List of first female mayors in the United States

The first woman to serve as mayor in the United States, and in the world, is believed to be Susanna Madora Salter of the United States, who served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887. However, the first woman recorded winning a mayoral election was Nancy Smith in 1862, who declined to be sworn in as mayor of Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Alabama

1984

Mary Kate Stovall, first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama

Alaska

2011

Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska[1]

Arizona

1927

Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona[2]

1976

Margaret Hance, first woman elected Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona[3]

1995

Joan Shafer, first woman elected mayor of Surprise, Arizona[4]

Arkansas

1925

Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas[5]

1987

Lottie Shackelford, first woman to serve as mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas[6]

California

1915

Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of Mayor of Los Angeles, California, United States United States
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.[7]

1916

Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, California, United States United States[8]

1924

Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California, United States United States
Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California, United States United States

1926

Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California, United States United States[9]

1929

Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California, United States United States[10]

1948

Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California, United States United States

1953

Mabel Richey, first woman mayor of Lodi, California

1968

Rena Parker, first woman mayor of Corona, California, United States United States[11]

1971

Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California, United States United States[12]

1974

Janet Gray Hayes, first woman elected Mayor of San Jose, California, United States United States[13]

1976

Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California, United States United States[14]

1977

Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California, United States United States[15]

1978

Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California, United States United States
also served 1983 to 1984[16]

1979

Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California, United States United States[17]

1981

Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California, United States United States[18]

1983

Jana Wilson, first woman mayor of Oroville, California

1986

Maureen O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of San Diego, California, United States United States

1990

Alice Jempsa, Los Alamitos, California, United States United States[19]

1997

Jessica Maes, first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California, United States United States[20]

2011

Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California, United States United States
also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California[21]
Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California, United States United States
also the first Asian American mayor of Oakland[22]

2012

Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California, United States United States
2016
Michelle Roman, first woman elected Mayor of Kingsburg, California, United States [23]

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[24]

Colorado

1916

C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of Lone Rock, Colorado, United States United States
was appointed by the city council[25]

1965

Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado, United States United States

1969

Eve Homeyer, first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado, United States United States[26]

1995

Mary Lou Makepeace, first woman mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States United States[27]

Connecticut

1967

Ann Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut

1987

Carrie Saxon Perry, first woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut

2007

April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut

2013

Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut, United States[28]
Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, United States[29]
Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut, United States[30]

Delaware

1966

Norma Handloff, first woman mayor of Newark, Delaware and of a Delaware city

Florida

Matti Herrera Bower is the first woman to serve as Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida.

1917

Marion Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida, United States United States[31]
also first woman mayor in Florida

1921

Ellen M. Anderson, first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida, United States United States[32]

1922

Dr. Josie Rogers, first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida, United States United States[33]

1928

Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida, United States United States

1961

Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida, United States United States

1976

Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida, United States United States[34]

1978

Helen Wilkes, first woman to become Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida, United States United States[35]

1987

Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida, United States United States[36]

2006

Patricia Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States United States[37]

2007

Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida, United States United States[38]
Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, United States United States[39]

2014

Mayra Peña Lindsay, first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida, United States[40]

2015

Gail Ash, first woman elected mayor of Clermont, Florida, United States[41]

2016

Milissa Holland, first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida[42]

2017

Daisy Raisler, first woman elected mayor of Hispanic descent of Lake Helen, Florida, United States United States

Georgia

1922

Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia[43]

1974

Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia

1991

Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia[44]

2001

Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

2010

Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia, United States[45]

2012

Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia, United States[46]

Hawaii

1981

Eileen Anderson, first woman elected Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii

1991

Linda Lingle, first woman elected Mayor of Maui, Hawaii

Idaho

1898

Jesse Parker, first woman mayor of Kendrick, Idaho, United States United States
also the first woman mayor in the state of Idaho.[47]

2003

Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho, United States United States[48]

Illinois

1911

Kate F. O'Connor, first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois, United States United States[49]

1915

A. R. Canfield, first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois, United States United States[50]

1920

Unnamed woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois, United States United States[51]

1979

Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States, United States United States
Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents.

1983

Helen Westberg, first woman mayor of Carbondale, Illinois, United States United States[52]

Indiana

1957

Mary Jancosek Bercik, first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana, and first woman mayor in Indiana

1980

Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana

1999

Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana[53]

2006

Olga Velazquez, first woman elected mayor of Portage, Indiana

2007

Barbara Ewing, first female Democrat elected mayor of Tell City, Indiana[54]

2007

Shawna M. Gurgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana[55]

2011

Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana, United States and first African-American woman elected mayor in the State of Indiana

Iowa

1862

Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862.[56][57] United States
Smith declined to serve as mayor.[58]

1923

Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa, United States United States
first woman in the United States to be elected mayor of a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants[59]

1973

Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Iowa, United States United States

2013

Diana Willits, 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

1862

Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862.[60][61] United States
Smith declined to serve as mayor.[62]

1888

Mary D. Lowman, first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas, United States United States
also the second woman mayor in Kansas. She served alongside the first all-woman city council in the United States.[63] They were all re-elected in 1889.[64]

1889

Lucy Sullivan, first woman mayor of Baldwin, Kansas, United States United States[65]

1893

Barnes, elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas in 1893.[66]

1894

Anna Austin, first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas, United States United States[67] [population approx., 1,500][68]

1896

C. A. Curtis, first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas, United States United States[69]
M. A. Wade, the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas, United States United States
Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.[70]

1897

Juno Strain, first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas, United States United States[71]

1900s

1911

Ella Wilson, first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas, United States United States[72]

1913

Defenbaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas, United States United States[73]

1917

Avis Francis, first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas, United States United States[74]

1920

Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas, United States United States[51]

1925

Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas, United States United States[75]

1975

Connie Ames Peters, first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas, United States United States[76]

1997

Joan Wagnon, first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas, United States United States[77]

Kentucky

1951

Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayer in Kentucky, Maysville Kentucky

1993

Pam Miller, first woman mayor of Lexington, Kentucky

Louisiana

1920

Lula V. Coleman, Deputy Sheriff of LaSalle Parish, is appointed Mayor of Jena, Louisiana by Governor John M. Parker as the first woman Mayor in Louisiana[78]

1925

Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in Louisiana[79]

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

2017

(Sharon Weston Broome first woman elected as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge

2018

Latoya Cantrell, first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana[80]

Maine

1946

Helen C. Frost, 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, United States United States[81]

1955

Beatrice Corliss, first woman elected mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[82]

1964

Ellen A. Sampson, first woman elected mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[83]

1972

Barbara Ackermann, first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[84]

1982

Sara Robertson, first woman elected mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)[85]
Cynthia G. Kruger, first woman to serve as mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts (as council president, Kruger became the acting Mayor when the office became vacant).[86]

1983

Brenda Reed, first woman elected mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts.[87]

1986

Marilyn Porreca, first woman elected mayor of Medford, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)[88]

1987

Anne Wojtkowski, first woman elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[89]

1989

Mary Hurley, first woman elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.[90]

1991

Mary Ford, first woman elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts.[91]

1992

Rosemary S. Tierney, first woman elected mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts.[86]

1993

Mary Claire Kennedy, first woman mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.[92]
Lisa L. Mead, first woman elected mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts.[93]

1997

Mary H. Whitney, first woman elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.[94]

1999

Dorothy Kelly Gay, first woman mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.[95]
Sharon Pollard, first woman elected mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts.

2003

Jeannette A. McCarthy, first woman elected mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts.[96]

2005

Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, United States United States[97]
Nancy E. Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.[98]

2007

Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States United States[99]
Konstantina Lukes, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government)
Carolyn Kirk, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.[100]

2009

Linda Balzotti, first woman elected mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts.[101]
Judith Flanagan Kennedy, first woman elected mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.[102]
Elaine A. Pluta, first woman elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts.[103]

2016

Stephanie Muccini Burke, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.

2017

Ruthanne Fuller, first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, United States United States[104]
Yvonne Spicer, first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts, United States United States. Also the first mayor of Framingham and the first African-American woman mayor in Massachusetts.[105]

2018

Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan).[106]

Minnesota

1921

Lillian Cox Gault, first woman elected mayor of St. Peter, Minnesota and in any city of Minnesota[107][108]

1921

Florence J. Pierce, the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota[109]

1953

Agnes Israelson, first woman elected mayor in Thief River Falls, Minnesota

1992

Jane Robbins, 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[110]

2013

Del Rae Williams, first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota, United States[111]

Michigan

1991

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

Mississippi

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

Sheriel F. Perkins, first woman and African American elected mayor of Greenwood, Mississippi

2009

Cheri Barry, first woman elected mayor of Meridian, Mississippi[112]

2017

Lynn Spruill, first woman elected mayor of Starkville, MS.[113]

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

1924

Mildred Putnam, first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri[114]

1999

Kay Barnes, first woman elected Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri

2017

Lyda Krewson first woman elected mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Montana

1947

Juliet Gregory, first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana

Nebraska

1921

Mary Peterson, first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska[115]

1975

Helen Boosalis, first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska

2006

Margaret Hornady, first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska

2013

Jean Stothert, first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Nevada

1985

Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada[116]

1999

Jan Laverty Jones, first woman elected Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada

New Hampshire

1944

Mary Carey Dondero, first woman mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire[117][118]

2007

Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire[119]

2015

Caroline McCarley, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire

2017

Joyce Craig first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, United States[120][121]

New Jersey

1925

Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in New Jersey:,[122] first mayor and founder of Estell Manor

1950

Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey

1951

Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey[123]

1967

Mary "Peggy" Kerr, 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[124]

1977

Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey[125]

2002

Nancy Merse, first woman mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey[126]

2008

Wilda Diaz, first woman elected mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey[127]

2013

Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey, United States[128]

2014

Tana Raymond, first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey, United States[129]

2015

Christine Dansereau, first woman elected mayor of Roselle, New Jersey, United States[130][131]

New Mexico

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, United States United States[132]
Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office[133]

1937

Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York, United States United States
also the first woman mayor in New York[134]

1945

Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York, United States United States[135]

1949

Edith P. Welty, first woman Mayor of Yonkers, New York, United States United States[136]

1955

Ragina Balas, first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York, United States United States[137]

1957

Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York[138]
Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York, United States United States[139]

1973

Barbara Impellittiere, first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York, United States United States[140]

1974

Anne Kaplan, first woman mayor of Monticello, New York, United States United States[141]

1975

Ruth Blankman, first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York, United States United States[142]
Eleanor A. Simpson, first woman elected mayor in Old Westbury, New York, United States United States
also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York[143]

1977

Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York, United States United States[144]

1979

Virginia Smith, first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New York, United States United States[145]

1981

Juanita Crabb, first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York, United States United States[146]

1982

Juanita Crabb, first woman elected mayor of Binghamton, New York, United States United States

1984

Karen Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York, United States United States[147]

1987

Laura Slate, first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York, United States United States[148]

1993

Shirley Seney, first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York, United States United States[149]

1995

Christine Korff, first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York, United States United States[150]

2001

Lauren Fortmiller, first woman elected mayor of Sag Harbor, New York, United States United States
also the first lesbian mayor of Sag Harbor
Sandra Strader, first woman elected mayor of Tupper Lake, New York, United States United States[151]

2008

Patricia Sweetland, first woman mayor of Adams, New York, United States United States

2009

Stephanie Miner, first women elected mayor of Syracuse, New York, United States United States

2013

Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York, United States[152]
Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York, United States[153]
Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York, United States[154]
Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York, United States[155]

North Carolina

1922

Maude R. Satterthwaite, first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina, United States United States[156]

1924

Kathrine M. Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina, United States United States[157]

1975

Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States United States[158]

1977

Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, United States United States[159]

1981

Deborah Ponder Baker, first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina, United States United States[160]

1985

Ella Bengel, first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina, United States United States[161]

1987

Sue Myack, first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States United States

1989

Martha S. Wood, first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States United States[162]

1991

Mary Kanyha, first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, United States United States[163]

1993

Carolyn Allen first woman elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina, United States United States[164]

1995

Rosemary Waldorf, first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States United States[165]

1999

Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina, United States United States

2017

Marla Thompson first woman elected mayor of Long View, North Carolina, United States United States[166]

Ohio

1921

Amy A. Kaukonen, first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio[167][168][169]

1923

Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio who was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.[170]

1954

Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio[171]

1961

Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio

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[172]

2001

Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio

2001

Jane Leaver, first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio[173]

2002

Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio

2017

Carrie Schlade first woman elected mayor of Bryan, Ohio, United States[174]

Oklahoma

1971

Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[175]
Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.[175]

1992

M. Susan Savage, first woman elected mayor Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oregon

Clara C. Munson was the first woman elected mayor in Oregon in the 19th century.

1895

Alice E. Burns, first woman mayor of Florence, Oregon, United States United States
Burns was also the first woman elected in the state of Oregon. Women were elected to all other town offices as well.[176][177]

1912

Clara C. Munson, first woman mayor of Warrenton, Oregon, United States United States
also the first woman elected mayor following the passage of the equal suffrage law in Oregon.[178] 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.[179]

1914

Clara Latorette Larson, first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon, United States United States[180]

1917

Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon, United States United States[181]

1918

Blanch Shelley, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon, United States United States[182]

1920

Bernice Pitts, first woman to execute the office of Mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States United States
Pitts, a student at Richmond School, served as mayor in place of George Luis Baker for five minutes[183]

1949

Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States United States

1955

Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon, United States United States[184]
She resigned in 1956 after purchasing a business in The Dalles, Oregon, United States United States.[185]

1981

Joy Burgess, first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon, United States United States[186]
Ruth Burleigh, first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon, United States[187]

1983

Sue Miller, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon, United States United States[188]

1985

Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States United States[189]

1993

Ruth Bascom, first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon, United States United States[190]

2000

Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon, United States United States[191]

2017

Carol Westfall, first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States United States[192]

Pennsylvania

1977

Betty Marshall, first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania[193]

1989

Janice Stork, first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania[194]

1993

Anne Jones, first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania[195]

2009

Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania[196]
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[197]

South Carolina

1992

Cheryll Woods-Flowers, first woman elected mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

2008

Elise Partin, first woman elected mayor of Cayce, South Carolina
Alys Lawson, first woman elected mayor of Conway, South Carolina[198]
Pam Lee, first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina[199]

Tennessee

1940

Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle,first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee [200][201]

1961

May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee[202]

2011

Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

2015

Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, United States[203]

Texas

Kathryn J. Whitmire was the first woman elected Mayor of Houston, Texas in 1982.

1917

Ophelia “Birdie” Crosby Harwood, mayor of Marble Falls, Texas, United States United States
also the first woman mayor in Texas, elected by an all-male vote three years before women were allowed to vote.[204]

1920

Artkinson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas, United States, United States[205]

1975

Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas, United States United States

1976

Adlene Harrison, first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas, United States United States

1977

Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman elected mayor of Austin, Texas, United States United States

1982

Kathryn J. Whitmire, first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas, United States United States

1985

Ann Pomykal, first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas, United States United States[206]

1987

Annette Strauss, first woman elected mayor of Dallas, Texas, United States United States[207]
Betty Turner, first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas, United States United States[208]

1989

Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas, United States United States

1999

Blanca Vela, first woman elected mayor of Brownsville, Texas, United States United States[209]

2014

Celeste Sanchez, first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas, United States[210]

2015

Laura Hill, first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas, United States[211]

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, United States United States

1982

Sue Marie Young, first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah, United States United States[212]

1991

Cosetta Castagno, first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah, United States United States[213]
Joyce Johnson, first woman mayor of Orem, Utah, United States United States[214]

1992

Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States United States
Stella Welsh, first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah, United States United States[215]

2009

Melissa Johnson, first women elected mayor of West Jordan, Utah, United States United States
Mia Love, first woman elected mayor Saratoga Springs, Utah and first black women mayor in Utah

2013

Maile Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah, United States[216]

2018

Michelle Kaufusi, first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah[217]

Utah

1912

Mary Elizabeth Woolley, mayor of Kanab, Utah, first woman mayor in Utah, and part of the first all-woman city council elected in the United States.

1992

Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah

2009

Mia Love, first women elected mayor Saratoga Springs, Utah and first black women mayor in Utah
Melissa Johnson, first women elected mayor of West Jordan, Utah

2013

Maile Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah, United States[218]

2018

Michelle Kaufusi, first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah[219]

Vermont

1980

Janet Smith, 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.[220]

Virginia

1962

Eleanor P. Sheppard, first woman elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia[221]

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[222]

1988

Meyera E. Oberndorf, first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia

2008

Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia[223]
Linda Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Suffolk, Virginia

2018

Nikuyah Walker, first African-American female mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.
Treney Tweedy, first woman mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia.

Washington

1926

Bertha Knight Landes, first woman Mayor of Seattle, Washington and first woman mayor of a major American city[224]

1953

Amanda Benek Smith, first woman mayor of Olympia, Washington

1975

Betty Edmondson, first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington[225]

1977

Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett, Washington[226]

2012

Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington

2017

Anne McEnerny-Ogle first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington, United States[227]
Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington

Wisconsin

1997

Susan J. M. Bauman, first woman mayor of Madison, 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, United States United States
Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming[228]

1920

Grace Miller, first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming, United States United States[229]

2008

Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming, United States United States[230]

2014

Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming, United States[231]

2016

Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States[232]

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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