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
[
1
]
[
2
]
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
[
3
]
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
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"Timeline"
.
Minnesota Historical Society
. Retrieved
2021-10-07
.
^
"Alexander Ramsey"
.
National Governors Association
. Retrieved
2021-10-07
.
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The
Minnesota Democratic Party
merged with the
Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party
in 1944 to form the DFL