List of first women mayors


The first woman to serve as mayor is believed to be Susanna M. Salter of the United States who served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887. However, the first woman recorded winning a mayoral election was Nancy Smith in 1862, who declined to be sworn in as mayor of Oskaloosa, Iowa.

1860s

1862
  • Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1862 but declined to serve as mayor.

    1880s

1887
  • Susanna M. Salter, the first woman to serve a term as mayor in United States as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, United States.
1888
  • Mary D. Lowman, the first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas, United States. She served alongside the first all-woman city council in the United States. They were all re-elected in 1889.
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1898

1900s

1908

1910s

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1911
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1920s

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1930s

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Louise Carter-King honoring a veteran Gillette Police Department officer at a City Council meeting in Gillette, Wyoming
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