Duluth’s Mayors
March 6, 1870: Duluth becomes a City
5. Peter Dean (D), 1875
March 4, 1877: Duluth’s city charter expires and the community becomes the “District of Duluth”
October 22, 1877: Community becomes “Village of Duluth”
7. A. M. Miller (D), 1877 (President of Village)
8. John Drew (R), 1879 (President of Village)
9. Peter Dean (D), 1880 (President of Village)
10. J. D. Ensign (R), 1880 (President and Mayor of Village)
11. C. H. Graves (R), 1882 (Mayor of Village)
12. J. B. Culver (D), 1883 (Mayor of Village)
13. C. H. Graves (R), 1883 (Mayor of Village)
14. J. D. Ensign (R), 1884 (Mayor of Village)
15. H. B. Moore (D), 1885 (Mayor of Village)
16. J. B. Sutphin (R), 1886 (Mayor of Village and of the City)
March 22, 1887: Duluth regains its city charter
18. Charles d’Autremont (D), 1892
21. Trevanion W. Hugo (R), 1900
22. Marcus B. Cullum (D), 1904
24. Marcus B. Cullum (D), 1910
1913: Duluth changes to Commission system of government
26. William I. Prince (R), 1913
27. Clarence R. Magney (R), 1917
28. Trevanion W. Hugo (R), 1920
29. Samuel F. Snively (R), 1921 (elected to five terms, Duluth’s longest-serving mayor)
32. George W. Johnson (R), 1945
33. George D. Johnson (D), 1953
Duluth adapts present system of government
34. Eugene R. Lambert (R), 1956
35. E. Clifford Mork (D), 1959
36. George D. Johnson (D), 1963
37. Ben Boo (R), 1967
38. Robert Beaudin (D), 1975
39. John Fedo (D), 1979 (elected at age 29, Duluth’s youngest mayor)
40. Gary Doty (D), 1992
41. Herb Bergson (D), 2004
42. Don Ness (D), 2008
43. Emily Larson (D), 2016–present
