List of the youngest mayors in the United States
This is a list of the youngest mayors in the United States. This list is inclusive of individuals nearest to the age of majority at the time of their election; usually under the age of 25. The people listed here are notable because of the rarity of their age category holding elected office of any type, particularly mayoralties. This list also includes young mayors who have led significant or noteworthy terms.
Youngest mayors
Listed in alphabetical order by last name.
Name | Locale | State | Birth date | Age at appointment | Population (2010 United States Census) | Term | Notes |
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Angela Allen | Tar Heel | NC | 1980 | 23 | 109 | 2003-2009 | The youngest elected Mayor in NC. The first female Mayor of Tar Heel, winning her first term by write-in |
Tashua Allman | Glenville | WV | 1988 | 21 | 1,537 | 2009–2013 | The youngest mayor of Glenville and youngest female and youngest mayor in West Virginia history [1] |
Matthew Avitabile | Middleburgh | NY | 1986 | 25 | 1,398 (2000) | 2012–present | [2] |
Richard
Bailey |
Coronado | CA | 1986 | 30 | 24,697 | 2016- Present | Elected mayor on November 8th 2016 with approximately 56% of the vote. Mr. Bailey is the youngest mayor in the history of Coronado. |
Cristin Cecala | Point Venture | TX | 1982 | 29 | 873 | 2011-present | First female and youngest mayor ever elected in Point Venture. http://vopv.org |
Jenny Lynn Barger | Sligo | PA | 1988 | 20 | 720 | 2009–present | Youngest ever female mayor, appointed to fill term of Mark Rummell who resigned.[3] |
Jeffrey Beauregard | Palo | IA | 1979 | 29 | 1,026 | 2008–2009 | Appointed to mayor's position in July, 2008 by city council. He led his community through its recovery from a flood. Beauregard won awards for his leadership during and after the flood.[4] |
Ryan Bingham Connor | Torrington | CT | 1983 | 22 | 36,383 | 2005–2013 | Bingham was the youngest mayor in Connecticut's history as of his 2005 election. |
Matthew Bogusz | Des Plaines | IL | 1986 | 26 | 58,364 | 2013–present | Elected as an alderman at age 22 and mayor at age 26 [5] |
Brad Boles | Marlow | OK | 1983 | 30 | 4,662 | 2013- present | Youngest Mayor in the history of Marlow. |
Nicholas Bozarth | Napavine | WA | 1985 | 22 | 1,766 | 2008–2011 | As the youngest mayor of Napavine, Washington Bozarth banned city workers from taking lunch breaks at a local tavern and took on a controversial police chief. Bozarth did not run for re-election. |
Nicholas Breedlove | Webster | NC | 1983 | 29 | 363 | 2013–present | Local journalist, mounted a successful write-in campaign for the non-partisan position. |
Stephen Brinlee | Wilburton | OK | 1985 | 22 | 2,843 | 2007–present | Elected Mayor of Wilburton while serving as the Latimer County Democratic Party Chairman. His predecessor, Karin Woodruff, was named 2006's Small Town Mayor of the Year. Brinlee received 238 votes to Woodruff's 100.[6] |
Aja Brown | Compton | CA | 1982 | 31 | 96,455 | 2013–present | |
Gary C. Brown | Laclede | MO | 1983 | 25 | 345 | 2008–2012 | Elected Mayor at 25 as a write-in candidate, winning by a landslide. Re elected for a second term. Participated in twinning ceremonies in Souilly, Muese France.[7] |
Pete Buttigieg | South Bend | IN | 1982 | 29 | 101,168 | 2012–present | Elected Mayor of South Bend with 74% of the vote. Took office on Jan. 1, 2012 as the youngest mayor of a U.S. city with at least 100,000 residents.[8] |
Phillip Campbell | Howell | MI | 1980 | 31 | 9,489 | 2011–2015 | The youngest Mayor of Howell and one of the youngest ever in Michigan. Served two terms (2011-2013 and 2013-2015).[9] |
Chris Clark | Mountain View | CA | 1983 | 30 | 74,066 | 2014–present | Took office on January 7, 2014 as the youngest mayor in Mountain View history.[10][11] |
Tyrel Clark | Eyota | MN | 1982 | 30 | 1,977 | 2012–present | Elected Mayor of Eyota, Minnesota with 72.5% of the vote. Took office on Jan. 1, 2012.[12] |
Charles Cockrum | West City | IL | 1980 | 27 | 661 | 2008–present | As the youngest mayor of West City, Illinois Cockrum was elected to the board of trustees in April 2007 receiving the highest recorded vote count in the history of the village. He served nine months before being unanimously elected by the Board of Trustees to serve the remaining term when the former mayor stepped down. He was re-elected in 2009. Cockrum also serves as a volunteer fireman for the village. |
Kyle Corbin | Union | OR | 1988 | 18 | 2,121 | 2006–2008 | [13] |
Daniel Corona | West Wendover | NV | 1991 | 25 | 4,498 | 2016- | |
Jasiel Correia II | Fall River | MA | 1992 | 23 | 88,857 | 2016- | The City of Fall River's third mayor in just thirteen months, Correia beat out former Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter. Sutter took office after a very controversial recall election in December 2014, having beaten the recalled mayor William Flanagan. [14] |
Ron Hooker | Newcomerstown | OH | 1952 | 19 | 3,819 | 1972-1973 | Apparently the youngest mayor ever at the time he took office on January 1, 1971.[15] |
Jerah Cordova | Belen | NM | 1984 | 30 | 7,269 | 2014–present | [16] |
Josh Roberts | West Union | SC | 1980 | 23 | 298 | 2004–2006 | The youngest Mayor ever in the state of South Carolina. At the point of election, Roberts was the second youngest mayor in the country. |
Ryan L. Daniel | Columbia City | IN | 1984 | 27 | 8,750 | 2012–present | [17] |
Matt Delligatti | Fairmont | WV | 1986 | 22 | 18,704 | 2009–2010 | On January 13, 2009 Delligatti became the youngest ever mayor of Fairmont by a five to three vote among council members. Fairmont is West Virginia's seventh largest city.[18] |
James Diossa | Central Falls | RI | 1985 | 27 | 19,376 | 2013–present | Elected the city youngest councilman in 2009 at age 24. First Hispanic mayor of Central Falls.[19] |
Jeffrey Dunkel | Mount Carbon | PA | 1985 | 18 | 91 | 2003–2015 | [20] |
Scott Faughn | Poplar Bluff | MO | 1980 | 22 | 17,023 | 2002–2004 | In 2005, Faughn was found guilty of forgery charges related to a highway project he promoted as mayor.[21] |
Blaine Finch | Ottawa | KS | 1977 | 21 | 12,649 | 1998–1999 | [22] |
Jarrett Fishpaw | Los Altos | CA | 1987 | 25 | 28,976 | 2012–2014 | [23] |
Benjamin R. Frederick | Owosso | MI | 1982 | 27 | 15,194 | 2009–present | Elected to council at age 25 in 2007, elected mayor by council in November 2009, and re-elected to second term as mayor in November 2011. Has held positions in the Michigan House and Senate since the age of 19.[24] |
Joshua Gran | Caledonia | MN | 1993 | 21 | 2,868 | 2015–present | [25] |
Kelvin C. Green | Archer City | TX | 1996 | 18 | 1,834 | 2014–present | Archer City's youngest mayor.[26] |
Freddy Guerra | Roma | TX | 1986 | 24 | 9,765 | 2010–present | The youngest mayor in Roma, Texas history.[27] |
Rusty Hammer | Campbell | CA | 1954 | 21 | 39,349 | 1975–1978 | When elected, Hammer was proclaimed the youngest mayor ever in the U.S.[28] |
John Tyler Hammons | Muskogee | OK | September 4, 1988 | 19 | 39,223 | 2008–2012 | Hammons won 70 percent of the vote over the three-term former mayor, and was a freshman at the University of Oklahoma when elected.[29][30] |
Charles H. Harbaugh IV | Middletown | VA | 1987 | 25 | 1,265 | 2012 | Charles was appointed mayor when the previous mayor stepped down. He won the following election which was a no contest election for the seat. |
Mathias Harter | La Crosse | WI | November 17, 1984 | 24 | 51,320 | 2009–2013 | The youngest mayor in LaCrosse, Wisconsin History [31] |
Gordon Hennington | Hamburg | AR | 1934 | 24 | 2,857 | 1959–1962; 2003–2010 | Lost re-election November 2, 2010. He was in the automobile business in the 40 years between first and second terms. |
Jerrod W. Holton | Midway | FL | 1984 | 23 | 3,004 | 2007–present | Holton is the youngest person ever to be elected to the city council in 2007 at the age of 23. In 2008, he was selected to serve a two-year term as Mayor Pro-Tem. Due to the resignation of Mayor James Hinson, Jerrod Holton became the youngest to serve as mayor. |
Matthew Hurst | LaFayette | AL | 1987 | 21 | 3,003 | 2008–2012 | [32] |
J. Michael Ihle | Ravenswood | WV | 1986 | 25 | 3,876 | 2012–present | Ihle defeated two-term Democrat Lucy J. Harbert in the May 8 election, 63-36%, following his "Ravenswood First" door-to-door campaign. |
Trey A. Joy | Smith Center | KS | June 26, 1989 | 19 | 1,665 | 2009–2014 | As the youngest mayor ever elected in Kansas, Trey ran as a write-in candidate against Keith Waldron. He won the election with 64% of the vote on April 7, 2009 and took office on April 9, 2009. |
Sam Juhl | Roland | IA | 1987 | 18 | 1,284 | 2005–2009 | In 2007 successfully ran for re-election, did not run for re-election in 2009.[33][34] |
James R. Kern III | Pohatcong | NJ | 1988 | 22 | 3,339 | 2011–present | 22 years old when he was inaugurated on July 1, 2011 youngest municipal executive in New Jersey.[35][36] |
Jason Klush | Pittston | PA | 1976 | 32 | 7,739 | 2010–present | Klush defeated a man twice his age (Mayor Joe Keating) in the 2009 Democratic primary.[37] |
Dennis Kucinich | Cleveland | OH | 1946 | 31 | 396,815 | 1977–1979 | "The boy mayor of Cleveland" [38] |
Erik Larson | Aberdeen | WA | 1991 | 23 | 16,896 | 2016-Present | |
Willie Logan | Opa-locka | FL | 1957 | 23 | 15,219 | 1980–1982 | |
Marco Lopez | Nogales | AZ | 1978 | 22 | 20,837 | 2000–2003 | Immigrated to the United States in 1994.[39] |
Seth Low | Brooklyn | NY | 1850 | 31 | 2,504,700 | 1881–1885 | After he was mayor of Brooklyn, Low became the only person to be President of Columbia University and Mayor of New York City.[40] |
Shane Mack | Castlewood | SD | 1969 | 18 | 627 | 1988–1996 | [41] |
Byron Mallott | Yakutat | AK | 1943 | 22 | 662 | 1965–1966 | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Alaska in 2014 at age 71 making him the oldest person elected to that office. |
Andy Manar | Bunker Hill | IL | 2001 | 25 | 1,801 | 2001-2003 | Manar was first elected to the Bunker Hill City Council at age 21.[42] |
Laura Martinez | East Palo Alto | CA | October 12, 1984 | 27 | 28,155 | 2012–present | Selected by East Palo Alto City Council on December 7, 2011, to serve as mayor in 2012. She served on the city council and as its vice mayor for three years. Martinez, a member of the Palo Alto High School Class of 2002, won a regional award for her community service.[43] |
Art Martinez de Vara | Von Ormy | TX | April 29, 1975 | 32 | 1,085 | 2008–2015 | While a volunteer fire fighter and law student at St. Mary's University School of Law Art Martinez de Vara led the effort to incorporate his community when he was 28 years old. He was subsequently elected the town's first mayor.[44] |
Chris McBarnes | Frankfort | IN | 1988 | 23 | 16,422 | 2012–present | [45] |
Derek Merrin | Waterville | OH | 1986 | 21 | 5,523 | 2006–2011 | At age 19, Merrin was elected to council. At 21, he defeated incumbent Mayor Chuck Peyton with 53% of the vote. |
Blair Milo | La Porte | IN | 1983 | 28 | 22,053 | 2012–present | [46] |
Jeremy Minnier | Aredale | IA | 1993 | 18 | 74 | 2011–present | Elected mayor of Aredale on November 8, 2011 with 24 write-in votes. Incumbent Mayor Virgil Homer received eight votes. |
Marcus Molinaro | Tivoli | NY | 1975 | 19 | 1,118 | 1995–2007 | [20][47] |
Alex B. Morse | Holyoke | MA | 1989 | 22 | 39,880 | 2012–present | The youngest mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts.[48] Youngest openly gay mayor to elected.[49] |
Svante Myrick | Ithaca | NY | 1987 | 24 | 30,014 | 2012–present | The youngest mayor of Ithaca, New York.[50] The first mayor of African-American heritage for the city.[51][52] Popularly elected in citywide general election, defeating three other candidates, winning 18 of 18 voting districts, and earning 54.9% of the total vote.[53] |
Victoria Napolitano | Moorestown | NJ | August 16, 1988 | 26 | 20,726 | 2015–present | First won election to Moorestown Town Council in 2012 at the age of 24. The youngest mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey, and presumed to be the youngest woman to ever take the oath of office as Mayor in New Jersey history.[54][55] |
Justin Nickels | Manitowoc | WI | 1987 | 22 | 33,736 | 2009–present | Elected mayor of Manitowoc on April 7, 2009. Took office April 21, 2009.[56] |
Freddie Odom | Bluffton | GA | 1982 | 30 | 103 | 2012–present | First autistic mayor in the United States. |
Guy Padgett | Casper | WY | 1977 | 27 | 55,316 | 2005–2006 | |
Brandon Paulin | Indian Head | MD | 1995 | 19 | 3,844 | 2015–present | [57] |
Michael Peccon | Carmichaels | PA | 1981 | 21 | 483 | 2002–2004 | Joined city council at age 18 before being appointed to fill vacancy in mayor's office. Won election in 2002 with 85% of the vote.[58] |
Christopher Portman | Mercer | PA | 1982 | 19 | 2,002 | 2002–2005 | Was elected mayor in 2001 after winning both the Republican and Democratic primaries. He was 18 at the time of his election but turned 19 before officially taking office. He resigned in 2005 before his term expired.[59] |
Christopher Portman | Mercer | PA | 1982 | 19 | 2,002 | 2002–2005 | Was elected mayor in 2001 after winning both the Republican and Democratic primaries. He was 18 at the time of his election but turned 19 before officially taking office. He resigned in 2005 before his term expired.[60] |
Brandon Presley | Nettleton | MS | 2001 | 21 | 1,932 | 2001-2007 | He is currently a member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission.[61] |
Rory L. Pugh | Harper | KS | 1988 | 23 | 1,473 | 2011–present | [62] |
Lance Pyle | Melrose | NM | 1981 | 25 | 651 | 2006–2010 | [63][64] |
Romaine Quinn | Rice Lake | WI | 1991 | 19 | 8,438 | 2010–2012 | [65] |
Luke Ravenstahl | Pittsburgh | PA | February 6, 1980 | 27 | 305,704 | 2006–2014 | The youngest mayor of a major American city.[66] He was 26 when as City Council President, he assumed the vacant mayoral office upon the death of Bob O'Connor, his predecessor, before being elected to the position to serve out O'Connor's term the following year. |
Jacob Reuter | Epworth | IA | 1982 | 27 | 1,860 | 2009–present | Reuter, Epworth's youngest mayor, was appointed to office on March 24, 2009.[67] |
Raul L. Reyes | El Cenizo | TX | 1983 | 21 | 3,273 | 2004–present | Four-term mayor, the youngest in Texas history. |
Ryan Reynolds | Whitney Point | NY | 1987 | 28 | 964 | 2015–present | After beginning a four-year career on the Village Board of Trustees at the age of 23, Ryan was elected Mayor of Whitney Point in 2015.[68] |
Christopher Seeley | Linesville | PA | September 15, 1987 | 18 | 1,040 | 2005–present | [69] |
Justin Seese | Ashville | PA | 1990 | 19 | 227 | 2009–present | Won Democratic primary at 18 in May 2009. Grandson of Ashville 12-year mayor Laverne Passanita.[70] |
Michael Sessions | Hillsdale | MI | September 22, 1987 | 18 | 8,305 | 2005–2009 | [71] |
Jason C. Smith | Jackson | MI | October 10, 1982 | 31 | 33,534 | 2013–present | [72] |
Ryan Smith | Jamestown | TN | July 6, 1986 | 26 | 1,959 | 2012–present | |
Hannah Stauts | Stanley | ID | 1983 | 22 | 63 | 2006–2010 | Youngest woman mayor in Idaho history.[73] |
Joe F. Sullivan | Imboden | AR | 21 | 677 | 1911–1915 | Sullivan was physically unable to walk, and relied on a goat-driven cart for transportation.[74] | |
Bruce A. Taliento | Portland | ME | December 9, 1951 | 26 | 66,318 | 1978–1979 | Taliento was the youngest person in Portland history voted onto the City Council at age 23. At age 26 he became the youngest mayor in Portland's history. |
Philip A. Tanis | Holland | MI | 1964 | 23 | 33,051 | 1987–1989 | The youngest mayor in the United States at that time. |
Charles Taylor | Van Buren | AR | 1864 | 21 | 22,791 | 1885–? | Killed a man while in office.[75] |
Willie Morgan Todd | Mount Juliet | TN | 1990 | 21 | 24,548 | 2012 | The youngest mayor of Mount Juliet, Tennessee and in Tennessee history. Also an accordionist. |
Tye Thomas | Gun Barrel City | TX | 1979 | 21 | 5,672 | 2000–2001 | The youngest mayor in both Gun Barrel City and Texas histories. |
Bennie Thompson | Bolton | MS | 1948 | 25 | 567 | 1973–1979 | |
Alex Torpey | South Orange | NJ | August 10, 1987 | 23 | 16,198 | 2011-2015 | Youngest in the Village's history. Won by 13 votes. |
Kevin Tripp | South Renovo | PA | 1974 | 19 | 439 | 1993–1997 | [76] |
Robert Tufts | Dorset | MN | 2009 | 3 | 25 (Estimated. Not part of U.S. Census) | 2012-2014 | Youngest mayor in United States history. |
Louie Valdez | Nogales | AZ | 1971 | 23 | 20,837 | 1995–1997 | [77] |
Grayson Vandegrift | Midway | KY | 1982 | 32 | 1,641 | 2015-present | |
Zachary J. Vruwink | Wisconsin Rapids | WI | 1987 | 24 | 18,367 | 2012–present | Vruwink was elected mayor in a four-way race, garnering 69% of the vote with a voter turnout of nearly 50%.[78] Vruwink is the youngest mayor elected in Wisconsin Rapids' history.[79] He founded an tech company, ZAXX Technology Specialists, while in high school at age 15.[80] |
Bill Walker | Valdez | AK | 1951 | 27 | 3,977 | 1979–1980 | Youngest mayor of Valdez.[81] |
Jason West | New Paltz | NY | 1977 | 26 | 6,818 | 2003–2007; 2011–present | West made headlines by solemnizing same-sex marriages in New York.[82] |
Olivia Webb | Ellerbe | NC | 1984 | 25 | 1,054 | 2009–2013 | The youngest mayor in North Carolina after being elected in November, 2009. |
Jeremy Wilson | Blossom | TX | 1986 | 24 | 1,439 | 2010–present | The youngest mayor in Blossom [83] |
Maile Wilson | Cedar City | UT | 1986 | 27 | 28,857 | 2013–present | The youngest and first female mayor of Cedar City. |
Parker Wiseman | Starkville | MS | 1980 | 28 | 23,888 | 2009–present | [84] |
Jeremy B. Yamaguchi | Placentia | CA | 1989 | 22 | 46,488 | 2012–2014 | |
Harry Zikas, Jr. | Alpha | NJ | 1978 | 21 | 2,369 | 2000–2007 | The youngest mayor of Alpha and youngest mayor in New Jersey history at 21 years of age.[85] |
Jovial mayors
Some small communities without local governments will anoint an honorary mayor that hold no official duties. The unincorporated community of Dorset, Minnesota "elected" 3-year-old Robert "Bobby" Tufts mayor. The honorary title is decided at the annual Taste of Dorset Festival in August where the winner's is chosen from drawing a name from a hat. Tufts was "re-elected" in 2013, but lost to 16-year-old Eric Mueller in 2014.[86][87][88][89]
Brian Zimmerman was elected mayor of Crabb, a small community of about 200 in Fort Bend County, Texas, in 1985 at the age of 11. As mayor, Zimmerman campaigned to have Crabb incorporated as a town, but was unsuccessful in this feat. His story was made into a movie called Lone Star Kid.[90][91][92][93]
See also
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