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List of mayors of Oklahoma City

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The following persons have held the office of mayor of Oklahoma City. Mayors of Oklahoma City are elected to four year terms.

List of mayors

Provisional mayors following land run

1st Mayor of Oklahoma City, William Couch
1st Mayor of Oklahoma City, William Couch
# Name Entered office Left office Party
1 William L. Couch April 27, 1889 November 11, 1889
--^ Sidney Clarke November 11, 1889 November 27, 1889[1]   Republican
2 Andrew Jackson Beale November 27, 1889 December 30, 1889
3 D.W. Gibbs July 15, 1890 August 9, 1890

Elected mayors following Oklahoma City's incorporation

Mayor Jack C. Walton (1919–1923)
Mayor Jack C. Walton (1919–1923)
Mayor Mick Cornett 2005–2018
Mayor Mick Cornett 2005–2018
Current mayor David Holt
Current mayor David Holt
# Name Entered office Left office Party
4 W.J. Gault August 12, 1890 April 12, 1892
5 Oscar A. Mitscher April 23, 1892 April 9, 1894   Republican
6 Nelson Button April 9, 1894 April 13, 1896
7 Charles G. Jones April 13, 1896 April 12, 1897   Republican
8 J.P. Allen April 12, 1897 April 10, 1899
9 Lee Van Winkle April 10, 1899 April 8, 1901
10 Charles G. Jones April 8, 1901 April 13, 1903   Republican
11 Lee Van Winkle April 13, 1903 April 10, 1905
12 J.G. Messenbaugh April 10, 1905 April 8, 1907
13 Henry M. Scales April 8, 1907 April 11, 1910
14 Dan V. Lackey April 11, 1910 June 8, 1911
15 Whit M. Grant June 8, 1911 April 13, 1915
16 Ed Overholser April 13, 1915 December 24, 1918   Republican
17 Byron D. Shear December 25, 1918 April 7, 1919   Republican
18 Jack C. Walton April 7, 1919 January 9, 1923   Democratic
19 Mike Donnelly January 9, 1923 April 4, 1923
20 O.A. Cargill April 4, 1923 April 12, 1927   Democratic
21 Walter C. Dean April 12, 1927 April 12, 1931
22 C.J. Blinn April 12, 1931 November 7, 1933
23 Tom McGee November 7, 1933 April 9, 1935
24 John Frank Martin April 9, 1935 April 11, 1939
25 Robert A. Hefner April 11, 1939 April 8, 1947
26 Allen Street April 8, 1947 April 7, 1959   Democratic
27 James Norick April 7, 1959 April 9, 1963   Democratic
28 [1] April 9, 1963 May 3, 1964   Democratic
29 George H. Shirk June 16, 1964 April 11, 1967
30 James Norick April 11, 1967 April 13, 1971   Democratic
31 Patience Latting April 13, 1971 April 12, 1983   Democratic
32 Andy Coats April 13, 1983 April 14, 1987   Democratic
33 Ron Norick April 14, 1987 April 9, 1998   Republican
34 Kirk Humphreys April 9, 1998 November 3, 2003   Republican
--^ Guy Liebmann November 3, 2003 March 2, 2004   Republican
35 Mick Cornett March 2, 2004 April 10, 2018   Republican
36 David Holt April 10, 2018 Incumbent   Republican

^Clarke served as acting mayor in 1889. Liebmann served as acting mayor for Kirk Humphreys' when Humphreys resigned to run for US Senate, serving until a special election could be held.

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Republican Party (United States)

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Jack C. Walton

Jack C. Walton

John Calloway Walton was an American politician and the fifth governor of Oklahoma. He served the shortest term of any Governor of Oklahoma, being the first Governor in the state's history to be removed from office.

Mick Cornett

Mick Cornett

Michael Earl Cornett Sr. is an American politician and former television personality who served as the 35th mayor of Oklahoma City, from 2005 until 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he was only the fourth mayor in Oklahoma City history to be elected to three terms and the first to be elected to four terms. He also served as President of the United States Conference of Mayors and as national President of the Republican Mayors and Local Officials (RMLO). He also served as Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Urban Economic Affairs Committee until 2007. In 2018, he was defeated in the Republican runoff by Tulsa businessman Kevin Stitt for the GOP nomination for Governor of Oklahoma. In 2006, Cornett was defeated by Mary Fallin for the Republican runoff for U.S. Congress.

David Holt (politician)

David Holt (politician)

David Holt is an American attorney, businessman and Republican politician who is the 38th mayor of Oklahoma City. He is a member of the Osage Nation. He is the youngest mayor of Oklahoma City since 1923; during his first year in office, he was the youngest mayor of a U.S. city over 500,000. He is Oklahoma City's first Native American mayor. His signature achievement as mayor has been the passage of MAPS 4 in 2019, a $1.1 billion initiative including 16 projects, which voters approved in a landslide. He served in the Oklahoma Senate from 2010 to 2018, eventually as majority whip. In 2021, Punchbowl News called Holt "a whip-smart technocratic Republican who seems out of step with the party's current slash-and-burn mentality."

Oscar A. Mitscher

Oscar A. Mitscher

Oscar Augustus Mitscher was a participant in the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889. After settling in Oklahoma Territory, he established a merchandising company, and became Mayor of Oklahoma City from 1892 to 1894, the Territorial Period before statehood. He was better known as the father of U.S. Navy Admiral Marc Mitscher, who was notable in the U.S. effort to defeat the Japanese Navy in World War II.

Charles G. Jones

Charles G. Jones

Charles Gasham "Gristmill" Jones was an American urban developer and politician in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Jones was responsible for bringing electrical power to downtown Oklahoma City and developing a railroad line between Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City. The town of Jones, Oklahoma, is named for him.

Ed Overholser

Ed Overholser

Ed Overholser was the 16th mayor of Oklahoma City and a president of Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce.

Byron D. Shear

Byron D. Shear

Byron Delos Shear was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the 1910s.

James Norick

James Norick

James Henry Norick was an American politician. He served as mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from 1959 to 1963 and 1967 to 1971. He was a member of the Democratic party. Norick also served on Oklahoma City council prior to serving as mayor, from 1951 to 1955. His son, Ron Norick, was also a mayor of Oklahoma City, serving from 1987 to 1998. He was the son of Henry Calvin and Ruth Norick. His father owned a printing business. James Norick attended the Oklahoma Military Academy and served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945. Norick died on March 4, 2015, at the age of 95.

George H. Shirk

George H. Shirk

George Henry Shirk was a lawyer, historian, and former Mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In addition to being an author on several subjects related to the history of Oklahoma, he was known as a civic leader and proponent of various municipal development projects within central Oklahoma.

Patience Latting

Patience Latting

Patience Sewell Latting was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from 1971 to 1983. Latting was the first female Mayor of Oklahoma City.

Andy Coats

Andy Coats

Andrew Montgomery Coats is an American politician. A Democrat, he served as mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1983 to 1987. He attended the University of Oklahoma and is an attorney. From 1996 to 2010, he was the Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He is also a former president of the American College of Trial Lawyers. From 1976 to 1980, he was Oklahoma County District Attorney. In 1980, he unsuccessfully ran in the United States Senate election to replace Henry Bellmon. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2005. His son, Sanford Coats served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma from 2009 to 2016. He is the most recent mayor of Oklahoma City to be a Democrat.

Source: "List of mayors of Oklahoma City", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 24th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Oklahoma_City.

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References
  1. ^ "Sidney Clarke | City of OKC".
  • The City of Oklahoma City. Previous Mayors. OKC.gov. URL accessed 5 March 2007.

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