List of first women mayors in the United States

After Kansas granted women the right to vote in municipal elections in February 1887, Susanna Madora Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas on April 4, 1887, and became the first female mayor in the United States. Salter had been nominated without her knowledge or consent, as a stunt intended to discourage women from participation in the political process. In 1862, Nancy Smith won the mayoral election of Oskaloosa, Iowa, after being nominated as a "joke", but she declined to hold office.

Following the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, Bertha Knight Landes became the first woman mayor of a city with more than 150,000 residents, after she was elected mayor of Seattle, Washington in 1926.

Alabama
1980
 * Sue L. Glidewell, first woman elected mayor of Rainbow City, Alabama. Served six consecutive terms for 24 years until retirement in 2004.

1984
 * Mary Kate Stovall, first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama

1996
 * Harri Anne Smith, first woman mayor of Slocomb, Alabama

1997
 * Loretta Spencer, first woman mayor of Huntsville, Alabama

2000
 * Lucenia Williams Dunn, first woman mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama

2004
 * Loxcil Tuck, first woman elected mayor of Tarrant, Alabama

2009
 * Carole Smitherman, first woman mayor of Birmingham, Alabama

2016
 * Karin Wilson, first woman mayor of Fairhope, Alabama

2021
 * Linda Peebles, first woman elected mayor of Courtland, Alabama

Alaska
1946
 * Doris Barnes, first woman mayor of Wrangell, Alaska

1956
 * Myrth Sarvela, first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska

1965
 * Sylvia Ringstad, first woman elected mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska

1966
 * Bernice Stokke, first woman mayor of Petersburg, Alaska

1975
 * Virginia Kline, first woman elected mayor of Juneau, Alaska

1976
 * Elizabeth Hjellen, first woman mayor of Wasilla, Alaska

2011
 * Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska

Arizona
1927
 * Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona

1973
 * Ethel Berger, first woman mayor in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Berger was appointed, not elected; at that time mayors were appointed from the city council.

1976
 * Margaret Hance, first woman elected Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona

1988
 * Peggy Rubach, first woman elected mayor of Mesa, Arizona

1995
 * Joan Shafer, first woman elected mayor of Surprise, Arizona

2023
 * Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor of Maricopa, Arizona

Arkansas
1925
 * Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas

1966
 * Katherine Green, first woman to serve as mayor of Eureka Springs, Arkansas

1975
 * Joyce Ferguson, who had the distinction of being the city of West Memphis's first female mayor. Mayor Ferguson served two terms as mayor of West Memphis, from 1975 to 1982. West Memphis, Arkansas

California
1915
 * Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of Mayor of Los Angeles, California
 * it occurred when Los Angeles Mayor Henry H. Rose was absent from his post in September 1915 and directed Lindsey, a member of the city council, to fill-in as acting mayor.

1916
 * Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, California

1924
 * Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California
 * Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California

1926
 * Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California

1928
 * May B. Hopkins, first woman mayor of Redondo Beach, California

1929
 * Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California

1931
 * Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California

1941
 * Helen Lawrence, first female mayor of San Leandro, California

1942
 * Jessie Reed, first female mayor of Seal Beach, California

1947
 * Carrie L. Hoyt, first female mayor of Berkeley, California

1948
 * Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California

1952
 * Miriam Cummings (mayor), first woman elected mayor of Mill Valley, California

1953
 * Mabel Richey, first woman mayor of Lodi, California

1963
 * Teena Clifton, first woman mayor of Rolling Hills, California
 * Florence E. Douglas, first woman elected mayor of Vallejo, California

1968
 * Rena Parker, first woman mayor of Corona, California

1971
 * Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California

1973
 * Doris A. Davis, first woman and first African American woman elected mayor in the City of Compton.

1974
 * Janet Gray Hayes, first woman elected Mayor of San Jose, California

1976
 * Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of Arcadia, California.
 * Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California

1977
 * Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California

1978
 * Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California
 * also served 1983 to 1984
 * Dianne Feinstein, first woman mayor of San Francisco
 * Mary Patricia Ostrye, first woman mayor and first elected mayor of Monrovia, California

1979
 * Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California

1980
 * Eunice Sato, first woman elected mayor of Long Beach, California
 * Josephine Heckman, first woman elected mayor of Pasadena, California

1981
 * Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California

1982
 * Loretta Thompson-Glickman, first African-American woman mayor of Pasadena, California
 * also first African-American woman mayor of a city over 100,000 people

1982
 * Mary Lou Howard, first woman mayor of Burbank, California.

1983
 * Anne B. Diament, elected first woman mayor of Alameda, California


 * Jana Wilson, first woman mayor of Oroville, California

1986
 * Maureen O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of San Diego, California

1989
 * Evelyn Wells, first woman to become Mayor of Lynwood, California.

1990
 * Alice Jempsa, Los Alamitos, California

1997
 * Jessica Maes, first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California

2009
 * Susan Gorin, first woman elected mayor of Santa Rosa, California

2011
 * Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
 * also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
 * Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California
 * also the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland

2012


 * Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California

2016


 * Michelle Roman, first woman elected Mayor of Kingsburg, California

2017
 * Mary Ann Carbone first woman of Native American Chumash descent to be appointed by peers as Mayor of (Sand City, California)
 * Mary Ann Carbone first Indigenous woman appointed to the State of California on May 2, 2017, https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/mary-ann-carbone-named-mayor-of-sand-city-councilman-todd-kruper-to-retire/article_4640628c-312f-11e7-9bed-e39cd3049162.html#:~:text=In%20Mary%20Ann%20Carbone%2C%20Sand,as%20Sand%20City's%20new%20mayor.
 * 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

2018
 * Alison Kerr, first woman elected Mayor of Del Rey Oaks, California

2020
 * Christy Holstege first woman elected Mayor of Palm Springs

2022
 * Karen Bass, first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles


 * Ashleigh Aitken first woman elected mayor of Anaheim
 * Valerie Amezcua first woman elected mayor of Santa Ana, California

Colorado
1916
 * C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of Lone Rock, Colorado
 * was appointed by the city council

1929
 * Elizabeth Lower, first woman to be elected mayor of Grover, Colorado

1965
 * Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado

1969
 * Eve Homeyer, first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado

1995
 * Mary Lou Makepeace, first woman mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado

Connecticut
1967
 * Ann Uccello, also known as Antonina Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut

1987
 * Carrie Saxon Perry, first African-American woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut

1993
 * Linda Blogoslawski, first woman elected mayor of New Britain, Connecticut

2007
 * April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut

2013
 * Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut
 * Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut
 * Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut

2017
 * Nancy Rossi, first woman elected mayor of West Haven, Connecticut

2021

Carolin Simmons, first woman elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut.

Delaware
1947
 * Margaret Hastings, first woman mayor of Blades, Delaware

1966
 * Norma Handloff, first woman mayor of Newark, Delaware and of a Delaware city

2023
 * Valarie Leary, first woman mayor of New Castle, Delaware

Florida
1917
 * Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida
 * also first woman mayor in Florida

1921
 * Ellen M. Anderson, first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida

1922
 * Dr. Josie Rogers, first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida

1928
 * Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida

1951
 * Marie Cross, first woman mayor of Jupiter, Florida

1961
 * Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida

1973
 * Virginia S. Young, first woman elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

1976
 * Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida

1977
 * Corrine Freeman, first woman mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida

1978
 * Helen Wilkes, first woman to become Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida

1983
 * Kathleen Kelly (politician), first woman mayor of Clearwater, Florida
 * Carol Zimmer Bellamy, first woman mayor of Tallahassee, Florida

1987
 * Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida

1994
 * Edna Griffith, first woman mayor of Orange Park, Florida. Also, first woman elected and reelected to the Town Council

2006
 * Patricia Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Port St. Lucie, Florida

2007
 * Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida


 * Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida

2014
 * Mayra Peña Lindsay, first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida

2015
 * Gail Ash, first woman elected mayor of Clermont, Florida

2016
 * Milissa Holland, first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida

2017
 * Daisy Raisler, first woman elected mayor of Hispanic descent of Lake Helen, Florida

Georgia
1921
 * Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia, in Duluth, Georgia

1934
 * Mrs. Adele (wife of Solomon S.) Youmans, first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia

1978
 * Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia

1991
 * Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia

2001
 * Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

2010
 * Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia

2012
 * Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia

2017
 * Mary Parham-Copelan was the first African-American woman to be elected to the office of Mayor of Milledgeville, Georgia. This race was historic because there has never been an elected female to the office of Mayor throughout the city's 205-year history.

2023
 * Dr. Donya Sartor, Jonesboro, Georgia's first female mayor and first Black mayor.

Hawaii
1962
 * Helene Hale, first woman elected Chairman and Executive Officer, equivalent to mayor of Hawaii County, 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
 * also the first woman mayor in the state of Idaho.

2003
 * Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho

Illinois
1911
 * Kate F. O'Connor, first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois

1915
 * A. R. Canfield, first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois

1923
 * Nora Gammon, first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois

1949
 * Rose M. Brown, first woman mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois

1979
 * Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois
 * 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

2001
 * Bette Thomas, first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois

Indiana
1938
 * Nellie Babcock, first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana

1957
 * Mary Jancosek Bercik, first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana

1964
 * Margaret H. Prickett, first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana

1980
 * Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana

1999
 * Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana

2000
 * Kathleen Chroback, first woman elected mayor of La Porte, Indiana

2006
 * Olga Velazquez, first woman elected mayor of Portage, Indiana

2007
 * Barbara Ewing, first female Democrat elected mayor of Tell City, Indiana

2007
 * Shawna M. Girgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana

2011
 * Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana 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.
 * Smith declined to serve as mayor.

1923
 * Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa
 * first woman in the United States to be elected mayor of a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants

1951
 * Emily L. Perry, first woman mayor of Floyd, Iowa

1971
 * Kathryn Kirschbaum, first woman elected mayor of Davenport, Iowa

1973
 * Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Iowa

2013
 * Diana Willits, first woman elected mayor of Windsor Heights, Iowa

1800s
1887
 * Susanna M. Salter, first woman elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas
 * the first woman to serve as mayor of an American city.

1888
 * Mary D. Lowman, first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas
 * also the second woman mayor in Kansas. She served alongside the first all-woman city council in the United States. They were all re-elected in 1889.

1889
 * America L. King, first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas
 * Ella Miller, first woman mayor of Rossville, Kansas
 * Wilhelmina Morgan, first woman mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
 * Lucy Sullivan, first woman mayor of Baldwin, Kansas

1890
 * Belle Gray, first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas
 * Margaret Kelly, first woman mayor of Edgerton, Kansas

1891
 * Rachel S. Packson, first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas
 * Elizabeth Vedder, first woman mayor of Haddam, Kansas

1893
 * Mary Barnes, elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas in 1893.
 * Mrs. John Smith, first woman mayor of Wamego, Kansas

1894
 * Anna Austin, first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas [population approx., 1,500]

1895
 * Antoinette L. Haskell, first woman mayor of Gaylord, Kansas

1896
 * C. A. Curtis, first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas
 * M. A. Wade, the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas
 * Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.

1897
 * Juno Strain, first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas

1899
 * Elizabeth Totten, first woman mayor of Beattie, Kansas

1900s
1911
 * Ella Wilson, first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas

1913
 * Mrs. H. C. Defenbaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas

1917
 * Avis Francis, first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas

1920
 * Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas

1933
 * Clara Marie Emma Heiser, first woman elected mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas

1945
 * Daisy Dean Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Netwon, Kansas

1975
 * Connie Ames Peters, first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas

1997
 * Joan Wagnon, first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas

2020


 * Sarah J Boeh-Cerra, first woman mayor of Troy, Kansas

Kentucky
1951
 * Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayor 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

1925
 * Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in Louisiana and of Wilson, Louisiana

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

1993
 * Willie Mount, first woman elected mayor of Lake Charles, 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

Maine
1928
 * Ella L. Maddocks, first woman mayor equivalent of Owls Head, Maine

1946
 * Helen C. Frost, first woman mayor of Portland, Maine

Maryland
1974
 * Jayne Harper Plank, first woman elected mayor of Kensington, Maryland

1986
 * Dani Duniho, first woman elected mayor of Laurel, Maryland

1987
 * Anna Owens, first woman elected mayor of College Park, Maryland

2001
 * Ellen O. Moyer, first woman elected mayor of Annapolis, Maryland

2007
 * Sheila Dixon, first black woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland

2020
 * Emily Keller, first woman elected mayor of Hagerstown, Maryland

2021
 * Mona Becker, first woman elected mayor of Westminster, Maryland
 * Stacy Link, first woman elected mayor of Sykesville, Maryland

Massachusetts
1939
 * Alice Burke, first woman elected as mayor in New England—in Westfield, Massachusetts

1955
 * Beatrice Corliss, first woman elected mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).

1964
 * Ellen A. Sampson, first woman elected mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).

1972
 * Barbara Ackermann, first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).

1982
 * Sara Robertson, first woman elected mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)
 * 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).

1983
 * Brenda Reed, first woman elected mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts.

1986
 * Marilyn Porreca, first woman elected mayor of Medford, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)

1987
 * Anne Wojtkowski, first woman elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

1989
 * Mary Hurley, first woman elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.

1991
 * Mary Ford, first woman elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts.

1992
 * Rosemary S. Tierney, first woman elected mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

1993
 * Mary Claire Kennedy, first woman mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
 * Lisa L. Mead, first woman elected mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

1997
 * Mary H. Whitney, first woman elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

1999
 * Dorothy Kelly Gay, first woman mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.
 * Sharon Pollard, first woman elected mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts.

2002
 * Christine Forgey, first woman elected mayor of Greenfield, Massachusetts.

2003
 * Jeannette A. McCarthy, first woman elected mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts.

2005
 * Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts
 * Nancy E. Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

2007
 * Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts
 * Konstantina Lukes, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government)
 * Carolyn Kirk, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

2009
 * Linda Balzotti, first woman elected mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts.
 * Judith Flanagan Kennedy, first woman elected mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
 * Elaine A. Pluta, first woman elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

2014
 * Karen L. Cadieux, first woman elected mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts

2016
 * Stephanie Muccini Burke, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.

2017
 * Ruthanne Fuller, first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts
 * Yvonne Spicer, first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts. Also the first mayor of Framingham and the first African-American woman mayor in Massachusetts.

2018
 * Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan).

2019
 * Kassandra Gove, first woman elected mayor of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
 * Shaunna O'Connell, first woman elected mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts.

2021
 * Kim Janey, first woman to serve as acting mayor of Boston (upon the resignation of Marty Walsh to take the position of United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden).


 * Michelle Wu, first woman elected mayor of Boston.

2022
 * Jennifer Macksey, the first woman elected mayor in North Adams, Massachusetts.

2023
 * Melinda Barrett, the first woman elected mayor in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
 * Erin Joyce, the first woman elected mayor in Braintree, Massachusetts.

Michigan
1948
 * Mildred B. Stark, first woman mayor of East Detroit, Michigan from 1948-53

1973
 * Betty Lee Ongley, first woman mayor of Portage, Michigan
 * Bette Davis, first woman mayor of South Haven, Michigan
 * Elizabeth Brater, first woman mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan

2005
 * Carol B. Cottrell, first woman elected mayor of Saginaw, Michigan

2015
 * Karen Weaver, first woman mayor of Flint, Michigan
 * Rosalynn Bliss, first woman mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan

2018
 * Lindsey McGuire-Fountain, first woman mayor and President of DeTour Village, Michigan

2023
 * Lori M. Stone, first woman mayor of Warren, Michigan

Minnesota
1921
 * Lillian Cox Gault, first woman elected mayor of St. Peter, Minnesota and in any city of Minnesota

1921
 * Florence J. Pierce, the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota
 * Ida Sparks Clarke, the first woman appointed mayor of Cokato, Minnesota. She was reelected in 1922.

1925
 * Elizabeth Ries, first woman elected mayor of Shakopee, Minnesota

1935
 * Louise Bucks, first woman elected mayor of Waconia, Minnesota

1949
 * Bertha Trim, first woman elected mayor of Plainview, Minnesota

1953
 * Agnes Israelson, first woman elected mayor in Thief River Falls, Minnesota

1973
 * Mary P. Anderson, first woman elected mayor in Kinney, Minnesota, from 1973-2002

1973
 * Ione Ellingson, first woman elected mayor in Menahga, 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

2013
 * Del Rae Williams, first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota

2018
 * Najwa Massad, first woman elected mayor of Mankato, Minnesota
 * Kim Norton, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, Minnesota

Mississippi
1950
 * Dorothy Painter Crawford, first woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Madison, 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

2017
 * Lynn Spruill, first woman elected mayor of Starkville, MS.

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

1930
 * Essie Ward, first woman elected mayor of King City, Missouri

1936


 * Edith Pearce, first woman elected mayor of Greentop, Missouri

1977


 * Lillian Herman, first woman mayor of Hannibal, Missouri

1982


 * Barbara Potts, first woman elected mayor of Independence, Missouri

1999


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

2017
 * Lyda Krewson first woman elected mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri

Montana
1932
 * June G. Olsen, first woman elected mayor of Ekalaka, Montana

1936
 * Ella M. Amdahl, first woman elected mayor of Hingham, Montana
 * Evalina Herd, first woman elected mayor of Kevin, Montana

1947
 * Juliet Gregory, first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana

1963
 * Marian Erdmann, first woman elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana

Nebraska
1921
 * Mary Peterson, first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska
 * Ella Jacobson, first woman elected mayor of Waterloo, Nebraska

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

Nevada
1954
 * Dorothy Porter, first woman elected mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada

1985
 * Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada

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

2007
 * Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire

2015
 * Caroline McCarley, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire

2017
 * Joyce Craig first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire

New Jersey
1925
 * Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in New Jersey; first mayor and founder of Estell Manor

1931
 * Clara E. Grauert, the 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert replaced her husband, who died in office as the mayor of Weehawken

1933
 * Doris W. Bradway, first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey

1943
 * Edith May Greenan, first woman mayor of Avalon, New Jersey

1950
 * Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey

1951
 * Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey

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
 * Patricia Q. Sheehan, first woman mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey

1972
 * Doris Mahalick, first woman elected mayor of Wallington and first in Bergen County

1973
 * Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey

1974
 * Eleanor Kieliszek, first woman elected Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey

1977
 * Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey

1978

Joanne L. Howell, first female mayor of Bernards Township, New Jersey. Started the town recycling program.

1980
 * Elizabeth G. Baumgartner, first women mayor of Madison, New Jersey

1988
 * Janet Whitman, first female mayor of Summit, New Jersey

2000
 * Gwendolyn Faison (1925 – 2021), first female mayor of Camden (2000 - 2010)

2002
 * Nancy Merse, first woman mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey

2008
 * Wilda Diaz, first woman elected Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey

2009
 * Dawn Zimmer, first woman elected mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey

2013
 * Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey

2014
 * Tana Raymond, first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey

2015
 * Christine Dansereau, first woman elected mayor of Roselle, New Jersey
 * Deirdre A. Dillon, first woman Mayor of Ramsey

2020
 * Dina Grilo, first woman elected Mayor of East Newark, New Jersey
 * LaDaena Thomas, first woman elected mayor of Penns Grove, and the first African-American woman to be elected in Salem County, New Jersey

New Mexico
1936
 * Mrs. W. P. Crater, first woman mayor of Des Moines, New Mexico

1982
 * Consuelo Salazar-Thompson, first woman mayor of Espanola, 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
 * Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office

1937
 * Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York
 * also the first woman mayor in New York

1945
 * Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York

1949
 * Edith P. Welty, first woman Mayor of Yonkers, New York

1955
 * Ragina Balas, first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York

1957
 * Lolita Cass, first mayor of Watkins Glen, New York
 * Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York
 * Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York

1973
 * Barbara Impellittiere, first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York

1974
 * Mimi Bryan, first woman elected mayor of Piermont, New York
 * Anne Kaplan, first woman mayor of Monticello, New York

1975
 * Ruth Blankman, first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York
 * Eleanor A. Simpson, first woman elected mayor in Old Westbury, New York
 * also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York

1977
 * Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York

1979
 * Virginia Smith, first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New York

1981
 * Juanita Crabb, first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York

1984
 * Karen Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York

1987
 * Laura Slate, first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York

1993
 * Shirley Seney, first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York

1995
 * Christine Korff, first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York

2001
 * Lauren Fortmiller, first woman elected mayor of Sag Harbor, New York
 * also the first lesbian mayor of Sag Harbor
 * Sandra Strader, first woman elected mayor of Tupper Lake, New York

2008
 * Patricia Sweetland, first woman mayor of Adams, New York

2009
 * Stephanie Miner, first women elected mayor of Syracuse, New York

2013
 * Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York
 * Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York
 * Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York
 * Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York

North Carolina
1922
 * Maude R. Satterthwaite, first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina

1923
 * Katherine Staton of New London, first Female mayor in North Carolina and first female elected to municipal government in NC.

1924
 * Katherine Mayo Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina

1925


 * Annie Koonce Jenkins, first woman mayor of Maysville, North Carolina

1928
 * Leah Arcouet Chiles, first woman mayor of Kenilworth until annexation into Asheville, North Carolina

1954 1975
 * Evelyn Kent, First Female Mayor of Granite Falls, North Carolina
 * Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina
 * Ruth West, first woman mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina

1977
 * Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina

1981
 * Deborah Ponder Baker, first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina

1985
 * Ella Bengel, first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina

1987
 * Sue Myrick, first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

1989
 * Martha S. Wood, first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1991
 * Mary Kanyha, first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina

1993
 * Carolyn Allen first woman elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina
 * Sylvia Kerckhoff, first woman elected Mayor of Durham, North Carolina

1995
 * Rosemary Waldorf, first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina

1999
 * Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina

2002
 * Jeanne Milliken Bonds, first woman elected mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina

2017
 * Marla Thompson first woman elected mayor of Long View, North Carolina

North Dakota
1946
 * Agnes Geelan, first woman elected Mayor of Enderlin, North Dakota

1982
 * Mona Marchus, first woman elected Mayor of Bottineau, North Dakota

Ohio
1921:
 * Amy A. Kaukonen, first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio
 * Dolly Spencer, first woman elected mayor in Milford, Ohio

1923
 * Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio who was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.

1954
 * Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio

1959
 * Anna Covault, first woman elected mayor in Fletcher, Ohio

1961
 * Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio

1966
 * Lucille Barbato Reed, first woman elected mayor in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She served as Mayor of Bedford Heights, Ohio for 15 years. Her administration was instrumental in developing the Reed Park Development, which is the site of the outdoor pool and picnic pavilion. The city saw the most rapid expansion under her administration, doubling the population. The present City Hall and the onset of the many programs that transpired from here resulted in a long term for Mayor Reed. Mayor Reed served until 1981 when she decided not to run again.

1969
 * Viola Phillips, first woman elected mayor in Loveland, 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.

1976
 * Marguerite Bowman, first woman elected Mayor of Elyria, Ohio

1977
 * Beryl E. Rothschild, first woman elected Mayor of University Heights, Ohio

1984
 * Donna Owens, first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio

1986
 * Lois Reed, first woman elected mayor of Malinta, Ohio

1996
 * Madeline Cain, first woman elected mayor of Lakewood, Ohio

2000
 * Marcia Fudge, first woman elected mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio

2001
 * Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio
 * Jane Leaver, first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio

2002
 * Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio

2003
 * Georgine Welo, first woman elected mayor of South Euclid, Ohio

2013
 * Miesha Headen, first woman elected mayor of Richmond Heights, Ohio, Ohio

2016
 * Annette M. Blackwell, first woman elected mayor of Maple Heights, Ohio

2017
 * Carrie Schlade first woman elected mayor of Bryan, Ohio

2019
 * Nicole Condrey first woman elected mayor of Middletown, Ohio

2021
 * Marie Gallo first woman elected mayor of Parma Heights, Ohio

Oklahoma
1931
 * Phenie Lou Ownby, first woman elected mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

1971
 * Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 * Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.

1973
 * Lelia Foley was elected the mayor of Taft, Oklahoma. She was the first African American woman to be elected mayor in the United States.

1992
 * M. Susan Savage, first woman elected mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oregon
1895
 * Alice E. Burns, first woman mayor of Florence, Oregon
 * Burns was also the first woman elected in the state of Oregon. Women were elected to all other town offices as well.

1912
 * Clara C. Munson, first woman mayor of Warrenton, Oregon
 * also the first woman elected mayor following the passage of the equal suffrage law in Oregon. 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.

1914
 * Clara Latourell Larsson, first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon

1917
 * Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon

1918
 * Blanch Shelley, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon

1920
 * Grace B. Lampshire, first woman elected mayor of Burns, Oregon
 * Bernice Pitts, first woman to execute the office of Mayor of Portland, Oregon
 * Pitts, a student at Richmond School, served as mayor in place of George Luis Baker for five minutes 191

1928

Letty Sankey, first woman elected mayor of Sweet Home, Oregon. She served for 1929 & 1930. Her husband W.S. Sankey took a leave of absence from his city council term during her tenure as mayor. "I refuse to take orders from the battle axe on the council, when she always bosses me around at home." Mr. Sankey said.

1932
 * Edna Allen, first woman mayor of Jefferson, Oregon

1949
 * Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon

1955
 * Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon
 * She resigned in 1956 after purchasing a business in The Dalles, Oregon.

1981
 * Joy Burgess, first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon
 * Ruth Burleigh, first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon

1983
 * Sue Miller, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon

1985
 * Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon

1989

Carol Heinkel, first woman elected mayor of Coburg, Oregon

1993
 * Ruth Bascom, first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon

2000
 * Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon

2017
 * Carol Westfall, first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon

2020
 * Lacey Beaty, first woman and youngest mayor of Beaverton, Oregon

Pennsylvania
1959
 * Jennie Black, first woman elected Mayor of Smithfield, Pennsylvania and first woman mayor elected in Pennsylvania.

1977
 * Betty Marshall, first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania

1989
 * Janice Stork, first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1993
 * Anne Jones, first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania

2009
 * Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania
 * Linda Thompson, first women elected mayor of and first African-American mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

2022
 * Rita Frealing, first women elected mayor and first African-American mayor of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

2023
 * Cherelle Parker, first women elected mayor and first African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island
1992
 * Kathryn O'Hare, first woman elected mayor of West Warwick, Rhode Island

1995
 * Susan Menard, first woman elected mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island

2008
 * Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island

2020
 * María Rivera, first woman mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island

South Carolina
1925


 * Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson, first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina and first woman mayor in the state.

1952
 * Martha Priscilla Shaw, first woman elected Mayor of Sumter, 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
 * Pam Lee, first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina

2023
 * Hazel Livingston, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, South Carolina

South Dakota
1922
 * Hattie Pickles, first woman elected mayor in South Dakota, in Clark, South Dakota

1950
 * Kate Soldat, first woman elected mayor of Sturgis, South Dakota

Tennessee
1940
 * Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle, first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee

1961
 * May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee

1976
 * Joan Webb, first woman chosen as mayor of Townsend, Tennessee

1997
 * Margaret Feierabend, first woman chosen as  mayor of Bristol, Tennessee

2011
 * Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee

2015
 * Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee

Texas
1917
 * Ophelia “Birdie” Crosby Harwood, mayor of Marble Falls, Texas
 * also the first woman mayor in Texas, elected by an all-male vote three years before women were allowed to vote.

1920


 * Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas,

1937
 * Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson, first woman mayor of Kyle, Texas

1975
 * Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas

1976
 * Adlene Harrison, first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas

1977
 * Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman elected mayor of Austin, Texas

1982
 * Kathryn J. Whitmire, first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas

1985
 * Ann Pomykal, first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas

1986
 * LaNelle McNamara, first woman elected mayor of Waco, Texas

1987
 * Annette Strauss, first woman elected mayor of Dallas, Texas
 * Betty Turner, first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas

1989
 * Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas

1990


 * Evelyn Lord, first woman mayor of Beaumont, Texas

1991
 * Kay Granger, first female mayor of Fort Worth, Texas

1998
 * Betty Flores, first woman mayor of Laredo, Texas

1999
 * Blanca Vela, first woman elected mayor of Brownsville, Texas

2005
 * Debra McCartt, first woman mayor of Amarillo, Texas

2014
 * Celeste Sanchez, first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas

2015
 * Laura Hill, first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas

Utah
1912
 * Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah

1919
 * Stena Scorup, first woman mayor of Salina, Utah

1945
 * Mabel Nielsen, first woman elected mayor of Panguitch, Utah

1982
 * Sue Marie Young, first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah

1991
 * Cosetta Castagno, first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah
 * Joyce Johnson, first woman mayor of Orem, Utah

1992
 * Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
 * Stella Welsh, first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah

1998
 * JoAnn Seghini, first woman elected mayor of Midvale, Utah

2009
 * Melissa Johnson, first woman elected mayor of West Jordan, Utah
 * Mia Love, first woman elected mayor Saratoga Springs, Utah and first black woman mayor in Utah

2013
 * Maile Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah

2018
 * Michelle Kaufusi, first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah

2022
 * Karen Lang, first woman elected mayor of West Valley City, Utah
 * Monica Zoltanski, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Utah

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.

2019
 * Kristine Lott, first woman elected mayor of Winooski, Vermont

2024
 * Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, first woman elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont

Virginia
1930
 * Callie Wright, first female elected mayor of Troutdale, Virginia

1948 1950
 * Minnie Miller, first woman elected mayor of Clintwood, Virginia
 * Dorothy Davis, first woman elected mayor of Washington, Virginia

1962
 * Eleanor P. Sheppard, first woman elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia

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, Virginia

1988
 * Meyera E. Oberndorf, first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia

1991
 * Patsy Ticer, first woman elected mayor of Alexandria, Virginia

2008
 * Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia
 * 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
1919
 * Helen B. Coe, first woman elected mayor of Langley, Washington

1924
 * Alice U. Kerr, first woman elected mayor of Edmonds, Washington

1926
 * Bertha Knight Landes, first woman Mayor of Seattle, Washington and first woman mayor of a major American city

1932
 * Stella Alexander, first woman mayor of Issaquah, Washington

1953
 * Amanda Benek Smith, first woman mayor of Olympia, Washington

1975
 * Betty Edmondson, first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington

1977
 * Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett, Washington

1986
 * Vicki McNeill, first woman to serve as mayor of Spokane, Washington

2010
 * Marilyn Strickland, first woman to serve as mayor of Tacoma, Washington

2012
 * Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington

2017
 * Anne McEnerny-Ogle first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington
 * Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington

West Virginia
1937
 * Stella Eddy, first woman mayor of Friendly, West Virginia

Wisconsin
1923
 * Lulu P. Shaw, first woman mayor of the City of Crandon, Wisconsin.

1934
 * Mary Spellman, first woman mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Wyoming
1912
 * Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming
 * Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming

1920
 * Grace Miller, first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming

1922
 * Ethel Stoner, first woman elected mayor of Cokeville, Wyoming

1938
 * Nettie Terrill, first woman elected mayor of Dixon, Wyoming

1957
 * Josephine Fey, first woman mayor in Laramie, Wyoming

1965
 * Maxine Patterson, first woman elected mayor of Edgerton, Wyoming

2008
 * Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming

2014
 * Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming

2016
 * Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming

Guam
2001
 * Concepcion Duenas, first woman elected mayor of Tamuning, Guam

District of Columbia
1990
 * Sharon Pratt Kelly, first woman elected Mayor of the District of Columbia

Northern Mariana Islands
2014
 * Marian Tudela, first woman mayor of Saipan

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