This is a list of mayors of Laurel, Maryland, a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland. Before the city's (nonpartisan) office of mayor was established, a similar role was that of president of the board of commissioners. Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names. The term length changed from one year to two years in 1904, and from two years to four years in 1974. __FORCETOC__ Presidents rowspan="2" scope="col" Presidents of the Laurel Board of CommissionersPresident Served Notes 1 1870–1872 Grandfather of James P. Curley 2 1872–1873 3 1873–1874 4 1874–1875 5 1875–1876 6 (2) 1876–1878 Father of Edward Phelps 7 1878–1879 8 (2) 1879–1881 9 1881–1882 10 (4) 1882–1886 11 (2) 1886–1888 12 1888–1889
Mayors
rowspan="2" scope="col" rowspan="2" scope="col" rowspan="2" scope="col" Mayors of Laurel, MarylandMayor Served Notes 1 1 1890–1891 2 2 (2) 1891–1893 3 3 1893–1894 4 4 1894–1895 5 5 (7) 1895–1902 Son of Edward J. Phelps; most-elected mayor6 6 (3) 1902–1905 3rd term had a two-year length 7 7 1905–1906 July 1905, completed Timanus' 3rd term 8 8 (3) 1906–1910 Also served in 1920 9 9 1910–1912 December 1910, completed Gilbert's 3rd term 10 10 (3) 1912–1918 11 11 1918–1920 12 8 1920 Also served 1906–1910 13 12 1920–1922 December 1920, completed Gilbert's term; also served 1940–1946 14 13 1922–1924 15 14 1924–1925 16 15 1925–1928 October 1925, completed Roberts' term 17 16 1928–1930 Grandson of James Curley 18 17 1930–1934 Also served 1946–1948 19 18 1934–1936 20 19 (2) 1936–1940 21 12 (3) 1940–1946 Also served 1920–1922 22 17 1946–1948 Also served 1930–1934 23 20 (3) 1948–1954 Also served 1964–1972 24 21 (2) 1954–1958 25 22 (2) 1958–1962 26 23 1962–1964 27 20 (4) 1964–1972 Also served 1948–195428 24 (2) 1972–1978 2nd term had a four-year length 29 25 (2) 1978–1986 30 26 1986–1990 Laurel's first woman mayor 31 27 1990–1994 32 28 (2) 1994–2001 Died in office 33 29 2001–2002 October 2001, completed Casula's 2nd term 34 30 (5) 2002–2023 Election moved to odd years (starting 2011); longest-tenured mayor 35 31 2023–present Laurel's first Black mayor
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