Mayor of Amarillo

The mayor of the City of Amarillo is the chief executive officer of the city of Amarillo, Texas. The current mayor is Cole Stanley, who was elected on May 6, 2023, and took office on May 15 of that month.

Mayor of the City of Amarillo
Flag of the City of Amarillo
Incumbent Cole Stanley since May 15, 2023
Government of Amarillo, Texas
Term length	Two years
Inaugural holder	Warren W. Wetsel
Formation	January 1892; 133 years ago (1892-01)
Website	www.amarillo.gov

List of mayors of Amarillo

No.[1]	Portrait	Name	Term in office	Length of service	Previous office
1		Warren W. Wetsel (1849–1928; aged 79)	February, 1892 – 1894	2 years	None
government enjoined (1894–1899)
2		R. L. Stringfellow (1854–1909; aged 55)	1899 – 1902	3 years	None
3		Stafford Lightburne (1854–1927; aged 72)	1902 – 1906	4 years	None
4		Will A. Miller Jr. (1871–1930; aged 58)	1906 – April, 1908	2 years	None
5		Lon D. Marrs (1858–1943; aged 84)	April, 1908 – April 23, 1910	2 years	Potter County Attorney (1890–1896) Member of the Potter County Court (1896–1904)
6		James H. Patton (1861–1943; aged 82)[2]	April 23, 1910 – April, 1912	2 years	None
7		W. E. Gee (1872–1952; aged 79)[3]	April, 1912 – December, 1914	1 year, 8 months	City attorney of Amarillo (1902–1908)
8		J. N. Beasley (1878–1963; aged 84)	December, 1913 – 1917	3 years	Member of Shelby County, Tennessee Court until 1910
9		Lon D. Marrs (1858–1943; aged 83)	1917 – 1923	6 years	Potter County Attorney (1890–1896) Member of the Potter County Court (1896–1904) Mayor of Amarillo (1908–1910)
10		E. S. Blasdel (1878–1930; aged 51)	1923 – April, 1925	2 years	None
11		Lee Bivins † (1862–1829; aged 66)	April, 1925 – January 17, 1929	3 years, 9 months	None
12		Ernest O. Thompson (1892–1966; aged 74)[4]	April, 1929 – May 31, 1932	3 years, 1 month	None
13		Ross D. Rogers (1889–1974; aged 84)[5][6]	July 19, 1932 – April 14, 1941	8 years, 9 months	None
14		Joe A. Jenkins (1895–1981; aged 85)[7]	April 14, 1941 – May 5, 1947	6 years	Member of the Amarillo City Commission (1935–1941)
15		Lawrence R. Hagy (1899–1993; aged 94)	May 5, 1947 – May 2, 1949	2 years	None
16		E. H. Klein (1908–1989; aged 81)[8]	May 2, 1949 – April, 1953		None
17		S. T. Curtis (1907–1993; aged 85)	April, 1953 – April, 1955	2 years
18		R. C. Jordan (1909–1985; aged 76)	April, 1955 – April 15, 1957	2 years
19		John R. Armstrong (1900–1969; aged 68)[9][10]	April 15, 1957 – May 4, 1959	2 years	None
20		A. F. Madison (1896–1972; aged 76)[11][12]	May 4, 1959 – May 8, 1961	2 years	None
21		Jack Seale (1927–2018; aged 90) [13][14]	May 8, 1961 – April 29, 1963	2 years	None
22		F. V. Wallace (1908–1980; aged 75)	April 29, 1963 – May 8, 1967	4 years	None
23		J. Ernest Stroud (1912–2005; aged 92)[15]	May 8, 1967 – May 10, 1971	4 years	None
24		L. Ray Vahue (1929–1978; aged 48)[16]	May 10, 1971 – May 12, 1975	4 years	Member of the Amarillo City Commission (1877–1879)
25		John C. Drummond (1905–1982; aged 76)[17]	May 12, 1975 – May 2, 1977	2 years	None
26		Jerry H. Hodge (born 1942; age 82)[18]	May 2, 1977 – May 4, 1981	4 years	Member of the Amarillo City Commission (1973–1977)
27		Rick Klein (1943–1997; aged 54)[19]	May 4, 1981 – April, 1987	6 years	None
28		Glen Parkey (1936–2023; aged 87)[20][21]	April, 1987 – 1989	2 years	None
29		Keith Adams (1940–2015; aged 75)[22]	1989 – 1993	4 years	Member of the Amarillo City Commission (1983–1989)
30		Kel Seliger (born 1953; age 71)	1993 – 2001	8 years	Member of the Amarillo City Commission
31		Trent Sisemore (born 1961; age 63)	2001 – 2005	4 years	Member of the Amarillo City Commission (1995–2001)
32		Debra McCartt (born 1950; age 75)	2005 – May, 2011	6 years	Member of the Amarillo City Commission
33		Paul Harpole (born 1950; age 74–75)	May, 2011 – May 16, 2017	8 years	Member of the Amarillo City Commission (2005–2007)
34		Ginger Nelson (born 1970; age 54)[23]	May 16, 2017 – May 16, 2023	6 years	Member of the Amarillo City Commission (2012–2016)
35		Cole Stanley (born 1978; age 46)	May 16, 2023 – Incumbent	1 year, 341 days	None