List of mayors of Tacoma, Washington
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Tacoma, Washington state, United States.
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- John W. Sprague, 1884[1]
- Robert Jacob Weisbach, 1884–1885[2][1]
- Jacob Mann, 1886[1]
- Ira Town, 1887[1]
- Henry Drum, 1888[1]
- Samuel Adams Wheelright, 1889[2][1]
- Stuart Rice, 1890[1]
- George B. Kandle, 1891[1][3]
- Herbert S. Huson, 1892–1893[2][1]
- Edward S. Orr, 1894–1895, 1896, 1897[2][1]
- Angelo Vance Fawcett, 1896, 1897; elected in 1898, 1909, 1914, 1922[2][1]
- Johnson Nickeus, 1898[2][1]
- Louis Campbell, elected in 1900[2][3]
- George Wright, c.1904[3][4]
- John Linck, c.1908[2][5]
- William W. Seymour, elected in 1910[2]
- Crocket M. Riddell, 1918–1922[6]
- Melvin G. Tennent, elected in 1929, 1930[2]
- James G. Newbegin, elected in 1929[2]
- George Smitley, elected in 1934[2]
- John C. Seigle, elected in 1938[2]
- J.J. Kaufman, elected in 1939[2]
- Harry P. Cain, 1940–1946[2]
- C. Val Fawcett, elected in 1946[2]
- John Anderson, elected in 1950, 1956[2]
- Harold M. Tollefson, elected in 1954, 1962[2]
- Ben Hanson, elected in 1958[2]
- Albert Lawrence "Slim" Rasmussen, elected in 1967[2]
- Gordon Johnston, elected in 1969[2]
- Mike Parker, elected in 1977[2]
- Doug Sutherland, 1982–1989[2]
- Karen Vialle, elected in 1989[2]
- Jack Hyde, elected in 1993[2]
- Harold Moss, 1994–1996[2]
- Brian Ebersole, 1996–2001[2][7]
- Mike Crowley, elected in 2001[2]
- Bill Baarsma, 2002–2010[2]
- Marilyn Strickland, 2010–2018[2]
- Victoria Woodards, 2018–2026[2]
- Anders Ibsen, 2026–present[8]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Henry C. Beach, ed. (1898), "City Officials", Revised charter, amendments and revised ordinances of the city of Tacoma, Washington, pp. 5–16 – via HathiTrust
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Bill Baarsma (2020), "Chronology of Tacoma Mayors - 1883-2020", tacomahistory.org, Tacoma Historical Society
- 1 2 3 History of Pierce County, Washington, Chicago: Pioneer Historical Pub. Co., 1927 – via HathiTrust
- ↑ R. L. Polk & Co.'s Tacoma city directory 1904 – via HathiTrust
- ↑ Manual of the City Council, 1908, City of Tacoma, Washington – via HathiTrust
- ↑ "C.M. Ridell Dies at Home at Age of 78", Tacoma Times, May 12, 1941 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
- ↑ "Tacoma's City Council", www.ci.tacoma.wa.us, archived from the original on February 24, 1999 – via Wayback Machine
- ↑ https://tacoma.gov/profile/office-of-mayor-anders-ibsen/
Further reading
- Charter and general ordinances of the city of Tacoma, Washington, 1913 – via HathiTrust
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