List of mayors of New Orleans

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The post of Mayor of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase:

No.	Mayor	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Etienne de Boré	November 30, 1803	May 26, 1804^[1]
2	James Pitot	June 2, 1804	July 26, 1805^[1]
3	John Watkins	July 27, 1805	March 8, 1807
4	James Mather	March 9, 1807	May 16, 1812^[1]
5	Charles Trudeau^[2]	May 16, 1812	October 8, 1812
6	Nicholas Girod	October 8, 1812	November 5, 1812^[3]
7	LeBreton Dorgenois^[2]	November 6, 1812	December 4, 1812
--	Nicholas Girod	December 5, 1812^[3]	September 4, 1815^[1]
8	Auguste Macarty	September 4, 1815	May 13, 1820
9	Louis Philippe de Roffignac	May 14, 1820	May 10, 1828^[1]
10	Denis Prieur	May 12, 1828	April 9, 1838	Democratic
11	Paul Bertus^[2]	April 10, 1838	May 12, 1838
12	Charles Genois	May 12, 1838	May 10, 1840	Democratic
13	William Freret	May 11, 1840	April 4, 1842	Whig
--	Denis Prieur (2nd term)	April 4, 1842	February 7, 1843	Democratic
--	Paul Bertus (2nd term)^[2]	February 7, 1843	February 26, 1843
--	William Freret (2nd term)	February 27, 1843	May 12, 1844	Whig
14	Joseph Edgard Montegut	May 13, 1844	April 5, 1846	Democratic
15	Abdiel Crossman	May 11, 1846	March 26, 1854	Whig
16	John L. Lewis	April 10, 1854	June 17, 1856	Democratic
17	Charles W. Waterman	June 17, 1856	June 8, 1858	American
18	Gerald Stith	June 21, 1858	June 18, 1860	American
19	John T. Monroe	June 18, 1860	May 16, 1862	American
Acting Military Mayors
20	George F. Shepley	May 20, 1862	July 11, 1862
21	Godfrey Weitzel	July 14, 1862	August 5, 1862
22	Jonas H. French	August 6, 1862	August 20, 1862
--	Godfrey Weitzel (2nd term)	August 21, 1862	September 30, 1862
23	Henry C. Deming	October 2, 1862	January 30, 1863
24	James F. Miller	January 30, 1863	September 12, 1863
25	Edward Henry Durell	September 12, 1863	October 30, 1863
--	James F. Miller (2nd term)	November 6, 1863	February 2, 1864
26	Stephen Hoyt	February 9, 1864	March 21, 1865
27	Hugh Kennedy	March 21, 1865	May 5, 1865
28	Samuel Miller Quincy	May 5, 1865	June 8, 1865
29	Glendy Burke	June 8, 1865	June 28, 1865
--	Hugh Kennedy (2nd term)	June 28, 1865	March 18, 1866
30	J. A. D. Rozier	March 19, 1866	March 20, 1866
31	George Clark	March 20, 1866	May 11, 1866
End of Acting Military Mayors
32	John T. Monroe	May 12, 1866	March 28, 1867	Democratic
33	Edward Heath	March 28, 1867	June 10, 1868	Republican
34	John R. Conway	June 10, 1868	April 4, 1870	Democratic
35	Benjamin Flanders	April 4, 1870	November 29, 1872	Republican
36	Louis A. Wiltz	November 30, 1872	November 30, 1874	Democratic
37	Charles J. Leeds	November 30, 1874	December 19, 1876	Democratic
38	Edward Pilsbury	December 19, 1876	November 18, 1878
39	Isaac W. Patton	November 18, 1878	December 16, 1880
40	Joseph A. Shakspeare	December 16, 1880	November 20, 1882
41	William J. Behan	November 20, 1882	April 28, 1884	Democratic
42	J. Valsin Guillotte	April 29, 1884	April 23, 1888	Democratic
--	Joseph A. Shakspeare (2nd term)	April 23, 1888	April 25, 1892
43	John Fitzpatrick	April 25, 1892	April 27, 1896	Democratic
44	Walter C. Flower	April 27, 1896	May 7, 1900
45	Paul Capdevielle	May 7, 1900	December 5, 1904
46	Martin Behrman	December 5, 1904	December 6, 1920	Democratic
47	Andrew J. McShane	December 6, 1920	May 4, 1925
--	Martin Behrman (2nd term)	May 4, 1925	January 12, 1926	Democratic
48	Arthur J. O'Keefe	January 12, 1926	July 15, 1929	Democratic
49	T. Semmes Walmsley	July 15, 1929	June 30, 1936	Democratic
50	A. Miles Pratt^[2]	June 30, 1936	July 15, 1936
51	Fred A. Earhart^[2]	July 15, 1936	July 15, 1936
52	Jesse S. Cave^[2]	July 15, 1936	August 17, 1936
53	Robert S. Maestri	August 18, 1936	April 4, 1946	Democratic
54	De Lesseps Story Morrison	April 4, 1946	July 17, 1961	Democratic
55	Victor H. Schiro	July 17, 1961	May 2, 1970
56	Moon Landrieu	May 2, 1970	May 1, 1978	Democratic
57	Ernest Nathan Morial	May 1, 1978	May 5, 1986	Democratic
58	Sidney Barthelemy	May 5, 1986	May 2, 1994	Democratic
59	Marc Morial	May 2, 1994	May 6, 2002	Democratic
60	C. Ray Nagin	May 6, 2002	Present	Democratic

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Resigned.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Acting Mayor.
^ ^a ^b Nicholas Girod took a leave of absence from the mayor's office starting November 5, 1812. He resumed his position on December 5, 1812.