This is a list of mayors of Berkeley, California. The list includes people serving in the equivalent position of president, in the city's early history.Presidents, Town Board of Trustees (1878–1909) Abel Whitton 1878–1881 A. McKinstry 1881–1883 W.C. Wright (Republican) 1883–1885 J.B. Henley 1885–1887 Henry L. Whitney 1887–1889 Samuel Heywood / Joseph L. Scotchler (Republican) 1889–1891 Reuben Rickard (Republican) 1891–1893 Byron E. Underwood / Martin J. Acton / Charles S. Preble 1893–1895 Reuben Rickard (Republican) 1895 John W. Richards 1895–1899 William H. Marston 1899–1903 Thomas Rickard (Republican) 1903–1909 Mayors Beverly L. Hodghead (Democrat) 1909–1911 J. Stitt Wilson (Socialist) 1911–1913 Charles D. Heywood (Republican) 1913–1915 Samuel C. Irving (Democrat) 1915–1919 Louis Bartlett (Republican) 1919–1923 Frank D. Stringham (Republican) 1923–1927 Michael B. Driver (Republican) 1927–1930 Thomas E. Caldecott (Republican) 1930–1932 Edward N. Ament (Republican) 1932–1939 Frank S. Gaines (Republican) 1939–1943 Fitch Robertson (Republican) 1943–1946 Carrie L. Hoyt (Republican) 1947 (January–April) Laurance L. Cross (Democrat) 1947–1955 Claude B. Hutchison (Republican) 1955–1963 Wallace Johnson (Republican) 1963–1971 Warren Widener (Democrat) 1971–1979, first African-American mayor Gus Newport, 1979–1986 Loni Hancock, 1986–1994 Jeffrey Shattuck Leiter, 1994 (March–December) Shirley Dean, 1994–2002 Tom Bates, 2002–2014 Jesse Arreguín, 2014–2024 Adena Ishii, 2024–present