Beverly Hills, California, was incorporated January 24, 1914. The City Council members of Beverly Hills are elected by the voters. The rotating positions of Mayor and Vice Mayor are selected by the City Council from among themselves.[1] The following is a list of the city's mayors.
Mayor of Beverly Hills | |
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since April 2, 2024 | |
Term length | 1 year |
Formation | April 17, 1922 |
First holder | Silsby Spalding |
Mayors of Beverly Hills
editEx-officio mayors
editNo. | Portrait | Officeholder | Tenure start | Tenure end | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | William Todd Gould | January 28, 1914 | April 24, 1916 | ||
2 | Pierce E. Benedict | April 24, 1916 | April 17, 1922 | [2] |
Mayor
editNo. | Portrait | Officeholder | Tenure start | Tenure end | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Silsby Spalding | April 17, 1922 | July 23, 1929 | [3] | |
– | Will Rogers | December 21, 1926 | December 23, 1926 | [4] | |
2 | Paul E. Schwab | July 23, 1929 | March 21, 1933 | [5] | |
3 | Edward E. Spence | March 28, 1933 | May 18, 1941 | [6] | |
4 | James L. Kennedy | June 3, 1941 | April 21, 1942 | [7] | |
5 | Arthur L. Erb | April 21,1942 | August 28, 1945 | [8] | |
6 | E. P. Dentzel | September 25, 1945 | April 20, 1948 | [9] | |
7 | Otto A. Gerth | April 20, 1948 | April 18, 1950 | ||
8 | F. Britton McConnell | April 18, 1950 | May 1, 1951 | [10] | |
9 | C. Dean Olson | May 1, 1951 | April 5, 1952 | [11] | |
10 | David Tannenbaum | April 15, 1952 | March 31, 1953 | [12] | |
11 | Floyd E. Fischer | March 31, 1953 | May 4, 1954 | [13] | |
12 | Harold L. George | May 4, 1954 | March 29, 1955 | [14] | |
13 | George W. Davis | March 29, 1955 | June 6, 1956 | [15] | |
14 | David Tannenbaum | June 7, 1956 | July 30, 1957 | [16] | |
15 | Floyd E. Fischer | July 30, 1957 | April 15, 1958 | ||
16 | George W. Davis | April 15, 1958 | September 15, 1959 | ||
17 | Harold L. George | September 15, 1959 | January 19, 1960 | [17] | |
18 | Hugh W. Darling | January 19, 1960 | April 18, 1961 | [18] | |
19 | Jack Freeman | April 18, 1961 | April 17, 1962 | [19] | |
20 | Leroy H. Watson | April 17, 1962 | April 16, 1963 | [20] | |
21 | Eugene W. Gunther | April 16, 1963 | 1964 | [21] | |
22 | Leonard Horwin | 1964 | 1965 | [22] | |
23 | Frank Clapp | 1965 | 1966 | [23] | |
24 | Jacob M. Stuchen | 1966 | 1967 | [24] | |
25 | A. Fredric Leopold | 1967 | 1968 | [25] | |
26 | George Slaff | 1968 | 1969 | [26] | |
27 | Frank Clapp | 1969 | 1970 | [23] | |
28 | Jacob M. Stuchen | 1970 | 1971 | [24] | |
29 | A. Fredric Leopold | 1971 | 1972 | [25] | |
30 | Richard A. Stone | 1972 | 1973 | [27] | |
31 | Phyllis Seaton | 1973 | 1974 | [28] | |
32 | Charles Aronberg | 1974 | 1975 | [29] | |
33 | George Slaff | 1975 | 1976 | [26] | |
34 | Donna Ellman-Garber | 1976 | 1977 | [30] | |
35 | Richard A. Stone | 1977 | 1978 | [27] | |
36 | Joseph N. Tilem | 1978 | 1979 | [31] | |
37 | Charles Aronberg | 1979 | 1980 | [29] | |
38 | Edward I. Brown | 1980 | 1981 | [32] | |
39 | Donna Ellman-Garber | 1981 | 1982 | [30] | |
40 | Benjamin H. Stansbury Jr. | 1982 | 1983 | [33] | |
41 | Benjamin Norton | 1983 | 1984 | [34] | |
42 | Annabelle Heiferman | 1984 | 1985 | [35] | |
43 | Edward I. Brown | 1985 | April 15, 1986 | [32] | |
44 | Charlotte Spadaro | April 15, 1986 | April 5, 1987 | [36] | |
45 | Benjamin H. Stansbury Jr. | April 5, 1987 | April 19, 1988 | [33] | |
46 | Robert K. Tanenbaum | April 19, 1988 | 1989 | [37] | |
47 | Maxwell H. Salter | 1989 | 1990 | [38] | |
48 | Allan Alexander | 1990 | 1991 | [39] | |
49 | Vicki Reynolds | 1991 | 1992 | [40] | |
50 | Robert K. Tanenbaum | 1992 | 1993 | [37] | |
51 | Maxwell H. Salter | 1993 | 1994 | [38] | |
52 | Vicki Reynolds | 1994 | 1995 | [40] | |
53 | Allan Alexander | 1995 | 1996 | [39] | |
54 | Thomas S. Levyn | 1996 | 1997 | [41] | |
55 | MeraLee Goldman | 1997 | 1998 | ||
56 | Les Bronte | 1998 | 1999 | [42] | |
57 | Thomas S. Levyn | 1999 | 2000 | [41] | |
58 | Vicki Reynolds | 2000 | 2001 | [40] | |
59 | Mark Egerman | 2001 | 2002 | [43] | |
60 | MeraLee Goldman | 2002 | 2003 | ||
61 | Thomas S. Levyn | 2003 | 2004 | [41] | |
62 | Mark Egerman | 2004 | 2005 | [43] | |
63 | Linda J. Briskman | 2005 | March 21, 2006 | [44] | |
64 | Stephen P. Webb | March 21, 2006 | March 27, 2007 | [45] | |
65 | Jimmy Delshad | March 27, 2007 | March 22, 2008 | [46] | |
66 | Barry Brucker | March 22, 2008 | March 11, 2009 | [47] | |
67 | Frank Fenton | March 11, 2009 | March 25, 2009 | [48] | |
68 | Nancy Krasne | March 25, 2009 | March 16, 2010 | [49] | |
70 | Jimmy Delshad | March 16, 2010 | March 22, 2011 | [50] | |
71 | Barry Brucker | March 22, 2011 | March 20, 2012 | [51] | |
72 | William W. Brien | March 20, 2012 | March 27, 2013 | [52] | |
73 | John A. Mirisch | March 27, 2013 | March 25, 2014 | [53] | |
74 | Lili Bosse | March 25, 2014 | March 24, 2015 | [54] | |
75 | Julian Gold | March 24, 2015 | March 2016 | [55] | |
76 | John A. Mirisch | March 2016 | March 28, 2017 | [56] | |
77 | Lili Bosse | March 28, 2017 | March 20, 2018 | [57] | |
78 | Julian Gold | March 20, 2018 | March 20, 2019 | [55] | |
79 | John A. Mirisch | March 20, 2019 | March 31, 2020 | ||
80 | Lester Friedman | March 31, 2020 | April 6, 2021 | [58] | |
81 | Robert Wunderlich | April 6, 2021 | April 5, 2022 | [59] | |
82 | Lili Bosse | April 5, 2022 | April 4, 2023 | ||
82 | Julian Gold | April 4, 2023 | April 2, 2024 | ||
84 | Lester Friedman | April 2, 2024 | Incumbent |
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