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In addition, the mayor oversees all district services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Public_Schools" title="District of Columbia Public Schools">district public school system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dccharter422_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dccharter422-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayor's office oversees an annual district budget of $8.8 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-fy10_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fy10-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayor's executive office is located in the <a href="/wiki/John_A._Wilson_Building" title="John A. Wilson Building">John A. Wilson Building</a> in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Downtown Washington, D.C.">Downtown Washington, D.C.</a> The mayor appoints several officers, including the deputy mayors for Education and Planning & Economic Development, the district administrator, the chancellor of the district's public schools, and the department heads of the district agencies. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_governance">History of governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History of governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the District of Columbia">History of the District of Columbia</a> and <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_home_rule" title="District of Columbia home rule">District of Columbia home rule</a></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1801" title="District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801">its official formation in 1801 by Act of Congress</a>, the district consisted of five political sub-divisions: three cities with their own municipal governments, and two rural counties. The City of Washington was one of those three cities. Newly chartered shortly after the district, in 1802, the City of Washington had <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Washington,_D.C." title="List of mayors of Washington, D.C.">its own list of mayors from 1802 through 1871</a>. From 1802 to 1812, the mayor was appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>; the City of Washington's first mayor was <a href="/wiki/Robert_Brent" title="Robert Brent">Robert Brent</a>, appointed in 1802 by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1812 and 1820, the city's mayors were then selected by executive council. In 1820, the federal charter was amended to allow the mayor to be popularly elected, although only white male property owners could vote. In 1848, the property-ownership requirement was lifted, and in 1867, Congress extended the franchise to Black males over President <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a>'s veto.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The district as a whole had no governor or any other executive position in that period. </p><p>In 1871, with the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1871" title="District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871">District of Columbia Organic Act</a>, the three remaining subdivisions within the district (Washington City, <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgetown, DC">Georgetown</a>, and Washington County)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were unified into a single government. The office of mayor was abolished and the executive became a territorial governor appointed by the president. The district was overseen by governors, then by a three-member board of commissioners, until 1967. </p><p>In 1967, President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> created a more modern government headed by a single commissioner, popularly known as "mayor-commissioner," and a nine-member district council, all appointed by the president. <a href="/wiki/Walter_E._Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter E. Washington">Walter E. Washington</a> was named to the post, and was retained by Johnson's successor, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>. Washington was the only occupant of that position. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation_of_mayorship">Creation of mayorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Creation of mayorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973, Congress enacted the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Home_Rule_Act" title="District of Columbia Home Rule Act">District of Columbia Home Rule Act</a>, providing for an elected mayor and 13-member district council, with the first elections to take place the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-hract_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hract-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Incumbent mayor-commissioner Walter Washington was elected the first <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_home_rule" title="District of Columbia home rule">home-rule</a> Mayor of the District of Columbia on November 5, 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took office on January 2, 1975, heading the district's first popularly-elected government in over a century. </p><p>The local government, particularly during the mayoralty of Washington's successor, <a href="/wiki/Marion_Barry" title="Marion Barry">Marion Barry</a> (1979–1991), was criticized for mismanagement and waste.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barry defeated Mayor Washington in the 1978 Democratic Party primary. Barry was then elected mayor, serving three successive four-year terms. During his administration in 1989, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="The Washington Monthly">The Washington Monthly</a></i> magazine claimed that the district had "the worst city government in America".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being imprisoned for six months on misdemeanor drug charges in 1990, Barry did not run for reelection.<sup id="cite_ref-barry_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barry-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991, <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Pratt_Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharon Pratt Kelly">Sharon Pratt Kelly</a> became the first woman to lead the district.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Barry was elected again in 1994, and by the next year the district had become nearly insolvent.<sup id="cite_ref-barry_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barry-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, Congress created the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Financial_Control_Board" title="District of Columbia Financial Control Board">District of Columbia Financial Control Board</a> to oversee all municipal spending and rehabilitate the district government.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mayor <a href="/wiki/Anthony_A._Williams" title="Anthony A. Williams">Anthony Williams</a> won election in 1998. His administration oversaw a period of greater prosperity, <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a>, and budget surpluses.<sup id="cite_ref-CFOrelease_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFOrelease-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district regained control over its finances in 2001 and the oversight board's operations were suspended.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams did not seek reelection in 2006. Councilmember <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Fenty" title="Adrian Fenty">Adrian Fenty</a> defeated Council Chairwoman <a href="/wiki/Linda_Cropp" class="mw-redirect" title="Linda Cropp">Linda Cropp</a> in that year's Democratic primary race to succeed Williams as mayor and started his term in 2007. Shortly upon taking office, Fenty won approval from the district council to directly manage and overhaul the district's under-performing public school system.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Fenty lost a Democratic Party primary to former Council Chair Vincent Gray in August 2010. Mayor Gray won the general election and assumed office in January 2011 with a pledge to bring economic opportunities to more of the district's residents and under-served areas.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gray in turn lost the subsequent Democratic Party primary in 2014 to Councilmember <a href="/wiki/Muriel_Bowser" title="Muriel Bowser">Muriel Bowser</a>, who went on to win the general election and was then reelected in 2018<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2022, making her only the second person to serve three consecutive terms as Mayor of the District of Columbia.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Currently, the mayor of the District of Columbia is popularly elected to a four-year term with no term limits. Even though District of Columbia is not a state, the district government also has certain state-level responsibilities, making some of the mayor's duties analogous to those of <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_governors" title="List of current United States governors">United States governors</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Official_residence_controversy">Official residence controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Official residence controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mayor of the District of Columbia has no official residence, although the establishment of one has been proposed several times in the years since the office was established in 1974. In 2000, Mayor <a href="/wiki/Anthony_A._Williams" title="Anthony A. Williams">Anthony A. Williams</a> appointed, with the District of Columbia Council's approval, a commission to study the possibilities of acquiring property and a building to be used as the official residence of the District of Columbia's mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission examined several possibilities, including the <a href="/wiki/Old_Naval_Hospital" title="Old Naval Hospital">Old Naval Hospital</a> on <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Hill" title="Capitol Hill">Capitol Hill</a>, the warden's house at <a href="/wiki/St._Elizabeth%27s_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Elizabeth's Hospital">St. Elizabeth's Hospital</a>, and several former embassies and chanceries before issuing a final report recommending a plan proposed by the Eugene B. Casey Foundation to privately finance the construction of a residence in District of Columbia's <a href="/wiki/Foxhall,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Foxhall, Washington, D.C.">Foxhall</a> neighborhood and donate it to the district under the name of The Casey Mansion. </p><p>The council approved the plan in 2001. However, residents objected to the plan on the grounds that it aggrandized and insulated the mayor from his constituents;<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that the location, rather than symbolizing District of Columbia's economic and ethnic diversity, would place the mayor in one of the district's least diverse, wealthiest, and most exclusive communities; and, especially, that the Casey Foundation's plan required the acquisition of 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) of national park land to be used as private grounds for the mansion.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After several months of delays caused by these political entanglements, the project began movement in October 2003; that December, however, the Casey Foundation suddenly announced that it was abandoning plans for a mayoral residence and donating the land to the Salvation Army.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plans for an official residence have remained inactive ever since. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Mayoral elections in Washington, D.C.">Mayoral elections in Washington, D.C.</a></div> <p>The mayor <a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Mayoral elections in Washington, D.C.">is elected</a> every four years and can be re-elected without term limits. Candidates must live and be registered to vote in the District of Columbia for one year prior to the date of the election. Elections take place in the same year as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_midterm_election" title="United States midterm election">midterm Congressional elections</a> on <a href="/wiki/Election_Day_(United_States)" title="Election Day (United States)">election day in November</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dccharter421_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dccharter421-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, since the electorate of the district is overwhelmingly Democratic (over 80 percent), in practice the mayor is almost always determined in the Democratic primary election, held on the second Tuesday in September. </p><p>The mayor is sworn in on January 2 following the election,<sup id="cite_ref-dccharter421_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dccharter421-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> taking the following oath: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I, (mayor's name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the laws of the United States of America and of the District of Columbia, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, which I am about to enter.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Succession">Succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chairman of <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Council of the District of Columbia">the District of Columbia Council</a> becomes acting mayor when a mayor dies in office, resigns, or is unable to carry out the duties of mayor and if the mayor did not designate an <a href="/wiki/Acting_Mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="Acting Mayor">Acting Mayor</a>. The chairman serves until a special election can be held and certified by the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics. At least 114 days must pass between the mayoral vacancy and the special election, which is held on the first Tuesday thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-dccharter421_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dccharter421-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of September 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, no such vacancy has ever occurred. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duties_and_powers">Duties and powers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Duties and powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mayor has the responsibility to enforce all district law; administer and coordinate district departments, including the appointment of a District Administrator and heads of the departments (subject to confirmation by the council); to set forth policies and agendas to the council, and prepare and submit the district budget at the end of each fiscal year. The mayor has the powers to either approve or veto bills passed by the District of Columbia Council; to submit drafts of legislation to the council; and to propose federal legislation or action directly to the president and/or Congress of the United States. As head of the district's executive branch, the mayor has the power to draft and enact executive orders relative to the departments and officials under their jurisdiction and to reorganize any entities within the executive branch (except in the case of formal disapproval by the council). Additionally, the mayor reserves the right to be heard by the council or any of its committees.<sup id="cite_ref-dccharter422_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dccharter422-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Washington,_D.C." title="List of mayors of Washington, D.C.">List of mayors of Washington, D.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Washington,_D.C." title="Timeline of Washington, D.C.">Timeline of Washington, D.C.</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="#cite_ref-dccharter422_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dccharter422_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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Abfa.com. December 24, 1973<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Superior Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Abortion in Washington, D.C.">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Washington,_D.C." title="Architecture of Washington, D.C.">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Washington,_D.C." title="Culture of Washington, D.C.">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Crime in Washington, D.C.">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Washington,_D.C." title="Demographics of Washington, D.C.">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Washington_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of the Washington Metropolitan Area">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia#Education" 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href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Inventory_of_Historic_Sites" title="District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites">Inventory of Historic Sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Washington,_D.C." title="List of mayors of Washington, D.C.">List of District executives</a> (since 1790)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Residence_Act" title="Residence Act">Residence Act of 1790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1801" title="District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801">Organic Act of 1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_retrocession" title="District of Columbia retrocession">Retrocession of 1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Day#United_States" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1871" title="District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871">Organic Act of 1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Washington,_D.C." title="COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li>The former District and its subdivisions: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_(until_1871)" title="District of Columbia (until 1871)">District of Columbia (until 1871)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia#Alexandria_County,_D.C." title="Arlington County, Virginia">Alexandria County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)">Georgetown</a></li> <li>City of Washington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_D.C." title="Washington County, D.C.">Washington County</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><i><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg/32px-Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg.png" 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style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_Chief_Executives" title="Template:US Chief Executives"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_Chief_Executives" title="Template talk:US Chief Executives"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_Chief_Executives" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US Chief Executives"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Chief_executives_of_the_United_States" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Chief executives of the United States</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Federal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States" title="List of presidents of the United States">list</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Governor_(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)">State governors</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_governors" title="List of current United States governors">current list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Alabama" title="List of governors of Alabama">Alabama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Alaska" title="List of governors of Alaska">Alaska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Arizona" title="List of governors of Arizona">Arizona</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Arkansas" title="List of governors of Arkansas">Arkansas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">California</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_California" title="List of governors of California">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Colorado</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Connecticut" title="List of governors of Connecticut">Connecticut</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Delaware</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Florida" title="List of governors of Florida">Florida</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Georgia" title="Governor of Georgia">Georgia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Georgia" title="List of governors of Georgia">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Hawaii" title="Governor of Hawaii">Hawaii</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Hawaii" title="List of governors of Hawaii">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Idaho" title="List of governors of Idaho">Idaho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Illinois</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Illinois" title="List of governors of Illinois">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">Indiana</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Indiana" title="List of governors of Indiana">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Iowa" title="List of governors of Iowa">Iowa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kansas" title="List of governors of Kansas">Kansas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky">Kentucky</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kentucky" title="List of governors of Kentucky">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">Louisiana</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Louisiana" title="List of governors of Louisiana">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maine" title="Governor of Maine">Maine</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Maine" title="List of governors of Maine">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">Maryland</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Maryland" title="List of governors of Maryland">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Michigan" title="Governor of Michigan">Michigan</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Michigan" title="List of governors of Michigan">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Minnesota</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Minnesota" title="List of governors of Minnesota">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Governor of Mississippi">Mississippi</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Mississippi" title="List of governors of Mississippi">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Missouri" title="List of governors of Missouri">Missouri</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Montana" title="List of governors of Montana">Montana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nebraska" title="List of governors of Nebraska">Nebraska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nevada" title="List of governors of Nevada">Nevada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_New_Hampshire" title="List of governors of New Hampshire">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">New Jersey</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_New_Jersey" title="List of governors of New Jersey">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Mexico" title="Governor of New Mexico">New Mexico</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_New_Mexico" title="List of governors of New Mexico">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">New York</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_New_York" title="List of governors of New York">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">North Carolina</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Carolina" title="List of governors of North Carolina">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Dakota" title="Governor of North Dakota">North Dakota</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Dakota" title="List of governors of North Dakota">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Ohio" title="List of governors of Ohio">Ohio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Governor of Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Oklahoma" title="List of governors of Oklahoma">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oregon" title="Governor of Oregon">Oregon</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Oregon" title="List of governors of Oregon">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Pennsylvania" title="List of governors of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rhode_Island" title="Governor of Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of governors of Rhode Island">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Governor of South Carolina">South Carolina</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Carolina" title="List of governors of South Carolina">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Governor of South Dakota">South Dakota</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Dakota" title="List of governors of South Dakota">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Tennessee</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Tennessee" title="List of governors of Tennessee">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">Texas</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Texas" title="List of governors of Texas">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Utah" title="List of governors of Utah">Utah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Vermont" title="Governor of Vermont">Vermont</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Vermont" title="List of governors of Vermont">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Virginia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of governors of Virginia">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Washington" title="List of governors of Washington">Washington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Virginia" title="List of governors of West Virginia">West Virginia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Wisconsin" title="List of governors of Wisconsin">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Wyoming" title="List of governors of Wyoming">Wyoming</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_governors_of_insular_areas_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Lists of governors of insular areas of the United States">Territorial</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_governors#Territory_governors" title="List of current United States governors">current list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_American_Samoa" title="List of governors of American Samoa">American Samoa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">District of Columbia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Washington,_D.C." title="List of mayors of Washington, D.C.">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Guam" title="List of governors of Guam">Guam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="List of governors of the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Puerto_Rico" title="List of governors of Puerto Rico">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="List of governors of the United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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