List of mayors of Spokane

The mayor of Spokane is the chief executive of city government in Spokane, Washington, the 96th largest city in the United States. The mayor oversees the management and administration of various local government departments. Historically, the mayor of Spokane has had different powers under different forms of government. From its founding until 1960, Spokane used a commission system. On March 8, 1960, voters overwhelmingly approved the adoption of a city manager system, which gave the role of city manager most powers.^[1][2] In 2001, Spokane switched to the currently used strong mayor form of government, giving more power to the mayor as chief executive.

Mayor of Spokane
Flag of Spokane, Washington
Incumbent Lisa Brown since January 2, 2024
Status	Her Honor The Honorable

List

Pre-strong mayor system (1881–2001)

#	Photo	Mayor	Term start	Term end
1		Robert W. Forrest	1881	1882[3][4]
2		James N. Glover	1883	1884[3][4][5][6]
3		Anthony M. Cannon	1885	1886[7][3][4]
4		William H. Taylor	1887	1888[3][4]
5		Jacob Hoover	1888	1889[3][4]
6		Francis M. Tull	1889	1889
7		Isaac S. Kaufman	1889	1889[3][4]
8		Fred Furth	1889	1890[3][4]
9		Charles F. Clough	1890	1891[3][8][4][5][6]
10		David B. Fotheringham	1891	1892[3][4][5][6]
11		Daniel M. Drumheller	1892	1893[3][4][5][6]
12		Edward L. Powell	1893	1894[3][4]
13		Horatio N. Belt	1894	1896[3][4]
14		Elmer D. Olmsted	1897	1898[3][8][4]
15		James M. Comstock	1898	1901[3][4]
16		Patrick S. Byrne	1901	1903[3]
17		L. Frank Boyd	1903	1905[3]
18		Floyd L. Daggett	1905–1907[3][8]
19		C. Herbert Moore	1907	1909[3][8][5][6]
20		Nelson S. Pratt	1909	1911[3]
21		William J. Hindley	1911	1913[3][9][5][6]
22		Charles M. Fassett	1914	1916[10][5][6]
23		Charles A. Fleming	1916	1917[5][6]
24		Charles M. Fassett	1918	1920
25		Charles A. Fleming	1920	1929
26		Leonard Funk	1929	1935
27		Arthur W. Burch	1935	1937
28		Frank G. Sutherlin (Sr.)	1937	1945
29		Otto A. Dirkes	1945	1946
30		Arthur Meehan	1945	1955
31		Willard Taft	1955	1958[11]
32		Frank G. Sutherlin (Jr.)	1958	1960[12]
33		Kenneth Lawson	1960	1960
34		Neal R. Fosseen	1960	1967
35		David H. Rodgers	1967	1978
36		Ron Bair	1978	1982
37		James Everett Chase	1982	1986
38		Vicki McNeill	1986	1990
39		Sheri S. Barnard	1990	1994
40		Jack Geraghty	1994	1998
41		John Talbott	1998	2000

Strong mayor system (2001–present)

Spokane adopted the "strong mayor" form of government in January 2001.

#	Photo		Mayor	Term	Party[a]	Election	Notes
42			John Powers	December 28, 2000[13] – December 23, 2003	Democratic[14]	2000	Elected to a truncated term of three years due to the switch to the strong mayor system.[15]
43			James E. West	December 23, 2003[16] – December 16, 2005	Republican	2003	Recalled in 2005 over allegations of sexual abuse.[17]
44			Dennis P. Hession	December 16, 2005 – November 27, 2007[18]	Democratic	—	Appointed by the city council as mayor following West's recall in 2005.[19]
45			Mary Verner	November 27, 2007[18] – December 30, 2011	Democratic	2007
46			David Condon	December 30, 2011[20] – December 30, 2019	Republican	2011
						2015
47			Nadine Woodward	December 30, 2019[21] – January 2, 2024	Republican	2019
48			Lisa Brown	January 2, 2024 – present	Democratic	2023

See also

• City government in Washington (state)

Notes

1. Per the Washington State Constitution, mayors are technically nonpartisan, but mayors still often associate with political parties.