Mayor of Portland, Oregon

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The mayor of Portland, Oregon is the official head of the city of Portland, Oregon, United States. The officeholder is elected for a four-year term and has no term limits. By law, all elections in Portland are nonpartisan.[1] The current mayor is Keith Wilson, who has served since January 1, 2025, and was first elected in the 2024 election.

The current term for mayor of Portland is four years, having been increased from two years in 1913.[2] Mayoral elections were previously held in May of US presidential election years (years divisible by four), during the Oregon primary election, with a runoff between the top two vote-getters held in November of the same year should no candidate garner a majority vote in the May election, however a new system taking effect in 2024[3] holds a single general election in November of Presidential election years using the Instant Runoff ranked choice voting method. The mayor-elect takes office the following January.

Duties and powers

Prior to 2025, Portland used a city commission government, the only major city to do so. The mayor and commissioners were responsible for legislative policy and oversaw the various bureaus tasked with day-to-day operation of the city.[4] The mayor served as chairman of the council, and was responsible for allocating department assignments to his fellow commissioners. The mayor's power included declaring an emergency and acting as police commissioner.

Beginning with the 2025 mayoral term, Portland switched to a Council-Mayor form of government.[3] The executive mayor works with a professional city administrator to implement the laws enacted by council and administer the city’s bureaus, employees, facilities, and resources.[3] The executive mayor develops and proposes the city’s budget to council for review and approval, may introduce measures before the council, and breaks tie votes in the council.[3]

Elections

File:Portland Mayors Office Portrait Gallery 001.jpg
Gallery of the mayors of Portland

The mayor is elected in citywide election. Elections utilize the instant runoff ranked choice voting method, beginning with the 2024 general election. The city charter also allows for write-in candidates. The mayor is elected to a four-year term with no term limits. The office of mayor is officially nonpartisan by state law, although most mayoral candidates identify a party preference. Mayoral elections happen in conjunction with the United States presidential election. Elections followed a two-round system prior to 2024 where the first round of the elections was a primary election. If a candidate received a majority of the vote in the primary they were elected outright, however, If no candidate received a majority the top two candidates advance to a runoff election, called the general election.

The most recent election was in 2024, when businessman Keith Wilson defeated 19 other candidates.[5]

List of mayors

# Image Name

(Birth–Death)

Term Election Previous office/occupation
style="background:Template:Party color;" |1 File:HughOBryant.jpg Hugh O'Bryant

(1813–1883)

1851–1852[6][7] Officer in the Oregon Riflemen[8]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |2 File:ACBonnell.jpg A. C. Bonnell

(1801–1875)

April 1852 – November 1852
style="background:Template:Party color;" |3 File:No image.svg Simon B. Marye

(c. 1810–1868)

November 1852 – April 1853
style="background:Template:Party color;" |4 File:Josiah Failing.png Josiah Failing

(1806–1877)

1853–1854 Member of the Portland City Council

(1852)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |5 File:5.8WilliamLadd.jpg William S. Ladd

(1826–1893)

1854–1855 Member of the Portland City Council

(1853)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |6 File:George W. Vaughn.jpg George W. Vaughn

(1809–1877)

1855–1856
style="background:Template:Party color;" |7 File:James O'Neill (Washington politician).jpg James O'Neill

(1824–1901)

1856–1857 Agent for Wells Fargo & Company
style="background:Template:Party color;" |8 File:5.8WilliamLadd.jpg William S. Ladd

(1826–1893)

1857–1858 5th Mayor of Portland

(1854-1855)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |9 File:No image.svg A. M. Starr

(c. 1820–1891)

1858–1859 Member of the Portland City Council

(1854, 1856)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |10 File:S. J. McCormick.png S. J. McCormick

(1828–1891)

1859–1860 Delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention from Multnomah County
style="background:Template:Party color;" |11 File:11GCollierRobbins.jpg G. Collier Robbins

(1823–19??)

1860–1861 Member of the Portland City Council

(1855, 1858)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |12 File:12JohnBreck.jpg John M. Breck

(1828–1900)

1861–1862 City Assessor of Portland[9]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |13 File:No image.svg William H. Farrar

(1826–1873)

1862–1863 Delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention from Multnomah County[10]

District Attorney for the Oregon Territory[10]

(1853-1859)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |14 File:David Logan (Oregon).png David Logan

(1824–1874)

1863–1864 Member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature from Washington County[11]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |15 File:Henry Failing - Oregon.png Henry Failing

(1834–1898)

1864 – November 16, 1866[12]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |16 File:Thomas J. Holmes.jpg Thomas J. Holmes

(1819–1867)

1866–1867 Member of the Portland Public Schools Board of Education[13]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |17 File:17.22.25 J A Chapman.jpg J. A. Chapman

(1821–1885)

1867–1868 Major/Surgeon in the United States Army[14]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |18 File:No image.svg Hamilton Boyd 1868–1869 Multnomah County Commissioner
style="background:Template:Party color;" |19 File:Goldsmith-Bernard.jpg Bernard Goldsmith

(1832–1901)

1869–1871 Director of the Library Association of Portland[15]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |20 File:20PhilipWasserman.jpg Philip Wasserman

(1828–1895)

1871–1873
style="background:Template:Party color;" |21 File:Henry Failing - Oregon.png Henry Failing

(1834–1898)

1873–1875 15th Mayor of Portland

(1864-1866)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |22 File:17.22.25 J A Chapman.jpg J. A. Chapman

(1821–1885)

1875–1877 17th Mayor of Portland

(1867-1868)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |23 File:23WilliamSNewbury.jpg William Spencer Newbury

(1834–1915)

1877–1879 Mayor of Iola, Kansas

(1870)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |24 File:24DavidThompson.jpg David P. Thompson

(1834–1901)

1879–1882 6th Governor of the Idaho Territory[16]

(1875-1876)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |25 File:17.22.25 J A Chapman.jpg J. A. Chapman

(1821–1885)

1882–1885 17th and 22nd Mayor of Portland

(1867-1868, 1875-1877)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |26 File:26JohnGates.jpg John Gates

(1827–1888)

1885 – April 27, 1888

(died in office)[17]

President of the Portland National Bank[18]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |27 File:27VanBDeLashmutt.jpg Van B. DeLashmutt

(1842–1921)

May 2, 1888[19] – 1891
style="background:Template:Party color;" |28 File:28WilliamMason.jpg William S. Mason

(1832–1899)

1891–1894
style="background:Template:Party color;" |29 File:George P. Frank.png George P. Frank

(1852–1896)

1894–1896
style="background:Template:Party color;" |30 File:SylvesterPennoyer.png Sylvester Pennoyer

(1831–1902)

1896–1898 8th Governor of Oregon[20]

(1887-1895)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |31 File:28WilliamMason.jpg William S. Mason

(1832–1899)

July 1, 1898[21] – March 27, 1899

(died in office)[22]

28th Mayor of Portland

(1891-1894)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |32 File:32WAStorey.jpg W. A. Storey

(1854–1917)

May 17, 1899[23] –1900 Member of the Portland City Council[24]

(1898-1899)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |33 File:Henry Spoor Rowe.jpg Henry S. Rowe

(1851–1914)

1900–1902 1900
style="background:Template:Party color;" |34 File:GeorgeHWilliams.jpg George Henry Williams

(1823–1910)

1902–1905 32nd United States Attorney General

(1871-1875)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |35 File:Lane-Harry.jpg Harry Lane

(1855–1917)

1905–1909 Superintendent of the Oregon State Insane Asylum[25]

(1887–1891)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |36 File:36JosephSimon.jpg Joseph Simon

(1851–1935)

1909–1911 United States Senator from Oregon[26]

(1898-1903)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |37 File:37AllenRushlight.jpg Allen G. Rushlight

(1874–1930)

1911–1913 Member of the Portland City Council[27]

(1905-1911)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |38 File:38HRussellAlbee.jpg H. Russell Albee

(1867–1950)

June 1913 – July 1917[28]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |39 File:GeorgeLBaker.jpg George L. Baker

(1868–1941)

July 1917 – July 1933[28] Member of the Portland City Commission[29]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |40 File:Joseph K. Carson.jpg Joseph K. Carson

(1891–1956)

July 1933 – December 31, 1940[28]
style="background:Template:Party color;" |41 File:No image.svg Earl Riley

(1890–1965)

January 1, 1941 – December 31, 1948[28] Member of the Portland City Commission

(1930-1940)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |42 File:Dorothy McCullough Lee 1957 (cropped).jpeg Dorothy McCullough Lee

(1901–1981)

January 1, 1949 – December 31, 1952[28] Member of the Portland City Commission[30]

(1943-1949)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |43 File:No image.svg Fred L. Peterson

(1896–1985)

January 1, 1953 – December 31, 1956 Member of the Portland City Commission[31]

(1941-1952)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |44 File:Portland mayor Terry Schrunk in Germany in 1965.jpg Terry Schrunk

(1913–1975)

January 1, 1957 – January 1, 1973[28] 24th Sheriff of Multnomah County[32]

(1949-1956)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |45 File:Neil Goldschmidt.jpg Neil Goldschmidt

(1940–2024)

January 2, 1973 – August 15, 1979[28][33][Note 1] Member of the Portland City Commission[34]

(1970-1973)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |46 Connie McCready

(1921–2000)

September 5, 1979[28][35] – November 23, 1980[28] –[Note 2] Member of the Portland City Commission[36]

(1970-1979)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |47 File:Frank Ivancie (cropped).png Frank Ivancie

(1924–2019)

November 24, 1980[28][37] – January 3, 1985[38] 1980[Note 3] Member of the Portland City Commission[39]

(1967-1980)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |48 File:Bud Clark 1988.jpg Bud Clark

(1931–2022)

January 3, 1985 – January 2, 1993[28] 1984
1988
style="background:Template:Party color;" |49 File:Vera Katz.jpg Vera Katz

(1933–2017)

January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005[28] 1992
1996
2000 		57th Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives[40]

(1985-1990)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |50 File:Mayor Tom Potter in August 2008 (1).jpg Tom Potter

(born 1940)

January 3, 2005 – December 31, 2008[28] 2004 38th Chief of the Portland Police Bureau

(1990-1990)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |51 File:Sam Adams Nov 2012 (cropped).jpg Sam Adams

(born 1963)

January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2012[28] 2008 Member of the Portland City Commission[41]

(2005-2009)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |52 File:MAX Orange Line Opening Day (21259942179) (cropped).jpg Charlie Hales

(born 1956)

January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2016 2012 Member of the Portland City Commission[42]

(1993-2002)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |53 File:180421-N-UK248-023 (41616137742) (cropped).jpg Ted Wheeler

(born 1962)

January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2024 2016
2020 		28th Treasurer of Oregon[43]

(2010-2017)

style="background:Template:Party color;" |54 File:Mayor Keith Wilson at Portland Waterfront 01 (cropped).jpg Keith Wilson

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January 1, 2025 – present 2024 CEO of Titan Freight Systems[44]

(2010-2017)

Note: The color shown in the number (#) column denotes registered political party (red for Republican, blue for Democratic, teal for the People's Party (Populist), gray for Independent). Officially, Mayors run and serve as nonpartisan.

The City of Portland mayor's office, in the City Hall, contains a collection of mounted portraits of all the mayors to date. As of February 2024, only two mayors are missing from the collection; William H. Farrar (1862–1863), and Hamilton Boyd (1868–1869).

See also

References

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Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned on August 15, 2009 to take office as United States Secretary of Transportation.
  2. ↑ Connie McCready was appointed mayor by her fellow city councilors due to the resignation of Mayor Neil Goldschmidt, who resigned after being appointed United States Secretary of Transportation.
  3. ↑ Ivancie was elected in two concurrent elections. One to fill the seat for the final weeks of the term ending on January 3, 1981, and another for a full term (beginning the same day).

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