# How many US mayors can you name? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557 "2007-10-22T13:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/21 "2007-10-23T04:39:03Z")
Chicago is Daley New York is Bloomberg Phoenix is Arpaio(not spelled right) Memphis is Herenton(God speaks to him) New Orleans is… Ah damn, it used to be Mark Morial, now it’s that other guy, who’s a jackass… Nagin! Yep. that’s him. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/22 "2007-10-23T04:48:08Z")
I just realized that I don’t know the name of the mayor in my town. Haven’t been here that long. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/23 "2007-10-27T07:53:56Z")
Philly - Mayor McCheese, uh Street Pittsburgh - Luke Ravenstahl Dayton - Rhine McLin LA - Antonio Villaraigosa San Francisco - Gavin Newsom Chicago - Daley New York - Bloomberg Atlanta - Shirley Franklin (I think) St. Louis - Francis Slay I probably should know a few more. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/24 "2007-10-27T13:09:04Z")
[QUOTE=Key Lime Guy] Anthony Williams ? (DC) ? [/QUOTE] DC is Adrian Fenty. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/25 "2007-10-27T16:04:06Z")
NY – Bloomberg Chicago – always a Daley Detroit – Kilpatrick NO – who could forget Nagin? DC – Fenty Houston – Bill White San Diego – Jerry Sanders (only know because of the wildfire news coverage) SF – Newsom (only know because of the deal with him boning his campaign manager’s wife) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/26 "2007-10-27T16:08:32Z")
I was thinking about this recently, so even though I read the thread, I can answer honestly: Richard M. Daley, Chicago (where I live) Gavin Newsom, San Francisco (my hometown) Bloomberg, New York Nagin, New Orleans Villaraigosa, LA And I think that Jerry Brown IS still the mayor of Oakland. Am I wrong? I know the mayor of my town here in Bulgaria. I mean, I know him personally. He waves at me when I see him on the sidewalk. The joy of living in a town of 3,000 people. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/27 "2007-10-27T16:09:38Z")
I only know two; Bloomberg for NYC and Nagin in NO. Sadly Bloomberg is nearing the end of his time and sadly Nagin got re-elected. I hope Bloomberg moves on to higher office. ETA: Wow Daley or a Daley is still mayor of Chicago? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/28 "2007-10-27T18:29:16Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] And I think that Jerry Brown IS still the mayor of Oakland. Am I wrong? [/QUOTE] I just looked it up. He was the mayor until 2006. He’s now the CA Attorney General. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/29 "2007-10-27T20:41:21Z")
Without thinking too hard, I came up with 3. Daley, Bloomberg and Fargo (here in Sacramento). Thought a little harder and came up with Gavin Newsom (SF) and Villaraigosa (LA). ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/30 "2007-10-27T21:00:52Z")
Three (before reading the thread): New York (Bloomberg) St. Louis (Francis Slay) Overland, MO (Mike Schneider) ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/31 "2007-10-27T23:43:05Z")
I got New York, Chicago (I was just there, plus it’s easy), Boston, San Francisco, Newark (just elected), Austin (I was just reading the Austin Chronicle online), and New Orleans, and I got LA and Oakland wrong. Technically I’m closer to Albany than NYC, and I heard the name of the mayor of Albany on the radio yesterday, but I’ve already forgotten it. I also know 2 NYC borough presidents off the top of my head. I do not know the name of the mayor of where I live; I’m not actually sure that there is a mayor, there might just be a town supervisor. I moved here right after the last election. I suppose I should get my hands on a ballot. Sheesh. I do know the town clerk and building supervisor, though. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/32 "2007-10-28T00:02:56Z")
Mayors I can name: New York, NY (as well as all five borough presidents) Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL Las Vegas, NV Sacramento, CA Oakland, CA Berkeley, CA San Francisco, CA San Diego, CA Fresno, CA Washington, DC Boston, MA Philadelphia, PA Newark, NJ Jersey City, NJ Passaic, NJ Camden, NJ Union City, NJ Rochester, NY Buffalo, NY Syracuse, NY Albany, NY Yonkers, NY Pittsburgh, PA Cleveland, OH Cincinnati, OH Columbus, OH Toledo, OH Akron, OH Memphis, TN Atlanta, GA Seattle, WA Portland, OR Minneapolis, MN St. Paul, MN Denver, CO Richmond, VA Detroit, MI New Orleans, LA Providence, RI ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557/33 "2007-10-28T00:46:17Z")
Using my usual pattern of taking US geography/civics quizzes and applying them to Canada: Gérald Tremblay (Montreal) Jacques Joli-Coeur (Quebec City) David Miller (Toronto) Sam Katz (Winnipeg) Gilles Vaillancourt (Laval) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-mayors-can-you-name/423557.md?page=1)