List of mayors of Waco, Texas

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List of mayors of Waco, Texas - Wikipedia

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The Mayor of the City of Waco is the official head of the city of Waco in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1] Waco was incorporated in 1856.^[2]

Name	Term start	Term end	Notes / citation
J. M. Smith	1856		^[3]
T. G. Jones			^[3]
W. D. Chambers			^[3]
R. N. Goode			^[3]
Ernest Albertis McKenney			^[3]
I. N. Mullins			^[3]
C. B. Way			^[3]
B. F. Harris			^[3]
Jacob Long			^[3]
John C. West			^[3]
Augustine J. Byrd	December 17, 1875	1878	Elected December 17, 1875.^[4] Succeeded by E. A. Sturgis^[5] Former confederate soldier.^[6]
E. A. Sturgis	1878	1884	^[5]
W. H. Wilkes	1884	1886	^[5]
E. A. Sturgis (2nd term)	1886	1888	Source indicates that Sturgis was mayor in 1886^[5]^[7] and was succeeded by A. Hinchman^[8]
Acanthus Hinchman	1890		Sources conflict as to when Hinchman's term began in 1888^[8] or 1890^[9]
Champe Carter McCulloch	1895	1895
W. H. Wilkes (2nd term)	1896	1896
Champe Carter McCulloch (2nd term)	1897	1899
J. W. Riggins	1900	1902
Allen Sanford	1903	1903
Jas. B. Baker	1904	1909
H. D. Mistrot	1910	1911
J.H. Mackey	1912	1913
J. W. Riggins (2nd term)	1914	1915
John Dollins	1916	1917
Ed McCullough	1918	1919
Ben C. Richards	1920	1923
Thos P. Stone	1924	April 9, 1926	Resigned April 9, 1926
J. W. Holloway	April 9, 1926	April 15, 1926
H. F. Connally	April 15, 1926
A. Baker Duncan	1927
T.D. Brooks	1928
T.F. Bush	1930
G.H. Zimmerman	1932
Carl Mason	1934	November 11, 1934	Resigned
John F. Sheehy	November 11, 1934
Jos W. Hale	1935
Charles Gray Catto	1937
Geo. O. Jones	1938
T.M. Gribble	1939
L.T. Murray	1940
D. T. Hicks	1941
Hubert Johnson	1942
Berry Williams	1943
A.N. Denton	1944
Frank L. Wilcox	1945
Richard C. Bush	1946
J.E. Hawkins	1948
L.M. Crow	1949
L. H. Bradshaw	1952
Ralph R.Wolf	1953
H.F. Connally, Jr.	1954
O.B. Robertson	1955
D.T. Hicks, Jr.	1956
Truett K. Smith	1957
Joe L. Ward, Jr.	1958
Madison Clement	1959
Billy J. Hinton	1960
Maurice C. Barnes	1961
Stanton Brown, Jr.	1962
W.B. Lenamon	1963
Roger N. Conger	1964
J. Ernest Pardo	1965
P.M. Johnston	1966
H. Malcolm Louden	1968
Howard Dudgeon, Jr.	1969
Travis Du Bois, Jr.	1970
Karl M. May	1971
Bill McDavid	April 11, 1972	November 15, 1972	^[10]
Harold Mathias	November 1972
Oscar N. Du Conge	1974		First African-American mayor of Waco
L.Ted Getterman, Jr.	1975
Milburn Smith	1976	September 21, 1976
J. R. Closs	September 21, 1976		^[11]
J. Leigh Brooks	1977
Lois Ted Getterman, Jr.	1978
J.P. Davis	1979
George Chase	April 5, 1980	October 14, 1980
David S. Dow	October 14, 1980
Billy H. Davis	1981
Roland Arriola, Jim Mathis	1982
Malcolm P. Duncan, Sr.	1984
Ruben M. Santos	1985
LaNelle McNamara	1986		^[12]
David Sibley	1987	1988
R.D. Pattillo	1988
Charles Reed	1990
J. Robert Sheehy, Sr.	1992
Michael D. Morrison	1996	2000
Linda Ethridge	2000
Mae Jackson†	May 2004	February 11, 2005	First elected African-American and first female African-American mayor of Waco. Died while in office on February 11, 2005; replaced by Mayor pro tem Robin G. McDurham.^[1]
Robin G. McDurham	February 21, 2005	May 17, 2005	Sworn in on February 21, 2005. Served as mayor after the death of mayor Mae Jackson until a special election on May 7, 2005.^[1]
Virginia DuPuy	May 17, 2005	May 18, 2010	Sworn in on May 17, 2005 after special election held on May 7, 2005. Won in general election for mayor on May 13, 2006 and sworn in on May 16, 2006. She went on to win reelection in 2007, 2008, and 2009.^[1]
Jim Bush	May 18, 2010	2012
Malcolm P. Duncan Jr.	2012	2016
Kyle Deaver	2016	2020
Dillon Meek	2020	2024	Meek announced that he would not stand for reelection in May 2024.
Jim Holmes	2024	Incumbent

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "City of Waco Mayor and Council 1895 - present" (PDF). City of Waco.
^ Conger, Roger N. "Waco, Texas". Texas State Historical Association. The First Presbyterian Church of McLennan County (later renamed First Presbyterian Church) was organized by Rev. Thomas Alexander, Rev. John M. McChord, and Rev. Samuel. C. Taylor in May 1855. The following year Waco Village was incorporated as the town of Waco, and a new county courthouse was built that year.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Mayor, Waco (Tex. ). (January 1914). Municipal Hand Book of the City of Waco: Mayor's Message and Reports of All Departments of the City. p. 263.
^ "A. J. Byrd was elected mayor of Waco". The Galveston Daily News. December 28, 1875 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. 1893. p. 596-597. ISBN 978-1-4035-0020-5.
^ "Finders Keepers, Volume 11, Number 4 - Major Augustine J. Byrd". The Portal to Texas History. Fall 2013. p. 14.
^ "That Bridge Matter - Statements from Directors and ex-President E. A. Sturgis". The Day (Waco, Texas) Vol. 3 No. 181. June 9, 1886.
^ ^a ^b "Obituary for Major A. Hinchman". Waco Semi-Weekly Tribune. April 16, 1910 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. 1893. p. 626-627. ISBN 978-1-4035-0020-5.
^ "Fluoridation Approved, New Mayor, Tax Raise At City Council". The Waco Citizen. April 13, 1972 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Closs Asks For County Seat". The Waco Citizen. January 16, 1975 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Copeland, Mike (September 14, 1986). "Waco's Methos of Picking Out Mayor Analyzed". Waco Tribune-Herald – via Newspapers.com.

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