List of pre-statehood mayors of San Jose

This is a list of pre-statehood alcaldes and mayors of San Jose, from 1777 to 1850, during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods, prior to California's admission to statehood.

Spanish era edit

Alcaldes of San José
Alcalde Term Notes
José Manuel Gonzales 1785 - 1789 [1][2]
Ignacio Archuleto 1803
Luis María Peralta 1807-1821 [3]
José Agustín Narváez 1821

Mexican era edit

Alcaldes of San José[4][5][6]
Portrait Alcalde Term Notes
Francisco Castro 1822
Juan Alvires 1823
Ignacio Pacheco 1824
Joaquín Higuera 1825
  Antonio Suñol 1826
Mariano Castro 1827
  Juan Salvio Pacheco II 1828
Florentino Archuleta 1829
Mariano Castro 1830
Mariano Duarte 1831
Ignacio Ceballos 1832
  Juan Salvio Pacheco II 1833
Pedro Chaboya 1834
  Antonio María Pico 1835
José María Alviso 1836
Juan Alvires 1837
Dolores Pacheco 1838
  José Noriega 1839
Dolores Pacheco 1840
  Antonio Suñol 1841
Antonio Buelna 1842
  Juan Salvio Pacheco II 1843
  Antonio María Pico 1844-1845
John Burton 1846

American era edit

Alcaldes of San José
Alcalde Term Notes
John Burton 1847
Charles White 1848
H.K. Dimmick 1849 [7]
Richard M May 1849
John C. Conroy 1849-1850

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Inside San Jose - Peralta Adobe's First Resident, an Overlooked Figure in SJ History
  2. ^ Santa Clara Library - Jose Manuel Gonzales: Apache Mayor of San José
  3. ^ The Peraltas and Their Home - California Historical Society Quarterly. Vol. 30, No. 3 (Sep., 1951), pp. 217-231
  4. ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1825-1840 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN 978-1344073653; See pages 729-731
  5. ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1808-1824 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN 9789353603700; See pages 604-606
  6. ^ History of San Jose, California - Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers
  7. ^ Sawyer, Eugene T. (1970). History of Santa Clara County. Jazzybee Verlag. ISBN 9783849678470. Retrieved 6 April 2018 – via Google Books.