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Mayor of Austin
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 Edwin Waller
(1800–1881) 		January 1840 August 1840 6–7 months Unknown TBA
2 Thomas W. Ward
(1807–1872)
1st time 		August 1840 1841 3–4 months Unknown TBA
3 Moses Johnson
(TBA–TBA) 		1841 1842 1 year Unknown TBA
4 Asa Brigham
(1788–1844) 		1842 1843 1 year Unknown TBA
5 Joseph W. Robertson
(TBA–TBA) 		1843 1845 2 years Unknown TBA
6 James M. Long
(TBA–TBA) 		1845 1847 2 years Unknown TBA
7 Jacob M. Harrell
(TBA–TBA) 		1847 1849 2 years Unknown TBA
8 Samuel G. Haynie
(TBA–TBA)
1st time 		1850 1852 2 years Unknown TBA
9 George J. Durham
(TBA–TBA) 		1852 1853 1 year Unknown TBA
10 Thomas W. Ward
(1807–1872)
2nd time 		1853 1853[a] >1 year Unknown TBA
11 William P. DeNormandie
(TBA–TBA) 		1853 1854 1 year Unknown TBA
12 John Salmon Ford
(1815–1897) 		1854 1855 1 year Unknown TBA
13 John Treadwell Cleveland
(TBA–TBA) 		1855 1856 1 year Unknown TBA
14 Edward R. Peck
(TBA–TBA) 		1856 1857 1 year Unknown TBA
15 Thomas F. Sneed
(TBA–TBA) 		1857 1858 1 year Unknown TBA
16 Ben F. Carter
(TBA–TBA) 		1858 1860 2 years Unknown TBA
17 James W. Smith
(TBA–TBA) 		1860 1863 3 years Unknown TBA
18 Samuel G. Haynie
(TBA–TBA)
2nd time 		1863 1865 2 years Unknown TBA
19 Thomas W. Ward
(1807–1872)
3rd time 		1865 1866 1 year Unknown TBA
20 William H. Carr
(TBA–TBA) 		1866 1867 1 year Unknown TBA
21 Leander Brown
(TBA–TBA) 		1867 1871 4 years Unknown TBA
22 John W. Glenn
(TBA–TBA) 		1871 1872 1 year Unknown TBA
23 Thomas Benton Wheeler
(1840–1913) 		1872 1877 5 years Democratic TBA
24 Jacob Carl DeGress
(TBA–TBA) 		1877 1879 2 years Unknown TBA
25 William A. Saylor
(TBA–TBA)
1st time 		1879 1881 2 years Unknown TBA
26 L. M. Crooker
(TBA–TBA) 		1881 1883 2 years Unknown TBA
27 William A. Saylor
(TBA–TBA)
2nd time 		1883 1884 1 year Unknown TBA
28 John W. Robertson
(TBA–TBA) 		1884 1887 3 years Unknown TBA
29 Joseph Nalle
(TBA–TBA) 		1887 1890 3 years Unknown TBA
30 John McDonald
(TBA–TBA) 		1890 1895 5 years Unknown TBA
31 Louis Hancock
(TBA–TBA) 		1896 1897 1 year Unknown TBA
32 John Dodd McCall
(TBA–TBA) 		1897 1901 4 years Unknown TBA
33 Robert E. White
(TBA–TBA) 		1901 1905 4 years Unknown TBA
34 William D. Shelley
(TBA–TBA) 		1905 1907 2 years Unknown TBA
35 Frank M. Maddox
(TBA–TBA) 		1907 1909 2 years Unknown TBA
36 Alexander Penn Wooldridge
(1847–1930) 		1909 1919 10 years Unknown TBA
37 William D. Yett
(TBA–TBA) 		1919 1926 7 years Unknown TBA
38 Paul W. McFadden
(TBA–TBA) 		1926 1933 7 years Unknown TBA
39 Robert Thomas Miller
(1893–1962)
1st time 		1933 1949 16 years Unknown TBA
40 Taylor Glass
(TBA–TBA) 		1949 1951 2 years Unknown TBA
41 William S. Drake Jr.
(TBA–TBA) 		1951 1953 2 years Unknown TBA
42 Charles A. McAden
(TBA–TBA) 		1953 1955 2 years Unknown TBA
43 Robert Thomas Miller
(1893–1962)
2nd time 		1955 1961 6 years Unknown TBA
44 Lester E. Palmer
(TBA–TBA) 		1961 1967 6 years Unknown TBA
45 Harry Akin
(TBA–TBA) 		1967 1969 2 years Unknown TBA
46 Travis LaRue
(1913–2009) 		1969 1971 2 years Unknown TBA
47 Roy Butler
(1926–2009) 		1971 1975 4 years Republican TBA
48 Jeffrey Friedman
(1945–2007) 		May 15, 1975 May 15, 1977 2 years, 0 days Democratic TBA
49 Carole McClellan
(1939–2025) 		May 15, 1977 February 25, 1983 5 years, 286 days Democratic TBA
– John Treviño Jr.
(1938–2017)
Acting
[8] 		February 1983 May 1983 3 months Unknown –
50 Ron Mullen
(born 1939) 		May 1983 1985 1–2 years Unknown TBA
51 Frank C. Cooksey
(1933–2025) 		1985 June 15, 1988 2–3 years Republican TBA
52 Lee Cooke
(born 1944) 		June 15, 1988 June 15, 1991 3 years, 0 days Republican TBA
53 Bruce Todd
(TBA–TBA) 		June 15, 1991 June 15, 1997 6 years, 0 days Democratic TBA
54 Kirk Watson
(born 1958)
1st time
[9] 		June 15, 1997 November 9, 2001 4 years, 147 days Democratic TBA
55 Gustavo L. Garcia
(1934–2018) 		November 9, 2001 June 16, 2003 1 year, 219 days Democratic 2001 special
56 Will Wynn
(born 1961) 		June 16, 2003 June 22, 2009 6 years, 6 days Democratic 2003
2006
57 Lee Leffingwell
(born 1939) 		June 22, 2009 January 6, 2015 5 years, 198 days Democratic 2009
2012
58 Steve Adler
(born 1956) 		January 6, 2015 January 6, 2023 8 years, 0 days Democratic 2014
2018
59 Kirk Watson
(born 1958)
2nd time 		January 6, 2023 Incumbent 2 years, 364 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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References

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  1. ^ Martin, Ken (September 10, 2014). "Budget Gives Stealth Pay Boost". TheAustinBulldog.org. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "New City Council members draw term lengths during inauguration ceremony | AustinTexas.gov - the Official Website of the City of Austin". Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Austin voters elect Kirk Watson, who served as mayor two decades ago, to lead the city again". December 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "Municode Library". Municode.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Municode Library". Municode.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "Municode Library". Municode.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "Municode Library". Municode.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "History of Mayors | AustinTexas.gov". www.austintexas.gov. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "What kind of mayor was Watson? - The Austin Bulldog". Retrieved March 10, 2023.