List of mayors of Saint Paul, Minnesota

Mayor of St. Paul
Incumbent Melvin Carter since January 2, 2018
Seat	Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse
Term length	4 years
Formation	1850
First holder	Thomas R. Potts

This is a list of people who have served as mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

No.	Name	Term (elections)	Party
1	Thomas R. Potts	1850–1851		Independent
2	Robert Kennedy	1851–1852		Independent
3	Bushrod W. Lott	1852–1854		Democratic
4	David Olmsted	1854–1855		Democratic
5	Alexander Ramsey	1855–1856		Republican
6	George Loomis Becker	1856–1857		Democratic
7	John B. Brisbin	1857–1858		Democratic
8	Norman Wolfred Kittson	1858–1859		Democratic
9	Daniel A. Robertson	1859–1860		Democratic
10	John S. Prince	1860–1863		Democratic
11	John E. Warren	1863–1864		Democratic
12	Jacob H. Stewart	1864–1865		Republican
13	John S. Prince	1865–1867		Democratic
14	George L. Otis	1867–1868		Democratic
15	Jacob H. Stewart	1868–1869		Republican
16	James T. Maxfield	1869–1870		Democratic
17	William Lee	1870–1872		Democratic
18	Jacob H. Stewart	1872–1875		Republican
19	James T. Maxfield	1875–1878		Democratic
20	William Dawson	1878–1881		Democratic
21	Edmund Rice	1881–1883		Democratic
22	Christopher D. O'Brien	1883–1885		Democratic
23	Edmund Rice	1885–1887		Democratic
24	Robert A. Smith	1887–1892		Democratic
25	Frederick P. Wright	1892–1894		Republican
26	Robert A. Smith	1894–1896		Democratic
27	Frank Doran	1896–1898		Republican
28	Andrew Kiefer	1898–1900		Republican
29	Robert A. Smith	1900–1908		Democratic
30	Daniel W. Lawler	1908–1910		Democratic
31	Herbert P. Keller	1910–1914		Republican
32	Winn Powers	1914–1916		Democratic
33	Vivian R. Irvin	1916–1918		Republican
34	Laurence C. Hodgson	1918–1922		Democratic
35	Arthur E. Nelson	1922–1926		Republican
36	Laurence C. Hodgson	1926–1930		Democratic
37	Gerhard J. Bundlie	1930–1932		Independent
38	William Mahoney	1932–1934		Farmer-Labor
39	Mark H. Gehan	1934–1938		Independent
40	William H. Fallon	1938–1940		Independent
41	John J. McDonough	1940–1944		Democratic
		1944–1948		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
42	Edward K. Delaney	1948–1952		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
43	John E. Daubney	1952–1954		Independent
44	Joseph E. Dillon	1954–1960		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
45	George J. Vavoulis	1960–1966		Independent
46	Thomas R. Byrne	1966–1970		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
47	Charles P. McCarty	1970–1972		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
48	Lawrence D. Cohen	1972–1976		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
49	George Latimer	1976–1990		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
50	James Scheibel	1990–1994		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
51	Norm Coleman	1994–1996		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
		1996–2002		Republican
52	Randy Kelly	2002–2006		Independent
53	Chris Coleman	2006–2018 (2005 • 2009 • 2013)		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
54	Melvin Carter III	2018– (2017 • 2021)		Democratic–Farmer–Labor

References

• "St. Paul Mayors" (PDF). Saint Paul Public Library. Archived from the original on November 2, 2004. Retrieved 2007-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
• "Mayors of St. Paul, Minnesota". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2007-10-03.