List of pre-statehood mayors of San Francisco

This is a list of pre-statehood alcaldes and mayors of San Francisco, from 1779 to 1850, during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods, prior to California's admission to statehood.

Spanish era

California's first governor Felipe de Neve ordered all of the Missions to elect local Alcaldes (a combination of Mayor and Magistrate) around 1779.Fr. Engelhardt O. F. M, Zephyrin. San Francisco or Mission Dolores, Franciscan Herald Press, 1924 pg 97 + Alcaldes of Mission San Francisco de Asís Term Valeriano and Jorge were elected.Englehardt, 1924 1797 Two Ohlone men from the village Pruristac with the baptismal names Hilarion and GeorgeMilliken, Randall. A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area 1769–1910 Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1995. (alk. paper); See pages 206–207 1807

Mexican era

+ Alcaldes of San FranciscoMisterSF.comMayors of US Major Cities M-WBancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1825-1840 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ; See pages 729-731Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1808-1824 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ; See pages 604-606History of San Jose, California - Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers Portrait Alcalde Term Notes Francisco de Haro 1834 1835 José Joaquín Estudillo 1835 1836 Francisco Guerrero y Palomares 1836 1837 Ygnacio Martínez 1837 1838 Francisco de Haro 1838 1839 Francisco Guerrero y Palomares 1839 1842 José de Jesús Noé 1842 1843 Francisco Sánchez 1843 1844 William Sturgis Hinckley 1844 1845 Juan Nepomuceno Padilla 1845 1845 José de la Cruz Sánchez 1845 1846 José de Jesús Noé 1846 1846

American era + Alcaldes of San Francisco Portrait Alcalde Term Notes Washington Allon Bartlett August 22, 1846 February 22, 1847 Edwin Bryant February 22, 1847 June 1847 George Hyde June 1847 April 1848 John Townsend April 1848 September 1848 Thaddeus M. Leavenworth October 1848 August 1849 John White Geary August 1849 March 1, 1850

See also List of pre-statehood mayors of Los Angeles List of pre-statehood mayors of San Jose List of pre-statehood mayors of San Diego

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