List of mayors of Mesa, Arizona

The following is a list of the mayors of Mesa, Arizona.

Mayor of Mesa, Arizona
Flag of Mesa, Arizona
Incumbent Mark Freeman since 2025
Type	Mayor
Member of	City council
Term length	4 years
Formation	July 15, 1883[1]
First holder	Alexander Findlay Macdonald
Deputy	Vice mayor
Salary	$74,745.16[2]
Website	https://www.mesaaz.gov/government/mayor-council

Mayors

#	Portrait	Mayor	Took Office	Left Office	Ref.
1		Alexander Findlay MacDonald	1883	1885	[3]
2		Alvin Franklin Stewart	1885	1886
3		George Passey	1886	1888
4		William Johnson LeBaron	1888	1896
5		James Rouse Turman	1896	1898
6		David Tully LeBaron Jr.	1898	1899
7		William A. Kimball	1899	1900	[4]
8		Jedidiah Grant Peterson (1st term)	1900	1902	[5]
9		Charles M. Mullen	1902	1904
10		John L. Waring	1904	1906
11		Phil Metz	1906	1908
12		John D. Loper	1908	1908
13		Lionel Brand Johnson	1908	1908
14		John H. Barnett	1908	1910
15		Ralph Fleetwood Palmer	1910	1912
16		John Taylor LeSueur	1912	1914	[4]
17		Max Viault	1914	1916	[6]
18		Paul Baxter Beville	1916	1918	[6][7]
19		Dan H. Kleinman	1918	1922	[8][9]
20		Robert Scott	1922	1924	[8]
21		Jedidiah Grant Peterson (2nd term)	1924	1936	[5]
22		Linford B. Werner	1936	1938	[10]
23		George Nicholas Goodman (1st term)	1938	1942	[11]
24		John A. Hamblin	1942	1944	[12]
25		Zebulon Pearce	1944	1946	[13]
26		George Nicholas Goodman (2nd term)	1946	1948	[11][13]
27		Frank E. Bendick	1948	1950	[14]
28		Oscar Virgil Crismon	1950	1952	[15]
29		George Nicholas Goodman (3rd term)	1952	1956	[11][16]
30		Richard G. Johnson Sr.	1956	1958	[17]
31		Egbert J. Brown	1958	1966	[18]
32		Jack Taylor	1966	1972	[19][20]
33		Eldon W. Cooley	1972	1976	[21][22][23]
34		Wayne C. Pomeroy	1976	1980	[24][25]
35		Don W. Strauch	1980	1984	[26]
36		Sumner "Al" Brooks	1984	1988	[27][28]
37		Margaret "Peggy" Rubach	1988	1992	[29]
38		William "Willie" Wong	1992	1996	[30][31]
39		Wayne Brown	1996	2000	[32]
40		Keno L. Hawker	2000	2008	[33]
41		Scott W. Smith	2008	2014	[34][35]
42		Alex Finter	2014	2014	[36]
43		John Giles	2014	2025	[37]
44		Mark Freeman	2025	Incumbent

See also

• List of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States