Answered By: Wei Zhang
Last Updated: Aug 17, 2022     Views: 120

  • Indiana colony: Dr. T.B. Elliott, president
  • San Gabriel Orange Grove Associations: B.S. Eaton, president
  • Pasadena was incorporated in 1886. Its first form of government was a Board of Trustees. The presiding officer of the Board was the President who was given the courtesy title of Mayor:
    1886-1887   H.J. Holmes, businessman
    1887-1888   Edson Turner
    1888-1889   M.M. Parker, educator
    1889-1890   Amos G. Throop, founder of Caltech
    1890-1892   Theodore P. Lukens
    1892-1894   Oscar F. Weed
    1894-1895   Theodore P. Lukens
    1895-1896   John S. Cox, real estate
    1896-1897   Calvin S. Hartwell
    1897-1899   George D. Patten
    1899-1901   Horace M. Dobbins, businessman
  • A new charter was adopted and the form of government changed to Mayor and Council:
    1901-1903   Martin H. Weight
    1903-1904   William H. Vedder, businessman
    1904-1906   William Waterhouse, businessman
    1906-1911   Thomas Earley
    1911-1914   William Thum, inventor and businessman
  • Another revision of the charter was made and a Commission form of government set up, presiding officer was Chairman:
    1914-1915   Richard L. Metcalf
    1915-1921   Arthur L. Hamilton
  • The Commission was changed to a Board of Directors and a City Manager appointed. The Chairman:
    1921-1925   Hiram W. Wadsworth, paint business
    1925-1927   Franklin B. Cole
    1927-1928   Clayton R. Taylor, attorney
    1928-1930   Robert L. Daughterty, professor
    1930-1931   P.M. Walker
    1931-1941   Edward O. Nay, plumber, heat & ventilation
    1941-1942   Albert I. Stewart, organizer of Safeway stores
    1942-1944   Carl G. Wopschall, general contractor
    1944-1947   Robert E. Dawson, insurance
  • In 1947 the Chairmanship became a rotating office good for two years and the presiding officer was again given the courtesy title of Mayor:
    1947-1949   Charles C. Hamill, attorney
    1949-1951   A. Rey Benedict, plumbing, heating contractor
    1951-1953   Alson E. Abernethy, investment banker
    1953-1955   Clarence A. Winder, consulting engineer
    1955-1957   Warren M. Dorn, real estate
    1957-1959   Seth Miller, automotive business
    1959-1961   Ray G. Woods, mortician
    1961-1963   C. Lewis Edwards, mortician
    1963-1964   Clarence A. Oakley, contractor
    1964-1966   Floyd O. Gwinn, restauranteur
    1966-1968   Boyd P. Welin, pharmacist
    1968-1970   C. Bernard Cooper, Bullocks
    1970-1972   W. L. Benedict, plumbing, heating contractor
    1972-1974   Donald F. Yokaitis, attorney
    1974-1976   Mortimer J Matthews, architect
    1976-1978   Robert White, attorney
    1978-1980   Ellis Jones, M.D.
    1980-1982   Jo Heckman, realtor
    1982-1984   Loretta Glickman, former teacher, choir director, businesswoman
    1984-1986   William Bogaard, attorney
    1986-1988   John Crowley, businessman
    1988-1990   William Thomson, attorney
    1990-1992   Jess H. Hughston
    1992-1994   Rick Cole
    1994-1995   Kathryn (Katie) Nack
    1995-1997   William Paparian
    1997-1999   Chris Holden
    1999-2015   William Bogaard
    2015-2020   Terry Tornek
    2020-           Victor Gordo
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