<P> This is a list of mayors of the city of Portland, Oregon . Under Portland's system of government, members of the City Council (known as Commissioners) have many duties that are generally the domain of a mayor . </P> <P> The current term for mayor of Portland is four years . Mayoral elections are held in May of US presidential election years (years divisible by four), during the Oregon primary election, with a runoff between the top two vote - getters held in November of the same year should no candidate garner a majority vote in the May election . The mayor - elect takes office the following January . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name (Birth--Death) </Th> <Th> Term start and end </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hugh O'Bryant (1813--1883) </Td> <Td> 1851--1852 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> A.C. Bonnell (1801--1875) </Td> <Td> April 1852--November 1852 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 3 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Simon B. Marye (c. 1810--1868) </Td> <Td> November 1852--April 1853 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 4 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Josiah Failing (1806--1877) </Td> <Td> 1853--1854 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> William S. Ladd (1826--1893) </Td> <Td> 1854--1855 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> George W. Vaughn (1809--1877) </Td> <Td> 1855--1856 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> James O'Neill (1824--1913) </Td> <Td> 1856--1857 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> William S. Ladd (1826--1893) </Td> <Td> 1857--1858 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> A.M. Starr (c. 1820--1891) </Td> <Td> 1858--1859 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> S.J. McCormick (1828--1891) </Td> <Td> 1859--1860 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> G. Collier Robbins (1823--19??) </Td> <Td> 1860--1861 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> John M. Breck (1828--1900) </Td> <Td> 1861--1862 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> William H. Farrar (1826--1873) </Td> <Td> 1862--1863 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Logan (1824--1874) </Td> <Td> 1863--1864 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Failing (1834--1898) </Td> <Td> 1864--November 16, 1866 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas J. Holmes (1819--1867) </Td> <Td> 1866--1867 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> J.A. Chapman (1821--1885) </Td> <Td> 1867--1868 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 18 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hamilton Boyd </Td> <Td> 1868--1869 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 19 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bernard Goldsmith (1832--1901) </Td> <Td> 1869--1871 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 20 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philip Wasserman (1828--1895) </Td> <Td> 1871--1873 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 21 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Failing (1834--1898) </Td> <Td> 1873--1875 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 22 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> J.A. Chapman (1821--1885) </Td> <Td> 1875--1877 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 23 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Spencer Newbury (1834--1915) </Td> <Td> 1877--1879 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 24 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> David P. Thompson (1834--1901) </Td> <Td> 1879--1882 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 25 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> J.A. Chapman (1821--1885) </Td> <Td> 1882--1885 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 26 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Gates (1827--1888) </Td> <Td> 1885--April 27, 1888 (died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 27 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Van B. DeLashmutt (1842--1921) </Td> <Td> May 2, 1888--1891 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 28 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> William S. Mason (1832--1899) </Td> <Td> 1891--1894 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 29 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> George P. Frank (1852--1896) </Td> <Td> 1894--1896 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 30 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sylvester Pennoyer (1831--1902) </Td> <Td> 1896--1898 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 31 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> William S. Mason (1832--1899) </Td> <Td> July 1, 1898--March 27, 1899 (died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 32 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> W.A. Storey (1854--1917) </Td> <Td> May 17, 1899--1900 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 33 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry S. Rowe (1851--1914) </Td> <Td> 1900--1902 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 34 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Henry Williams (1823--1910) </Td> <Td> 1902--1905 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 35 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Harry Lane (1855--1917) </Td> <Td> 1905--1909 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 36 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph Simon (1851--1935) </Td> <Td> 1909--1911 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 37 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Allen G. Rushlight (1874--1930) </Td> <Td> 1911--1913 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 38 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> H. Russell Albee (1867--1950) </Td> <Td> June 1913--July 1917 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 39 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> George L. Baker (1868--1941) </Td> <Td> July 1917--July 1933 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 40 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph K. Carson (1891--1956) </Td> <Td> July 1933--December 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 41 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Earl Riley (1890--1965) </Td> <Td> January 1941--December 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 42 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dorothy McCullough Lee (1901--1981) </Td> <Td> January 1949--December 1952 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 43 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fred L. Peterson (1896--1985) </Td> <Td> January 1953--December 1956 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 44 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Terry Schrunk (1913--1975) </Td> <Td> January 1957--December 1972 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 45 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Neil Goldschmidt (born 1940) </Td> <Td> January 1973--August 15, 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 46 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Connie McCready (1921--2000) </Td> <Td> September 5, 1979--November 23, 1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 47 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank Ivancie (born 1924) </Td> <Td> November 24, 1980--January 2, 1985 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 48 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bud Clark (born 1931) </Td> <Td> January 1985--December 1992 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 49 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Vera Katz (born 1933) </Td> <Td> January 1993--December 2004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 50 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tom Potter (born 1940) </Td> <Td> January 2005--December 31, 2008 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 51 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sam Adams (born 1963) </Td> <Td> January 1, 2009--December 31, 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 52 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charlie Hales (born 1956) </Td> <Td> January 1, 2013--December 31, 2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 53 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ted Wheeler (born 1962) </Td> <Td> January 1, 2017--present </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name (Birth--Death) </Th> <Th> Term start and end </Th> </Tr>

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