List of mayors of Washington, D.C.

Since 1975, the District has been administered by a popularly elected mayor and district council.

Parties

  Democratic (8)

#	Mayor		Term of office	Party	Term	Previous office
1		Walter Washington[1] (1915–2003)	January 2, 1975 – January 2, 1979	Democratic	1 (1974)	Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia
2		Marion Barry[1] (1936–2014)	January 2, 1979 – January 2, 1991	Democratic	2 (1978)	Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from the At-large district (1975–1979)
					3 (1982)
					4 (1986)
3		Sharon Pratt Kelly[1][2] (born 1944)	January 2, 1991 – January 2, 1995	Democratic	5 (1990)	Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee (1985–1989)
2		Marion Barry[1] (1936–2014)	January 2, 1995 – January 2, 1999	Democratic	6 (1994)	Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 8 (1993–1995)
4		Anthony A. Williams[1] (born 1951)	January 2, 1999 – January 2, 2007	Democratic	7 (1998)	D.C. Chief Financial Officer (1995–1998)
					8 (2002)
5		Adrian Fenty[1] (born 1970)	January 2, 2007 – January 2, 2011	Democratic	9 (2006)	Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 4 (2001–2007)
6		Vincent C. Gray[1] (born 1942)	January 2, 2011 – January 2, 2015	Democratic	10 (2010)	Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia (2007–2011)
7		Muriel Bowser[1] (born 1972)	January 2, 2015 – Incumbent	Democratic	11 (2014)	Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 4 (2007–2015)
					12 (2018)