List of first women mayors in the United States
After Kansas granted women the right to vote in municipal elections in February 1887, Susanna Madora Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas on April 4, 1887 and became the first female mayor in the United States.[1]: 237–238 Salter had been nominated without her knowledge or consent, as a stunt intended to discourage women from participation in the political process.[1]: 240 [2] In 1862, won the mayoral election of Oskaloosa, Iowa,[3][4] after being nominated as a "joke",[5] but she declined to hold office.[6]
Following the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, Bertha Knight Landes became the first woman mayor of a city with more than 150,000 residents, after she was elected mayor of Seattle, Washington in 1926.[1]: 242
Alabama[]
1984
- , first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama[7]
Alaska[]
2011
- , first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska[8]
Arizona[]
1927
- , first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona[9]
1976
1995
- , first woman elected mayor of Surprise, Arizona[11]
Arkansas[]
1925
- Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas[12]
1966
- , first woman to serve as mayor of Eureka Springs, Arkansas
1975
- , who had the distinction of being the city of West Memphis’s first female mayor. Mayor Ferguson served two terms as mayor of West Memphis, from 1975 to 1982. West Memphis, Arkansas
California[]
1915
- Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of Mayor of Los Angeles, California
- it occurred when Los Angeles Mayor Henry R. Rose was absent from his post in September 1915 and directed Lindsey, a member of the city council, to fill-in as acting mayor.[13]
- Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of Mayor of Los Angeles, California
1916
- , first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, California[14]
1924
- , first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California
- Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California
1926
- , first woman mayor of Richmond, California[15]
1929
- , first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California[16]
1948
- Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California
1953
- , first woman mayor of Lodi, California
1968
- , first woman mayor of Corona, California[17]
1971
- Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California[18]
1973
- Doris A. Davis, first woman and first African American woman elected mayor in the City of Compton.
1974
- Janet Gray Hayes, first woman elected Mayor of San Jose, California[1]: 238 [19]
1976
1977
- , first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California[23]
1978
- Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California
- also served 1983 to 1984[24]
- Dianne Feinstein, first woman mayor of San Francisco[1]: 238–239, 249–250 [25]
- Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California
1979
- , first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California
1981
- , first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California[26]
1982
- Loretta Thompson-Glickman, first African-American woman mayor of Pasadena, California
- also first African-American woman mayor of a city over 100,000 people[27]
- Loretta Thompson-Glickman, first African-American woman mayor of Pasadena, California
1982
- Mary Lou Howard, first woman mayor of Burbank, California.
1983
- , first woman mayor of Oroville, California
1986
- Maureen O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of San Diego, California
1990
- , Los Alamitos, California[28]
1997
- , first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California[29]
2011
- , first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
- also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California[30]
- Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California
- also the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland[31]
- , first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
2012
- , first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California
2016
- , first woman elected Mayor of Kingsburg, California[32]
2017
- Tasha Cerda first woman and person of either African American and Native American descent to be elected Mayor of Gardena, California
- also first person of Native American descent to be elected mayor in the state of California[33]
- Tasha Cerda first woman and person of either African American and Native American descent to be elected Mayor of Gardena, California
2018
- Alison Kerr, first female elected Mayor of Del Rey Oaks, California
Colorado[]
1916
- C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of
- was appointed by the city council[34]
- C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of
1929
- , first woman to be elected mayor of Grover, Colorado[35]
1965
- Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado
1969
- , first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado[36]
1995
- Mary Lou Makepeace, first woman mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado[37]
Connecticut[]
1967
- Ann Uccello, also known as Antonina Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut[1]: 238
1987
- Carrie Saxon Perry, first African-American woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut
2007
- April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut
2013
2017
- , first woman elected mayor of West Haven, Connecticut[41]
Delaware[]
1966
- , first woman mayor of Newark, Delaware and of a Delaware city
Florida[]
1917
Marian Newhall Horwitz was the first woman mayor in Florida, and anywhere in the South
- , first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida[42]
- also first woman mayor in Florida
- , first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida[42]
1921
- , first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida[43]
1922
- Dr. , first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida[44]
1928
- Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida
1961
- Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida
1976
- Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida[45]
1978
- Helen Wilkes, first woman to become [46]
1987
- Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida[47]
2006
- , first woman elected mayor of Port St. Lucie, Florida[48]
2007
- Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida[49]
Matti Herrera Bower is the first woman to serve as Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida.
- Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida[50]
2014
- , first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida[51]
2015
- , first woman elected mayor of Clermont, Florida[52]
2016
- , first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida[53]
2017
- Daisy Raisler, first woman elected mayor of Hispanic descent of Lake Helen, Florida
Georgia[]
1921
- Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia, in Duluth, Georgia[54]
1934
- Mrs. Solomon S. Youmans, first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia[55]
1978
- Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia[56]
1991
- Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia[57]
2001
- Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
2010
- Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia[58]
2012
- , first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia[59]
2017
- Mary Parham-Copelan was the first African-American woman to be elected to the office of Mayor of Milledgeville, Georgia. This race was historic because there has never been an elected female to the office of Mayor throughout the city's 205-year history.
Hawaii[]
1981
- Eileen Anderson, first woman elected Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii
1991
- Linda Lingle, first woman elected Mayor of Maui, Hawaii
Idaho[]
1898
2003
- Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho[61]
Illinois[]
1911
- , first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois[62]
1915
- , first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois[63]
1923
- , first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois[64][65]
1949
- , first woman mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois
1979
- Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois[1]: 238–239, 249–250
- Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents.
- Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois[1]: 238–239, 249–250
1983
- , first woman mayor of Carbondale, Illinois[66]
2001
- , first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois
Indiana[]
1957
- , first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana, and first woman mayor in Indiana
1980
- , first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana
1999
- Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana[67]
2006
- , first woman elected mayor of Portage, Indiana
2007
- Barbara Ewing, first female Democrat elected mayor of Tell City, Indiana[68]
2007
- Shawna M. Gurgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana[69]
2011
- Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana and first African-American woman elected mayor in the State of Indiana
Iowa[]
1862
- , first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862.[3][4]
- Smith declined to serve as mayor.[5]
- , first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862.[3][4]
1923
- Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa
- first woman in the United States to be elected mayor of a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants[70]
- Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa
1973
- Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Iowa
2013
- , first woman elected mayor of Windsor Heights, Iowa
Kansas[]
Susanna M. Salter was the first woman to serve as mayor in the United States.
1800s[]
1887
- Susanna M. Salter, first woman elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas
1888
- Mary D. Lowman, first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas
1889
- , first woman mayor of Baldwin, Kansas[73]
1893
- Mrs. Barnes, elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas in 1893.[74]
1894
- , first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas[75] [population approx., 1,500][76]
1896
1897
- , first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas[79]
1900s[]
1911
- , first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas[80]
1913
- Mrs. H. C. Defenbaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas[81]
1917
- , first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas[82]
1920
- Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas[65]
1945
- Daisy Dean Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Netwon, Kansas[83]
1975
- , first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas[84]
1997
- Joan Wagnon, first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas[85]
2020
- Sarah J Boeh-Cerra, first woman mayor of Troy, Kansas[86]
Kentucky[]
1951
- , first woman mayor in Kentucky, Maysville Kentucky
1993
- Pam Miller, first woman mayor of Lexington, Kentucky
Louisiana[]
1920
- , Deputy Sheriff of LaSalle Parish, is appointed Mayor of Jena, Louisiana by Governor John M. Parker as the first woman mayor in Louisiana[87]
1925
- , first woman elected mayor in Louisiana and of Wilson, Louisiana[88]
1956
- Mary Estus Jones Webb, first woman to serve as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1990
- Hazel Beard, first woman elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana
1993
- Willie Mount, first woman elected mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana
2017
- Sharon Weston Broome first woman elected as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge
2018
- Latoya Cantrell, first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana[89]
Maine[]
1946
- , first woman mayor of Portland, Maine
Maryland[]
2001
- Ellen O. Moyer, first woman elected mayor of Annapolis, Maryland
2007
- Sheila Dixon, first black woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland
Massachusetts[]
1939
- Alice Burke, first woman elected as mayor in New England—in Westfield, Massachusetts[90]
1955
- Beatrice Corliss, first woman elected mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[91]
1964
- Ellen A. Sampson, first woman elected mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[92]
1972
- Barbara Ackermann, first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[93]
1982
1983
- Brenda Reed, first woman elected mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts.[96]
1986
- Marilyn Porreca, first woman elected mayor of Medford, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)[97]
1987
- Anne Wojtkowski, first woman elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[98]
1989
- Mary Hurley, first woman elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.[99]
1991
- Mary Ford, first woman elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts.[100]
1992
- Rosemary S. Tierney, first woman elected mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts.[95]
1993
1997
- Mary H. Whitney, first woman elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.[103]
1999
- Dorothy Kelly Gay, first woman mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.[104]
- Sharon Pollard, first woman elected mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts.
2003
- Jeannette A. McCarthy, first woman elected mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts.[105]
2005
- Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts[106]
- Nancy E. Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.[107]
2007
- Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts[108]
- Konstantina Lukes, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government)
- Carolyn Kirk, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.[109]
2009
- Linda Balzotti, first woman elected mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts.[110]
- Judith Flanagan Kennedy, first woman elected mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.[111]
- Elaine A. Pluta, first woman elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts.[112]
2016
- Stephanie Muccini Burke, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.
2017
2018
- Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan).[115]
2021
- Kim Janey, first woman to serve as acting mayor of Boston (upon the resignation of Marty Walsh to take the position of United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden).[116]
Michigan[]
1973
- , first woman mayor of Portage, Michigan
- Bette Davis, first woman mayor of South Haven, Michigan
- Elizabeth Brater, first woman mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan
2015
- Karen Weaver, first woman mayor of Flint, Michigan
- Rosalynn Bliss, first woman mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan
2018
- , first woman mayor and President of DeTour Village, Michigan
Minnesota[]
1921
1921
- , the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota[119]
1953
- Agnes Israelson, first woman elected mayor in Thief River Falls, Minnesota
1992
- , first woman elected mayor of Pine City, Minnesota
1994
- Sharon Sayles Belton, first woman and first African-American elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008
- Mary Rossing, first woman elected mayor of Northfield, Minnesota[120]
2013
- , first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota[121]
2018
- , first woman elected mayor of Mankato, Minnesota
- Kim Norton, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, Minnesota
Mississippi[]
1950
- , first woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Madison, Mississippi[122]
1977
- Unita Blackwell, first African American woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Mayersville, Mississippi
2001
- Yvonne Brown, first black woman elected mayor of Tchula, Mississippi; first black Republican woman elected mayor in the state of Mississippi.
2005
- , first woman and African American elected mayor of Greenwood, Mississippi
2009
- Cheri Barry, first woman elected mayor of Meridian, Mississippi[123]
2017
- , first woman elected mayor of Starkville, MS.[124]
Missouri[]
1921
- Mayme Ousley, first woman elected mayor of St. James, Missouri
- Ousley was also the first woman elected mayor in the state of Missouri
- Mayme Ousley, first woman elected mayor of St. James, Missouri
1924
- , first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri[125]
1936
- , first woman elected mayor of Greentop, Missouri[126]
1977
- Lillian Herman, first woman mayor of Hannibal, Missouri
1982
- Barbara Potts, first woman elected mayor of Independence, Missouri[127]
1999
- Kay Barnes, first woman elected Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
2017
- Lyda Krewson first woman elected mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri
Montana[]
1947
- , first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana
Nebraska[]
1921
- , first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska[128]
1975
- Helen Boosalis, first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska[1]: 238, 239
2006
- , first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska[129]
2013
- Jean Stothert, first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Nevada[]
1985
- Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada[130]
1999
- Jan Laverty Jones, first woman elected Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada
New Hampshire[]
1944
2007
- Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire[133]
2015
- , first woman elected mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire
2017
- Joyce Craig first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire[134][135]
New Jersey[]
1925
- , first woman elected mayor in New Jersey;[136] first mayor and founder of Estell Manor
1950
- Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey
1951
- , first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey[137]
1967
- , first woman mayor of Sayreville, New Jersey, elected with three female councilwomen, creating the first female-majority municipal government in New Jersey
1973
- Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey
1974
- Eleanor Kieliszek, first woman elected Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey[138]
1977
- Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey[139]
2002
- , first woman mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey[140]
2008
- Wilda Diaz, first woman elected mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey[141]
2013
- , first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey[142]
2014
- , first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey[143]
2015
2020
- , first woman elected mayor of East Newark, New Jersey
- , first woman elected mayor of Penns Grove, New Jersey
New Mexico[]
1936
- Mrs. W. P. Crater, first woman mayor of Des Moines, New Mexico[126]
1994
- Debbie Jaramillo, first woman mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico
New York[]
1929
- Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of Candor (village), New York[146]
- Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office[147]
- Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of Candor (village), New York[146]
1937
- , mayor of Clyde, New York
- also the first woman mayor in New York[148]
- , mayor of Clyde, New York
1945
- Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York[149]
1949
- , first woman Mayor of Yonkers, New York[150]
1955
- , first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York[151]
1957
1973
- , first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York[154]
1974
- , first woman mayor of Monticello, New York[155]
1975
1977
- Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York[158]
1979
- , first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New York[159]
1981
- , first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York[160]
1984
- , first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York[161]
1987
- , first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York[162]
1993
- , first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York[163]
1995
- , first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York[164]
2001
- , first woman elected mayor of Sag Harbor, New York
- also the first lesbian mayor of Sag Harbor
- , first woman elected mayor of Tupper Lake, New York[165]
- , first woman elected mayor of Sag Harbor, New York
2008
- Patricia Sweetland, first woman mayor of Adams, New York
2009
- Stephanie Miner, first women elected mayor of Syracuse, New York
2013
- , first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York[166]
- , first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York[167]
- Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York[168]
- Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York[169]
North Carolina[]
1922
- , first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina[170]
1924
- Katherine Mayo Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina[171][172]
1975
- Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina[173]
1977
- Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina[1]: 238 [174]
1981
- , first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina[175]
1985
- , first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina[176]
1987
- Sue Myrick, first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina[177]
1989
- , first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina[178]
1991
- , first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina[179]
1993
- Carolyn Allen first woman elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina[180]
1995
- Rosemary Waldorf, first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina[181]
1999
- Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina
2017
- first woman elected mayor of Long View, North Carolina[182]
North Dakota[]
1946
- , first woman elected Mayor of Enderlin, North Dakota
1982
- , first woman elected Mayor of Bottineau, North Dakota
Ohio[]
1921
1923
- Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio who was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.[186]
1954
- Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio[187]
1961
- Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio
1966
- , first woman elected mayor of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She served as Mayor of Bedford Heights, Ohio for 15 years. Her administration was instrumental in developing the Reed Park Development, which is the site of the outdoor pool and picnic pavillion. The city saw the most rapid expansion under her administration, doubling the population. The present City Hall and the onset of the many programs that transpired from here resulted in a long term for Mayor Reed. Mayor Reed served until 1981 when she decided not to run again.
1972
- Ellen Walker Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio became the first African-American woman to be elected mayor, by popular vote, of a United States municipality.
1984
- Donna Owens, first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio[188]
2001
- Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio
2001
- , first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio[189]
2002
- Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
2017
- first woman elected mayor of Bryan, Ohio[190]
Oklahoma[]
1971
- Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[191][1]: 238
- Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.[191]
- Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[191][1]: 238
1992
- M. Susan Savage, first woman elected mayor Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oregon[]
Clara C. Munson was the first woman elected mayor in Oregon in the 20th century.
1895
1912
- Clara C. Munson, first woman mayor of Warrenton, Oregon
- also the first woman elected mayor following the passage of the equal suffrage law in Oregon.[194] Some sources, including The Daily Astorian, erroneously call Munson the first woman elected mayor in Oregon, however, that distinction belongs to Alice E. Burns who was elected mayor of Florence, Oregon in 1895.[195]
- Clara C. Munson, first woman mayor of Warrenton, Oregon
1914
- , first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon[196]
1917
- Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon[197]
1918
- , first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon[198]
1920
- Bernice Pitts, first woman to execute the office of Mayor of Portland, Oregon
- Pitts, a student at Richmond School, served as mayor in place of George Luis Baker for five minutes[199]
- Bernice Pitts, first woman to execute the office of Mayor of Portland, Oregon
1949
- Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon[1]: 238
1955
1981
1983
- , first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon[204]
1985
- Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon[205]
1993
- Ruth Bascom, first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon[206]
2000
- , first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon[207]
2017
- , first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon[208]
Pennsylvania[]
1977
- Betty Marshall, first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania[209]
1989
- Janice Stork, first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania[210]
1993
- , first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania[211]
2009
- Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania[212]
- Linda Thompson, first women elected mayor of and first African-American mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island[]
2008
- Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island[213]
South Carolina[]
Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson (1868-1953) was the first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville and first woman mayor in South Carolina in 1925.
1925
- , first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina and first woman mayor in the state.
1992
- , first woman elected mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
2008
South Dakota[]
1922
- , first woman elected mayor in South Dakota, in Clark, South Dakota[216]
1950
Tennessee[]
1940
- , first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee[218][219]
1961
- May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee[220]
1997
- Margaret Feierabend, first woman chosen as mayor of Bristol, Tennessee[221]
2011
- Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee
2015
- Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee[222]
Texas[]
Kathryn J. Whitmire was the first woman elected Mayor of Houston, Texas in 1982.
1917
- , mayor of Marble Falls, Texas
- also the first woman mayor in Texas, elected by an all-male vote three years before women were allowed to vote.[223]
- , mayor of Marble Falls, Texas
1920
- Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas,[224]
1975
- Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas[1]: 238–239
1976
- Adlene Harrison, first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas
1977
- Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman elected mayor of Austin, Texas[1]: 238–239
1982
- Kathryn J. Whitmire, first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas
1985
- , first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas[225]
1987
1989
- Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas
1999
- Blanca Vela, first woman elected mayor of Brownsville, Texas[228]
2014
- , first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas[229]
2015
- , first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas[230]
Utah[]
Mia Love was the first woman elected mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah and the first African American woman elected mayor in the state of Utah.
1912
- Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah
1919
- , first woman mayor of Salina, Utah[231]
1982
- , first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah[232]
1991
- , first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah[233]
- , first woman mayor of Orem, Utah[234]
1992
- Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
- , first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah[235]
1998
- , first woman elected mayor of Midvale, Utah[236]
2009
- Melissa Johnson, first woman elected mayor of West Jordan, Utah
- Mia Love, first woman elected mayor Saratoga Springs, Utah and first black women mayor in Utah
2013
- , first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah[237]
2018
- Michelle Kaufusi, first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah[238]
Vermont[]
1980
- , first woman elected mayor of St. Albans, Vermont, less than a week after she was sworn-in Smith was shot and killed at her home.[239]
Virginia[]
1930
- Carrie Wright, first female elected mayor of Troutdale, Virginia
1948
- , first woman elected mayor of Clintwood, Virginia[240]
1950
- , first woman elected mayor of Washington, Virginia[241]
1962
1963
- Ann Hitch Kilgore, first woman mayor of Hampton, Virginia
1986
- Jessie M. Rattley, first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of Newport News[243]
1988
- Meyera E. Oberndorf, first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia
1991
- Patsy Ticer, first woman elected mayor of Alexandria, Virginia[244]
2008
- Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia[245]
- Linda Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Suffolk, Virginia
2018
- Nikuyah Walker, first African-American female mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.
- , first woman mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Washington[]
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1953
- , first woman mayor of Olympia, Washington
1975
- , first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington[247]
1977
- Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett, Washington[248]
2012
- Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington
2017
- Anne McEnerny-Ogle first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington[249]
- Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington
West Virginia[]
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- , first woman mayor of Friendly, West Virginia[250]
Wisconsin[]
1923
- , first woman mayor of the City of Crandon, Wisconsin.
1934
- , first woman mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Wyoming[]
Mayor of Gillette, Wyoming Louise Carter-King honoring a veteran Gillette Police Department officer at a City Council meeting in Gillette, Wyoming
1912
- Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming
- Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming[251]
- Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming
1920
- , first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming[252]
2008
- Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming[253]
2014
- Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming[254]
2016
- Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming[255]
U.S. territories and associated states[]
District of Columbia[]
1990
- Sharon Pratt Kelly, first woman elected Mayor of the District of Columbia
Puerto Rico[]
1946
- Felisa Rincón de Gautier, first woman mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico and first woman mayor of a capital city in United States soil
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