The Mayor of the City of Waco is the official head of the city of Waco in the U.S. state of Texas. Waco was incorporated in 1856.

NamePortraitTerm startTerm endNotes / citation HANAN JONES 1856 T. G. Jones W. D. Chambers R. N. Goode Ernest Albertis McKenney I. N. Mullins C. B. Way B. F. Harris Jacob Long John C. West Augustine J. Byrd December 17, 1875 1878 Elected December 17, 1875. Succeeded by E. A. Sturgis Former confederate soldier. E. A. Sturgis 1878 1884 W. H. Wilkes 1884 1886 E. A. Sturgis (2nd term) 1886 1888 Source indicates that Sturgis was mayor in 1886 and was succeeded by A. Hinchman Acanthus Hinchman 1890 Sources conflict as to when Hinchman's term began in 1888 or 1890 Champe Carter McCulloch 1895 1895 W. H. Wilkes (2nd term) 1896 1896 Champe Carter McCulloch (2nd term) 1897 1899 J. W. Riggins 1900 1902 Allen Sanford 1903 1903 Jas. B. Baker 1904 1909 H. B. Mistrot 1910 1911 J.H. Mackey 1912 1913 J. W. Riggins (2nd term) 1914 1915 John Dollins 1916 1917 Ed McCullough 1918 1919 Ben C. Richards 1920 1923 Thos P. Stone 1924 April 9, 1926 Resigned April 9, 1926 J. W. Holloway April 9, 1926 April 15, 1926 H. F. Connally April 15, 1926 A. Baker Duncan 1927 T.D. Brooks 1928 T.F. Bush 1930 G.H. Zimmerman 1932 Carl Mason 1934 November 11, 1934 Resigned John F. Sheehy November 11, 1934 Jos W. Hale 1935 Charles Gray Catto 1937 Geo. O. Jones 1938 T.M. Gribble 1939 L.T. Murray 1940 D. T. Hicks 1941 Hubert Johnson 1942 Berry Williams 1943 A.N. Denton 1944 Frank L. Wilcox 1945 Richard C. Bush 1946 J.E. Hawkins 1948 L.M. Crow 1949 L. H. Bradshaw 1952 Ralph R.Wolf 1953 H.F. Connally, Jr. 1954 O.B. Robertson 1955 D.T. Hicks, Jr. 1956 Truett K. Smith 1957 Joe L. Ward, Jr. 1958 Madison Clement 1959 Billy J. Hinton 1960 Maurice C. Barnes 1961 Stanton Brown, Jr. 1962 W.B. Lenamon 1963 Roger N. Conger 1964 J. Ernest Pardo 1965 P.M. Johnston 1966 H. Malcolm Louden 1968 Howard Dudgeon, Jr. 1969 Travis Du Bois, Jr. 1970 Karl M. May 1971 Bill McDavid April 11, 1972 November 15, 1972 Harold Mathias November 1972 Oscar N. Du Conge 1974 First African-American mayor of Waco L.Ted Getterman, Jr. 1975 Milburn Smith 1976 September 21, 1976 J. R. Closs September 21, 1976 J. Leigh Brooks 1977 Lois Ted Getterman, Jr. 1978 J.P. Davis 1979 George Chase April 5, 1980 October 14, 1980 David S. Dow October 14, 1980 Billy H. Davis 1981 Roland Arriola, Jim Mathis 1982 Malcolm P. Duncan, Sr. 1984 Ruben M. Santos 1985 LaNelle McNamara 1986 David Sibley 1987 1988 R.D. Pattillo 1988 Charles Reed 1990 J. Robert Sheehy, Sr. 1992 Michael D. Morrison 1996 2000 Linda Ethridge 2000 Mae Jackson† May 2004 February 11, 2005 First elected African-American and first female African-American mayor of Waco. Died while in office on February 11, 2005; replaced by Mayor pro tem Robin G. McDurham. Robin G. McDurham February 21, 2005 May 17, 2005 Sworn in on February 21, 2005. Served as mayor after the death of mayor Mae Jackson until a special election on May 7, 2005. Virginia DuPuy May 17, 2005 May 18, 2010 Sworn in on May 17, 2005 after special election held on May 7, 2005. Won in general election for mayor on May 13, 2006 and sworn in on May 16, 2006. She went on to win reelection in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Jim Bush May 18, 2010 2012 Malcolm P. Duncan Jr. 2012 2016 Kyle Deaver 2016 2020 Dillon Meek 2020 2024 Meek announced that he would not stand for reelection in May 2024.Hanan Jones 2024 Incumbent

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