List of mayors of Berkeley, California

This is a list of mayors of Berkeley, California. The list includes people serving in the equivalent position of president, in the city's early history.


 * Presidents, Town Board of Trustees (1878–1909)
 * Abel Whitton (Workingman's Party) 1878–1881
 * A. McKinstry 1881–1883
 * W.C. Wright (Republican) 1883–1885
 * J.B. Henley 1885–1887
 * Henry L. Whitney 1887–1889
 * Samuel Heywood / Joseph L. Scotchler (Republican) 1889–1891
 * Reuben Rickard (Republican) 1891–1893
 * Byron E. Underwood / Martin J. Acton / Charles S. Preble 1893–1895
 * Reuben Rickard (Republican) 1895
 * John W. Richards 1895–1899
 * William H. Marston 1899–1903
 * Thomas Rickard (Republican) 1903–1909
 * Mayors
 * Beverly L. Hodghead (Democrat) 1909–1911
 * J. Stitt Wilson (Socialist) 1911–1913
 * Charles D. Heywood (Republican) 1913–1915
 * Samuel C. Irving (Democrat) 1915–1919
 * Louis Bartlett (Republican) 1919–1923
 * Frank D. Stringham (Republican) 1923–1927
 * Michael B. Driver (Republican) 1927–1930
 * Thomas E. Caldecott (Republican) 1930–1932
 * Edward N. Ament (Republican) 1932–1939
 * Frank S. Gaines (Republican) 1939–1943
 * Fitch Robertson (Republican) 1943–1946
 * Carrie L. Hoyt (Republican) 1947 (January–April)
 * Laurance L. Cross (Democrat) 1947–1955
 * Claude B. Hutchison (Republican) 1955–1963
 * Wallace Johnson (Republican) 1963–1971
 * Warren Widener (Democrat) 1971–1979, first African-American mayor
 * Gus Newport, (Berkeley Citizens Action) 1979–1986
 * Loni Hancock, (Berkeley Citizens Action) 1986–1994
 * Jeffrey Shattuck Leiter, 1994 (March–December)
 * Shirley Dean, (Berkeley Democrat Club) 1994–2002
 * Tom Bates, 2002–2016
 * Jesse Arreguín, 2016–