The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (French: Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the acquisition by the U.S. of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km2) of the French province La Louisiane in 1803. In mayoral elections since 1930, New Orleans has used a two-round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round.
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^Thomas Watkins Campbell, Manual of the city of New Orleans, comprising city charter of 1896, New Orleans, Louisiana City Council
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The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans French Maire de La Nouvelle Orleans has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase the acquisition by the U S of 828 800 square miles 2 147 000 km2 of the French province La Louisiane in 1803 In mayoral elections since 1930 New Orleans has used a two round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round Mayor of New OrleansSeal of City of New OrleansIncumbentLaToya Cantrellsince May 7 2018StyleThe HonorableTerm length4 yearsrenewable onceInaugural holderEtienne de BoreFormation1803Salary 140 000 1 WebsiteMayor s office websiteList editAll mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats Mayor Term start Term end Terms Party1 Etienne de Bore December 20 1803 May 26 1804 1 None2 Cavelier Petit May 26 1804 June 5 1804 Acting None3 James Pitot June 6 1804 July 26 1805 1 None4 John Watkins July 27 1805 March 8 1807 1 None5 James Mather March 9 1807 May 23 1812 1 None6 Charles Trudeau May 24 1812 October 8 1812 Acting None7 Nicholas Girod 2 October 8 1812 November 5 1812 Partial Democratic Republican8 Francois Dorgenois November 6 1812 December 4 1812 Acting Democratic Republican 7 Nicholas Girod December 5 1812 September 4 1815 1 1 2 Democratic Republican9 Augustin de Macarty September 4 1815 May 13 1820 2 Democratic Republican10 Louis Philippe de Roffignac May 14 1820 May 10 1828 4 Democratic Republican11 Denis Prieur May 12 1828 April 9 1838 6 Democratic12 Paul Bertus April 10 1838 May 12 1838 Acting None13 Charles Genois May 12 1838 May 10 1840 1 Whig 3 14 William Freret May 11 1840 April 4 1842 1 Native American 4 11 Denis Prieur April 4 1842 February 7 1843 1 2 Democratic 12 Paul Bertus February 7 1843 February 26 1843 Acting None 14 William Freret February 27 1843 May 12 1844 Partial Whig15 Joseph Montegut May 13 1844 April 5 1846 1 Democratic16 Abdiel Crossman May 11 1846 March 26 1854 4 Whig17 John L Lewis April 10 1854 June 17 1856 1 Democratic18 Charles M Waterman June 17 1856 June 3 1858 1 American19 Henry M Summers 5 June 5 1858 June 21 1858 Partial American20 Gerald Stith June 21 1858 June 18 1860 1 American21 John T Monroe June 18 1860 May 16 1862 1 Constitutional UnionActing military mayors during American Civil War and Reconstruction era George Foster Shepley May 20 1862 July 11 1862 Jonas H French August 6 1862 August 20 1862Godfrey Weitzel August 21 1862 September 30 1862 21 John T Monroe October 2 1862 January 30 1863 Republican James F Miller January 30 1862 February 2 1864Stephen Hoyt February 9 1864 March 21 1865Hugh Kennedy March 21 1865 May 5 1865Samuel Miller Quincy May 5 1865 June 8 1865Glendy Burke June 8 1865 June 28 1865Hugh Kennedy June 28 1865 March 18 1866J A D Rozier March 19 1866 March 20 1866George Clark March 20 1866 May 11 1866Office resumed following Reconstruction 21 John T Monroe May 12 1866 March 27 1867 1 2 Democratic22 Edward Heath March 28 1867 June 10 1868 1 2 Republican23 John R Conway June 10 1868 April 4 1870 1 Democratic24 Benjamin Flanders April 4 1870 November 29 1872 1 Republican25 Louis A Wiltz November 30 1872 November 30 1874 1 Democratic26 Charles J Leeds November 30 1874 December 19 1876 1 Democratic27 Edward Pilsbury December 19 1876 November 18 1878 1 Democratic28 Isaac W Patton November 18 1878 December 16 1880 1 Democratic29 Joseph A Shakspeare December 16 1880 November 20 1882 1 Democratic30 William J Behan November 20 1882 April 28 1884 1 Democratic31 Joseph V Guillotte April 29 1884 April 23 1888 2 Democratic 29 Joseph A Shakspeare April 23 1888 April 25 1892 2 Democratic32 John Fitzpatrick April 25 1892 April 27 1896 2 Democratic33 Walter C Flower April 27 1896 May 7 1900 2 Democratic34 Paul Capdevielle May 7 1900 December 5 1904 2 Democratic35 Martin Behrman December 5 1904 December 6 1920 3 Democratic36 Andrew J McShane December 6 1920 May 4 1925 2 Democratic 35 Martin Behrman May 4 1925 January 12 1926 1 Democratic37 Arthur J O Keefe January 12 1926 July 15 1929 1 Democratic38 Thomas S Walmsley July 15 1929 June 30 1936 3 1 2 Democratic39 Albert M Pratt June 30 1936 July 15 1936 Acting Democratic40 Fred A Earhart July 15 1936 July 15 1936 Acting Democratic41 Jesse S Cave July 15 1936 August 17 1936 Acting Democratic42 Robert Maestri August 18 1936 April 4 1946 4 Democratic43 Chep Morrison April 4 1946 July 17 1961 3 Democratic44 Victor H Schiro July 17 1961 May 2 1970 2 Democratic45 Maurice Landrieu May 2 1970 May 1 1978 2 Democratic46 Ernest N Morial May 1 1978 May 5 1986 2 Democratic47 Sidney Barthelemy May 5 1986 May 2 1994 2 Democratic48 Marc Morial May 2 1994 May 6 2002 2 Democratic49 Ray Nagin May 6 2002 May 3 2010 2 Democratic50 Mitch Landrieu May 3 2010 May 7 2018 2 Democratic51 LaToya Cantrell May 7 2018 Incumbent DemocraticSee also editNew Orleans mayoral elections Timeline of New Orleans nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mayors of New Orleans References edit http media nola com news impact other nola city salaries 051510 pdf dead link Girod administration at New Orleans Public Library site accessed 09 Sept 2015 Genois administration at New Orleans Public Library site accessed 09 Sept 2015 John Kendall s History of New Orleans 1922 Chapter IX accessed 22 Nov 2015 Thomas Watkins Campbell Manual of the city of New Orleans comprising city charter of 1896 New Orleans Louisiana City Council Cahoon Benjamin M Mayors of U S Cities M W Retrieved 2008 01 21 Kestenbaum Lawrence The Political Graveyard Mayors of New Orleans Louisiana Retrieved 2008 01 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of mayors of New Orleans amp oldid 1175015074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
