Mayor of Annapolis
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The Mayor of Annapolis is the chief political figure in the city of Annapolis
, which is the capital city of Maryland
. The mayor is elected to a four-year term.
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...
, which is the capital city of Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. The mayor is elected to a four-year term.
List of Mayors of Annapolis
- 1708–1720 Amos Garrett
- 1720–1721 Thomas Larkin
- 1721–1722 Benjamin Tasker
- 1722–1726 Vachel Denton
- 1726–1727 Benjamin Tasker
- 1727–1745 Vachel Denton
- 1745–1746 Robert Gordon
- 1746–1747 Michael MacNamaraMichael MacNamaraMichael MacNamara was a politician in Colonial Maryland, who served 3 terms as Mayor of Annapolis.-Politics:Originally from Ireland MacNamara held a number of Proprietary appointments in colonial Maryland and, politically, was a Loyalist. He was Mayor of Annapolis on three occasions, from...
- 1747–1748 Benjamin Tasker
- 1748–1749 John Ross
- 1749–1750 John Bullen
- 1750–1753 Benjamin Tasker
- 1753–1754 Michael MacNamaraMichael MacNamaraMichael MacNamara was a politician in Colonial Maryland, who served 3 terms as Mayor of Annapolis.-Politics:Originally from Ireland MacNamara held a number of Proprietary appointments in colonial Maryland and, politically, was a Loyalist. He was Mayor of Annapolis on three occasions, from...
- 1754–1755 Benjamin Tasker, Jr.Benjamin Tasker, Jr.Colonel Benjamin Tasker, Jr. was the son of Ann Bladen and Benjamin Tasker, Sr., the Provincial Governor of Maryland from 1752 to 1753....
- 1755–1756 John Brice, Jr.John Brice, Jr.John Brice, Jr. was an early American settler and Loyalist politician in colonial Maryland. He was a member of the Governor's Council, twice Mayor of Annapolis, and a chief justice in the colony's court. Two of his sons would in their turn become Mayors of Annapolis.-Early life:John was born in...
- 1756–1757 Benjamin Tasker
- 1757–1758 John Bullen
- 1758–1759 John Ross
- 1759–1760 Dr George H. Steuart
- 1760–1761 Michael MacNamaraMichael MacNamaraMichael MacNamara was a politician in Colonial Maryland, who served 3 terms as Mayor of Annapolis.-Politics:Originally from Ireland MacNamara held a number of Proprietary appointments in colonial Maryland and, politically, was a Loyalist. He was Mayor of Annapolis on three occasions, from...
- 1761–1762 Stephen Bordley
- 1762–1763 John Brice, Jr.John Brice, Jr.John Brice, Jr. was an early American settler and Loyalist politician in colonial Maryland. He was a member of the Governor's Council, twice Mayor of Annapolis, and a chief justice in the colony's court. Two of his sons would in their turn become Mayors of Annapolis.-Early life:John was born in...
- 1763–1764 Dr George H. Steuart
- 1764–1765 Daniel DulanyDaniel Dulany the YoungerDaniel Dulany the Younger was a Maryland Loyalist politician, Mayor of Annapolis, and an influential American lawyer in the period immediately before the American Revolution...
- 1765–1766 John Ross
- 1766–1767 Walter DulanyWalter DulanyWalter Dulany was a politician in Colonial Maryland, who served as Mayor of Annapolis from 1766 to 1767. His family house and land at Windmill Point later became the location for the United States Naval Academy.-Early life:...
- 1767–1768 Upton Scott
- 1771–1772 Thomas Jennings
- 1773–1780 Allen Quynn
- 1780–1781 John Brice IIIJohn Brice IIIJohn Brice III was an American lawyer, businessman and political leader from Annapolis, Maryland. He served on the Maryland state council and as mayor of Annapolis.-Early life:...
- 1781–1782 John Bullen
- 1782–1783 James BriceJames BriceJames Brice was an American planter, lawyer, and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was Governor of Maryland in 1792, and one of the largest land owners on the east coast....
- 1783–1784 Jeremiah Townly Chase
- 1784–1785 Nicholas Carroll
- 1785–1786 Robert Couden
- 1786–1787 Allen Quynn
- 1787–1788 James BriceJames BriceJames Brice was an American planter, lawyer, and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was Governor of Maryland in 1792, and one of the largest land owners on the east coast....
- 1788–1789 John Bullen
- 1789–1790 Nicholas Carroll
- 1790–1791 Robert Couden
- 1791–1792 Allen Quynn
- 1792–1793 John Bullen
- 1793–1794 James Williams
- 1794–1795 William PinkneyWilliam PinkneyWilliam Pinkney was an American statesman and diplomat, and the seventh U.S. Attorney General.-Biography:Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Pinkney studied medicine and law, becoming a lawyer after his admission to the bar in 1786...
- 1795–1796 Allen Quynn
- 1796–1797 John Bullen
- 1797–1798 Philip Barton Key
- 1798–1799 Nicholas Carroll
- 1799–1800 John Davidson
- 1800–1801 James Williams
- 1801–1802 Allen Quynn
- 1802–1803 Samuel Ridout
- 1803–1804 John Johnson
- 1804–1805 James Williams
- 1805–1806 Samuel Ridout
- 1806–1807 Burton Whetcroft
- 1807–1808 John Kilty
- 1808–1809 Burton Whetcroft
- 1809–1810 John Johnson
- 1810–1811 Nicholas Brewer
- 1811–1812 Gideon White
- 1812–1813 Nicholas Brewer
- 1813–1814 John RandallJohn Randall (Annapolis mayor)Col. John Randall was born in 1750 in Princess Anne County, Virginia, died on 12 June 1826 at age 76, and was buried at St Anne's Cemetery in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland....
- 1814–1815 Nicholas Brewer
- 1815–1816 John RandallJohn Randall (Annapolis mayor)Col. John Randall was born in 1750 in Princess Anne County, Virginia, died on 12 June 1826 at age 76, and was buried at St Anne's Cemetery in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland....
- 1816–1817 Nicholas Brewer
- 1817–1818 John RandalJohn Randall (Annapolis mayor)Col. John Randall was born in 1750 in Princess Anne County, Virginia, died on 12 June 1826 at age 76, and was buried at St Anne's Cemetery in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland....
- 1818–1819 Nicholas Brewer
- 1819–1823 Lewis Duvall
- 1823–1825 James Boyle
- 1825–1828 Richard Harwood of Thomas
- 1828–1837 Dr. Dennis Claude
- 1837–1840 John Miller
- 1840–1843 Alexander Contee Magruder
- 1843–1845 Richard Swann
- 1845–1846 William Bryan
- 1846–1848 Richard Swann
- 1848–1849 Richard Goodwin
- 1849–1851 Dr. Abram Claude
- 1851–1852 Brice Worthington
- 1852–1853 Richard Goodwin
- 1853–1854 Dr. Dennis Claude
- 1854–1855 Dr. Abram Claude
- 1855–1856 Nicholas Brewer, III
- 1856–1858 Richard Swann
- 1858–1859 Joseph Brown
- 1859–1860 William Harwood
- 1860–1862 John Magruder
- 1862–1863 Wesley White
- 1863–1864 John Magruder
- 1864–1865 Solomon Phillips
- 1865–1866 Richard Goodwin
- 1866–1867 Richard Swann
- 1867–1869 Dr. Abram Claude
- 1869–1870 Augustus Gassaway
- 1870–1871 John Hyde
- 1871–1875 James Munroe
- 1875–1877 Arthur Wells
- 1877–1879 James Brown
- 1879–1883 Thomas Martin
- 1883–1889 Dr. Abram Claude
- 1889–1893 James Brown
- 1893–1897 John Thomas
- 1897–1899 Dr. Richard Green
- 1899 Nevett Steele
- 1899–1901 Edwin Seidewitz
- 1901–1903 Charles Dubois
- 1903–1905 Samuel Jones
- 1905–1907 John Douw
- 1907–1909 Gordon Claude
- 1909–1919 James Strange
- 1919–1921 John Levy
- 1921–1923 Samuel Jones
- 1923–1925 Charles Smith
- 1925–1927 Allen Bowie Howard
- 1927–1929 Charles Smith
- 1929–1935 Walter Quenstedt
- 1935–1939 Louis Phipps
- 1939–1941 George Haley
- 1941–1949 William McCready
- 1949–1952 Roscoe Rowe
- 1952 Robert Campbell, Sr.
- 1952–1961 Arthur Ellington
- 1961–1965 Joseph Griscom, Sr.
- 1965–1973 Roger Moyer
- 1973 Noah Hillman
- 1973–1981 John Apostol
- 1981 Gustav Akerland
- 1981 John Thomas Chambers, Jr.John Thomas Chambers, Jr.John Thomas Chambers, Jr. was an American politician from Maryland.Chambers served on the Annapolis, Maryland City Council for fourteen years. In 1981, the city council named Chambers mayor of Annapolis and he became the first African American to served as Mayor of Annapolis.-Notes:...
- 1981–1985 Richard Lazer Hillman
- 1985–1989 Dennis CallahanDennis CallahanDennis Callahan is an American politician from Annapolis, Maryland, and the former director of the Recreation and Parks Department of Anne Arundel County, Maryland...
- 1989–1998 Alfred Hopkins
- 1998–2001 Dean Johnson
- 2001–2009 Ellen O. MoyerEllen O. MoyerEllen Oosterling Moyer Ellen Oosterling Moyer Ellen Oosterling Moyer (born , a Democrat, is the first woman Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland, having been elected in 2001. As mayor, she established the Annapolis Conservancy Board and the city's Greenscape program....
- 2009– Joshua J. CohenJoshua J. CohenJoshua Jackson Cohen is an American Democratic politician who was elected on Nov. 3, 2009, as mayor of Annapolis. Cohen, a Democrat, gained 46.5 percent of the vote to defeat Republican nominee David Cordle and independent candidate Chris Fox...