List of pre-statehood mayors of San Francisco

This is a list of tribal chief
Tribal chief
A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribal societies with social stratification under a single leader emerged in the Neolithic period out of earlier tribal structures with little stratification, and they remained prevalent throughout the Iron Age.In the case of ...

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Alcalde
Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town...

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Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

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San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

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Native American era

Chief	Term
Xigmacse, Native American Native Americans in the United States Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as... chief, per San Francisco Mission records, a Yelamu Yelamu The Yelamu were a Native American tribe of Ohlone people from the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California.-History:The Yelamu lived on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in the region comprising the City and County of San Francisco before the arrival of Spanish missionaries in 1769... man.	1777

Spanish era

Mission Alcaldes

California's first governor Felipe de Neve ordered all of the Missions to elect local Alcalde (a combination of Mayor and Magistrate) around 1779.

	Term
Valeriano and Jorge were elected.	1797
Two Ohlone men from the village Pruristac with the baptismal names Hilarion and George	1807

Alcaldes of Mission San Francisco de Asís

Alcalde
Alcalde
Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town...

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Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission San Francisco de Asís, or Mission Dolores, is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions...

, Mexican era
#	Alcalde	Took office	Left office
1	Francisco De Haro Francisco de Haro Francisco de Haro was the first Alcalde of Yerba Buena in 1834.-Life:De Haro was born in Compostela, Nayarit, Mexico and came to San Francisco in 1819. He was the first Alcalde of Yerba Buena in 1834. He was instrumental in planning the street grid of the town along with Englishman William A....	1834	1835
2	José Joaquin Estudillo José Joaquín Estudillo José Joaquín Estudillo was a Mexican citizen of Alta California who was the second alcalde of Yerba Buena, California , and whose land holdings, known as Rancho San Leandro, formed the basis of the city of San Leandro.-Biography:He was born at the Presidio of Monterey, to José María Estudillo, a...	1835	1836
3	Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero (politician) Francisco Guerrero was the Alcalde of Yerba Buena in 1836 and 1839.-Life:Guerrero was born in Tepic, Mexico. He came to California with the Hijar-Padres Colony in 1834, and settled in San Francisco. He was married to Josefa De Haro and had five sons...	1836	1837
4	Ygnacio Martinez	1837	1838
5	Francisco De Haro	1838	1839
6	Francisco Guerrero	1839	1842
7	José de Jesús Noé José de Jesús Noé José de Jesús Noé was the last Mexican alcalde of Yerba Buena, which was renamed San Francisco after the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1846. He was appointed to the position twice: first as the 7th Alcalde and again as the 12th Alcalde in 1846...	1842	1843
8	Francisco Sanchez	1843	1844
9	William Sturgis Hinckley	1844	1845
10	Juan Nepomuceno Padilla	1845	1845
11	José de la Cruz Sánchez José de la Cruz Sánchez José de la Cruz Sánchez was the eleventh Alcalde of San Francisco in 1845.-Life:José de la Cruz Sánchez was the eldest son of José Antonio Sánchez grantee of Rancho Buri Buri in present day San Mateo. José de la Cruz married Josefa Ramona Eduarda Mercado y Sal and they had eight children...	1845	1846
12	José de Jesús Noé José de Jesús Noé José de Jesús Noé was the last Mexican alcalde of Yerba Buena, which was renamed San Francisco after the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1846. He was appointed to the position twice: first as the 7th Alcalde and again as the 12th Alcalde in 1846...	1846	1846

Alcaldes of San Francisco

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Alcalde
Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town...

s of San Francisco
#	Alcalde	Took office	Left office
1	Washington Allon Bartlett Washington Allon Bartlett Washington Allon Bartlett was the first alcalde of the American-era San Francisco serving from August 14, 1846 to January 31, 1847.-Early life and career:...	22 August 1846	22 February 1847
2	Edwin Bryant	22 February 1847	June 1847
3	George Hyde	June 1847	April 1848
4	John Townsend	April 1848	September 1848
5	Thaddeus M. Leavenworth	October 1848	August 1849
6	John White Geary	August 1849	March 1 1850

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