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The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved ...
He earned his law degree from the University of Texas, then practiced law at the powerful Houston firm Baker & Botts for a decade before switching to banking and ultimately becoming a major real estate developer. [1] Before he was elected mayor, he was the chairman of the Texas Highway Commission.
This category contains the mayors of Houston, Texas in that city's history. ... List of mayors of Houston; A. John Day Andrews; B. James Bailey (American politician)
James Joseph McConn (March 15, 1928 – March 14, 1997) was the mayor of Houston, Texas from 1978 to 1982. [1] He is the second and last Republican to hold that office as of 2024. Early life
Samuel Houston Brashear (July 9, 1866 – September 17, 1941) was a lawyer, judge, and mayor of Houston. Brashear was elected as District Judge in 1892 and challenged Horace Baldwin Rice for mayor in 1898. He served as mayor for two terms and resigned in 1900 to pursue a legal practice.
Joseph Jay "J. J." Pastoriza (January 8, 1857 – July 9, 1917) was a printer, real estate investor, and politician in Houston, Texas. He served both as Houston's Tax Commissioner and Mayor. Pastoriza was the first Hispanic mayor of the city of Houston. Pastoriza was orphaned and adopted as a young child in Houston.
Oct. 11—PALMER — The mayor of the Mat-Su city of Houston, as well as the deputy mayor and city treasurer, resigned suddenly last week without any immediate public explanation. Virgie Thompson ...
William Howard White (born June 16, 1954) is an American attorney, businessman and politician who was the 60th mayor of Houston from 2004 to 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas in the 2010 election, in which he lost to Republican Rick Perry.