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| post = Mayor
| body = the<br/>City of [[Baltimore, MD|Baltimore]]
| flag = Flag of Baltimore, Maryland.svg
| flagcaption = [[Flag of Baltimore]]
| flagborder = yes
| insignia =
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = [[Seal of Baltimore]]
| imagesize = 165px
| image = Brandon Scott Oct23 (53269715478).jpg
| incumbent = [[Brandon Scott]]
| incumbentsince = December 8, 2020
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| acting = 
| residence = Private residence
| termlength = Four years
| formation = 1797
| inaugural = [[James Calhoun (mayor of Baltimore)|James Calhoun]]<br/>1794
| website = {{Official website|https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/}}
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The '''mayor of Baltimore''' is the head of the executive branch of the government of the City of [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]. The Mayor has the duty to enforce city laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills, ordinances, or resolutions passed by the [[unicameral]] [[Baltimore City Council]]. In addition, the Mayor oversees all city services, public property, [[Baltimore Police Department|police]] and [[Baltimore City Fire Department|fire protection]], most public agencies, and  shares with the [[Governor of Maryland]], responsibilities for the [[Baltimore City Public Schools|public school system]] within the city limits. As of December 8, 2020, the '''Office of the Mayor of the City of Baltimore''' has changed hands 62 times with 53 different individuals in assuming office in the 223 years of city government, 1797–2020. The Office of the Mayor is located in the historic [[Baltimore City Hall]] located at 100 Holliday Street in [[downtown Baltimore]].

==History==
James Calhoun was first elected in 1794 under the old Baltimore Town government with a group of town commissioners, and continued as the first mayor under the [[Baltimore#18th and 19th centuries|new City Charter]] in 1796–97, when the city was incorporated as the "City of Baltimore" under the authority of the [[Maryland General Assembly]], which had originally authorized the port in 1706 and the creation of a town in 1729 and its laying out in early 1730. Calhoun continued to serve for another seven years until 1804.

Baltimore had been the [[county seat]] of surrounding [[Baltimore County]], which had been "erected" (authorized) in 1659 as the fifth county designated in the [[Province of Maryland]] and first county in northern Maryland, since finagling a scheme to move the courthouse from old [[Joppatowne, Maryland|Joppa]] in 1767. The city was separated from the adjacent County by the provisions of the new second [[Maryland Constitution of 1851]] and became an [[Independent city (United States)|independent city]] with the same status as the other 22 (later 23) counties of Maryland. Then the seat for Baltimore County was moved after a referendum to [[Towson, Maryland|Towsontown]] (later Towson), a few miles north of Baltimore, with the building there in 1854 of its first [[Baltimore County Circuit Courthouse|courthouse]] structure.

Six individuals are credited with multiple, non-consecutive returns to the office after completing an initial term, and are counted as separate mayoralties.  These are:
[[Edward Johnson (mayor)|Edward Johnson]] (twice), [[John Montgomery (Maryland politician)|John Montgomery]], [[Ferdinand C. Latrobe]] (elected four times), [[Howard W. Jackson]], [[William F. Broening]], and [[Theodore R. McKeldin]].

The mayor was originally elected to a term of two years under the original City Charter of 1796–1797. In 1920, the charter was amended so the mayor serves a term of four years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baltimore City Charter |website=legislativereference.baltimorecity.gov |url=https://legislativereference.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/01%20-%20Charter_0.pdf |publisher=City of Baltimore |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> There are no limits on the number of terms a mayor may serve.

For years, the mayor was elected in the year immediately preceding the presidential election. However, in 2012, [[Baltimore mayoral election, 2016|the 2015 election]] was postponed to 2016 in order to better align with national elections. As a result, incumbent [[Stephanie Rawlings-Blake]] had her term extended an additional year. An earlier attempt to move the mayoral election to the same year as presidential elections was made in 1999, but went awry when the General Assembly refused to move the primary election. As a result, then-incumbent [[Martin O'Malley]] was nominated for a second term in [[2003-04 Baltimore mayoral election|2003]], then had to wait over a year to run in and win the general election.<ref name=electionmove>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-xpm-2012-04-02-bs-md-ci-election-move-20120402-story.html|title=Next Baltimore election delayed for 1 year|author1=Annie Linskey|author2=Julie Scharper|publisher=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=April 2, 2012}}</ref>

Baltimore has experienced major turnover in the mayor's office in recent years, in large part due to corruption scandals. In September 2015, incumbent mayor [[Stephanie Rawlings-Blake]] announced she would not seek re-election, setting up a hotly-contested primary election in the heavily Democratic city in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stolberg|first=Sheryl Gay|date=2015-09-11|title=Baltimore’s Mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Won’t Seek Re-election (Published 2015)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/12/us/baltimores-mayor-stephanie-rawlings-blake-wont-seek-re-election.html|access-date=2020-12-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Maryland Senate|Maryland State Senator]] [[Catherine Pugh]] defeated former mayor [[Sheila Dixon|Shelia Dixon]], who resigned from office in 2010 after pleading guilty to misappropriating holiday gift cards intended to serve poor Baltimore residents. Pugh easily defeated [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Alan Walden and [[Maryland Green Party|Green Party]] candidate Joshua Harris to become the 50th Mayor of Baltimore, and was sworn in on December 6, 2016. Pugh resigned on May 2, 2019, amid a scandal in which Pugh was accused of, and eventually pled guilty to charges of fraud, conspiracy, and tax evasion regarding a scheme to sell copies of a self-published children's book series, known as Healthy Holly, to the [[University of Maryland Medical System]] without competition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-Baltimore Mayor Gets 3 Years In Prison For 'Healthy Holly' Children's Book Scheme|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/27/809929622/ex-baltimore-mayor-to-be-sentenced-for-healthy-holly-children-s-book-scheme|access-date=2020-12-09|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> Upon Pugh's resignation, then-City Council President [[Jack Young (politician)|Jack Young]] took over as Mayor. In the 2020 Democratic primary, Young went up against Dixon, his successor as City Council President [[Brandon Scott]], former [[T. Rowe Price]] executive and Obama administration Treasury Department official [[Mary J. Miller|Mary Miller]], former federal prosecutor and deputy Attorney General of Maryland [[Thiruvendran Vignarajah]]. Scott narrowly edged out Dixon, with Young finishing a distant fifth. Brandon Scott was elected with more than 70% of the vote in the November general election, and was sworn in as the city's 52nd Mayor on December 8, 2020.

Some well-known political and historical figures to have held the office of Mayor of Baltimore include:

* [[Samuel Smith (Maryland politician)|Samuel Smith]], [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier and [[War of 1812]] commander, twice elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate|Senate]] respectively, twice served as [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President Pro Tempore of the Senate]], served as Mayor from 1835 until 1838.
* [[Thomas Swann]], member of the [[Know Nothing|American Party]], better known as the "Know-Nothings," served as Mayor from 1856 until 1860, was elected as the 33rd [[Governor of Maryland]] in 1866, and subsequently served in the House of Representatives for ten years until 1879.
* [[William Pinkney Whyte]], served as mayor from 1881 until 1883, served three non-consecutive terms as United States Senator, was elected the 35th Governor of Maryland in 1872, and as [[Attorney General of Maryland]] in 1887.
* [[Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.|Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.]], served three terms as Mayor from 1947 until 1959, best known outside of Baltimore as the father to future [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] [[Nancy Pelosi]], son [[Thomas D'Alesandro III]] also served as Mayor for one term from 1967 until 1971.
* [[William Donald Schaefer]], served four terms as Mayor, the most of anyone to hold the office, from 1971 until 1987, when he became the 58th Governor of Maryland. Schaefer would also serve as [[Comptroller of Maryland]] later in life from 1999 until 2007.
* [[Kurt Schmoke]], served three terms as Mayor from 1987 until 1999, was the first African-American to be elected Mayor of Baltimore.
* [[Martin O'Malley]], served two terms as Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 until 2007, when he became the 61st Governor of Maryland, was a candidate for the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2016]], dropped out of contest in the winter of 2016 after failing to secure a strong finish in the Iowa caucuses.

==List==
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! Mayor
! Term start
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! Terms 
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! style="border-left-style:hidden; padding:0.1em 0;"|Party
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|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|1}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = James Calhoun (Baltimore Mayor).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}
| [[James Calhoun (politician, born 1743)|James Calhoun]] 
| 1797
| 1804
| align=center| 5
| 
| None
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|2}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Thorowgood Smith (Baltimore Mayor).jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Thorowgood Smith]] 
| 1804
| 1808
| align=center| 2
| 
| None
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|3}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Edward Johnson Mayor of Baltimore by Rembrandt Peale.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}
| [[Edward Johnson (mayor)|Edward Johnson]] 
| 1808
| 1816
| align=center| 4
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}| 
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|4}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[George Stiles (politician)|George Stiles]]
| 1816
| 1819
| align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}| 
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
| Resigned during second term, died shortly after.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(3)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Edward Johnson Mayor of Baltimore by Rembrandt Peale.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Edward Johnson (mayor)|Edward Johnson]] 
| 1819
| 1820
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}| 
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|Elected by the 1818 electors to finish out Mayor Stiles' term.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|5}}
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| [[John Montgomery (Maryland politician)|John Montgomery]] 
| 1820
| 1822
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}| 
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(3)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Edward Johnson Mayor of Baltimore by Rembrandt Peale.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Edward Johnson (mayor)|Edward Johnson]] 
| 1822
| 1824
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}| 
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(5)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[John Montgomery (Maryland politician)|John Montgomery]] 
| 1824
| 1826
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}| 
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|6}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Jacob Small]] 
| 1826
| 1831
| align=center| 2 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}| 
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|Resigned from office.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|7}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =WilliamSteuartMayorBaltimore.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[William Steuart (Mayor of Baltimore)|William Steuart]] 
| 1831
| 1832
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}| 
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|Elected by the 1830 electors to finish out Mayor Small's term.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|8}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Portrait of Jesse Hunt (RP-F-2001-7-926-27).jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Jesse Hunt]] 
| 1832
| 1835
| align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|Resigned from office.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|9}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =General Samuel Smith Rembrandt Peale.jpeg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Samuel Smith (Maryland politician)|Samuel Smith]] 
| 1835
| 1838
| align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|First elected in a special election to finish out Mayor Hunt's term, elected to a full term in 1836.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|10}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Gen. Sheppard C. Leakin (cropped).png |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Sheppard C. Leakin]] 
| 1838
| 1840
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|11}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Samuel Brady (Maryland politician)|Samuel Brady]]
| 1840
| 1842
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|Resigned from office.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|12}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Solomon Hillen, Jr (cropped) (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Solomon Hillen Jr.]] 
| 1842
| 1843
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|First elected in a special election to finish out Mayor Brady's term, elected to a full term in 1842. Resigned from office.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|13}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[James O. Law]] 
| 1843
| 1844
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Elected in a special election to finish out Mayor Hillen's term.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|14}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Jacob G. Davies]] 
| 1844
| 1848
| align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|15}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Portrait of Elijah Stansbury Jr (cropped).png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Elijah Stansbury Jr.]] 
| 1848
| 1850
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|16}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[John Hanson Thomas Jerome|John H.T. Jerome]] 
| 1850
| 1852
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|17}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =JohnSmithHollins.jpeg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[John Smith Hollins|John S. Hollins]] 
| 1852
| 1854
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|18}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = SamuelHinks.jpeg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Samuel Hinks]] 
| 1854
| 1856
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Know Nothing}}| 
| [[Know Nothing|American]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|19}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Thomas Swann of Maryland - photo portrait seated.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Thomas Swann]] 
| 1856
| 1860
| align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Know Nothing}}| 
| [[Know Nothing|American]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|20}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Gabrielle D. Clements, Hon. George William Brown, 1901, City of Baltimore Circuit Court.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[George William Brown (mayor)|George W. Brown]] 
| 1860
| 1861
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Union Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Constitutional Union Party (United States)|Constitutional Union]]
|Arrested and removed from office by the Union Army for Confederate sympathies.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|21}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[John C. Blackburn]] 
| 1861
| 1861
| align=center| Partial
| style="background:grey;"| 
| None 
|President of the First Branch of the City Council and served as Mayor ''Ex Officio'' from Mayor Brown's arrest until October 1861.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|22}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Charles Joseph Baker (1821–1894).png |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 20|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Charles J. Baker]]
| 1861
| 1862
| align=center| Partial
| style="background:grey;"|
| None
| Served as Mayor ''Ex Officio'' from October 1861 to January 1862, when Chapman was elected until the new First Branch organized and elected a President in January 1862. He was not recognized as an acting mayor until 1989.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107251478/archivist-clears-space-for-one-of/ |title=Archivist clears space for one of city's forgotten fathers |date=1989-01-03 |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2022-09-04}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000unse_r8s1 |title=Biographical dictionary of American mayors, 1820-1980 |year=1981 |pages=13 |access-date=2022-09-04}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|23}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[John L. Chapman]] 
| 1862
| 1867
| align=center| 3 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|President of the First Branch of the City Council and served as Mayor ''Ex Officio'' from January to November 1862. Elected to three terms. His final term was reduced from two years to one year per the new Maryland Constitution.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|24}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Robert T. Banks]] 
| 1867
| 1871
| align=center| 1 
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| Democratic
|The Maryland Constitution of 1867 extended the term of office from two to four years. The term was reduced back to two years in 1870.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|25}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Joshua Van Sant (Baltimore mayor).jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Joshua Van Sant]] 
| 1871
| 1875
| align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|26}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Ferdinand C. Latrobe]] 
| 1875
| 1877
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|27}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = George Proctor Kane.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[George Proctor Kane|George P. Kane]] 
| 1877
| 1878
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Died in office.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(26)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Ferdinand C. Latrobe]] 
| 1878
| 1881
| align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|First elected in a special election to finish out Mayor Kane's term, elected to a full term in 1879.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|28}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =William Pinkney Whyte 1865-1880 Maryland politician.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[William P. Whyte]] 
| 1881
| 1883
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(26)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Ferdinand C. Latrobe]] 
| 1883
| 1885
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|29}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Sketch of Ex Mayor Hodges (cropped).png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[James Hodges (Baltimore Mayor)|James Hodges]] 
| 1885
| 1887
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(26)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Ferdinand C. Latrobe]] 
| 1887
| 1889
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|30}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Robert C. Davidson]] 
| 1889
| 1891
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(26)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Ferdinand C. Latrobe]] 
| 1891
| 1895
| align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|31}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Mr. Alcaeus Hooper (1903) (cropped).png |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Alcaeus Hooper]] 
| 1895
| 1897
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|32}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =WilliamT_Malster.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[William T. Malster]] 
| 1897
| 1899
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|33}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Thomas Gordon Hayes.png |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Thomas Gordon Hayes|Thomas G. Hayes]] 
| 1899
| 1903
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|34}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Robert McLane Mayor of Baltimore Maryland.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Robert McLane]] 
| 1903
| 1904
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Died in office.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|35}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =E. Clay Timanus.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[E. Clay Timanus]] 
| 1904
| 1907
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|President of the Second Branch. Succeeded to the mayoralty following Mayor McLane's death.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|36}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =John Barry Mahool (1870–1935).png |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[J. Barry Mahool]] 
| 1907
| 1911
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Lost reelection.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|37}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =James H. Preston.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[James H. Preston]] 
| 1911
| 1919
| align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Lost reelection.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|38}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Wm. F. Browning (i.e. Broening) LCCN2014708999.tif |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[William Frederick Broening|William F. Broening]] 
| 1919
| 1923
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Lost reelection.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|39}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Howard W. Jackson]] 
| 1923
| 1927
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Did not run for reelection.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(38)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Wm. F. Browning (i.e. Broening) LCCN2014708999.tif|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[William Frederick Broening|William F. Broening]] 
| 1927
| 1931
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Did not run for reelection.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(39)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Howard W. Jackson]] 
| 1931
| 1943
| align=center| 3
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Lost reelection in 1943.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|40}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =  MarylandGovnr (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Theodore McKeldin]] 
| 1943
| 1947
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Did not run for reelection.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|41}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.]]
| 1947
| 1959
| align=center| 3
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Lost reelection in 1959.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|42}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[J. Harold Grady]]  
| 1959
| 1962
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Resigned following appointment as a Judge to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City (Circuit Court).
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|43}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Philip H. Goodman]] 
| 1962
| 1963
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|City Council President. Succeeded to the mayoralty following Grady's resignation. Lost reelection to a full term.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|(40)}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = MarylandGovnr (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Theodore McKeldin]]
| 1963
| 1967
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Did not run for reelection.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|44}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =1d'alesandro.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro III|Thomas D'Alesandro III]]
| 1967
| 1971
| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Did not run for reelection.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|45}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = William Donald Schaefer.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[William D. Schaefer]]  
| 1971
| 1987
| align=center| 4
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Baltimore's longest-serving mayor. Resigned following his election as governor.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|46}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Clarence Burns former mayor of Baltimore ...no wiki pic (48591893316).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Clarence H. Burns]]
| 1987
| 1987
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|City Council President. First African-American mayor of Baltimore. Succeeded to the mayoralty following Schaefer's resignation. Lost reelection to a full term. 
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|47}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Schmoke.JPG|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Kurt Schmoke]]  
| 1987
| 1999
| align=center| 3
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|First African-American elected Mayor of Baltimore. Did not run for reelection in 1999. 
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|48}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Martin O'Malley.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Martin O'Malley]]
| 1999
| 2007
| align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Resigned following his election as governor.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|49}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Sheliadixon07 (1).jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}
| [[Sheila Dixon]] 
| 2007
| 2010
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|City Council President. First female Mayor of Baltimore and first female elected Mayor of Baltimore. Succeeded to the mayoralty following O'Malley's resignation. Elected to a full term in 2007. Resigned from office in January 2010.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|50}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Stephanie Rawlings-Blake1 (1).jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}}  
| [[Stephanie Rawlings-Blake]] 
| 2010
| 2016
| align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|City Council President. Succeeded to the mayoralty following Dixon's resignation. Elected to a full term in 2011. Did not run for reelection in 2016.
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|51}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image = Baltimore Mayor Pugh (1).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Catherine Pugh]]
| 2016
| 2019
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|Resigned from office May 2, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Tyler |last=Waldman |url=https://www.wbal.com/article/385832/40/mayor-pugh-resigns-amid-cloud-of-scandal-investigations-into-business-dealings |title=Mayor Pugh Resigns Amid Cloud Of Scandal, Investigations Into Business Dealings |work=[[WBAL (AM)]] |date=May 2, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|52}} 
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Jack Young (349349237).jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Jack Young (politician)|Jack Young]]
| 2019
| 2020 
| align=center| Partial
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|City Council President. Succeeded to the mayoralty following Pugh's resignation. 
|-
| align=center|{{sort|01|53}}
|{{Css Image Crop|Image =Brandon Scott Oct23 (53269715478).jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} 
| [[Brandon Scott]] 
| 2020
| ''Incumbent'' 
| align=center| 
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| 
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| Inaugurated on December 8, 2020
|}

==See also==
* '''''<small>{{portal-inline|Baltimore}}</small>'''''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/bcmayors.html List of Mayors of Baltimore from the Maryland Archives]

{{BaltimoreMayors}}
{{Baltimore}}

[[Category:Lists of mayors of places in Maryland|Baltimore]]
[[Category:Mayors of Baltimore| ]]
[[Category:Baltimore-related lists|Mayors]]