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|incumbent=[[Mike Johnston (Colorado politician)|Mike Johnston]]
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|termlength=Four years, renewable twice
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This is a list of [[Mayor|mayors]] of [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], the capital and most populous city of the [[United States|U.S.]] [[Colorado|state of Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Office of the Mayor |url=https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/mayors-office/about-the-office-of-the-mayor/history-of-the-office.html |website=City and County of Denver |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref> Mayors of Denver can now serve three four-year terms.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westword.com/news/denver-term-limit-mayor-colorado-voters-15109617 | title=Term Limits? Why Denver's Mayor and Councilmembers Can Serve Twelve Years }}</ref>

== List ==
{|class="wikitable"
!# !! Image !! Mayor !!Term
|-
|1||[[File:John C. Moore - 1860.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|John C.|Moore|John C. Moore (Denver mayor)}}||1859–1861
|-
|2||[[File:Charles Cook.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Charles A.|Cook}}||1861–1863
|-
|3||[[File:Amos Steck.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Amos|Steck}}||1863–1864
|-
|4||[[File:Hiram J. Brendlinger.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Hiram J.|Brendlinger}}||1864–1865
|-
|5||[[File:George T. Clark.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|George T.|Clark}}||1865–1866
|-
|6||[[File:Milton DeLano.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Milton|DeLano}}||1866–1868
|-
|7||[[File:William M. Clayton.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|William M.|Clayton}}||1868–1869
|-
|8||[[File:Baxter B. Stiles.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Baxter B.|Stiles}}||1869–1871 <ref>{{citation |title=Colorado state business directory and annual register |year= 1878 |location=Denver, Colo. |publisher=J.A. Blake |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_qww_AQAAMAAJ |via=[[Internet Archive]] }}</ref>
|-
|9||[[File:John Harper (mayor).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|John|Harper|John Harper (mayor)}}||1871–1872
|-
|10||[[File:Joseph E Bates.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Joseph E.|Bates}}||1872–1873
|-
|11||[[File:Francis M Case.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Francis M.|Case}}||1873–1874
|-
|12||[[File:William J Barker (mayor).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|William J.|Barker|William J. Barker (Denver mayor)}}||1874–1876
|-
|13||[[File:Richard G Buckingham.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|R. G.|Buckingham}}||1876–1877
|-
|14||[[File:Baxter B. Stiles.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Baxter B.|Stiles}}||1877–1878
|-
|15||[[File:Richard Sopris.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Richard|Sopris}}||1878–1881
|-
|16||[[File:Robert Morris (Denver mayor).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Robert|Morris|Robert Morris (Denver mayor)}}||1881–1883
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|17||[[File:John Long Routt.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|John Long|Routt}}||1883–1885
|-
|18||[[File:Joseph E Bates.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Joseph E.|Bates}}||1885–1887
|-
|19||[[File:William Scott Lee.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|William Scott|Lee}}||1887–1889
|-
|20||[[File:Wolfe Londoner.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Wolfe|Londoner}}||1889–1891
|-
|21||[[File:Platt Rogers.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Platt|Rogers}}||1891–1893
|-
|22||[[File:M D Van Horn.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|M. D.|Van Horn}}||1893–1895
|-
|23||[[File:Thomas S McMurry.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Thomas S.|McMurray}}||1895–1899
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|24||[[File:Henry V Johnson.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Henry V.|Johnson}}||1899–1901
|-
|25||[[File:Robert R Wright.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Robert R.|Wright}}||1901–1904
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|26||[[File:Speer robert.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Robert W.|Speer}}||1904–1912
|-
|27||[[File:Henry J Arnold.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Henry J.|Arnold}}||1912–1913
|-
|28||[[File:J M Perkins.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|J. M.|Perkins}}||1913–1915
|-
|29||[[File:William H Sharpley.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|William H.|Sharpley}}||1915–1916
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|30||[[File:Speer robert.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Robert W.|Speer}}||1916–1918
|-
|31||[[File:William Fitz Randolph Mills.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|William Fitz Randolph|Mills}}||1918–1919
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|32||[[File:Mayor Dewey C Bailey.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Dewey C.|Bailey}}||1919–1923
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|33||[[File:Benjamin Stapleton.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Benjamin F.|Stapleton}}||1923–1931
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|34||[[File:George Davis Begole.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|George D.|Begole}}||1931–1935
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|35||[[File:Benjamin Stapleton.jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Benjamin F.|Stapleton}}||1935–1947
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|36||[[File:No image.svg|75px]]|| {{sortname|J. Quigg|Newton}}||1947–1955
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|37||[[File:No image.svg|75px]] || {{sortname|Will|Nicholson}}||1955–1959
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|38||[[File:No image.svg|75px]] || {{sortname|Richard|Batterton}}||1959–1963
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|39||[[File:No image.svg|75px]] || {{sortname|Tom|Currigan}}||1963–1968
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|40||[[File:William McNichols cropped.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|William H.|McNichols Jr.}}||December 31, 1968–July 2, 1983
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|41||[[File:Federico pena.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Federico|Peña|Federico Peña|Pena, Federico}}||July 2, 1983–July 15, 1991
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|42||[[File:Wellington E. Webb 1999.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Wellington|Webb}}||July 15, 1991–July 21, 2003
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|43||[[File:John Hickenlooper 207-DP-8725-DSC 1623 (cropped).jpg |75px]] || {{sortname|John|Hickenlooper}}||July 21, 2003–January 12, 2011
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|44||[[File:Bill Vidal (cropped).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Bill|Vidal}}||January 12, 2011-July 18, 2011
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|45||[[File:Denver Mayor Michael Hancock - 2012-08-15 (portrait crop) (1).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Michael|Hancock|Michael Hancock (Colorado politician)}}||July 18, 2011–July 17, 2023
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|46||[[File:Michael Johnston (closer crop).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Mike|Johnston|Mike Johnston (Colorado politician)}}||July 17, 2023–present
|}

==See also==
{{portal|Geography|History|United States|Colorado}}
*[[List of municipalities in Colorado]]
*[[Bibliography of Colorado]]
*[[Geography of Colorado]]
*[[History of Colorado]]
*[[Index of Colorado-related articles]]
*[[List of Colorado-related lists]]
*[[Outline of Colorado]]
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==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{sister project links|Denver|auto=yes}}
*[https://www.denvergov.org/ City and County of Denver]
**[https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Elected-Officials/Mayor Mayor of Denver]

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