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{{Infobox Political post
| post = Mayor
| body = Portland, Maine
| insignia = 
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = City of Portland Seal
| image = 
| incumbent = [[Mark Dion (politician)|Mark Dion]]
| incumbentsince = December 4, 2023
| style = 
| residence = 
| appointer = 
| termlength = 4 years
| formation = 1832
| succession = 
| inaugural = [[Andrew L. Emerson]]
| salary = $65,400 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Portland's mayor will earn $65,400|date=July 19, 2011 |url=http://www.pressherald.com/2011/07/19/city-mayor-will-earn-_65400_2011-07-19/|publisher=Portland Press Herald|access-date=26 March 2015}}</ref>
| website = [http://www.portlandmaine.gov/338/Mayors-Office]
}}
The '''mayor of Portland, Maine''' is the official head of the city of [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], [[Maine]], [[United States]], as stipulated in the Charter of the City of Portland.<ref name=citycode>{{cite web|title=City Charter of Portland, Maine|url=http://www.portlandmaine.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/1102|publisher=City of Portland|access-date=26 March 2015}}</ref> This article is a listing of past (and present) mayors of Portland.

==History of the office==
Before 1923, the city's leader was known as the mayor. From 1923 to 1969, the position was named "Chairman of the City Council."<ref name="obit">{{cite news|url=http://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?pid=169918641|title=Donald R. Slipp Obituary: View Donald Slipp's Obituary by Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram|access-date=26 July 2014}}</ref> In 1969, the "Mayor" title was reinstated, but the office continued to be held by the leader of the city council, chosen by a vote of its members.

In [[2011 Portland, Maine mayoral election|2011]], the city returned to the practice of popularly electing a mayor for the first time since 1923. Subsequent elections were held in [[2015 Portland, Maine mayoral election|2015]], [[2019 Portland, Maine mayoral election|2019]] and [[2023 Portland, Maine mayoral election|2023]].

==List of mayors==
This is a list of '''[[mayor]]s of [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], [[Maine]]'''. This information is obtained from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20081228042601/http://www.portlandmaine.gov/citycou.htm website] of the [[Portland, Maine City Council|city council]].

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Mayor !! Party !! Term !! Notes
|-
|1||[[Andrew L. Emerson]]|| ||1832|| 
|-
|2||Jonathan Dow || || 1832 || 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|3|| [[John Anderson (Maine politician)|John Anderson]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1833 ||
|-
|4|| [[Levi Cutter]] || || 1834–1840 || 
|-
|5|| James C. Churchill || || 1841 || 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|6|| [[John Anderson (Maine politician)|John Anderson]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1842 ||
|-{{Party shading/Whig}}
|7|| Eliphalet Greeley || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] || 1843–1848 ||
|-{{Party shading/Whig}}
|8|| James B. Cahoon || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] || 1849–1850 ||
|-{{Party shading/Whig}}
|9|| [[Neal Dow]] || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] || 1851–1852 ||came up with the [[Maine law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|10|| [[Albion K. Parris]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1852–1853 ||Preiviously Senator and Governor of Maine
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|11|| James B. Calhoon || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1853–1854 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|12|| [[Neal Dow]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1855–1856 ||later served in the Maine House
|-
|13|| James T. McCobb || || 1856 || 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|14|| [[William Willis (Maine politician)|William Willis]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]|| 1857 || Previously served in the [[Maine Senate]].
|-
|15|| Jedediah Jewett || || 1858–1859 || 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|16|| [[Joseph Howard (judge)|Joseph Howard]] || || 1860 || Previously a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 1848 to 1855 and future Democratic nominee for Governor in 1865.
|-
|17|| [[William W. Thomas (politician)|William W. Thomas]] || || 1861–1862 ||
|-
|18|| [[Jacob McLellan]] || || 1863–65 ||
|-
|19|| Augustus E. Stevens || || 1866–1867 ||
|-
|20|| [[Jacob McLellan]] || || 1868 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|21|| [[William Lebaron Putnam]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1869–1870 || Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit]] from 1892-1917.
|-
|22|| [[Benjamin Kingsbury Jr.]] || || 1870–1872 ||
|-
|23|| George P. Wescott || || 1873–1874 ||
|-
|24|| Roswell M. Richardson || || 1875 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|25|| [[Francis Fessenden]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1876 || [[Major general]] in the [[25th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment|25th]] and [[30th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment]]s during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
|-
|26|| [[Moses M. Butler]] || || 1877–1878 ||
|-
|27|| George Walker || || 1879 ||
|-
|28|| William Senter || || 1880–1881 ||
|-
|29|| Charles F. Libby || || 1882 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|31|| [[John Deering (politician)|John W. Deering]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1883 || Formerly a Republican.  Commissioner of the Port of Portland under President [[Grover Cleveland]].
|-
|32|| [[Marquis F. King]] || || 1884 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|33|| [[John Deering (politician)|John W. Deering]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1885 || Formerly a Republican. Commissioner of the Port of Portland under President [[Grover Cleveland]].
|-
|34|| Charles J. Chapman || || 1886–1888 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|35|| [[Holman S. Melcher]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]|| 1889–1890 || Captain in the [[20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
|-
|36|| George W. True || || 1891 || 
|-
|37|| [[Darius H. Ingraham]] || || 1892 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|38|| [[James Phinney Baxter]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1893–1896 ||
|-
|39|| [[Charles Randall (Maine politician)|Charles H. Randall]] || || 1897–1898 ||
|-
|40|| [[Frank W. Robinson]] || || 1899–1900 || Previously [[Cumberland County, Maine|Cumberland County]] District Attorney and judge of the Portland Municipal Court from 1893-1899.
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|41|| [[Frederic E. Boothby]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1901–1903 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|42|| [[James Phinney Baxter]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1904–1905 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|43|| [[Nathan Clifford (Maine politician)|Nathan Clifford]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1906–1907 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|44|| [[Adam P. Leighton]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1908–1909 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|45|| Charles A. Strout || Republican || 1910 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|46|| [[Oakley C. Curtis]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1911–1914 || [[Governor of Maine]] from 1915-1917.
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|47|| [[William Moulton Ingraham]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1915<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/12/08/100120827.pdf|title=PORTLAND DEMOCRATIC. William M. Ingraham Elected Mayor by a Small Plurality.|work=[[The New York Times]]|location=[[Portland, Maine]]|date=December 8, 1914|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref> ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|48|| [[Wilford G. Chapman]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1916–1917 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|49|| [[Charles Bailey Clarke|Charles B. Clarke]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1918–1921 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|50|| [[Carroll Chaplin|Carroll S. Chaplin]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1922–1923||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|51|| [[Philip J. Deering]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1924 ||
|-
|52|| [[Neal W. Allen]] || || 1925–1926 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|53|| [[Philip J. Deering]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1927 ||
|-
|54|| [[Lester F. Wallace]] || || 1928–1929 ||
|-
|55|| [[Ralph D. Brooks]] || || 1930 || 
|-
|56|| [[Arthur W. Jordan]] || || 1931 || 
|-
|57|| Ralph D. Brooks || || 1932 || 
|-
|58|| [[Arthur E. Craig]] || || 1933 || 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|59|| [[Philip J. Deering]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1934–1935 || 
|-
|60|| [[Edward C. Berry]] || || 1936 || 
|-
|61|| [[Adam P. Leighton, Jr.]] || || 1937 || 
|-
|62|| [[Edward C. Berry]] || || 1938 ||
|-
|63|| Arthur E. Craig || || 1939 ||
|-
|64|| [[Harry E. Martin]] || || 1940 ||
|-
|65|| [[Edward C. Berry]] || || 1941 ||
|-
|66|| [[Adam P. Leighton Jr.]] || || 1942 ||
|-
|67|| [[Herman B. Libby]] || || 1943 ||
|-
|68|| [[George A. Harrison]] || || 1944 ||
|-
|69|| [[Harry C. Libby]] || || 1945 ||
|-
|70|| [[Helen C. Frost]] || || 1946 ||
|-
|71|| Herman B. Libby || || 1947 ||
|-
|72|| [[Robert L. Getchell]] || || 1948–1949 ||
|-
|73|| [[Edward T. Colley]] || || 1950 ||
|-
|74|| Helen C. Frost || || 1952 ||
|-
|75|| [[H. Merrill Luthe]] || || 1953 ||
|-
|76|| Edward T. Colley || || 1954 ||
|-
|77|| [[Ben B. Wilson]] || || 1955 ||
|-
|78|| H. Merrill Luthe || || 1956 ||
|-
|79|| [[Carleton G. Lane]] || || 1957 ||
|-
|80|| [[Perley J. Lessard]] || || 1958 ||
|-
|81|| [[Sumner S. Clark]] || || 1959 ||
|-
|82|| [[Mitchell Cope]] || || 1960<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2008/09/25/obituaries/mitchell-cope/|title=MITCHELL COPE|access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> ||
|-
|83|| [[Harold E. Frank]] || || 1961 ||
|-
|84|| [[Daniel B. Felix]] || || 1962 ||
|-
|85|| [[Ralph Amerigan]] || || 1963 ||
|-
|86|| [[J. Weston Walch]] || || 1964–1965 ||
|-
|87|| [[Charles W. Allen]] || || 1966 ||
|-
|88|| [[Harold G. Loring]] || || 1967 ||
|-
|89|| [[Donald Slipp]] || || 1969-1970 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|90|| [[William MacVane|William L. MacVane]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1970–1971 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|91|| [[Gerard Conley Sr.]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1971–1972 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|92|| Edward I. Bernstein || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1973<ref>Kennebec Journal, 7 December 1972, p. 7</ref> ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|93|| William B. Troubh || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1974–1975 ||
|-
|94|| Harold G. Loring || || 1975–1976 ||
|-
|95|| Matthew I. Barron || || 1976–1978 ||
|-
|96|| Bruce Taliento || || 1978<ref name="jailsentence">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19800911&id=26ArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5128,2366784|title=Ex-Portland mayor draws jail sentence|date=September 11, 1980|work=[[The Nashua Telegraph]]|access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former mayor of Portland dies> Bruce Taliento, 48, found dead at Old Orchard Beach home |url=https://archive.bdnblogs.com/1999/12/20/former-mayor-of-portland-dies-bruce-taliento-48-found-dead-at-old-orchard-beach-home/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Archive |language=en-US}}</ref>||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|97|| Edward I. Bernstein || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1978–1979<ref>Portland Press Herald, August 30, 2000, page 3B</ref> ||
|-
|98|| Llewellyn Smith || || 1979–1980 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|99|| [[John O'Leary (ambassador)|John O'Leary]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1980–1981 ||
|-
|100|| Pamela P. Plumb || || 1981–1982 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|101|| Linda Abromson || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1982–1983 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|102|| William B. Troubh || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1983–1984 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|103|| [[David H. Brenerman]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1984–1985 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|104|| Joseph D. Casale || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1985–1986 ||
|-
|105|| Philip J. Dawson || || 1986–1987 ||
|-
|106|| Ronald J. Dorler || || 1987–1988 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|107|| Cheryl A. Leeman || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 1988–1989 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|108|| [[Esther Clenott]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1989–1990 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|109|| Peter O'Donnell || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1990–1991 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|110|| [[Thomas H. Allen]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1991–1992 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|111|| [[Charles Harlow]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1992–1993 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|112|| Anne B. Pringle || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1993–1994 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|113|| Richard W. "Dick" Paulson Jr. || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1994–1995 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|114|| Philip "Jack" Dawson || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1995–1996 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|115|| John F. McDonough || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1996–1997 ||
|-
|116|| George N. Campbell || || 1997–1998 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|117|| Thomas V. Kane || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1998–1999 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|118|| Nicholas "Nick" Mavodones Jr. || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 1999–2000 ||
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|119|| Cheryl A. Leeman || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2000–2001 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|120|| Karen Geraghty || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2001–2002 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|121|| James F. "Jim" Cloutier || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2002–2003 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|122|| Nathan Smith || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2003–2004 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|123|| [[Jill Duson]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2004–2005 || First African-American mayor
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|124|| James I. Cohen || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2005–2006 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|125|| Nicholas "Nick" Mavodones Jr. || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2006–2007 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|126|| [[Edward Suslovic]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2007–2008 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|127|| [[Jill Duson]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2008–2010 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|128|| Nicholas "Nick" Mavodones Jr. || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2010–2011 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|129|| [[Michael F. Brennan]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2011–2015 || First popularly elected Mayor of Portland since 1923. Previously served in the [[Maine House of Representatives]] from 1992 to 2000 and in the [[Maine Senate]] from 2002 to 2006.
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|130|| [[Ethan Strimling]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2015–2019 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|131|| [[Kate Snyder]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2019–2023 ||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|132|| [[Mark Dion (politician)|Mark Dion]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || 2023–''Incumbent'' ||
|}

==See also==
* [[Old City Hall (Portland, Maine)]]
* [[Timeline of Portland, Maine]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{citation |url=https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs-portland/ |work=Maine Town Documents |title= Portland |via=University of Maine [[Raymond H. Fogler Library|Fogler Library]] }}


{{Portland, Maine}}

[[Category:Mayors of Portland, Maine|*]]
[[Category:Lists of mayors of places in Maine|Portland, Maine]]