Mayor of Austin

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Mayor of Austin
File:Flag of Austin, Texas.svg
Flag of the City of Austin
Incumbent
Kirk Watson
since January 6, 2023
ResidencePrivate residence
Term lengthFour years
renewable once
Inaugural holderEdwin Waller
Formation1840
Salary$134,191[1]
Websiteaustintexas.gov/mayor

The mayor of Austin is the official head of the city of Austin in the U.S. state of Texas. The office was established in 1840 after Austin incorporated as a city in 1839. The mayor of Austin is elected to a four-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms.[2]

Kirk Watson took office as mayor on January 6, 2023, for a third term and was re-elected to a fourth term in 2024, having served as mayor from 1997 to 2001.[3]

Duties and powers

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Austin has a council–manager form of government which means day-to-day operations of the city are run by the city manager. The mayor is the head of city government ceremonially. The mayor is technically a member of the city council and is required to preside at all meetings. The mayor is also allowed to vote on all matters that come before the city council, but has no veto powers.[4]

As of fiscal year 2022–2023, the salary for the mayor is set at $134,191.

Election

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The mayor is elected in a citywide election. Currently, elections occur every four years during even-numbered years. Elections are non-partisan and by majority, but if no candidate receives a majority a run-off election is called between the top two candidates who received the most votes.[5]

Succession

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Per city code of ordinances, if the mayor is absent or disabled, the Mayor Pro Tem is to act as mayor until the mayor returns or an election is held to fill the vacancy.[6]

The mayor is subject to recall by registered voters if a petition is signed and filed that contains the signatures of 10 percent of the qualified voters. If the petition is verified, a recall election is called at the earliest convenient available date. If the recall passes, the mayor immediately vacates office. There are two limitations to the recall process. First, no recall petition can be filed until the mayor has been in office for at least six months. Second, the mayor will not be subject to more than one recall.[7]

List of mayors of Austin

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No. Mayor[8] Took office Left office Tenure Party Election
1 File:Edwin Leonard Waller.jpg Edwin Waller
(1800–1881) 		January 1840 August 1840 6–7 months Unknown TBA
2 File:Thomas William Ward.png Thomas W. Ward
(1807–1872)
1st time 		August 1840 1841 3–4 months Unknown TBA
3 File:No image.png Moses Johnson
(TBA–TBA) 		1841 1842 1 year Unknown TBA
4 File:No image.png Asa Brigham
(1788–1844) 		1842 1843 1 year Unknown TBA
5 File:No image.png Joseph W. Robertson
(TBA–TBA) 		1843 1845 2 years Unknown TBA
6 File:No image.png James M. Long
(TBA–TBA) 		1845 1847 2 years Unknown TBA
7 File:No image.png Jacob M. Harrell
(TBA–TBA) 		1847 1849 2 years Unknown TBA
8 File:No image.png Samuel G. Haynie
(TBA–TBA)
1st time 		1850 1852 2 years Unknown TBA
9 File:No image.png George J. Durham
(TBA–TBA) 		1852 1853 1 year Unknown TBA
10 File:Thomas William Ward.png Thomas W. Ward
(1807–1872)
2nd time 		1853 1853[a] >1 year Unknown TBA
11 File:No image.png William P. DeNormandie
(TBA–TBA) 		1853 1854 1 year Unknown TBA
12 File:John-Salmon-Ford.jpg John Salmon Ford
(1815–1897) 		1854 1855 1 year Unknown TBA
13 File:No image.png John Treadwell Cleveland
(TBA–TBA) 		1855 1856 1 year Unknown TBA
14 File:No image.png Edward R. Peck
(TBA–TBA) 		1856 1857 1 year Unknown TBA
15 File:No image.png Thomas F. Sneed
(TBA–TBA) 		1857 1858 1 year Unknown TBA
16 File:No image.png Ben F. Carter
(TBA–TBA) 		1858 1860 2 years Unknown TBA
17 File:No image.png James W. Smith
(TBA–TBA) 		1860 1863 3 years Unknown TBA
18 File:No image.png Samuel G. Haynie
(TBA–TBA)
2nd time 		1863 1865 2 years Unknown TBA
19 File:Thomas William Ward.png Thomas W. Ward
(1807–1872)
3rd time 		1865 1866 1 year Unknown TBA
20 File:No image.png William H. Carr
(TBA–TBA) 		1866 1867 1 year Unknown TBA
21 File:No image.png Leander Brown
(TBA–TBA) 		1867 1871 4 years Unknown TBA
22 File:No image.png John W. Glenn
(TBA–TBA) 		1871 1872 1 year Unknown TBA
23 File:Thomas Benton Wheeler.jpg Thomas Benton Wheeler
(1840–1913) 		1872 1877 5 years Democratic TBA
24 File:No image.png Jacob Carl DeGress
(TBA–TBA) 		1877 1879 2 years Unknown TBA
25 File:No image.png William A. Saylor
(TBA–TBA)
1st time 		1879 1881 2 years Unknown TBA
26 File:No image.png L. M. Crooker
(TBA–TBA) 		1881 1883 2 years Unknown TBA
27 File:No image.png William A. Saylor
(TBA–TBA)
2nd time 		1883 1884 1 year Unknown TBA
28 File:No image.png John W. Robertson
(TBA–TBA) 		1884 1887 3 years Unknown TBA
29 File:No image.png Joseph Nalle
(TBA–TBA) 		1887 1890 3 years Unknown TBA
30 File:No image.png John McDonald
(TBA–TBA) 		1890 1895 5 years Unknown TBA
31 File:No image.png Louis Hancock
(TBA–TBA) 		1896 1897 1 year Unknown TBA
32 File:No image.png John Dodd McCall
(TBA–TBA) 		1897 1901 4 years Unknown TBA
33 File:No image.png Robert E. White
(TBA–TBA) 		1901 1905 4 years Unknown TBA
34 File:No image.png William D. Shelley
(TBA–TBA) 		1905 1907 2 years Unknown TBA
35 File:No image.png Frank M. Maddox
(TBA–TBA) 		1907 1909 2 years Unknown TBA
36 File:No image.png Alexander Penn Wooldridge
(1847–1930) 		1909 1919 10 years Unknown TBA
37 File:No image.png William D. Yett
(TBA–TBA) 		1919 1926 7 years Unknown TBA
38 File:No image.png Paul W. McFadden
(TBA–TBA) 		1926 1933 7 years Unknown TBA
39 File:No image.png Robert Thomas Miller
(1893–1962)
1st time 		1933 1949 16 years Unknown TBA
40 File:No image.png Taylor Glass
(TBA–TBA) 		1949 1951 2 years Unknown TBA
41 File:No image.png William S. Drake Jr.
(TBA–TBA) 		1951 1953 2 years Unknown TBA
42 File:No image.png Charles A. McAden
(TBA–TBA) 		1953 1955 2 years Unknown TBA
43 File:No image.png Robert Thomas Miller
(1893–1962)
2nd time 		1955 1961 6 years Unknown TBA
44 File:No image.png Lester E. Palmer
(TBA–TBA) 		1961 1967 6 years Unknown TBA
45 File:No image.png Harry Akin
(TBA–TBA) 		1967 1969 2 years Unknown TBA
46 File:No image.png Travis LaRue
(1913–2009) 		1969 1971 2 years Unknown TBA
47 File:No image.png Roy Butler
(1926–2009) 		1971 1975 4 years Republican TBA
48 File:No image.png Jeffrey Friedman
(1945–2007) 		May 15, 1975 May 15, 1977 2 years, 0 days Democratic TBA
49 File:Carole Keeton Strayhorn.jpg Carole McClellan
(1939–2025) 		May 15, 1977 February 25, 1983 5 years, 286 days Democratic TBA
– File:No image.png John Treviño Jr.
(1938–2017)
Acting
[8] 		February 1983 May 1983 3 months Unknown –
50 File:No image.png Ron Mullen
(born 1939) 		May 1983 1985 1–2 years Unknown TBA
51 File:FrankCooksey 05JAN2019.jpg Frank C. Cooksey
(1933–2025) 		1985 June 15, 1988 2–3 years Republican TBA
52 File:Lee Cooke.JPG Lee Cooke
(born 1944) 		June 15, 1988 June 15, 1991 3 years, 0 days Republican TBA
53 File:No image.png Bruce Todd
(TBA–TBA) 		June 15, 1991 June 15, 1997 6 years, 0 days Democratic TBA
54 File:Watson Groundbreaking 5.3.23 (cropped).jpg Kirk Watson
(born 1958)
1st time
[9] 		June 15, 1997 November 9, 2001 4 years, 147 days Democratic TBA
55 File:No image.png Gustavo L. Garcia
(1934–2018) 		November 9, 2001 June 16, 2003 1 year, 219 days Democratic 2001 special
56 File:Will Wynn 2005.jpg Will Wynn
(born 1961) 		June 16, 2003 June 22, 2009 6 years, 6 days Democratic 2003
2006
57 File:Mayor of Austin, Texas (6760317815) (1).jpg Lee Leffingwell
(born 1939) 		June 22, 2009 January 6, 2015 5 years, 198 days Democratic 2009
2012
58 File:Steve Adler (1).jpg Steve Adler
(born 1956) 		January 6, 2015 January 6, 2023 8 years, 0 days Democratic 2014
2018
59 File:Watson Groundbreaking 5.3.23 (cropped).jpg Kirk Watson
(born 1958)
2nd time 		January 6, 2023 Incumbent 3 years, 161 days Democratic 2022
2024

Notes

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  1. ^ Ward resigned to accept an appointment by President Franklin Pierce as United States consul to Panama.

See also

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