After Kansas granted women the right to vote in municipal elections in February 1887, Susanna Madora Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas on April 4, 1887, and became the first female mayor in the United States.^{: 237–238} Salter had been nominated without her knowledge or consent, as a stunt intended to discourage women from participation in the political process.^: 240 In 1862, Nancy Smith won the mayoral election of Oskaloosa, Iowa, after being nominated as a "joke", but she declined to hold office.

Following the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, Bertha Knight Landes became the first woman mayor of a city with more than 150,000 residents, after she was elected mayor of Seattle, Washington in 1926.^: 242

Alabama

1980

Sue L. Glidewell, first woman elected mayor of Rainbow City, Alabama. Served six consecutive terms for 24 years until retirement in 2004.

1984

Mary Kate Stovall, first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama

1996

Harri Anne Smith, first woman mayor of Slocomb, Alabama

1997

Loretta Spencer, first woman mayor of Huntsville, Alabama

2000

Lucenia Williams Dunn, first woman mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama

2004

Loxcil Tuck, first woman elected mayor of Tarrant, Alabama

2009

Carole Smitherman, first woman mayor of Birmingham, Alabama

2016

Karin Wilson, first woman mayor of Fairhope, Alabama

2021

Linda Peebles, first woman elected mayor of Courtland, Alabama

Alaska

1946

Doris Barnes, first woman mayor of Wrangell, Alaska

1956

Myrth Sarvela, first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska

1965

Sylvia Ringstad, first woman elected mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska

1966

Bernice Stokke, first woman mayor of Petersburg, Alaska

1975

Virginia Kline, first woman elected mayor of Juneau, Alaska

1976

Elizabeth Hjellen, first woman mayor of Wasilla, Alaska

2011

Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska

Arizona

1927

Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona

1973

Ethel Berger, first woman mayor in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Berger was appointed, not elected; at that time mayors were appointed from the city council.

1976

Margaret Hance, first woman elected Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona^{: 238–239}

1988

Peggy Rubach, first woman elected mayor of Mesa, Arizona

1995

Joan Shafer, first woman elected mayor of Surprise, Arizona

2023

Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor of Maricopa, Arizona

Arkansas

1925

Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas

1966

Katherine Green, first woman to serve as mayor of Eureka Springs, Arkansas

1975

Joyce Ferguson, who had the distinction of being the city of West Memphis's first female mayor. Mayor Ferguson served two terms as mayor of West Memphis, from 1975 to 1982. West Memphis, Arkansas

California

1915

Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of Mayor of Los Angeles, California

it occurred when Los Angeles Mayor Henry H. Rose was absent from his post in September 1915 and directed Lindsey, a member of the city council, to fill-in as acting mayor.

1916

Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, California

1924

Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California

Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California

1926

Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California

1928

May B. Hopkins, first woman mayor of Redondo Beach, California

1929

Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California

1931

Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California

1941

Helen Lawrence, first female mayor of San Leandro, California

1942

Jessie Reed, first female mayor of Seal Beach, California

1947

Carrie L. Hoyt, first female mayor of Berkeley, California

1948

Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California

1952

Miriam Cummings (mayor), first woman elected mayor of Mill Valley, California

1953

Mabel Richey, first woman mayor of Lodi, California

1963

Teena Clifton, first woman mayor of Rolling Hills, California

Florence E. Douglas, first woman elected mayor of Vallejo, California

1968

Rena Parker, first woman mayor of Corona, California

1971

Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California

1973

Doris A. Davis, first woman and first African American woman elected mayor in the City of Compton.

1974

Janet Gray Hayes, first woman elected Mayor of San Jose, California^: 238

1976

Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of Arcadia, California.

Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California

1977

Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California

1978

Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California

also served 1983 to 1984

Dianne Feinstein, first woman mayor of San Francisco^{: 238–239, 249–250}

Mary Patricia Ostrye, first woman mayor and first elected mayor of Monrovia, California

1979

Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California

1980

Eunice Sato, first woman elected mayor of Long Beach, California

Josephine Heckman, first woman elected mayor of Pasadena, California

1981

Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California

1982

Loretta Thompson-Glickman, first African-American woman mayor of Pasadena, California

also first African-American woman mayor of a city over 100,000 people

1982

Mary Lou Howard, first woman mayor of Burbank, California.

1983

Anne B. Diament, elected first woman mayor of Alameda, California

Jana Wilson, first woman mayor of Oroville, California

1986

Maureen O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of San Diego, California

1989

Evelyn Wells, first woman to become Mayor of Lynwood, California.

1990

Alice Jempsa, Los Alamitos, California

1997

Jessica Maes, first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California

2009

Susan Gorin, first woman elected mayor of Santa Rosa, California

2011

Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California

also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California

Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California

also the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland

2012

Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California

2016

Michelle Roman, first woman elected Mayor of Kingsburg, California

2017

Mary Ann Carbone first woman of Native American Chumash descent to be appointed by peers as Mayor of (Sand City, California)

Mary Ann Carbone first Indigenous woman appointed to the State of California on May 2, 2017, https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/mary-ann-carbone-named-mayor-of-sand-city-councilman-todd-kruper-to-retire/article_4640628c-312f-11e7-9bed-e39cd3049162.html#:~:text=In%20Mary%20Ann%20Carbone%2C%20Sand,as%20Sand%20City's%20new%20mayor.

Tasha Cerda first woman and person of either African American and Native American descent to be elected Mayor of Gardena, California

also first person of Native American descent to be elected mayor in the state of California

2018

Alison Kerr, first woman elected Mayor of Del Rey Oaks, California

2020

Christy Holstege first woman elected Mayor of Palm Springs

2022

Karen Bass, first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles

Ashleigh Aitken first woman elected mayor of Anaheim

Valerie Amezcua first woman elected mayor of Santa Ana, California

Colorado

1916

C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of Lone Rock, Colorado

was appointed by the city council

1929

Elizabeth Lower, first woman to be elected mayor of Grover, Colorado

1965

Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado

1969

Eve Homeyer, first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado

1995

Mary Lou Makepeace, first woman mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado

Connecticut

1967

Ann Uccello, also known as Antonina Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut^: 238

1987

Carrie Saxon Perry, first African-American woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut

1993

Linda Blogoslawski, first woman elected mayor of New Britain, Connecticut

2007

April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut

2013

Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut

Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut

Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut

2017

Nancy Rossi, first woman elected mayor of West Haven, Connecticut

2021

Carolin Simmons, first woman elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut.

Delaware

1947

Margaret Hastings, first woman mayor of Blades, Delaware

1966

Norma Handloff, first woman mayor of Newark, Delaware and of a Delaware city

2023

Valarie Leary, first woman mayor of New Castle, Delaware

Florida

1917

Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida

also first woman mayor in Florida

1921

Ellen M. Anderson, first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida

1922

Dr. Josie Rogers, first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida

1928

Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida

1951

Marie Cross, first woman mayor of Jupiter, Florida

1961

Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida

1973

Virginia S. Young, first woman elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

1976

Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida

1977

Corrine Freeman, first woman mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida

1978

Helen Wilkes, first woman to become Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida

1983

Kathleen Kelly (politician), first woman mayor of Clearwater, Florida

Carol Zimmer Bellamy, first woman mayor of Tallahassee, Florida

1987

Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida

1994

Edna Griffith, first woman mayor of Orange Park, Florida. Also, first woman elected and reelected to the Town Council

2006

Patricia Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Port St. Lucie, Florida

2007

Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida

Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida

2014

Mayra Peña Lindsay, first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida

2015

Gail Ash, first woman elected mayor of Clermont, Florida

2016

Milissa Holland, first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida

2017

Daisy Raisler, first woman elected mayor of Hispanic descent of Lake Helen, Florida

Georgia

1921

Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia, in Duluth, Georgia

1934

Mrs. Adele (wife of Solomon S.) Youmans, first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia

1978

Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia

1991

Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia

2001

Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

2010

Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia

2012

Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia

2017

Mary Parham-Copelan was the first African-American woman to be elected to the office of Mayor of Milledgeville, Georgia. This race was historic because there has never been an elected female to the office of Mayor throughout the city's 205-year history.

2023

Dr. Donya Sartor, Jonesboro, Georgia's first female mayor and first Black mayor.

Hawaii

1962

Helene Hale, first woman elected Chairman and Executive Officer, equivalent to mayor of Hawaii County, Hawaii.

1981

Eileen Anderson, first woman elected Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii

1991

Linda Lingle, first woman elected Mayor of Maui, Hawaii

Idaho

1898

Jesse Parker, first woman mayor of Kendrick, Idaho

also the first woman mayor in the state of Idaho.

2003

Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho

Illinois

1911

Kate F. O'Connor, first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois

1915

A. R. Canfield, first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois

1923

Nora Gammon, first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois

1949

Rose M. Brown, first woman mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois

1979

Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois^{: 238–239, 249–250}

Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents.

1983

Helen Westberg, first woman mayor of Carbondale, Illinois

2001

Bette Thomas, first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois

Indiana

1938

Nellie Babcock, first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana

1957

Mary Jancosek Bercik, first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana

1964

Margaret H. Prickett, first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana

1980

Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana

1999

Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana

2000

Kathleen Chroback, first woman elected mayor of La Porte, Indiana

2006

Olga Velazquez, first woman elected mayor of Portage, Indiana

2007

Barbara Ewing, first female Democrat elected mayor of Tell City, Indiana

2007

Shawna M. Gurgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana

2011

Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana and first African-American woman elected mayor in the State of Indiana

Iowa

1862

Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862.

Smith declined to serve as mayor.

1923

Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa

first woman in the United States to be elected mayor of a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants

1951

Emily L. Perry, first woman mayor of Floyd, Iowa

1971

Kathryn Kirschbaum, first woman elected mayor of Davenport, Iowa

1973

Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Iowa

2013

Diana Willits, first woman elected mayor of Windsor Heights, Iowa

Kansas

1800s

1887

Susanna M. Salter, first woman elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas

the first woman to serve as mayor of an American city.^{: 237–238, 240}

1888

Mary D. Lowman, first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas

also the second woman mayor in Kansas. She served alongside the first all-woman city council in the United States. They were all re-elected in 1889.

1889

America L. King, first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas

Ella Miller, first woman mayor of Rossville, Kansas

Wilhelmina Morgan, first woman mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas

Lucy Sullivan, first woman mayor of Baldwin, Kansas

1890

Belle Gray, first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas

Margaret Kelly, first woman mayor of Edgerton, Kansas

1891

Rachel S. Packson, first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas

Elizabeth Vedder, first woman mayor of Haddam, Kansas

1893

Mary Barnes, elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas in 1893.

Mrs. John Smith, first woman mayor of Wamego, Kansas

1894

Anna Austin, first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas [population approx., 1,500]

1895

Antoinette L. Haskell, first woman mayor of Gaylord, Kansas

1896

C. A. Curtis, first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas

M. A. Wade, the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas

Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.

1897

Juno Strain, first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas

1899

Elizabeth Totten, first woman mayor of Beattie, Kansas

1900s

1911

Ella Wilson, first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas

1913

Mrs. H. C. Defenbaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas

1917

Avis Francis, first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas

1920

Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas

1933

Clara Marie Emma Heiser, first woman elected mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas

1945

Daisy Dean Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Netwon, Kansas

1975

Connie Ames Peters, first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas

1997

Joan Wagnon, first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas

2020

Sarah J Boeh-Cerra, first woman mayor of Troy, Kansas

Kentucky

1951

Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayor in Kentucky, Maysville Kentucky

1993

Pam Miller, first woman mayor of Lexington, Kentucky

Louisiana

1920

Lula V. Coleman, Deputy Sheriff of LaSalle Parish, is appointed Mayor of Jena, Louisiana by Governor John M. Parker as the first woman mayor in Louisiana

1925

Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in Louisiana and of Wilson, Louisiana

1956

Mary Estus Jones Webb, first woman to serve as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1990

Hazel Beard, first woman elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana

1993

Willie Mount, first woman elected mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana

2017

Sharon Weston Broome first woman elected as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge

2018

Latoya Cantrell, first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana

Maine

1928

Ella L. Maddocks, first woman mayor equivalent of Owls Head, Maine

1946

Helen C. Frost, first woman mayor of Portland, Maine

Maryland

1974

Jayne Harper Plank, first woman elected mayor of Kensington, Maryland

1986

Dani Duniho, first woman elected mayor of Laurel, Maryland

1987

Anna Owens, first woman elected mayor of College Park, Maryland

2001

Ellen O. Moyer, first woman elected mayor of Annapolis, Maryland

2007

Sheila Dixon, first black woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland

2020

Emily Keller, first woman elected mayor of Hagerstown, Maryland

2021

Mona Becker, first woman elected mayor of Westminster, Maryland

Stacy Link, first woman elected mayor of Sykesville, Maryland

Massachusetts

1939

Alice Burke, first woman elected as mayor in New England—in Westfield, Massachusetts

1955

Beatrice Corliss, first woman elected mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).

1964

Ellen A. Sampson, first woman elected mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).

1972

Barbara Ackermann, first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).

1982

Sara Robertson, first woman elected mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)

Cynthia G. Kruger, first woman to serve as mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts (as council president, Kruger became the acting Mayor when the office became vacant).

1983

Brenda Reed, first woman elected mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts.

1986

Marilyn Porreca, first woman elected mayor of Medford, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)

1987

Anne Wojtkowski, first woman elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

1989

Mary Hurley, first woman elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.

1991

Mary Ford, first woman elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts.

1992

Rosemary S. Tierney, first woman elected mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

1993

Mary Claire Kennedy, first woman mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Lisa L. Mead, first woman elected mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

1997

Mary H. Whitney, first woman elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

1999

Dorothy Kelly Gay, first woman mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Sharon Pollard, first woman elected mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts.

2002

Christine Forgey, first woman elected mayor of Greenfield, Massachusetts.

2003

Jeannette A. McCarthy, first woman elected mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts.

2005

Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts

Nancy E. Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

2007

Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts

Konstantina Lukes, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government)

Carolyn Kirk, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

2009

Linda Balzotti, first woman elected mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts.

Judith Flanagan Kennedy, first woman elected mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

Elaine A. Pluta, first woman elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

2014

Karen L. Cadieux, first woman elected mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts

2016

Stephanie Muccini Burke, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.

2017

Ruthanne Fuller, first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts

Yvonne Spicer, first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts. Also the first mayor of Framingham and the first African-American woman mayor in Massachusetts.

2018

Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan).

2019

Kassandra Gove, first woman to serve as mayor of Amesbury, Massachusetts.

2020

Shaunna O'Connell, was elected as the first woman mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts after serving .

2021

Kim Janey, first woman to serve as acting mayor of Boston (upon the resignation of Marty Walsh to take the position of United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden).

Michelle Wu, first woman elected mayor of Boston.

2022

Jennifer Macksey, the first woman elected mayor in North Adams, Massachusetts.

2023

Melinda Barrett, the first woman elected mayor in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Erin Joyce, the first woman elected mayor in Braintree, Massachusetts.

Michigan

1948

Mildred B. Stark, first woman mayor of East Detroit, Michigan from 1948-53

1973

Betty Lee Ongley, first woman mayor of Portage, Michigan

Bette Davis, first woman mayor of South Haven, Michigan

Elizabeth Brater, first woman mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan

2005

Carol B. Cottrell, first woman elected mayor of Saginaw, Michigan

2015

Karen Weaver, first woman mayor of Flint, Michigan

Rosalynn Bliss, first woman mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan

2018

Lindsey McGuire-Fountain, first woman mayor and President of DeTour Village, Michigan

2023

Lori M. Stone, first woman mayor of Warren, Michigan

Minnesota

1921

Lillian Cox Gault, first woman elected mayor of St. Peter, Minnesota and in any city of Minnesota

1921

Florence J. Pierce, the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota

Ida Sparks Clarke, the first woman appointed mayor of Cokato, Minnesota. She was reelected in 1922.

1925

Elizabeth Ries, first woman elected mayor of Shakopee, Minnesota

1935

Louise Bucks, first woman elected mayor of Waconia, Minnesota

1949

Bertha Trim, first woman elected mayor of Plainview, Minnesota

1953

Agnes Israelson, first woman elected mayor in Thief River Falls, Minnesota

1973

Mary P. Anderson, first woman elected mayor in Kinney, Minnesota, from 1973-2002

1973

Ione Ellingson, first woman elected mayor in Menahga, Minnesota

1992

Jane Robbins, first woman elected mayor of Pine City, Minnesota

1994

Sharon Sayles Belton, first woman and first African-American elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota

2008

Mary Rossing, first woman elected mayor of Northfield, Minnesota

2013

Del Rae Williams, first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota

2018

Najwa Massad, first woman elected mayor of Mankato, Minnesota

Kim Norton, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, Minnesota

Mississippi

1950

Dorothy Painter Crawford, first woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Madison, Mississippi

1977

Unita Blackwell, first African American woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Mayersville, Mississippi

2001

Yvonne Brown, first black woman elected mayor of Tchula, Mississippi; first black Republican woman elected mayor in the state of Mississippi.

2005

Sheriel F. Perkins, first woman and African American elected mayor of Greenwood, Mississippi

2009

Cheri Barry, first woman elected mayor of Meridian, Mississippi

2017

Lynn Spruill, first woman elected mayor of Starkville, MS.

Missouri

1921

Mayme Ousley, first woman elected mayor of St. James, Missouri

Ousley was also the first woman elected mayor in the state of Missouri

1924

Mildred Putnam, first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri

1930

Essie Ward, first woman elected mayor of King City, Missouri

1936

Edith Pearce, first woman elected mayor of Greentop, Missouri

1977

Lillian Herman, first woman mayor of Hannibal, Missouri

1982

Barbara Potts, first woman elected mayor of Independence, Missouri

1999

Kay Barnes, first woman elected Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri

2017

Lyda Krewson first woman elected mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri

Montana

1932

June G. Olsen, first woman elected mayor of Ekalaka, Montana

1936

Ella M. Amdahl, first woman elected mayor of Hingham, Montana

Evalina Herd, first woman elected mayor of Kevin, Montana

1947

Juliet Gregory, first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana

1963

Marian Erdmann, first woman elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana

Nebraska

1921

Mary Peterson, first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska

Ella Jacobson, first woman elected mayor of Waterloo, Nebraska

1975

Helen Boosalis, first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska^{: 238, 239}

2006

Margaret Hornady, first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska

2013

Jean Stothert, first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska

Nevada

1954

Dorothy Porter, first woman elected mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada

1985

Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada

1999

Jan Laverty Jones, first woman elected Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada

New Hampshire

1944

Mary Carey Dondero, first woman mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

2007

Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire

2015

Caroline McCarley, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire

2017

Joyce Craig first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire

New Jersey

1925

Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in New Jersey; first mayor and founder of Estell Manor

1931

Clara E. Grauert, the 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert replaced her husband, who died in office as the mayor of Weehawken

1933

Doris W. Bradway, first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey

1943

Edith May Greenan, first woman mayor of Avalon, New Jersey

1950

Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey

1951

Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey

1967

Mary "Peggy" Kerr, first woman mayor of Sayreville, New Jersey, elected with three female councilwomen, creating the first female-majority municipal government in New Jersey

Patricia Q. Sheehan, first woman mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey

1972

Doris Mahalick, first woman elected mayor of Wallington and first in Bergen County

1973

Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey

1974

Eleanor Kieliszek, first woman elected Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey

1977

Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey

1978

Joanne L. Howell, first female mayor of Bernards Township, New Jersey. Started the town recycling program.

1980

Elizabeth G. Baumgartner, first women mayor of Madison, New Jersey

1988

Janet Whitman, first female mayor of Summit, New Jersey

2000

Gwendolyn Faison (1925 – 2021), first female mayor of Camden (2000 - 2010)

2002

Nancy Merse, first woman mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey

2008

Wilda Diaz, first woman elected Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey

2009

Dawn Zimmer, first woman elected mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey

2013

Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey

2014

Tana Raymond, first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey

2015

Christine Dansereau, first woman elected mayor of Roselle, New Jersey

Deirdre A. Dillon, first woman Mayor of Ramsey

2020

Dina Grilo, first woman elected Mayor of East Newark, New Jersey

LaDaena Thomas, first woman elected mayor of Penns Grove, and the first African-American woman to be elected in Salem County, New Jersey

New Mexico

1936

Mrs. W. P. Crater, first woman mayor of Des Moines, New Mexico

1982

Consuelo Salazar-Thompson, first woman mayor of Espanola, New Mexico

1994

Debbie Jaramillo, first woman mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico

New York

1929

Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of Candor (village), New York

Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office

1937

Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York

also the first woman mayor in New York

1945

Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York

1949

Edith P. Welty, first woman Mayor of Yonkers, New York

1955

Ragina Balas, first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York

1957

Lolita Cass, first mayor of Watkins Glen, New York

Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York

Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York

1973

Barbara Impellittiere, first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York

1974

Mimi Bryan, first woman elected mayor of Piermont, New York

Anne Kaplan, first woman mayor of Monticello, New York

1975

Ruth Blankman, first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York

Eleanor A. Simpson, first woman elected mayor in Old Westbury, New York

also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York

1977

Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York

1979

Virginia Smith, first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New York

1981

Juanita Crabb, first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York

1984

Karen Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York

1987

Laura Slate, first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York

1993

Shirley Seney, first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York

1995

Christine Korff, first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York

2001

Lauren Fortmiller, first woman elected mayor of Sag Harbor, New York

also the first lesbian mayor of Sag Harbor

Sandra Strader, first woman elected mayor of Tupper Lake, New York

2008

Patricia Sweetland, first woman mayor of Adams, New York

2009

Stephanie Miner, first women elected mayor of Syracuse, New York

2013

Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York

Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York

Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York

Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York

North Carolina

1922

Maude R. Satterthwaite, first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina

1923

Katherine Staton of New London, first Female mayor in North Carolina and first female elected to municipal government in NC.

1924

Katherine Mayo Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina

1925

Annie Koonce Jenkins, first woman mayor of Maysville, North Carolina

1928

Leah Arcouet Chiles, first woman mayor of Kenilworth until annexation into Asheville, North Carolina

1954

Evelyn Kent , First Female Mayor of Granite Falls, North Carolina

1975

Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina

Ruth West, first woman mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina

1977

Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina^: 238

1981

Deborah Ponder Baker, first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina

1985

Ella Bengel, first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina

1987

Sue Myrick, first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

1989

Martha S. Wood, first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1991

Mary Kanyha, first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina

1993

Carolyn Allen first woman elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina

Sylvia Kerckhoff, first woman elected Mayor of Durham, North Carolina

1995

Rosemary Waldorf, first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina

1999

Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina

2002

Jeanne Milliken Bonds, first woman elected mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina

2017

Marla Thompson first woman elected mayor of Long View, North Carolina

North Dakota

1946

Agnes Geelan, first woman elected Mayor of Enderlin, North Dakota

1982

Mona Marchus, first woman elected Mayor of Bottineau, North Dakota

Ohio

1921:

Amy A. Kaukonen, first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Dolly Spencer, first woman elected mayor in Milford, Ohio

1923

Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio who was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.

1954

Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio

1959

Anna Covault, first woman elected mayor in Fletcher, Ohio

1961

Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio

1966

Lucille Barbato Reed, first woman elected mayor in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She served as Mayor of Bedford Heights, Ohio for 15 years. Her administration was instrumental in developing the Reed Park Development, which is the site of the outdoor pool and picnic pavilion. The city saw the most rapid expansion under her administration, doubling the population. The present City Hall and the onset of the many programs that transpired from here resulted in a long term for Mayor Reed. Mayor Reed served until 1981 when she decided not to run again.

1969

Viola Phillips, first woman elected mayor in Loveland, Ohio

1972

Ellen Walker Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio became the first African-American woman to be elected mayor, by popular vote, of a United States municipality.

1976

Marguerite Bowman, first woman elected Mayor of Elyria, Ohio

1977

Beryl E. Rothschild, first woman elected Mayor of University Heights, Ohio

1984

Donna Owens, first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio

1986

Lois Reed, first woman elected mayor of Malinta, Ohio

1996

Madeline Cain, first woman elected mayor of Lakewood, Ohio

2000

Marcia Fudge, first woman elected mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio

2001

Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio

Jane Leaver, first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio

2002

Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio

2003

Georgine Welo, first woman elected mayor of South Euclid, Ohio

2013

Miesha Headen, first woman elected mayor of Richmond Heights, Ohio, Ohio

2016

Annette M. Blackwell, first woman elected mayor of Maple Heights, Ohio

2017

Carrie Schlade first woman elected mayor of Bryan, Ohio

2019

Nicole Condrey first woman elected mayor of Middletown, Ohio

2021

Marie Gallo first woman elected mayor of Parma Heights, Ohio

Oklahoma

1931

Phenie Lou Ownby, first woman elected mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

1971

Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma^: 238

Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.

1973

Lelia Foley was elected the mayor of Taft, Oklahoma. She was the first African American woman to be elected mayor in the United States.

1992

M. Susan Savage, first woman elected mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oregon

1895

Alice E. Burns, first woman mayor of Florence, Oregon

Burns was also the first woman elected in the state of Oregon. Women were elected to all other town offices as well.

1912

Clara C. Munson, first woman mayor of Warrenton, Oregon

also the first woman elected mayor following the passage of the equal suffrage law in Oregon. Some sources, including The Daily Astorian, erroneously call Munson the first woman elected mayor in Oregon, however, that distinction belongs to Alice E. Burns who was elected mayor of Florence, Oregon in 1895.

1914

Clara Latourell Larsson, first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon

1917

Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon

1918

Blanch Shelley, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon

1920

Grace B. Lampshire, first woman elected mayor of Burns, Oregon

Bernice Pitts, first woman to execute the office of Mayor of Portland, Oregon

Pitts, a student at Richmond School, served as mayor in place of George Luis Baker for five minutes191

1928

Letty Sankey, first woman elected mayor of Sweet Home, Oregon. She served for 1929 & 1930. Her husband W.S. Sankey took a leave of absence from his city council term during her tenure as mayor. "I refuse to take orders from the battle axe on the council, when she always bosses me around at home." Mr. Sankey said.

1932

Edna Allen, first woman mayor of Jefferson, Oregon

1949

Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon^: 238

1955

Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon

She resigned in 1956 after purchasing a business in The Dalles, Oregon.

1981

Joy Burgess, first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon

Ruth Burleigh, first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon

1983

Sue Miller, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon

1985

Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon

1989

Carol Heinkel, first woman elected mayor of Coburg, Oregon

1993

Ruth Bascom, first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon

2000

Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon

2017

Carol Westfall, first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon

2020

Lacey Beaty, first woman and youngest mayor of Beaverton, Oregon

Pennsylvania

1959

Jennie Black, first woman elected Mayor of Smithfield, Pennsylvania

1977

Betty Marshall, first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania

1989

Janice Stork, first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1993

Anne Jones, first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania

2009

Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania

Linda Thompson, first women elected mayor of and first African-American mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

2022

Rita Frealing, first women elected mayor and first African-American mayor of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

2023

Cherelle Parker, first women elected mayor and first African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

1992

Kathryn O'Hare, first woman elected mayor of West Warwick, Rhode Island

1995

Susan Menard, first woman elected mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island

2008

Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island

2020

María Rivera, first woman mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island

South Carolina

1925

Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson, first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina and first woman mayor in the state.

1952

Martha Priscilla Shaw, first woman elected Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina

1992

Cheryll Woods-Flowers, first woman elected mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

2008

Elise Partin, first woman elected mayor of Cayce, South Carolina

Alys Lawson, first woman elected mayor of Conway, South Carolina

Pam Lee, first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina

2023

Hazel Livingston, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, South Carolina

South Dakota

1922

Hattie Pickles, first woman elected mayor in South Dakota, in Clark, South Dakota

1950

Kate Soldat, first woman elected mayor of Sturgis, South Dakota

Tennessee

1940

Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle, first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee

1961

May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee

1976

Joan Webb, first woman chosen as mayor of Townsend, Tennessee

1997

Margaret Feierabend, first woman chosen as mayor of Bristol, Tennessee

2011

Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee

2015

Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee

Texas

1917

Ophelia “Birdie” Crosby Harwood, mayor of Marble Falls, Texas

also the first woman mayor in Texas, elected by an all-male vote three years before women were allowed to vote.

1920

Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas,

1937

Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson, first woman mayor of Kyle, Texas

1975

Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas^{: 238–239}

1976

Adlene Harrison, first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas

1977

Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman elected mayor of Austin, Texas^{: 238–239}

1982

Kathryn J. Whitmire, first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas

1985

Ann Pomykal, first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas

1986

LaNelle McNamara, first woman elected mayor of Waco, Texas

1987

Annette Strauss, first woman elected mayor of Dallas, Texas

Betty Turner, first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas

1989

Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas

1990

Evelyn Lord, first woman mayor of Beaumont, Texas

1991

Kay Granger, first female mayor of Fort Worth, Texas

1998

Betty Flores, first woman mayor of Laredo, Texas

1999

Blanca Vela, first woman elected mayor of Brownsville, Texas

2005

Debra McCartt, first woman mayor of Amarillo, Texas

2014

Celeste Sanchez, first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas

2015

Laura Hill, first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas

Utah

1912

Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah

1919

Stena Scorup, first woman mayor of Salina, Utah

1945

Mabel Nielsen, first woman elected mayor of Panguitch, Utah

1982

Sue Marie Young, first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah

1991

Cosetta Castagno, first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah

Joyce Johnson, first woman mayor of Orem, Utah

1992

Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah

Stella Welsh, first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah

1998

JoAnn Seghini, first woman elected mayor of Midvale, Utah

2009

Melissa Johnson, first woman elected mayor of West Jordan, Utah

Mia Love, first woman elected mayor Saratoga Springs, Utah and first black woman mayor in Utah

2013

Maile Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah

2018

Michelle Kaufusi, first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah

2022

Karen Lang, first woman elected mayor of West Valley City, Utah

Monica Zoltanski, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Utah

Vermont

1980

Janet Smith, first woman elected mayor of St. Albans, Vermont, less than a week after she was sworn-in Smith was shot and killed at her home.

2019

Kristine Lott, first woman elected mayor of Winooski, Vermont

2024

Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, first woman elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont

Virginia

1930

Callie Wright, first female elected mayor of Troutdale, Virginia

1948

Minnie Miller, first woman elected mayor of Clintwood, Virginia

1950

Dorothy Davis, first woman elected mayor of Washington, Virginia

1962

Eleanor P. Sheppard, first woman elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia^: 238

1963

Ann Hitch Kilgore, first woman mayor of Hampton, Virginia

1986

Jessie M. Rattley, first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of Newport News, Virginia

1988

Meyera E. Oberndorf, first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia

1991

Patsy Ticer, first woman elected mayor of Alexandria, Virginia

2008

Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia

Linda Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Suffolk, Virginia

2018

Nikuyah Walker, first African-American female mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Treney Tweedy, first woman mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia.

Washington

1919

Helen B. Coe, first woman elected mayor of Langley, Washington

1924

Alice U. Kerr, first woman elected mayor of Edmonds, Washington

1926

Bertha Knight Landes, first woman Mayor of Seattle, Washington and first woman mayor of a major American city^{: 238, 242}

1932

Stella Alexander, first woman mayor of Issaquah, Washington

1953

Amanda Benek Smith, first woman mayor of Olympia, Washington

1975

Betty Edmondson, first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington

1977

Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett, Washington

1986

Vicki McNeill, first woman to serve as mayor of Spokane, Washington

2010

Marilyn Strickland, first woman to serve as mayor of Tacoma, Washington

2012

Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington

2017

Anne McEnerny-Ogle first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington

Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington

West Virginia

1937

Stella Eddy, first woman mayor of Friendly, West Virginia

Wisconsin

1923

Lulu P. Shaw, first woman mayor of the City of Crandon, Wisconsin.

1934

Mary Spellman, first woman mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Wyoming

1912

Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming

Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming

1920

Grace Miller, first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming

1922

Ethel Stoner, first woman elected mayor of Cokeville, Wyoming

1938

Nettie Terrill, first woman elected mayor of Dixon, Wyoming

1957

Josephine Fey, first woman mayor in Laramie, Wyoming

1965

Maxine Patterson, first woman elected mayor of Edgerton, Wyoming

2008

Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming

2014

Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming

2016

Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming

U.S. territories and associated states

Guam

2001

Concepcion Duenas, first woman elected mayor of Tamuning, Guam

District of Columbia

1990

Sharon Pratt Kelly, first woman elected Mayor of the District of Columbia

Northern Mariana Islands

2014

Marian Tudela, first woman mayor of Saipan

Puerto Rico

1946

Felisa Rincón de Gautier, first woman mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico and first woman mayor of a capital city in United States soil

See also

• List of first women mayors

References