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Before 1680, mayors served one-year terms. As of 1680, they served two-year terms. Exceptions are noted thus (*). A dagger (†) indicates mayoralties cut short by death in office. [When the same man served more than one continuous term, his name is lightly shaded purely for clarity, but the tints have no other significance.]

Note

1. Peter Delanoy was the first and only directly-elected mayor of New York^[2] until 1834. Appointed mayors resumed in the wake of Leisler's Rebellion.

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After 1820, the mayor was appointed by the city's Common Council. Under the Charter of 1834, mayors were elected annually. After 1849, they served two-year terms.

Notes

1. John T. Hoffman resigned after his election as Governor of New York state but before the end of his mayoral term.^[4] Thomas Coman, President of the Board of Aldermen, completed Hoffman's term as acting mayor until his elected successor, A. Oakey Hall, took office.^[5]
2. William F. Havemeyer died during his last term of office. Samuel B. H. Vance, President of the Board of Aldermen, completed Havemeyer's term as acting mayor until his elected successor, William H. Wickham, took office.
3. William L. Strong served an additional year in office because New York City mayoral elections were changed to be held in odd-numbered years due to the impending consolidation of New York City.

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The 1898–1901 term was for four years. The City Charter was changed to make the mayor's term a two-year one beginning in 1902, but after two such terms was changed back to resume four-year terms in 1906. George B. McClellan, Jr. thus served one two-year term from 1904 to 1905, during which he was elected to a four-year term from 1906 to 1909. See New York City mayoral elections#Terms and term limits (since 1834).

The party of the mayor reflects party registration, as opposed to the party lines run under during the general election.

#[1]	Portrait	Name	Term in office	Length of Service	Party affiliation		Previous office
91		Robert A. Van Wyck (1849–1918; aged 69)	January 1, 1898 – December 31, 1901	4 years		Democratic	None
92		Seth Low 1 (1850–1916; aged 66)	January 1, 1902 – December 31, 1903	2 years		Republican	11th President of Columbia University (1890–1901)
93		George B. McClellan Jr. (1865–1940; aged 75)	January 1, 1904 – December 31, 1909	6 years		Democratic	U.S. Representative for New York (1895–1903)
94		William Jay Gaynor 2 † (1849–1913; aged 64)	January 1, 1910 – September 10, 1913	3 years, 253 days		Democratic	Judge to the New York Supreme Court (1893–1909)
Acting2		Ardolph L. Kline	September 10, 1913 – December 31, 1913	113 days		Republican	President of Board of Aldermen
95		John P. Mitchel (1879–1918; aged 38)	January 1, 1914 – December 31, 1917	4 years		Republican	U.S. Customs Collector of the Port of New York; President of Board of Aldermen
96		John F. Hylan[6] (1868–1936; aged 67)	January 1, 1918 – December 30, 1925	8 years		Democratic	None
Acting		William T. Collins	December 31, 1925[6]	1 day		Democratic
97		Jimmy Walker 3 (1881–1946; aged 65)	January 1, 1926 – September 1, 1932	6 years, 244 days		Democratic	New York State Senator (1919–1925)
Acting3		Joseph V. McKee	September 1, 1932 – December 31, 1932	121 days (4 months)		Democratic	President of theCity Council
98		John P. O'Brien (1873–1951; aged 78)	January 1, 1933 – December 31, 1933	1 year		Democratic	None
99		Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882–1947; aged 64)	January 1, 1934 – December 31, 1945	12 years		Republican[7]	U.S. Representative for New York (1922–1933)
100		William O'Dwyer 4 (1890–1964; aged 74)	January 1, 1946 – August 31, 1950	4 years, 243 days (4 years, 8 months)		Democratic	Brooklyn District Attorney (1939–1945)
Acting5		Vincent R. Impellitteri5 (1900–1987; aged 86)	August 31, 1950 – November 14, 1950	75 days		Democratic (as acting mayor)	President of the City Council (1945–1949)
101			November 14, 1950 – December 31, 1953	3 years, 48 days		Experience Party as elected mayor	Acting Mayor
102		Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1910–1991; aged 80)	January 1, 1954 – December 31, 1965	12 years		Democratic	17th Borough President of Manhattan (1950–1953)
103		John Lindsay (1921–2000; aged 79)	January 1, 1966 – December 31, 1973	8 years		Republican	U.S. Representative for New York (1959–1965)
						Democratic
104		Abraham Beame (1906–2001; aged 94)	January 1, 1974 – December 31, 1977	4 years		Democratic	38th New York City Comptroller (1970–1973)
105		Ed Koch (1924–2013; aged 88)	January 1, 1978 – December 31, 1989	12 years		Democratic	U.S. Representative for New York (1973–1977)
106		David Dinkins (born in 1927; aged 89)	January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1993	4 years		Democratic	23rd Borough President of Manhattan (1986–1989)
107		Rudy Giuliani (born in 1944; aged 72)	January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2001	8 years		Republican	United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1983–1989)
108		Michael Bloomberg 6 (born in 1942; aged 74)	January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2013	12 years		Republican	CEO of Bloomberg L.P. (1981–2001)
						None
109		Bill de Blasio (born in 1961; aged 55)	January 1, 2014 – Incumbent	4 years		Democratic	3rd New York City Public Advocate (2010–2013)

Notes

1. Seth Low previously served as Mayor of the City of Brooklyn from 1882 to 1885.
2. William Jay Gaynor died September 10, 1913. Ardolph L. Kline, the unelected President of the Board of Aldermen, succeeded as acting mayor upon William Gaynor's death, but then sought re-election as an alderman (successfully) rather than election as mayor. Kline has thus been the only mayor since 1834 never to win a city-wide election (having been appointed Vice President of the Board of Aldermen by his colleagues and then succeeding to the presidency mid-term, rather than winning it by popular election at large).
3. James J. "Jimmy" Walker resigned September 1, 1932 and went to Europe, amid allegations of corruption in his administration. Joseph V. McKee, as President of the Board of Aldermen, became acting mayor in Walker's place, but was then defeated in a special election by John P. O'Brien.
4. William O'Dwyer resigned August 31, 1950, during a police corruption scandal, after which he was appointed Ambassador to Mexico by President Harry S. Truman.
5. Vincent R. Impellitteri, President of the New York City Council, became acting mayor when O'Dwyer resigned on August 31, 1950, and was then elected to the office in a special election held on November 7, 1950. He was inaugurated on November 14.
6. Michael R. Bloomberg was a Democrat before running for mayor.

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The Mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the government of New York City, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of New York.

This list includes mayors who governed the city of New York at times when its territory was smaller than it is today. Before 1874, the city covered little or no land beyond the island of Manhattan, but later annexed territory in the area that formed the Borough of the Bronx in 1898. The city's consolidation in 1898 defined the current boundaries of the five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. See History of New York City.

The current Mayor of New York City, (and 109th in the sequence of regular mayors), is Bill de Blasio, a Democrat.

During the Dutch colonial period from 1625 to 1664, New Amsterdam was governed by a Director-General. For the year prior to the establishment of the office of Mayor of New York in 1665, New York was run by Richard Nicolls, who was the British military governor of the Province of New York. Thomas Willett was the first person to be specifically appointed mayor.

Mayors were appointed by provincial governors until 1777 when a Council of Appointment was formed by New York State. In 1821 the New York City Council – then known as the Common Council – began appointing mayors. Since 1834 mayors have been elected by direct popular vote.

The longest-serving mayors so far have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (1954–1965), Edward I. Koch (1978–1989), and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013) each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive 4-year terms). The shortest terms in office since 1834 have been those of acting mayors Thomas Coman (five weeks from Monday, November 30, 1868, to Monday, January 4, 1869) and Samuel B. H. Vance (one month from November 30 to December 31, 1874).

Although being Mayor of New York City has been described as the "second toughest job in America" after the Presidency,^[1] and although several mayors – most recently John Lindsay and Rudolph Giuliani – have sought the Presidency, no one person has yet held both positions. Indeed no sitting or former mayor has been elected to another public office since Ardolph Loges Kline (acting mayor in late 1913) was re-elected Alderman in 1913 and later elected in 1920 to his only term in Congress. Neither has any mayor so far (out of more than a hundred) been female, nor has any except David Dinkins been non-white.

Notes:

1. Seth Low previously served as Mayor of the City of Brooklyn from 1882 to 1885.
2. William Jay Gaynor died September 10, 1913.
3. Ardolph L. Kline, the unelected President of the Board of Aldermen, succeeded as acting Mayor upon William Gaynor's death, but then sought re-election as an Alderman (successfully) rather than election as Mayor. Kline has thus been the only mayor since 1834 never to win a city-wide election (having been appointed Vice President of the Board of Aldermen by his colleagues and then succeeding to the Presidency mid-term, rather than winning it by popular election at large).
4. James J. "Jimmy" Walker resigned September 1, 1932 and went to Europe, amid allegations of corruption in his administration.
5. Joseph V. McKee, as President of the Board of Aldermen, became Acting Mayor in Walker's place, but was then defeated in a special election by John P. O'Brien.
6. William O'Dwyer resigned August 31, 1950, during a police corruption scandal, after which he was appointed Ambassador to Mexico by President Harry S. Truman.
7. Vincent R. Impellitteri, President of the New York City Council, became Acting Mayor when O'Dwyer resigned on August 31, 1950, and was then elected to the office in a special election held on November 7, 1950. He was inaugurated on November 14.
8. Michael R. Bloomberg was a Democrat before 2001.