List of longest-serving mayors in the United States


Some of the longest-serving mayors in the United States are listed according to their length of service in that currently or has served in that part of the state or legislative office. The office of mayor is the highest ranking local official and responsibilities may vary from ceremonial to full-time responsibility for city operations.

Current serving mayors

A list of mayors still in office and ordered by their length of continuous service in that office.
The longest-serving current mayor of one the 50 largest cities in the United States is Tom Barrett, who has been mayor of Milwaukee since April 15, 2004.
YearsNameMunicipalityNotes
Rob BlaisLake George, New YorkBegan current term on April 5, 1971.
yearsMargaret DoudMackinac Island, MichiganEntered office in April 1975.
42-43 yearsWilliam D. TateGrapevine, TexasEntered office in 1972
yearsRobert HeidenescherDupont, OhioEntered office in 1976.
yearsHarold RainwaterWilmore, KentuckyEntered office in 1976.
yearsRobert ChatfieldProspect, ConnecticutEntered office on November 7, 1977.
yearsJim L. SellsRogersville, TennesseeEntered office in 1977.
yearsNoel B. CummingsHodgkins, IllinoisEntered office in 1979.
yearsMarvin JohnsonIndependence, MinnesotaEntered office in 1979.
36-37 YearsMary Hawkins ButlerMadison, MississippiEntered office in 1981.
yearsJeffery D. SchielkeBatavia, IllinoisEntered office in 1981.
Mark Anthony McClureDanville, West VirginiaEntered office on July 6, 1981.
William "Bill" McIntoshMoultrie, GeorgiaEntered office in 1983.
William W. Dickinson, Jr.Wallingford, ConnecticutEntered office in 1984.
yearsLouie DavisWaldo, FloridaEntered office in 1985.

Current and former mayors

A list of mayors in order of their total length of service in that office.
YearsNameMunicipalityNotes
Hilmar MooreRichmond, TexasServed from September 22, 1949 to December 4, 2012.
John H. LandApopka, FloridaServed from January 1, 1971 to April 22, 2014. Also served from January 1, 1950 to January 1, 1968.
Robert LinnBeaver, PennsylvaniaServed from January 2, 1946 to August 22, 2004.
60 yearsCharles E. LongBooneville, KentuckyEntered office in 1958. Served until his death in August, 2019
56 yearsPaul JurkoYankee Lake, OhioElected into office in November 1931 at the age of 21. Served until his death on March 1, 1988.
54 yearsRobert L. ButlerMarion, IllinoisEntered office in May 1963. Served until his resignation on January 31, 2018.
John M. CoyneBrooklyn, OhioServed from 1948 until January 2000.
Bruce ArnoldValparaiso, FloridaEntered office on January 21, 1964, Died in office February 23, 2017.
yearsDonald StephensRosemont, IllinoisFirst Mayor of Rosemont. Served from village's incorporation in 1956 to 2007.
yearsLeonard T. ConnorsSurf City, New JerseyEntered office in 1966, served until January 5, 2016.
Frank E. RodgersHarrison, New JerseyServed from September 4, 1946 to August 22, 1995.
Randall WiseNiceville, FloridaEntered in office in August, 1972. Served until his death on January 20, 2020.
47 years,
11 months		Frank KellyCollingdale, PennsylvaniaServed from 1970 to his death on November 22, 2018.
Nicholas B. BlaseNiles, IllinoisServed from May 2, 1961 to his resignation on August 25, 2008.
Leonard ScarcellaStafford, TexasEntered into office on September 4, 1969.
H. Ford GravittCumming, GeorgiaEntered office on January 1, 1971. Served four years on City Council
Robert BlaisLake George, New YorkBegan current term on April 5, 1971.
44 yearsGerald H. ThompsonFitzgerald, GeorgiaServed from January 1, 1968 to January 1, 2012
yearsRichard A. MolaElmwood Park, New JerseyEntered office in 1972, served until his death in 2016.
Paul W. CassidyParma Heights, OhioServed in office between January 1958 through January 2001.
yearsMargaret DoudMackinac Island, MichiganEntered office in April 1975.
Erastus Corning IIAlbany, New YorkServed from January 2, 1942 to May 28, 1983.
Joseph P. Riley, Jr.Charleston, South CarolinaServed from December 15, 1975 to January 11, 2016.
40 yearsLouis Bay 2ndHawthorne, New JerseyEntered into office in 1947, served until 1987.
yearsHarold RainwaterWilmore, KentuckyEntered into office in 1976.
yearsJim L. SellsRogersville, TennesseeEntered office in 1977.
36-37 YearsMary Hawkins ButlerMadison, MississippiEntered office in 1981.
yearsGary W. StarrMiddleburg Heights, OhioEntered office in 1981.
Edward J. ZabrockiTinley Park, IllinoisEntered into office on May 1, 1981. Resigned office in June 2016.
36 yearsOrville L. HubbardDearborn, MichiganEntered office in 1942. Served until 1978.
William W. Dickinson, Jr.Wallingford, ConnecticutEntered office in 1984.
34-35 yearsGlendel StephensonMebane, North CarolinaServed 1975-1983 and 1993-2019.
Frank HagueJersey City, New JerseyEntered office in 1917. Served until 1947.
30 yearsEmmett Dofner, Jr.McClelland, IowaEntered office in 1987. Served until his death on May 2, 2017.
Daniel R. BrooksNorth College Hill, OhioServed from January 1, 1984 to his resignation on December 21, 2013.
30-29 yearsJames A. AnzaldiClifton, New JerseyEntered office in 1990
Dr. LeRoy G. SuireErath, LouisianaEntered office in 1961. Served until 1990.
Willie OswaltLake City, GeorgiaEntered office in 1989. Served until 2018.
Don PlusquellicAkron, OhioServed from January 1, 1987 to his resignation on May 31, 2015.
Stephen R. ReedHarrisburg, PennsylvaniaEntered office in 1982. Served until 2010.
Don RobartsCuyahoga Falls, OhioEntered office in 1986. Served until 2013.
Tom ReidPearland, TexasEntered office in 1978 - 1990 and 1993 to Present. Will Retire in May 2020.