List of Portland's Mayors

Although Portland's legislative and executive government has gone through many changes since its inception, one constant since 1851 has been the position of mayor as the head executive. The following is a list of Portland Mayors including a notation of their time in office.

1. Hugh D. O'Bryant (1851 - 1852)
2. Allison C. Bonnell (1852)
3. Simon B. Marye (1852 - 1853)
4. Josiah Failing (1853 - 1854)
5. William S. Ladd (1854 - 1855)
6. George W. Vaughn (1855 - 1856)
7. James O'Neill (1856 - 1857)
8. William S. Ladd (1857 - 1858)
9. Addison M. Starr (1858 - 1859)
10. Stephen J. McCormick (1859 - 1860)
11. George Collier Robbins (1860 - 1861)
12. John M. Breck (1861 - 1862)
13. William H. Farrar (1862 - 1863)
14. David Logan (1863 - 1864)
15. Henry Failing (1864 - 1866)
16. Thomas J. Holmes (1866 - 1867)
17. James A. Chapman (1867 - 1868)
18. John Gates (1885 - 1888)
19. Van B. DeLashmutt (1888 - 1891)
20. William S. Mason (1891 - 1894)
21. George P. Frank (1894 - 1896)
22. Sylvester Pennoyer (1896 - 1898)
23. William S. Mason (1898 - 1899)
24. William A. Storey (1899 - 1900)
25. Henry S. Rowe (1900 - 1902)
26. George H. Williams (1902 - 1905)
27. Harry Lane (1905 - 1909)
28. Simon Joseph (1909 - 1911)
29. Allen G. Rushlight (1911 - 1913)
30. H. Russell Albee (1913 - 1917)
31. George L. Baker (1917 - 1933)
32. Joseph K. Carson Jr. (1933 - 1940)
33. Earl Riley (1941 - 1948)
34. Dorothy Lee McCullough (1948 - 1952)
35. Fred Peterson (1953 - 1956)
36. Terry D. Schrunk (1957 - 1972)
37. Neil Goldschmidt (1973 - 1979)
38. Connie McCready (1979 - 1980)
39. Frank Ivancie (1980 - 1984)
40. John Elwood Clark (1984 - 1992)
41. Vera Katz (1992 - 2004)
42. Tom Potter (2004 - 2008)
43. Sam Adams (2008 - Present)