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The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (French: Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the 1803 acquisition by the U.S. of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km2) of the French province La Louisiane. In all mayoral elections since 1930, New Orleans has used a two-round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round. All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have belonged to the Democratic Party.

StyleThe Honorable
Termlength
  • 4 years
    renewable once
InauguralholderÉtienne de Boré
Formation1803
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Mayor of New Orleans
Seal of City of New Orleans
Incumbent
Helena Moreno
since January 12, 2026
StyleThe Honorable
Term length
  • 4 years
    renewable once
Inaugural holderÉtienne de Boré
Formation1803
Salary$140,000[1]
WebsiteMayor's office website
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List of mayors

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No. Mayor Took office Left office Tenure Party Election
1 Étienne de Boré
(1741–1820)		 December 20, 1803 May 26, 1804[a] 158 days Independent App.[b]
2 Cavelier Petit
(TBA–TBA)
Acting		 May 26, 1804 June 5, 1804 10 days Independent –
3 James Pitot
(1761–1831)		 June 6, 1804 July 26, 1805 1 year, 50 days Independent App.[b]
4 John Watkins
(?–1812)		 July 27, 1805 March 8, 1807 1 year, 224 days Independent App.[b]
5 James Mather
(c. 1750–1821)		 March 9, 1807 May 23, 1812 5 years, 75 days Independent App.[b]
6 Charles Trudeau
(1743–1816)
Acting		 May 24, 1812 October 8, 1812 137 days Independent –
7 Nicholas Girod
(1751–1840)
1st time
[2]		 October 8, 1812 November 5, 1812 28 days Democratic-Republican TBA
8 François Joseph LeBreton Dorgenois
(TBA–TBA)
Acting		 November 6, 1812 December 4, 1812 28 days Democratic-Republican –
(7) Nicholas Girod
(1751–1840)
2nd time
[2]		 December 5, 1812 September 4, 1815 2 years, 273 days Democratic-Republican TBA
9 Augustin de Macarty
(1774–1844)		 September 4, 1815 May 13, 1820 4 years, 252 days Democratic-Republican TBA
10 Louis Philippe de Roffignac
(1773–1846)		 May 14, 1820 May 10, 1828[c] 7 years, 362 days Democratic-Republican TBA
11 Denis Prieur
(c. 1791–1857)
1st time		 May 12, 1828 April 9, 1838[d] 9 years, 332 days Jacksonian TBA
12 Paul Bertus
(TBA–TBA)
1st time
Acting		 April 10, 1838 May 12, 1838 32 days Independent –
13 Charles Genois
(c. 1793–1866)
[3]		 May 12, 1838 May 10, 1840 1 year, 364 days Whig TBA
14 William Freret
(1804–1864)
1st time
[4]		 May 11, 1840 April 4, 1842 1 year, 328 days Native American TBA
(11) Denis Prieur
(c. 1791–1857)
2nd time		 April 4, 1842 February 7, 1843[e] 309 days Democratic TBA
(12) Paul Bertus
(TBA–TBA)
2nd time
Acting		 February 7, 1843 February 26, 1843 19 days Independent –
(14) William Freret
(1804–1864)
2nd time
[4]		 February 27, 1843 May 12, 1844 1 year, 75 days Whig TBA
15 Joseph Edgard Montegut
(1806–1880)		 May 13, 1844 April 5, 1846 1 year, 327 days Democratic TBA
16 Abdiel Crossman
(1804–1859)		 May 11, 1846 March 26, 1854 7 years, 319 days Whig TBA
17 John L. Lewis
(1800–1886)		 April 10, 1854 June 17, 1856 2 years, 68 days Democratic TBA
18 Charles M. Waterman
(c. 1809–1860)		 June 17, 1856 June 3, 1858[f] 1 year, 351 days American TBA
19 Henry M. Summers
(?–1865)
Acting
[5]		 June 5, 1858 June 21, 1858 16 days American –
20 Gerald Stith
(1821–?)		 June 21, 1858 June 18, 1860 1 year, 363 days American TBA
21 John T. Monroe
(1822–1871)
1st time		 June 18, 1860 May 16, 1862[g] 1 year, 332 days Constitutional Union TBA
Acting military mayors during American Civil War and Reconstruction era
– George Foster Shepley
(1819–1878)
Acting		 May 20, 1862 July 11, 1862 52 days Military
– Jonas H. French
(1829–1903)
Acting		 August 6, 1862 August 20, 1862 14 days Military
– Godfrey Weitzel
(1835–1884)
Acting		 August 21, 1862 September 30, 1862 40 days Military
– John T. Monroe
(1822–1871)
2nd time
Acting		 October 2, 1862 January 30, 1863 120 days Military
– James F. Miller
(1831–1873)
Acting		 January 30, 1863 February 2, 1864 1 year, 3 days Military
– Stephen Hoyt
(TBA–TBA)
Acting		 February 9, 1864 March 21, 1865 1 year, 40 days Military
– Hugh Kennedy
(1810–1888)
1st time
Acting		 March 21, 1865 May 5, 1865 45 days Military
– Samuel Miller Quincy
(1832–1887)
Acting		 May 5, 1865 June 8, 1865 34 days Military
– Glendy Burke
(1805–?)
Acting		 June 8, 1865 June 28, 1865 20 days Military
– Hugh Kennedy
(1810–1888)
2nd time
Acting		 June 28, 1865 March 18, 1866 263 days Military
– J. A. D. Rozier
(?–1896)
Acting		 March 19, 1866 March 20, 1866 1 day Military
– George Clark
(TBA–TBA)
Acting		 March 20, 1866 May 11, 1866 52 days Military
Office resumed following Reconstruction
(21) John T. Monroe
(1822–1871)
3rd time		 May 12, 1866 March 27, 1867[h] 319 days Democratic 1866
22 Edward Heath
(c. 1819–1892)		 March 28, 1867 June 10, 1868 1 year, 74 days Republican TBA
23 John R. Conway
(1825–1896)		 June 10, 1868 April 4, 1870 1 year, 298 days Democratic 1868
24 Benjamin Flanders
(1816–1896)		 April 4, 1870 November 29, 1872 2 years, 239 days Republican App.[i]
25 Louis A. Wiltz
(1843–1881)		 November 30, 1872 November 30, 1874 2 years, 0 days Democratic 1872
26 Charles J. Leeds
(TBA–TBA)		 November 30, 1874 December 19, 1876 2 years, 19 days Democratic 1874
27 Edward Pilsbury
(1824–1882)		 December 19, 1876 November 18, 1878 1 year, 334 days Democratic
(Ring)		 1876
28 Isaac W. Patton
(1828–1890)		 November 18, 1878 December 16, 1880 2 years, 28 days Democratic
(Ring)		 1878
29 Joseph A. Shakspeare
(1837–1896)
1st time		 December 16, 1880 November 20, 1882 1 year, 339 days Democratic
(Reform)		 1880
30 William J. Behan
(1840–1928)		 November 20, 1882 April 28, 1884 1 year, 160 days Democratic
(Ring)		 1882
31 J. Valsin Guillotte
(1850–1917)		 April 29, 1884 April 23, 1888 3 years, 360 days Democratic
(Ring)		 1884
1886
(29) Joseph A. Shakspeare
(1837–1896)
2nd time		 April 23, 1888 April 25, 1892 4 years, 2 days Democratic
(Reform)		 1888
1890
32 John Fitzpatrick
(1844–1919)		 April 25, 1892 April 27, 1896 4 years, 2 days Democratic
(Ring)		 1892
1894
33 Walter C. Flower
(1850–1900)		 April 27, 1896 May 7, 1900 4 years, 10 days Democratic
(Reform)		 1896
1898
34 Paul Capdevielle
(1842–1922)		 May 7, 1900 December 5, 1904 4 years, 212 days Democratic
(Ring)		 1900
1902
35 Martin Behrman
(1864–1926)
1st time		 December 5, 1904 December 6, 1920 16 years, 1 day Democratic
(Ring)		 1904
1908
1912
1916
36 Andrew J. McShane
(1865–1936)		 December 6, 1920 May 4, 1925 4 years, 149 days Democratic
(Reform)		 1920
(35) Martin Behrman
(1864–1926)
2nd time		 May 4, 1925 January 12, 1926[j] 253 days Democratic
(Ring)		 1925
37 Arthur J. O'Keefe
(1876–1943)		 January 12, 1926 July 15, 1929[k] 3 years, 184 days Democratic
(Ring)		 –
38 T. Semmes Walmsley
(1889–1942)		 July 15, 1929 June 30, 1936[l] 6 years, 351 days Democratic
(Ring)		 –
1930
1934
39 A. Miles Pratt
(1885–1969)
Acting		 June 30, 1936 July 15, 1936 15 days Democratic
(Ring)		 –
40 Fred A. Earhart
(1875–1948)
Acting		 July 15, 1936 0 days Democratic
(Ring)		 –
41 Jesse S. Cave
(1872–1948)
Acting		 July 15, 1936 August 17, 1936 33 days Democratic
(Ring)		 –
42 Robert Maestri
(1889–1974)		 August 18, 1936 April 4, 1946 9 years, 229 days Democratic
(Longite-Ring)		 1936
1938
1942
43 deLesseps Story Morrison
(1912–1964)		 April 4, 1946 July 17, 1961[m] 15 years, 104 days Democratic
(Reform)		 1946
1950
1954
1958
44 Victor H. Schiro
(1904–1992)		 July 17, 1961 May 2, 1970 8 years, 289 days Democratic –
1962
1965
45 Moon Landrieu
(1930–2022)		 May 2, 1970 May 1, 1978 7 years, 364 days Democratic 1969–70
1973
46 Ernest Nathan Morial
(1929–1989)		 May 1, 1978 May 5, 1986 8 years, 4 days Democratic 1977
1982
47 Sidney Barthelemy
(born 1942)		 May 5, 1986 May 2, 1994 7 years, 362 days Democratic 1986
1990
48 Marc Morial
(born 1958)		 May 2, 1994 May 6, 2002 8 years, 4 days Democratic 1994
1998
49 Ray Nagin
(born 1956)		 May 6, 2002 May 3, 2010 7 years, 362 days Democratic 2002
2006
50 Mitch Landrieu
(born 1960)		 May 3, 2010 May 7, 2018 8 years, 4 days Democratic 2010
2014
51 LaToya Cantrell
(born 1972)		 May 7, 2018 January 12, 2026 7 years, 250 days Democratic 2017
2021
52 Helena Moreno
(born 1977)		 January 12, 2026 Incumbent 243 days Democratic 2025
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Notes

  1. [a]
    De Boré resigned to look after his personal affairs.
  2. [b]
    Appointed by Orleans Territory governor William C. C. Claiborne.
  3. [c]
    De Roffignac resigned to return to his native France.
  4. [d]
    Prieur resigned to become mortgage registrar.
  5. [e]
    Prieur resigned for a second time to take a state office.
  6. [f]
    Waterman was impeached and removed by the New Orleans City Council.
  7. [g]
    Monroe was suspended from office and arrested following the Capture of New Orleans.
  8. [h]
    Monroe was deposed by General Philip Sheridan.
  9. [i]
    Flanders was appointed by Governor Henry Clay Warmoth.
  10. [j]
    Died in office.
  11. [k]
    O'Keefe resigned for health reasons.
  12. [l]
    Walmsley resigned after being stripped of his powers by the Ring-controlled City Council. The powers of the city government had previously been stripped by Louisiana governor Huey Long as part of a feud with Walmsley, and were subsequently re-granted following Walmsley's resignation.
  13. [m]
    Morrison resigned when he was appointed Ambassador to the Organization of American States by President John F. Kennedy.

Further reading

  • "Administrations of the Mayors of New Orleans, 1803-1936" by E. D. Friedrichs, Archives of the City of New Orleans

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