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The City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department was created by a city ordinance on March 15, 1916. When it was created it had two parks, Hermann Park and Sam Houston Park. As of 2010 the department maintains about 350 developed parks and 200 esplanades and greenspaces inside and outside of the City of Houston. [48] [49]
Democratic 59 1998–2004 Lee Brown Democratic 58 1992–1998 Bob Lanier Democratic 57 1982–1992 Kathy Whitmire [3] Democratic 56 1978–1982 Jim McConn Republican 55 1974–1978 Fred Hofheinz Democratic 54 1964–1974 Louie Welch Republican 53 1958–1964 Lewis Cutrer Democratic 52 1956–1958 Oscar F. Holcombe (5th) Democratic 51 1953–1956
This is a list of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States, ordered by their populations as of July 1, 2022, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. [1] [2] These 50 cities have a combined population of 49.6 million, or 15% of the national population.
Whitmire will replace term-limited Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner; Jackson Lee falls short in effort to become first Black woman leader of city. HOUSTON (AP) — Houston elected Democratic state ...
Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, elevating a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years by giving him a victory over U.S. Rep ...
John Harris Whitmire (born August 13, 1949) [2] is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston, the most populous city in Texas, since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party , Whitmire was previously a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 until 1983, and the Texas State Senate from 1983 to 2023.
Texas state Sen. John Whitmire will be Houston’s next mayor, NBC News projects. ... a fellow Democrat, in a runoff election Saturday to lead the fourth-largest city by population in the U.S.
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.