Mayors, 1869-1890

Seattle was again incorporated, this time as a city, by an act of the Territorial Legislature on December 2, 1869. The City's first mayor, Henry A. Atkins, was appointed by the Legislature pending the first City election scheduled for July 1870. The City Charter, granted by the Legislature, set the Mayor's term of office at one year. Elections were held on the second Monday in July.

Henry A. Atkins

First Term Began 12/2/1869
Appointed by the Territorial Legislature
pending the town's first election.
Second Term Began 7/11/1870
Republican

John T. Jordan

Second Term Began 4/5/1873
Appointed acting mayor to serve
until a special election could be held
to fill the remainder of Stone's term.
No Party Affiliation

Henry L. Yesler

First Term Began 8/2/1874
Republican
 

Beriah Brown

Term Began 7/29/1878
People's Ticket
 

Henry G. Struve

Term Began 7/31/1882
Second Term Began 7/30/1883
Republican

William H. Shoudy

Term Began 8/2/1886
People's Party

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Harry White

First Term Began 8/3/1890
Served an abbreviated term prior
to adoption of a new city charter.
Republican

John T. Jordan

First Term Began 7/31/1871
No Party Affiliation
 
 
 

Moses R. Maddocks

Term Began 6/5/1873
Elected to serve the final
two months of Stone's term.
Republican
 

Bailey Gatzert

Term Began 8/2/1875
Independent
 

Orange Jacobs

Term Began 8/3/1879
Republican
 

John Leary

Term Began 8/3/1884
Business Men's Ticket
 

Thomas T. Minor

Term Began 8/1/1887
Republican
 

Corliss P. Stone

Term Began 7/29/1872
Left the city before his term ended.
Republican
 
 

John Collins

Term Began 8/3/1873
Democrat
 
 
 

Gideon A. Weed

First Term Began 7/31/1876
Second Term Began 7/30/1877
No Party Affiliation

Leonard P. Smith

First Term Began 8/2/1880
Second Term Began 8/1/1881
Republican

Henry L. Yesler

Second Term Began 8/3/1885
Republican
 

Robert Moran

First Term Began 7/30/1888
Second Term Began 7/29/1889
Republican