement began in the 17th century as the small Dutch-founded town of "Breuckelen" on the East River shore of Long Island, grew to be a sizable city in the 19th century, and was consolidated in 1898...

from 1882 to 1885.
William Jay Gaynor
William Jay Gaynor
William Jay Gaynor was an American politician from New York City, associated with the Tammany Hall political machine. He served as mayor of the City of New York from 1910 to 1913, as well as stints as a New York Supreme Court Justice from 1893 to 1909.-Early life:Gaynor was born in Oriskany, New...

died September 10, 1913.
James J. "Jimmy" Walker
Jimmy Walker
James John Walker, often known as Jimmy Walker and colloquially as Beau James , was the mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932...

resigned September 1, 1932 and went to Europe, amid allegations of corruption in his administration.
Joseph V. McKee
Joseph V. McKee
Joseph V. McKee, Sr. was originally a teacher at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York, but later became a politically active Democrat and briefly served as the Mayor of New York City.-Biography:...

was appointed Acting Mayor to take Walker's place, but was then defeated in a special election by John P. O'Brien
John P. O'Brien
John Patrick O'Brien was an Irish-American politician who served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1 to December 31, 1933.-Biography:He was born on February 1, 1873 to Mary and Patrick O'Brien....

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William O'Dwyer
William O'Dwyer
William O'Dwyer was the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office from 1946 to 1950.-Biography:O'Dwyer was born in County Mayo, Ireland and migrated to the United States in 1910, after abandoning studies for the priesthood...

resigned August 31, 1950, during a police corruption scandal, when he was appointed Ambassador to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

by President Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...

.
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Vincent Richard Impellitteri was an American politician, who served as the 101st Mayor of New York City.-Biography:He was born in Isnello, Sicily, and moved with his family to the United States as an infant in 1901...

became Acting Mayor when O'Dwyer resigned on August 31, 1950, and was then elected to the office in a special election held on November 7, 1950. He was inaugurated on November 14.

Living former mayors

, three former mayors were alive, the oldest being Edward I. Koch

Ed Koch

Edward Irving "Ed" Koch is an American lawyer, politician, and political commentator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989...

(1978–1989, born 1924). The most recent mayor to die was Abraham D. Beame (1974–1977), on February 10, 2001.

Name	Mayoral term start year	Mayoral term end year	Day of birth	Month of birth	Year of birth
Edward I. Koch Ed Koch Edward Irving "Ed" Koch is an American lawyer, politician, and political commentator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989...	1978	1989	12	December	1924
David N. Dinkins David Dinkins David Norman Dinkins is a former politician from New York City. He was the Mayor of New York City from 1990 through 1993; he was the first and is, to date, the only African American to hold that office.-Early life:...	1990	1993	10	July	1927
Rudolph W. Giuliani Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....	1994	2001	28	May	1944

Mayors since the 1898 Consolidation

Living former mayors

See also