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History of San Diego by Richard Pourade
The Explorers | Time of the Bells | The Silver Dons | The Glory Years
Gold in the Sun | The Rising Tide | City of the Dream


Justices of the Peace (Alcaldes) | Mayors of San Diego | Governors of California

MAYORS OF SAN DIEGO 1850-PRESENT

1850   Joshua H. Bean

1851   David B. Kurtz

1852   George P. Tebbetts

1852-1889   Board of Trustees

1889-1891   Douglas Gunn

1891-1896   William H. Carlson

1897-1898   D. C. Reed

1899-1901   Edwin M. Capps

1901-1905   Frank P. Frary

1905-1907   John L.Sehon

1907-1909   John F. Forward, Sr.

1909-1911   Grant Conard

1911-1913   James E. Wadham

1913-1915   Charles F. O'Neall

1915-1917   Edwin M. Capps

1917-1921   Louis J. Wilde

1921-1927   John L. Bacon

1927-1931   Harry C. Clark

1931-1932   Walter W. Austin

1932-1934   John F. Forward, Jr.

1934-1935   Rutherford B. Irones

1935-1942   Percy J. Benbough

1942-1943   Howard B. Bard

1943-1951   Harley E. Knox

1951-1955   John D. Butler

1955-1963   Charles C. Dail

1963-1971   Frank Curran

1971-1983   Pete Wilson

1983-1983   William E. Cleator, Sr.

1983-1986   Roger Hedgecock

1986-1993   Maureen O'Connor

1993-2000   Susan Golding

2000-       Dick Murphy

[This list of San Diego Mayors has been expanded beyond Pourade's original listing]

Justices of the Peace (Alcaldes) at San Diego, 1841-1850

The Explorers | Time of the Bells | The Silver Dons | The Glory Years
Gold in the Sun | The Rising Tide | City of the Dream

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