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
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
Alcaldes of San José[4][5][6] Portrait | Alcalde | Term | Notes |
| Francisco Castro | 1822 | |
| Juan Alvires | 1823 | |
| Ignacio Pacheco | 1824 | |
| Joaquín Higuera | 1825 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Antonio_Su%C3%B1ol.jpg/100px-Antonio_Su%C3%B1ol.jpg) | Antonio Suñol | 1826 | |
| Mariano Castro | 1827 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Salvio_Pacheco.jpg/100px-Salvio_Pacheco.jpg) | Juan Salvio Pacheco II | 1828 | |
| Florentino Archuleta | 1829 | |
| Mariano Castro | 1830 | |
| Mariano Duarte | 1831 | |
| Ignacio Ceballos | 1832 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Salvio_Pacheco.jpg/100px-Salvio_Pacheco.jpg) | Juan Salvio Pacheco II | 1833 | |
| Pedro Chaboya | 1834 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Antonio_Maria_Pico.jpg/100px-Antonio_Maria_Pico.jpg) | Antonio María Pico | 1835 | |
| José María Alviso | 1836 | |
| Juan Alvires | 1837 | |
| Dolores Pacheco | 1838 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jos%C3%A9_Noriega_%28Mayor_of_San_Jose%29.jpg/100px-Jos%C3%A9_Noriega_%28Mayor_of_San_Jose%29.jpg) | José Noriega | 1839 | |
| Dolores Pacheco | 1840 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Antonio_Su%C3%B1ol.jpg/100px-Antonio_Su%C3%B1ol.jpg) | Antonio Suñol | 1841 | |
| Antonio Buelna | 1842 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Salvio_Pacheco.jpg/100px-Salvio_Pacheco.jpg) | Juan Salvio Pacheco II | 1843 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Antonio_Maria_Pico.jpg/100px-Antonio_Maria_Pico.jpg) | Antonio María Pico | 1844-1845 | |
| John Burton | 1846 | |
American era
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
References
- ^ Inside San Jose - Peralta Adobe's First Resident, an Overlooked Figure in SJ History
- ^ Santa Clara Library - Jose Manuel Gonzales: Apache Mayor of San José
- ^ The Peraltas and Their Home - California Historical Society Quarterly. Vol. 30, No. 3 (Sep., 1951), pp. 217-231
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1825-1840 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN 978-1344073653; See pages 729-731
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1808-1824 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN 9789353603700; See pages 604-606
- ^ History of San Jose, California - Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers
- ^ Sawyer, Eugene T. (1970). History of Santa Clara County. Jazzybee Verlag. ISBN 9783849678470. Retrieved 6 April 2018 – via Google Books.