List of mayors of Yakima, Washington
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Yakima, Washington state, United States. The city was named "North Yakima" from 1886 through 1918, when its name changed to "Yakima."
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- Edward Whitson, c.1886, 1887 [1]
- T.J.V. Clark, c.1886 [1]
- Fred R. Reed, c.1889 [1]
- A. H. Reynolds, 1890 (acting mayor)[1]
- R. K. Nichols, c.1890 [1]
- Albert B. Weed, c.1891 [1][2]
- William F. Prosser, c.1893 [1]
- W. A. Cox, 1893 (acting mayor) [1]
- Wm. H. Redmon, c.1894, 1900 [1]
- O. A. Fechter, c.1897, 1902, 1904, 1907 [1][1]
- A. J. Shaw, c.1903 [3]
- Walter J. Reed, c.1906 [1][4]
- Henry H. Lombard, c.1908 [1][5]
- Philip M. Armbruster, c.1909 [1]
- Henry H. Schott, 1910-1911 [1][6]
- Andrew Jackson Splawn, c.1911 [7][1]
- Jos. F. Barton, c.1915 [1]
- Forrest H. Sweet, c.1917 [1]
- R.D. Rovig, c.1920 [1]
- Wm. B. Dudley, c.1923 [1]
- W.W. Stratton, c.1929 [1]
- H.C. Temple, c.1934 [1]
- E.B. Riley, c.1937 [1]
- A.W. Mogren, c.1942-1945 [1][8]
- N.K. Buck, c.1947 [9]
- G.W. Burns, c.1950-1954 [1][10]
- C.H. Behnke, c.1956 [1]
- Kenneth Schutt, 1956 (acting mayor)[1]
- Joe K. Alderson, c.1956 [1]
- Thomas C. Bostic, c.1959 [1]
- John M. Larson, c.1962 [1]
- Bert Broad, c.1972 [1]
- Betty L. Edmondson, c.1976 [1]
- Lynn A. Carmichael, c.1982 [1]
- Clarence C. Barnett, c.1984 [1]
- Henry C. Beauchamp Jr., c.1986 [1]
- Patricia A. Berndt, c.1988 [1]
- Lynn Buchanan, c.1996 [1]
- John Puccinelli, c.1998 [1]
- Mary Place, c.2001 [1][11]
- Paul P. George, c.2004 [1]
- Dave Edler, 2006-2010 [1]
- Micah Cawley, c.2010 [1]
- Avina Gutiérrez, c.2016 [1]
- Kathy Coffey, 2016-2020 [12]
- Patricia Byers, c.2020, 2024-present [1][13]
- Janice Deccio, c.2022-2024 [1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar "Past Mayors", yakimawa.gov, City of Yakima, Washington, retrieved May 19, 2025
- ^ Sketches of Washingtonians, Seattle, Wash.: W.C. Wolfe & Co., 1906 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "North Yakima", Illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties, with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Chicago: Interstate Pub. Co., 1904, pp. 208–219 – via Internet Archive
- ^ Seattle Republican, December 8, 1905 – via Washington State Library's washingtondigitalnewspapers.org
- ^ "Lombard to be next mayor", Yakima Herald, December 4, 1907 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
- ^ "Business men win readily: Henry Schott and his ticket are elected to city office over socialists", Yakima Herald, December 7, 1910 – via Chronicling America
- ^ "Splawn wins by majority vote over all candidates", Yakima Herald, August 30, 1911 – via Chronicling America
- ^ Officials of Washington Cities, Washington State Secretary of State, 1945 – via HathiTrust
- ^ Officials of Washington Cities, Washington State Secretary of State, 1947 – via HathiTrust
- ^ Officials of Washington Cities, 1953-54, Washington State Secretary of State, 1953 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "City Council", www.ci.yakima.wa.us, archived from the original on June 22, 2001 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "Friends and co-workers remember 'champion of Yakima' and former mayor Kathy Coffey", yakimaherald.com, January 18, 2023, archived from the original on January 21, 2023 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "Yakima city council upheaval: Patricia Byers chosen as mayor, city manager ousted", kimatv.com, January 4, 2024