List of mayors of New York City (LandonExists)

For a list of the Dutch Directors-General who governed New Amsterdam as part of New Netherland between 1624 and 1664, see Director-General of New Netherland.

The mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the Government of New York City, as stipulated by New York City's charter. The current officeholder, the 110th in the sequence of regular mayors, is Andrew Yang, a member of the Democratic Party.

During the Dutch colonial period from 1624 to 1664, New Amsterdam was governed by the Director of New Netherland. Following the 1664 creation of the British Province of New York, newly renamed New York City was run by the British military governor, Richard Nicolls. The office of Mayor of New York City was established in 1665. Holders were appointed by colonial governors, beginning with Thomas Willett. The position remained appointed until 1777. That year, during the American Revolution, a Council of Appointment was formed by the State of New York. In 1821 the New York City Council – then known as the Common Council – began appointing mayors. Since 1834, mayors have been elected by direct popular vote.

Before 1898, the city included little beyond the island of Manhattan. The 1898 consolidation created the city as it is today with five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck.

The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965), Ed Koch (1978–1989) and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013), each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive four-year terms). The shortest terms in office since 1834 have been those of acting mayors: William T. Collins served a single day on December 31, 1925, Samuel B. H. Vance served one month (from November 30 to December 31, 1874), and Thomas Coman served five weeks (from Monday, November 30, 1868, to Monday, January 4, 1869).

Every mayor was white until the election of David Dinkins (1990–1993), to date the city's only African American to hold the office. New York has not had a Hispanic or Latino mayor, with the possible exception of John Purroy Mitchel (1914–1917), who was of Spanish descent and whose grandfather was born in Venezuela. New York City's mayors have been religiously diverse; the city has had Protestant, Jewish and Catholic mayors. No woman has ever served as mayor of New York City.

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Colonial mayors

Before 1680, mayors served one-year terms. From 1680, they served two-year terms. Exceptions are noted thus (*). A dagger (†) indicates mayoralties cut short by death in office.

No.	Name	Starting year of office	Ending year of office
1	Thomas Willett (1st term)	1665	1666
2	Thomas Delavall (1st term)	1666	1667
3	Thomas Willett (2nd term)	1667	1668
4	Cornelius Van Steenwyk (1st term)	1668	1671
5	Thomas Delavall (2nd term)	1671	1672
6	Matthias Nicoll	1672	1673
7	John Lawrence (1st term)	1673	1675
8	William Dervall	1675	1676
9	Nicholas De Mayer	1676	1677
10	Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1st term)	1677	1678
11	Thomas Delavall (3rd term)	1678	1679
12	Francis Rombouts	1679	1680
13	William Dyre	1680	1682
14	Cornelius Van Steenwyk (2nd term)	1682	1684
15	Gabriel Minvielle (*)	1684	1685
16	Nicholas Bayard (*)	1685	1686
17	Stephanus Van Cortlandt (2nd term)	1686	1688
18	Peter Delanoy (only popularly-elected mayor before 1834) 1	1689	1691
19	John Lawrence (2nd term *)	1691	1691
20	Abraham de Peyster	1691	1694
21	Charles Lodwik	1694	1695
22	William Merritt	1695	1698
23	Johannes de Peyster	1698	1699
24	David Provost	1699	1700
25	Isaac De Reimer	1700	1701
26	Thomas Noell	1701	1702
27	Phillip French	1702	1703
28	William Peartree	1703	1707
29	Ebenezer Wilson	1707	1710
30	Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1st term)	1710	1711
31	Caleb Heathcote	1711	1714
32	John Johnstone	1714	1719
33	Jacobus Van Cortlandt (2nd term)	1719	1720
34	Robert Walters	1720	1725
35	Johannes Jansen	1725	1726
36	Robert Lurting †	1726	1735
37	Paul Richard	1735	1739
38	John Cruger †	1739	1744
39	Stephen Bayard	1744	1747
40	Edward Holland †	1747	1757
41	John Cruger Jr.	1757	1766
42	Whitehead Hicks	1766	1776
43	David Mathews	1776	1783

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1. Peter Delanoy was the first and only directly-elected mayor of New York until 1834. Appointed mayors resumed in the wake of Leisler's Rebellion.

† died in office

Pre-consolidation mayors

The mayor continued to be selected by the Government of New York's Council of Appointment until 1821, when Stephen Allen became the first mayor appointed by a local Common Council. Under the Charter of 1834, mayors were elected annually by direct popular vote. Starting in 1849, mayors were elected to serve two-year terms.

#	Portrait	Mayor	Term Start	Term End	Terms	Party
44		James Duane	January 1, 1784	1789	5	None
45		Richard Varick	1789	1801	11	Federalist
46		Edward Livingston	1801	1803	2	Democratic-Republican
47		DeWitt Clinton (1st term)	1803	1807	4	Democratic-Republican
48		Marinus Willett	1807	1808	1	Democratic-Republican
49		DeWitt Clinton (2nd term)	1808	1810	2	Democratic-Republican
50		Jacob Radcliff (1st term)	1810	1811	1	Federalist
51		DeWitt Clinton (3rd term)	1811	1815	4	Democratic-Republican
52		John Ferguson	1815	1815	1/2	Democratic-Republican
53		Jacob Radcliff (2nd term)	February 13, 1815	1818	3	Federalist
54		Cadwallader D. Colden	1818	1821	3	Federalist
55		Stephen Allen	1821	1824	3	Federalist
56		William Paulding Jr. (1st term)	1825	1826	1	Democratic-Republican
57		Philip Hone	1826	1827	1	National Republican
58		William Paulding Jr. (2nd term)	1827	1829	2	Democratic-Republican
59		Walter Bowne	1829	1832	3	Democratic
60		Gideon Lee	1833	1834	1	Democratic
61		Cornelius Lawrence	1834	1837	3	Democratic
62		Aaron Clark	1837	1839	2	Whig
63		Isaac L. Varian	1839	1841	2	Democratic
64		Robert H. Morris	1841	1844	3	Democratic
65		James Harper	1844	1845	1	American Republican
66		William Frederick Havemeyer (1st term)	1845	1846	1	Democratic
67		Andrew H. Mickle	1846	1847	1	Democratic
68		William V. Brady	1847	1848	1	Whig
69		William Frederick Havemeyer (2nd term)	1848	1849	1	Democratic
70		Caleb Smith Woodhull	1849	1851	1	Whig
71		Ambrose Kingsland	1851	1853	1	Whig
72		Jacob Aaron Westervelt	1853	1855	1	Democratic
73		Fernando Wood (1st term)	1855	1858	2	Democratic
74		Daniel F. Tiemann	1858	1860	1	Independent Party
75		Fernando Wood (2nd term)	1860	1862	1	Democratic
76		George Opdyke	1862	1864	1	Republican
77		Charles Godfrey Gunther	1864	1866	1	Democratic
78		John T. Hoffman 1	1866	November 30, 1868	less than 1	Democratic
Acting		Thomas Coman 1	November 30, 1868	January 4, 1869	5 weeks	Democratic
79		A. Oakey Hall 2	January 4, 1869	December 31, 1872	1	Democratic
80		William Frederick Havemeyer 3 (3rd term) †	January 1, 1873	November 30, 1874	Less than 1	Republican
Acting		Samuel B. H. Vance 3	November 30, 1874	December 31, 1874	1 month	Republican
81		William H. Wickham	January 1, 1875	December 31, 1876	1	Democratic (Reform)
82		Smith Ely Jr.	1877	1878	1	Democratic
83		Edward Cooper	1879	1880	1	Democratic (Reform)
84		William Russell Grace (1st term)	1881	1882	1	Democratic (Reform)
85		Franklin Edson	1883	1884	1	Democratic
86		William Russell Grace (2nd term)	1885	1886	2	None
		Abram Hewitt	1887	1888	1	Democratic
88		Hugh J. Grant	1889	1892	2	Democratic
89		Thomas Francis Gilroy	1893	1894	1	Democratic
90		William Lafayette Strong 4	January 1, 1895	December 31, 1897	1 (3 years)	Republican

Notes

1. John T. Hoffman resigned after his election as Governor of New York state but before the end of his mayoral term. Thomas Coman, President of the Board of Aldermen, completed Hoffman's term as acting mayor until his elected successor, A. Oakey Hall, took office.
2. When Hall temporarily retired during the Tweed investigation, the Acting Mayor of New York City was John Cochrane, the President of the New York City Council.
3. William F. Havemeyer died during his last term of office. Samuel B. H. Vance, President of the Board of Aldermen, completed Havemeyer's term as acting mayor until his elected successor, William H. Wickham, took office.
4. William L. Strong served an additional year in office because New York City mayoral elections were changed to be held in odd-numbered years due to the impending consolidation of New York City.

† died in office

Post-consolidation mayors

See also: New York City mayoral elections

The 1898–1901 term was for four years. The City Charter was changed to make the mayor's term a two-year one beginning in 1902, but after two such terms was changed back to resume four-year terms in 1906. George B. McClellan Jr. thus served one two-year term from 1904 to 1905, during which he was elected to a four-year term from 1906 to 1909.

The party of the mayor reflects party registration, as opposed to the party lines run under during the general election.

#	Portrait	Name	Term in office	Length of service	Party affiliation	Previous office
91		Robert Anderson Van Wyck 1 (1849-1918; aged 69)	January 1, 1898 - December 31, 1901	4 years	Democratic	Chief Justice of the City Court of New York
92		Seth Low 2 (1850-1916; aged 66)	January 1, 1902 - December 31, 1903	2 years	Republican	11th President of Columbia University (1890–1901)
93		George B. McClellan Jr. (1865-1940; aged 75)	January 1, 1904 - December 31, 1909	6 years	Democratic	U.S. Representative for New York (1895–1903)
94		William Jay Gaynor 3 † (1849-1913; aged 64)	January 1, 1910 - September 10, 1913	3 years, 253 days	Democratic	Judge of the New York Supreme Court (1893–1909)
Acting		Ardolph L. Kline	September 10, 1913 - December 31, 1913	113 days	Republican	President of the Board of Aldermen
95		John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918; aged 38)	January 1, 1914 - December 31, 1917	4 years	Republican	U.S. Customs Collector of the Port of New York; President of the Board of Aldermen
96		John Francis Hylan 4 (1868-1936; aged 67)	January 1, 1918 - December 30, 1925	8 years	Democratic	County Judge in Brooklyn
Acting		William T. Collins	December 31, 1925	1 day	Democratic	President of the Board of Aldermen
97		Jimmy Walker 5 (1881-1946; aged 65)	January 1, 1926 - September 1, 1932	6 years, 244 days (6 years, 8 months)	Democratic	New York State Senator (1919-1925)
Acting		Joseph V. McKee (1889-1956)	September 1, 1932 - December 31, 1932	121 days (4 months)	Democratic	President of the Board of Aldermen
98		John P. O'Brien (1873-1951; aged 78)	January 1, 1933 - December 31, 1933	1 year	Democratic	Surrogate of New York County
99		Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947; aged 64)	January 1, 1934 - December 31, 1946	12 years	Republican	U.S. Representative for New York (1922–1933)
100		William O'Dwyer 6 (1890-1964; aged 74)	January 1, 1946 - August 31, 1950	4 years, 243 days (4 years, 8 months)	Democartic	Brooklyn District Attorney (1939–1945)
101		Vincent R. Impellitteri 6 (1900-1987; aged 86)	August 31, 1950 - December 31, 1953 Acting: August 31, 1950 - November 14, 1950	3 years, 123 days	Democratic (as acting mayor) Experience Party (as elected mayor)	President of the City Council
102		Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1910-1991; aged 80)	January 1, 1954 - December 31, 1955	12 years	Democratic	17th Borough President of Manhattan (1950–1953)
103		John Lindsay (1921-2000; aged 79)	January 1, 1966 - December 31, 1973	8 years	Republican (1966-1971) Democratic (1971-1973)	U.S. Representative for New York (1959–1965)
104		Abraham Beame (1906-2001; aged 94)	January 1, 1974 - December 31, 1977	4 years	Democratic	36th and 38th New York City Comptroller (1970–1973)
105		Ed Koch (1924-2013; aged 88)	January 1, 1978 - December 31, 1989	12 years	Democratic	U.S. Representative for New York (1969–1977)
106		David Dinkins (1927-2020; aged 93)	January 1, 1990 - December 31, 1993	4 years	Democratic	23rd Borough President of Manhattan (1986–1989)
107		Rudy Giuliani (born 1944; age 85)	January 1, 1994 - December 31, 2001	8 years	Republican	United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1983–1989)
108		Michael Bloomberg (born 1942; aged 87)	January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2013	12 years	Republican (2001-2007) Independent (2007-2013)	CEO of Bloomberg L.P. (1981–2001)
109		Bill de Blasio (born 1961; aged 64)	January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2021	8 years	Democratic	3rd New York City Public Advocate (2010–2013)
110		Eric Adams (born 1960; aged 69)	January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2029	8 years	Democratic	18th Borough President of Brooklyn (2014-2021)
111 (elect)		Corey Johnson (born 1982; aged 47)	Assuming office January 1, 2030	TBD	Democratic	45th New York City Comptroller (2022-2029)