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. In 2001, Spokane switched to the currently used strong mayor form of government, giving more power to the mayor as chief executive.
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Pre-strong mayor system (1881–2001) #PhotoMayorTerm startTerm end1Robert W. Forrest188118822James N. Glover188318843Anthony M. Cannon188518864William H. Taylor188718885Jacob Hoover188818896Francis M. Tull188918897Isaac S. Kaufman188918898Fred Furth188918909Charles F. Clough1890189110David B. Fotheringham1891189211Daniel M. Drumheller1892189312Edward L. Powell1893189413Horatio N. Belt1894189614Elmer D. Olmsted1897189815James M. Comstock18981901 https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00edwa/page/n6/mode/2up16Patrick S. Byrne1901190317L. Frank Boyd1903190518Floyd L. Daggett1905–190719C. Herbert Moore19071909 https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofs02indurh/page/n6/mode/2up20Nelson S. Pratt1909191121William J. Hindley19111913 https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofs01durh/page/n8/mode/2up22Charles M. Fassett1914191623Charles A. Fleming19161917|2nd of 3-image slide show)24Charles M. Fassett1918192025Charles A. Fleming1920192926Leonard Funk1929193527Arthur W. Burch1935193728Frank G. Sutherlin (Sr.)1937194529Otto A. Dirkes1945194630Arthur Meehan1945195531Willard Taft1955195832Frank G. Sutherlin (Jr.)1958196033Kenneth Lawson1960196034Neal R. Fosseen1960196735David H. Rodgers1967197836Ron Bair1978198237James Everett Chase1982198638Vicki McNeill1986199039Sheri S. Barnard1990199440Jack Geraghty1994199841John Talbott19982000
Strong mayor system (2001–present) Spokane adopted the "strong mayor" form of government in January 2001. +#PhotoMayorTermPartyElectionNotes42December 28, 2000 – December 23, 2003DemocraticOliver Staley, S. w. (2000, Nov 03). Strong mayor candidates offer strong contrast talbott, powers offer differing styles, viewpoints: [SPOKANE edition]. Spokesman Review Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/strong-mayor-candidates-offer-contrast-talbott/docview/394907504/se-22000Elected to a truncated term of three years due to the switch to the strong mayor system.43December 23, 2003 – December 16, 2005Republican2003Recalled in 2005 over allegations of sexual abuse.44December 16, 2005 – November 27, 2007Democratic—Appointed by the city council as mayor following West's recall in 2005.45November 27, 2007 – December 30, 2011Democratic200746December 30, 2011 – December 30, 2019Republican2011201547December 30, 2019 – January 2, 2024Republican201948January 2, 2024 – presentDemocratic2023
See also City government in Washington (state)
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