List of mayors of Des Moines, Iowa

The following is a list of the mayors of Des Moines, Iowa.

List of mayors
ImageMayorTerm beganTerm endedPolitical party[1]Notes
Benjamin LuceOctober 18531854
Lampson P. Sherman18541855
Barlow GrangerNovember 18551856
William DeFordNovember 18561857
Charles W. Nash1857May 1, 1857
William H. McHenryMay 1, 18571858Democratic[2]
H. E. Lemoreaux18581859
R. L. Tidrick18591860
P. H. W. Latshaw18601861Republican
Ira Cook18611861RepublicanResigned from office[3]
W. S. Barnes18611862Republican
Thomas Cavanagh18621863Democratic[4]
William H. Leas18631865Republican
George W. Cleveland18651868Republican
Sumner F. Spofford18681869
J. H. Hatch18691871Republican
Martin Tuttle18711872
J. P. Foster18721873Republican
Giles H. Turner1873March 16, 1874Republican
A. NewtonMarch 16, 1874[5]1876Republican
Giles H. TurnerMarch 18761877RepublicanResigned from office[6]
George Sneer18771880
William H. Merritt18801882
P. V. Carey1882March 15, 1886Republican
James Harvey PhillipsMarch 15, 1886[7]1888
William Lytle Carpenter[8]18881890Democratic[9]
John H. Campbell1890April 18, 1892Republican
C. C. LaneApril 18, 1892[10]1894Republican
Isaac L. Hillis18941896Republican
John MacVicar1896April 2, 1900
Jeremiah J. HartenbowerApril 2, 1900[11]1902
James M. Brenton19021904
George W. Mattern1904April 6, 1908
Adoniram Judson MathisApril 6, 1908[12]April 4, 1910
James R. HannaApril 4, 1910[13]1916
John MacVicar19161918
Thomas Fairweather19181920
H. H. Barton19201922
C. M. Garver19221926
Fred H. Hunter19261928
John MacVicar1928November 15, 1928[14]Died in office
E. H. MulockNovember 24, 1928[15]1930
Parker L. Crouch19301932
Dwight N. Lewis19321936
Joseph Holmes Allen[16]19361938
Dwight N. Lewis1938May 1, 1938[17]Died in office
Mark L. Conkling19381942
John MacVicar Jr.19421948
Heck Ross19481950
A. B. Chambers19501952
Allan W. Denny19521954
Joseph Van Dresser19541956
Ray Mills19561958
Charles F. Iles19581960
Reinhold O. Carlson19601962
Charles F. Iles19621966
George C. Whitmer19661968
Rocco D. Viola19682003[18]

See also

Notes

Works cited
  • The History of Polk County, Iowa. Union Historical Company. 1880. pp. 670–676. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  • Dixon, J. M (1876). Centennial history of Polk County, Iowa. Des Moines State Register, Print. p. 259.
  • Revised Ordinances of the City of Des Moines. Register & Tribune Company. 1916. pp. 43–60.
  • "Local goverment [sic]; Mayors of noteworthy cities of the United States". Notable names in American history; a tabulated register. James T. White & Co. 1973. p. 453. ISBN 0-88371-002-1.

References
  1. Porter, Will (1898). Annals of Polk County, Iowa, and City of Des Moines. Geo. A. Miller printing Company. p. 650. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. Andrews, Lorenzo F. (1908). Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa: And Reminiscences of Early Days, Volume 1. Baker-Trisler Company. pp. 322–323.
  3. Andrews 1908, p. 418.
  4. Andrews 1908, p. 286.
  5. "City Council.; Last Session of Old Council—First Regular Meeting of New Council". The Iowa State Register. 17 March 1874. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  6. Porter 1898, p. 715.
  7. "Our New Servants.; Mayor Phillips Assumed Reins of Government Yesterday". The Des Moines Register. 16 March 1886. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  8. Portrait and biographical album of Polk County, Iowa. Chicago: Lake City Publishing. 1890. p. 264. OL 23326400M.
  9. Porter 1898, p. 487.
  10. "Mayor Lane of Des Moines Appoints his Officers". Ceder Repids Gazette. 19 April 1892. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  11. "The city has new mayor". The Des Moines Register. 3 April 1900. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  12. "New Officials at Des Moines remove police; First act of new administration is to discharge Chief of Police, Captain and two Detectives". Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. 7 April 1908. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  13. "New Council Organizes; Mathis out". Des Moines Tribune. 4 April 1910. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  14. Beam, Patrice K. "John MacVicar – The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa". uipress.lib.uiowa.edu. University of Iowa Press. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  15. "Mayor is Appointed". The Evening Star. Washington, D.C. Associated Press. 24 November 1928. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  16. "Senator Joseph Holmes Allen". Iowa Legislators Past and Present. Iowa Legislative Services Agency.
  17. "Mayor Dwight N. Lewis dies; Heart Attack fatal at Home". The Des Moines Register. 1 May 1938. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  18. Yin, Victoria (12 July 2020). "Former Des Moines Mayor Thomas Urban dead at age 86". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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