List of mayors of El Paso, Texas

The following is a list of people who have served as mayors of the city of El Paso in the U.S state of Texas.

The first mayor of El Paso, Benjamin Shacklett Dowell.

Mayor of El Paso
Flag of the City of El Paso
Incumbent Renard Johnson since January 6, 2025
Term length	Four years, Two Term Limit
Inaugural holder	Ben S. Dowell 1873
Formation	1873
Salary	$95000 As of 2024
Website	www.elpasotexas.gov/mayor/

List of Mayors of El Paso

Mayor	Term
Ben S. Dowell	1873–1875
Melton A. Jones	1875–1876[1]
Solomon Shultz	1880–1881
Joseph Magoffin	1881–1885
C. Lightbody	1885–1889
Richard Caples	1889–1893
W. H. Austin	1893–1894
Adolph Solomon	1894
A. K. Albers	1894
Robert Campbell	1895–1897
Joseph Magoffin	1897–1901
Ben F. Hammett	1901–1903
Charles Robert Morehead Jr.	1903-1905[2]
Charles Davis	1905–1907
Joseph Sweeney	1907–1910
W. F. Robinson	1910
Charles E. Kelly	1910–1915
Tom Lea	1915–1917
Charles Davis	1917–1923
R. M. Dudley	1923–1925
H. P. Jackson	1925–1927
R. Ewing Thomason	1927–1931
A. B. Poe	1931
R. E. Sherman	1931–1937
M. A. Harlan	1937–1938
J. E. Anderson	1938–1947
Dan R. Ponder	1947–1949
Dan L. P. Duke	1949–1951
Fred Hervey	1951–1955
W. T. Misenhimer	1955
Tom E. Rogers	1955–1957
Raymond Telles	1957–1961
Ralph Seitsinger	1961–1963
Judson F. Williams	1963–1969
Ashley G. Classen	1969
Peter De Wetter	1969–1971
Bert Williams	1971–1973
Fred Hervey	1973–1975
Don Henderson	1975–1977
Ray Salazar	1977–1979
Thomas D. Westfall	1979–1981
Jonathan W. Rogers	1981–1989
Suzanne S. Azar	1989–1991
William S. Tilney	1991–1993
Larry Francis	1993–1997
Carlos Ramirez	1997–2001
Raymond Caballero	June 9, 2001 – June 10, 2003
Joe Wardy	June 10, 2003 – June 13, 2005
John Cook	June 13, 2005 – June 24, 2013
Oscar Leeser	June 24, 2013 – June 26, 2017 [3]
Dee Margo	June 27, 2017 – January 5, 2021[4]
Oscar Leeser	January 5, 2021 – January 6, 2025
Renard Johnson	January 6, 2025 – present