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- Current serving mayors
- Current and former mayors
- References Notes
Some of the longest-serving mayors in the United States are listed according to their length of service in that office. The office of mayor is the highest ranking local official and responsibilities may vary from ceremonial (see weak mayor) to full-time responsibility for city operations (see strong mayor). Current serving mayorsA list of mayors still in office and ordered by their length of continuous service in that office. (If there is a break in their service, then this length is measured from their return to the office.) The longest-serving current mayor of one the 50 largest cities in the United States is Tom Barrett, who has been mayor of Milwaukee since April 15, 2004. Years | Name | Municipality | Notes |
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1959}} years | Charles E. Long | Booneville, Kentucky | Entered office in 1959.[1] | 1969|09|04}} | Leonard Scarcella | Stafford, Texas | Entered into office on September 4, 1969. | 1971|01|01}} | Robert Blais | Lake George, New York | Began current term on April 5, 1971. | 1972}} years | Randall Wise | Niceville, Florida | Entered office in August, 1972. | 1975}} years | Margaret Doud | Mackinac Island, Michigan | Entered office in April 1975. | 42-43 years | William D. Tate | Grapevine, Texas | Entered office in 1972[2] | 1976}} years | Robert Heidenescher | Dupont, Ohio | Entered office in 1976. | 1976}} years | Willie Oswalt | Lake City, Georgia | Entered office in 1976. | 1976}} years | Harold Rainwater | Wilmore, Kentucky | Entered office in 1976. | 1977}} years | Robert Chatfield | Prospect, Connecticut | Entered office on November 7, 1977. | 1977}} years | Jim L. Sells | Rogersville, Tennessee | Entered office in 1977. | 1979}} years | Noel B. Cummings | Hodgkins, Illinois | Entered office in 1979. | 1979}} years | Marvin Johnson | Independence, Minnesota | Entered office in 1979. | 36-37 Years | Mary Hawkins Butler | Madison, Mississippi | Entered office in 1981. | 1981}} years | Jeffery D. Schielke | Batavia, Illinois | Entered office in 1981. | 1981}} years | Gary W. Starr | Middleburg Heights, Ohio | Entered office in January 1981.[3] | 1981|07|06}} | Mark Anthony McClure | Danville, West Virginia | Entered office on July 6, 1981. | 1983|01|01}} | William "Bill" McIntosh | Moultrie, Georgia | Entered office in 1983. | 1984|01|02}} | William W. Dickinson, Jr. | Wallingford, Connecticut | Entered office in 1984. | 1985}} years | Louie Davis | Waldo, Florida | Entered office in 1985. |
Current and former mayorsA list of mayors in order of their total length of service in that office. (If there is a break in their service, then this length is measured as the sum of their terms.) John M. Coyne (born 1916 - died 2014) was the mayor of Brooklyn, Ohio from 1948 to 2000, making his term the longest consecutive term of any mayor in the United States until 2008 when Hilmar Moore took over the top spot. Years | Name | Municipality | Notes |
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1949|9|22|2012|12|04}} | Hilmar Moore | Richmond, Texas | Served from September 22, 1949 to December 4, 2012. | 1953|01|01|2014|04|22}} | John H. Land | Apopka, Florida | Served from January 1, 1971 to April 22, 2014. Also served from January 1, 1950 to January 1, 1968. | 1946|01|02|2004|08|22}} | Robert Linn | Beaver, Pennsylvania | Served from January 2, 1946 to August 22, 2004. | 1959}} years | Charles E. Long | Booneville, Kentucky | Entered office in 1959. | 56 years | Paul Jurko | Yankee Lake, Ohio | Elected into office in November 1931 at the age of 21. Served until his death on March 1, 1988. | 54 years | Robert L. Butler | Marion, Illinois | Entered office in May 1963. Served until his resignation on January 31, 2018. | 1948|1|1|2000|1|1}} | John M. Coyne | Brooklyn, Ohio | Served from 1948 until January 2000.[4][5] | 1964|01|21}} | Bruce Arnold | Valparaiso, Florida | Entered office on January 21, 1964, Died in office February 23, 2017. | 1956|01|06|2007|04|18}} years | Donald Stephens | Rosemont, Illinois | First Mayor of Rosemont. Served from village's incorporation in 1956 to 2007. | 1966|01|06|2016|01|06}} years | Leonard T. Connors | Surf City, New Jersey | Entered office in 1966, served until January 5, 2016. | 1946|09|04|1995|08|22}} | Frank E. Rodgers | Harrison, New Jersey | Served from September 4, 1946 to August 22, 1995. | 47 years, 11 months | Frank Kelly | Collingdale, Pennsylvania | Served from 1970 to his death on November 22, 2018. | 1961|05|02|2008|08|25}} | Nicholas B. Blase | Niles, Illinois | Served from May 2, 1961 to his resignation on August 25, 2008.[6] | 1969|09|04}} | Leonard Scarcella | Stafford, Texas | Entered into office on September 4, 1969. | 1971|01|01}} | H. Ford Gravitt | Cumming, Georgia | Entered office on January 1, 1971. Served four years on City Council (1967-1970) | 1971|01|01}} | Robert Blais | Lake George, New York | Began current term on April 5, 1971. | 1972|2016}} years | Richard A. Mola | Elmwood Park, New Jersey | Entered office in 1972, served until his death in 2016.[7] | 1958|01|01|2001|01|01}} | Paul W. Cassidy | Parma Heights, Ohio | Served in office between January 1958 through January 2001.[8] | 1975}} years | Margaret Doud | Mackinac Island, Michigan | Entered office in April 1975. | 1942|01|02|1983|05|28}} | Erastus Corning II | Albany, New York | Served from January 2, 1942 to May 28, 1983. | 1975|12|15|2016|01|11}} | Joseph P. Riley, Jr. | Charleston, South Carolina | Served from December 15, 1975 to January 11, 2016.[9] | 40 years | Louis Bay 2nd | Hawthorne, New Jersey | Entered into office in 1947, served until 1987. | 1976}} years | Harold Rainwater | Wilmore, Kentucky | Entered into office in 1976. | 1977}} years | Jim L. Sells | Rogersville, Tennessee | Entered office in 1977. | 36-37 Years | Mary Hawkins Butler | Madison, Mississippi | Entered office in 1981. | 1981}} years | Gary W. Starr | Middleburg Heights, Ohio | Entered office in 1981. | 1981|05|01}} | Edward J. Zabrocki | Tinley Park, Illinois | Entered into office on May 1, 1981. | 36 years | Orville L. Hubbard | Dearborn, Michigan | Entered office in 1942. Served until 1978. | 1917|5|15|1947|6|17}} | Frank Hague | Jersey City, New Jersey | Entered office in 1917. Served until 1947. | 1961|06|13|1990|12|31}} | Dr. LeRoy G. Suire | Erath, Louisiana | Entered office in 1961. Served until 1990. | 1982|01|05|2010|01|04}} | Stephen R. Reed | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Entered office in 1982. Served until 2010. | 1984|01|02}} | William W. Dickinson, Jr. | Wallingford, Connecticut | Entered office in 1984. |
References1. ^Tribute To Mayor Charles Long, Booneville, Kentucky {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20140112061837/http://capitolwords.org/date/2009/04/02/E857-3_tribute-to-mayor-charles-long-booneville-kentucky/ |date=2014-01-12 }} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.grapevinetexas.gov/93/Mayor---William-D-Tate|title=Mayor - William D. Tate {{!}} Grapevine, TX - Official Website|website=www.grapevinetexas.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-05-07}} 3. ^http://www.cleveland.com/middleburg-heights/index.ssf/2013/12/gary_starr_will_start_his_33rd.html 4. ^{{cite web | last =Iallonardo| first =Tony| authorlink =| title =U.S. Has New "Longest-Serving Mayor| work =| website =| publisher =United States Conference of Mayors| date =November 15, 1999| url =http://www.usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/11_15_99/US_has.htm| doi =| accessdate =April 29, 2015| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20090413005721/http://www.usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/11_15_99/US_has.htm| dead-url =yes| archivedate =2009-04-13}} 5. ^The date of inauguration for Mayor John Coyne is not clear. It is clear that his successor, Kenneth Patton, took office in January 2000. References appear to confuse the 1999 election defeat with the day he left office. Most references state that he served 52 years, some from 1947-1999, a few from 1948 to 1999, and others from 1948 to 2000. 6. ^{{cite book | last =Schneider| first =Andrew| authorlink =| title =Nick Blase: The Prince of Niles, Illinois| publisher =The History Press| series =| volume =| edition =| date =2012| location =Charleston, SC| pages =| language =| url =| doi =| id =| isbn =9781609495497| mr =| zbl =| jfm =}} 7. ^http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?pid=182066731 8. ^http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2013/07/mayor_paul_w_cassidy_led_parma.html 9. ^{{Citation| last =Seabrook| first =Andrea| title =Charleston Mayor Reflects on 30 Years in Office| publisher =NPR| date =January 19, 2008| url =https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18259135| accessdate =April 29, 2015}}
Notes{{reflist|group=Notes}} 3 : Longest serving|Lists of people by time in office|Lists of mayors of places in the United States |