List of pre-statehood mayors of Los Angeles

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This is a list of pre-statehood alcaldes and mayors of Los Angeles, from 1781 to 1850, during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods, prior to California's admission to statehood.

Spanish Colonial era - 1781–1821[]

The office of Alcalde-Mayor of the El Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles in Las Californias [1786–1804] and Alta California [1804–1822] territories of the Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas in the Castilian (Spanish) Viceroyalty of New Spain.

The Alcalde was elected annually, without the right to reelection for two years. With the incomplete nature of records from the Spanish colonial period of Los Angeles, only the first year of 1781 is certain.[1][2]}}

Name Tenure Title
José Vicente Feliz 1781–1786 Comisionado (area military commissioner), acted as Chief Public Official.
1786–1788 Alcalde
1789 Alcalde[3]
Francisco Reyes 1790 Alcalde (removed from office for gambling in July)[4]
Mariano Verdugo 1790–1791 Alcalde (elected July 1790, reelected January 1791)[5]
(2nd) 1792 Alcalde (tenure uncertain)[6]
Francisco Reyes (2nd) 1793–1795 Alcalde
(3rd) 1796 Alcalde
Juan (Arellanes) 1797 Alcalde[7]
Guillermo Soto 1798 Alcalde[8]
1799 Alcalde
1800–1801 Alcalde
Mariano Verdugo (2nd) 1802–1808 Alcalde[9]
Guillermo Soto (2nd) 1809 Alcalde[10]
Francisco Avila 1810 Alcalde
1811–1812 Alcalde
Guillermo Soto (3rd) 1812–1815 Comisionado, assumed responsibilities of Alcalde
Antonio Maria Lugo 1816 Alcalde[11]
1817 Alcalde[12]
Anastasio Avila 1819–1821 Alcalde

Mexican era - 1822 to 1848[]

The office of Alcalde-Mayor of the Pueblo de Los Angeles in the Alta California territory of Independent Mexico [1821–1848].

Name Tenure Title
(2nd) 1821–1824 Alcalde
Guillermo Cota 1824 Alcalde
1824 Alcalde
José Maria Avila 1825 Alcalde
José Antonio Carrillo 1826 Alcalde
1826–1827 Alcalde
Guillermo Cota (2nd) 1827–1828 Alcalde
José Antonio Carrillo (2nd) 1828–1829 Alcalde
Guillermo Cota (4th) 1829–1830 Alcalde
Tiburcio Tapia 1830–1831 Alcalde
1831–1832 Alcalde
Manuel Dominguez 1832–1833 Alcalde
José Antonio Carrillo (3rd) 1833–1834 Alcalde
1834–1835 Alcalde
1835–1836 Alcalde
Manuel Requena 1836–1837 Alcalde
Jose Loreto Sepulveda 1837 Alcalde
Luis Arenas 1838–1839 Alcalde
Tiburcio Tapia (2nd) and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (2nd) 1839–1840 First and Second Alcalde
Ygnacio Palomares and 1841 Justices of Peace
Manuel Dominguez (2nd) and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (3rd) 1842 Justices of Peace
Manuel Dominguez (2nd) and Antonio F. Coronel 1843 Justices of Peace
Manuel Requena (2nd) and Tiburcio Tapia (3rd) 1844 First and Second Alcalde
(2nd) and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda 1845 First and Second Alcalde
and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (4th) 1846 First and Second Alcalde
and Enrique Avila 1847 First and Second Alcalde
Ygnacio Palomares (2nd) and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (5th) 1848 First and Second Alcalde

American Territorial era - 1848 to 1850[]

The office of Mayor of the town of Los Angeles in the U.S. Executive Department of California [1848–1850].

Name Tenure Title
Stephen Clark Foster 1848–1850 Mayor
Ygnacio del Valle 1850 Mayor

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Caughey, John and LaRee Caughey. Los Angeles: Biography of a City. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1977. 74. ISBN 0-520-03410-4
  2. ^ "Alcalde" and "Ayuntamiento" in Pitt, Leonard and Dale PItt. Los Angeles A to Z: An Encyclopedia of the City and County. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. 11 and 33. ISBN 0-520-20274-0
  3. ^ Mason, William M. Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag: Spain's New World. Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine Burbank: Southern California Genealogical Society, 2004, 23. ISBN 0-9617773-3-8
  4. ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 25.
  5. ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 25, 27.
  6. ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 32.
  7. ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 32.
  8. ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 34.
  9. ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 37.
  10. ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 44-45.
  11. ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 58.
  12. ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 58.
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