The office of Mayor of Baton Rouge was formally created in 1850 as the chief executive of the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which has been the state capital of Louisiana continuously since 1849.
In 1947, the government of the city and the Parish of East Baton Rouge were consolidated and in 1982 they were merged into a single governing body. At that time, the title of the Mayor changed to "Mayor-President."
John R. Dufrocq 1850 - 1855
Joseph Monget 1855 - 1857
Edward Cousinard 1857 - 1859
James E. Elam 1859 - 1862
B. F. Bryan 1862 - 1865
Jordan Holt 1865
James E. Elam 1865 - 1869
O. P. Skolfield 1869 - 1870
James E. Elam 1870 - 1872
Henry Schorten 1872
James E. Elam 1872 - 1873
Henry Schorten 1873 - 1876
Leon Jastremski 1876 - 1882
J. C. Charlotte 1882 - 1883
William S. Booth 1883 - 1884
G. L. Vay 1884 - 1888
B. F. Bryan 1888 - 1890
G. L. Vay 1890 - 1894
B. F. Byan 1894 - 1896
John J. Wax 1896 - 1898
Robert A. Hart 1898 - 1902
R. L. Pruyn 1902 - 1903
W. H. Bynum 1903 - 1910
Jules Roux 1910 - 1913
Alex Grouchy, Jr. 1913 - 1922
Turner Bynum 1922 - 1923
W. H. Bynum 1923 - 1940
Fred S. LeBlanc 1941 - 1944
Powers Higginbotham 1944 - 1952
Jesse L. Webb, Jr. 1953 - 1956
Mrs. Jesse L. Webb, Jr. 1956
John 'Jack' Christian 1957 - 1964
Woodrow Wilson Dumas 1965 - 1980
Pat Screen 1981 - 1988
Thomas Ed McHugh 1989 - 2000
Bobby Simpson 2001 - 2004
Melvin “Kip” Holden 2005–2016
Sharon Weston Broome 2017-Present
