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 30.

Youngest mayors

Listed in alphabetical order by last name.
NameLocaleStateBirth dateAge at appointmentPopulation
TermNotes
Quinton BabcockOak HarborOH222,7222018–present
Billy BarlowOswegoNY19892618,1412016–presentElected as a Republican mayor of the City of Oswego, served previously as a city councilor.
Matthew BoguszDes PlainesIL19862658,3642013–presentElected as an alderman at age 22 and mayor at age 26
Stephen C. BrinleeWilburtonOK1985222,8432007–present
Aja BrownComptonCA19823196,4552013–present
Chris ClarkMountain ViewCA19833074,0662014–presentTook office on January 7, 2014, as the youngest mayor in Mountain View history.
Daniel CoronaWest WendoverNV1991254,3052016–PresentMayor Corona is the youngest mayor ever elected in Nevada. He is also the first openly gay mayor in Nevada's history.
Jasiel CorreiaFall RiverMA19912387,1032016–2020Youngest mayor of Fall River. Correia was arrested and charged with wire fraud amounting to $231,000, and filling false tax returns. He has denied the charges and refused to resign.
C. Scott DavisColonial HeightsVA19882917,8902009–2015
Douglas DeGoodToledoOH194730286,9941977-1983Youngest mayor in Toledo's history, and at the time, the youngest mayor of a large city in the United States.
Matt DelligattiFairmontWV19862218,7042009–2010On 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.
William A. EganValdezAK1914323,9771946
Enrique A. FernandezWoodlandCA19892855,4682017–2018On December 5, 2017, Fernandez became the youngest mayor in Woodland's history by a 4-0-1 vote among the city council members. Fernandez abstained from the vote.
John Tyler HammonsMuskogeeOKSeptember 4, 19881939,2232008–2012Hammons won 70 percent of the vote over the three-term former mayor, and was a freshman at the University of Oklahoma when elected.
Scott FaughnPoplar BluffMO19802217,0232002–2004In 2005, Faughn was found guilty of forgery charges related to a highway project he promoted as mayor.
Kelvin GreenArcher CityTX1995181,8342014–presentGreen ran unopposed at the age of 18 while in high school. He was re-elected in 2017.
Alexis HermosilloEl MirageAZ19902831,7972018–presentLana Mook, the incumbent opponent during the 2018 election, is 43 years older.
James R. Kern IIIPohatcongNJ1988223,3392011–201822 years old when he was inaugurated on July 1, 2011, youngest municipal executive in New Jersey.
Arnold R KoehlerAshlandWI1947278,2161974-1976Youngest Mayor of Ashland WI
Dennis KucinichClevelandOH194631396,815
750,903
1977–1979"The boy mayor of Cleveland"
Thomas Ashby LaineAlvisoCA1937242,1281961–1964The youngest mayor ever in Alivso and the youngest mayor of an incorporated city in California.
Katelyn ListekYacoltWA1987321,5562019–PresentTown Council member 2016-2017, Mayor Pro-Tempore 2017, Elected in November 2019 to serve as through 2023.
Willie LoganOpa-lockaFL19572315,2191980–1982
Marco LopezNogalesAZ19782220,8372000–2003Immigrated to the United States in 1994.
Seth LowBrooklynNY1850312,504,700
599,495
1881–1885After he was mayor of Brooklyn, Low became the only person to be president of Columbia University and Mayor of New York City.
Byron MallottYakutatAK1943226621965–1966Elected Lieutenant Governor of Alaska in 2014 at age 71 making him the oldest person elected to that office.
Andy ManarBunker HillILNovember 15, 1975251,8012001–2003Manar was first elected to the Bunker Hill City Council at age 21.
LogansportIN19912818,3962019–presentYoungest Mayor in the History of Logansport, winning by 51.4%
Art Martinez de VaraVon OrmyTXApril 29, 1975321,0852008–2015While 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.
Steve McAlpineValdezAK1949313,9771980–1982
Andrew J. MeredithGaltCA-2723,6472007-2008Meredith was elected by a margin of just 27 votes in 2006, upsetting two sitting Council-members for the third and final seat on the Galt City Council. Served from 2006-2010.
Marcus MolinaroTivoliNY1975191,1181995–2007
Alex B. MorseHolyokeMA19892239,8802012–presentThe youngest mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Youngest openly gay mayor to elected.
Svante MyrickIthacaNY19872430,0142012–presentThe youngest mayor of Ithaca, New York. The first mayor of African-American heritage for the city. Popularly elected in citywide general election, defeating three other candidates, winning 18 of 18 voting districts, and earning 54.9% of the total vote.
Victoria NapolitanoMoorestownNJAugust 16, 19882620,7262015–2016First 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.
Justin NickelsManitowocWI19872233,7362009–presentElected mayor of Manitowoc on April 7, 2009. Took office April 21, 2009.
Freddie OdomBlufftonGA1982301032012–presentFirst autistic mayor in the United States.
Guy PadgettCasperWY19772755,3162005–2006
Samantha ParadisBelfastME1990266,6472017–PresentFirst queer and second woman mayor. Popularly elected in a citywide vote. She ran against a four term incumbent and received 54.7% of the vote.
Sarah PalinWasillaAK1964327,8311996–2002
Brandon PresleyNettletonMSJuly 21, 1977211,9322001–2007He is currently a member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
Romaine QuinnRice LakeWIJuly 30, 1990198,4382010–2012
Luke RavenstahlPittsburghPAFebruary 6, 198027305,7042006–2014The youngest mayor of a major American city. 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.
Josh RobertsWest UnionSCSeptember 2, 1980243152004–2006The youngest mayor ever in South Carolina.
Michael SessionsHillsdaleMISeptember 22, 1987188,305
Nick SheltonNilesMI19863011,5992016–presentElected mayor on November 8, 2016, with approximately 75% of the vote. Shelton is the youngest mayor in the history of Niles, Michigan.
Erin StewartNew BritainCTMay 4, 19872673,2062013– PresentFirst female mayor to get re-elected.
Tye ThomasGun Barrel CityTX1979215,6722000–2001The youngest mayor in both Gun Barrel City and Texas histories.
Bennie ThompsonBoltonMS1948255671973–1979
Alex TorpeySouth OrangeNJAugust 10, 19872316,1982011–2015Youngest in the village's history. Won by 13 votes.
JR TrevinoCastle HillsTX1986324,4602019–presentFirst elected to office as an Alderman in 2016 at the age of 29. Went on to win to become at the youngest and first Hispanic Mayor at 32.
Michael TubbsStocktonCA199026315,5922017–presentHe went on to win the election, receiving 70.6% of the vote and becoming both the city's first black mayor and at 26 the youngest person to ever hold that office.
Ryan ToussaintSolvangCA1987315,2452018–presentElected councilman at age of 29 in 2016 then ran for mayor and received 61.47% of the vote and became both the city's second directly elected mayor after 10 years of the prior incumbent and at the age of 31.
C. L. 'Skip' WagnerManchesterOH19853220122018–present-
Bill WalkerValdezAK1951273,9771979–1980Youngest mayor of Valdez.
Nick WasicskoYonkersNYMay 13, 195928195,9761988–1990Defeated 6-term incumbent Angelo R. Martinelli
Jason WestNew PaltzNY1977266,8182003–2007; 2011–2015West made headlines by solemnizing same-sex marriages in New York.
William Dakota "Kota" YoungPrincetonKY1994246,1082018–PresentPrinceton, Kentucky's youngest mayor to ever be elected.
Don YoungFort YukonAK1933315831964–1968
Matthew GodfreyOgdenUT19702983,0481999–2011Youngest mayor of Ogden.

Honorary 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.
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.