List of mayors of Brownsville, Texas
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Brownsville, Texas, United States.
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- Stephen Powers, c.1850s [1]
- William Neale, 1858–1859, 1866-1869 [1]
- Franklin Cummings [1]
- John Salmon Ford, 1874 [1]
- Thomas Carson, c.1880 [1]
- Emilio Forto [1]
- John Bartlett, 1904 [2]
- Frederick J. Combe, c.1905-1908 [2][1]
- Benj. Kowalski, c.1911-1912 [3][2]
- A.B. Cole, c.1929 [3]
- Robert Byron Rentfro, c.1929-1936 [1][4]
- Robert Runyon, 1941-1943 [1]
- H. L. Stokely, c.1952-1954 [4]
- E. E. Watts, c.1955 [4]
- Ruben H. Edelstein, 1975-1979 [5]
- Ygnacio "Nacho" Garza, c.1991 [6][5]
- Patricio M. “Pat” Ahumada Jr., c.1991, 2007-2011 [7][6]
- Henry Gonzalez, c.1997-1998 [8]
- Blanca Vela, 1999-2003 [4]
- Eddie Treviño, 2003-2007
- Antonio "Tony" Martinez, 2011-2019 [9][7]
- Juan “Trey” Mendez III, 2019-2023 [10][11]
- John Cowen Jr., 2023-present[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Handbook of Texas Online". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Dermot H. Hardy; Ingham S. Roberts, eds. (1910), Historical review of south-east Texas: and the founders, leaders, and representative men of its commerce, industry, and civic affairs, vol. 2, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Our former mayor claims the office", Brownsville Herald, Texas, November 25, 1912 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
- ^ a b c Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Brownsville, Texas", Political Graveyard, retrieved June 6, 2025
- ^ "Senate Resolution No. 272: In Memory of Ruben H. Edelstein", texas.gov, Texas Legislature, 2015
- ^ "Newsletter" (PDF), brownsvillehistory.org, Texas: Brownsville Historical Society, April 2022
- ^ "Commission". www.ci.brownsville.tx.us. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Brownsville City Commission". www.ci.brownsville.tx.us. Archived from the original on December 3, 1998 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "House Resolution No. 1674", texas.gov, Texas Legislature, 2019
- ^ "City Commission", www.brownsvilletx.gov, archived from the original on May 12, 2021 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez announces he won't be running for office in 2023", valleycentral.com, November 23, 2022
- ^ "New mayor, city commissioners take office in Brownsville", valleycentral.com, May 17, 2023