List of mayors of Corpus Christi, Texas
The following is a list of mayors of Corpus Christi, Texas.[1][2] The current mayor is Paulette Guajardo.
Name | Term |
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Benjamin F. Neal | 1852–1853 |
E. H. Winfield | 1853 (Resigned) |
C. R. Hopson | 1853–1854 (Pro-tem) |
Henry F. Berry | 1854–1855 |
Benjamin F. Neal | 1855–1856 |
Henry A. Maltby | 1856–1857 (Resigned) |
Cornelius Cahill | 1857 (Pro-tem) |
Henry W. Berry | 1857 (abandoned office) |
Ruben Holbein | 1857–1860 |
Henry W. Berry | 1860–1863 |
Dr. George W. Robertson | 1863–1866 |
Weymon N. Staples | 1866–1868 |
Nelson Plato | 1868–1870 |
J. B. Mitchell | 1870–1872 |
Perry Doddridge | 1872–1875 |
Nelson Plato | 1875–1876 |
William Headen | 1876–1877 |
J. C. Russell | 1877 |
John Marks Davenport Moore | 1877–1880 |
John Bernard Murphy | 1880–1884 |
George F. Evans | 1884–1886 |
Cheston C. Heath | 1886–1888 |
Henry Keller | 1888–1892 |
Oscar C. Lovenskiold | 1892–1902 |
H. H. Segrest | 1902–1904 (Acting Mayor) |
H. H. Segrest | 1904–1908 |
Dan Reid | 1908–1909 (Died in office) |
W. H. Hull | 1909–1910 (Pro-tem) |
Clark Pease | 1910–1913 |
Roy Miller | 1913–1919 |
Gordon Boone | 1919–1921 |
Dr. Perry Gl Lovenskiold | 1921–1931 |
Edwin F. Flato | 1931–1933 |
William Shaffer | 1933–1935 |
Dr. H. R. Giles | 1935–1937 |
A. C. McCaughan | 1937–1945 |
Roy Self | 1945–1946 (Resigned) |
Robert T. Wilson | 1946–1947 (Died in office) |
Wesley Eli Seale | 1947–1949 |
Leslie Wasserman | 1949–1953 |
A. Albert Lichtenstein | 1953–1954 (Resigned) |
Ellroy King | 1954 (Pro tem) |
P. C. Callaway | 1954–1955 |
Farrell D. Smith | 1955–1959 |
Ellroy King | 1959–1961 |
Ben F. McDonald | 1961–1963 |
Dr. James L. Barnard | 1963–1965 |
Dr. McIver Furman | 1965–1967 |
Jack R. Blackmon | 1967–1971 |
Ronnie Sizemore | 1971–1973 |
Jason Luby | 1973–1979 |
Luther Jones | 1979–1987 |
Betty Turner | 1987–1991 |
Mary Rhodes | 1991–1997 |
Loyd Neal | 1997–2005 |
Henry Garrett | 2005–2009 |
Joe Adame | 2009–2012 |
Nelda Martinez | 2012–2016 |
Dan McQueen | 2016–2017 (in office 37 days before resigning via Facebook[3]) |
Joe McComb | 2017–2021 |
Paulette Guajardo | 2021–present |
The acting pro-tem, Gabe Lozano, finished out his term until 1979. (Luby resigned in order to run for Congress and city ordinance prohibited him from holding his position while running for another office)