Editing Mount Vernon, New York (section)

===Mayor===
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! Name
! Years
! Party
! Notes
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Edward F. Brush
| January 1, 1892 – December 31, 1893
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Edson Lewis
| January 1, 1894 – December 31, 1895
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Edwin W. Fiske
| January 1, 1896 – December 31, 1903
| Democratic
|
* elected to four two-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Edward F. Brush
| January 1, 1904 – December 31, 1907
| Republican (first term)<br />Independent (second term)
|
* elected to two two-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Benjamin Howe
| January 1, 1908 – December 31, 1909
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Edwin W. Fiske
| January 1, 1910 – December 31, 1917
| Democratic
|
* elected to four two-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Edward F. Brush
| January 1, 1918 – December 31, 1919
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Elmer L. Kincaid
| January 1, 1920 – December 31, 1921
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| William D. MacQuesten
| January 1, 1924 – December 31, 1927
| Republican
|
* elected to one four-year term
* did not run for renomination<ref>{{cite news |title=Contests in 3 Cities in Westchester – Republicans in New Rochelle, Yonkers and Mount Vernon Face Mayoralty Battles – Candidates File Petitions – Yonkers Also Has Fight Ahead in Both Parties for Aldermanic and Assembly Nominations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/08/24/archives/contests-in-3-cities-in-westchester-republicans-in-new-rochelle.html |access-date=September 21, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=August 24, 1927 |page=24 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921230428/https://www.nytimes.com/1927/08/24/archives/contests-in-3-cities-in-westchester-republicans-in-new-rochelle.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| James Berg
| January 1, 1928 – July 2, 1931
| Republican
|
* elected to one four-year term
* resigned to become secretary of the Westchester County Sanitary Sewer Commission<ref>{{cite news |title=Plan Farewell for Mayor Berg |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/06/22/archives/plan-farewell-for-mavor-berg.html |access-date=September 21, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=June 22, 1931 |page=9 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921231548/https://www.nytimes.com/1931/06/22/archives/plan-farewell-for-mavor-berg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Berg, by virtue of not filing his letter of resignation was actually in office until 8:45 a. m. on July 2, 1931<ref name="fultonhistory.com">*"Berg Resigns Mayors Post," Mount Vernon (New York) Daily Argus, July 2, 1931, p. 1, 4th col.; Old Fulton New York Post Cards (http://www.fultonhistory.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327005531/http://www.fultonhistory.com/ |date=March 27, 2019 }} : accessed December 31, 2018) Browse Archives > Historical Newspapers United States and Canada > Mount Vernon NY Daily Argus > Mount Vernon NY Daily Argus 1931 > Mount Vernon NY Daily Argus 1931 – 3790.pdf</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Thomas H. Hodge (Acting)
| July 2, 1931 – December 31, 1931
| Republican
|
* was City Council President, became Acting Mayor after Berg's resignation<ref name="fultonhistory.com"/>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Leslie V. Bateman
| January 1, 1932 – December 31, 1935
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/09/14/archives/leslie-v-bateman-mt-vernon-leader-exmayor-head-of-county-rationing.html|title=Lelie V. Bateman, Mt. Vernon Leader – Ex-Mayor, Head of County Rationing Boards, Dies – Hines Trial Witness|date=September 14, 1946|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522002327/https://www.nytimes.com/1946/09/14/archives/leslie-v-bateman-mt-vernon-leader-exmayor-head-of-county-rationing.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Denton Pearsall, Jr.
| January 1, 1936 – December 31, 1939
| Republican
|
* elected to one four-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| William Hart Hussey
| January 1, 1940 – December 31, 1951
| Republican
|
* elected to three four-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Joseph V. Vaccarella
| January 1, 1952 – December 31, 1959
| Democratic
|
* elected to two two-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| P. Raymond Sirignano
| January 1, 1960 – December 31, 1963
| Republican
|
* elected to one four-year term
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Joseph P. Vaccarella
| January 1, 1964 – December 31, 1967
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| August P. Petrillo
| January 1, 1968 – August 29, 1976
| Republican
|
* elected to two four-year terms
* died in office<ref>{{cite news |title=August P. Petrillo, Mount Vernon Mayor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/31/archives/august-p-petrillo-mt-vernon-mayor.html |access-date=September 21, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=August 31, 1976 |page=29 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921231822/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/31/archives/august-p-petrillo-mt-vernon-mayor.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Ronald Blackwood|Ronald A. Blackwood]] (Acting)
| August 29, 1976 – December 31, 1976
| Republican
|
* was City Council President and a Republican at the time;  became Acting Mayor after Petrillo's death
* first African-American mayor
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Thomas E. Sharpe
| January 1, 1977 – October 27, 1984
| Democratic
|
* elected to two four-year terms
* died in office<ref>{{cite news|title=Thomas E. Sharpe, Mt. Vernon Mayor – Attracted 35 New Companies and Rehabilitated Housing During 8 Years in Office|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/28/obituaries/thomas-e-shapre-mt-vernon-mayor.html|access-date=September 21, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=October 28, 1984|page=44|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921230430/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/28/obituaries/thomas-e-shapre-mt-vernon-mayor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Carmella Iaboni (Acting)
| October 27, 1984 – February 4, 1985
| Democratic
|
* was City Council President, became Acting Mayor after Sharpe's death<ref>{{Cite news|last=Williams|first=Lena|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/25/nyregion/heated-race-unfolds-in-mt-vernon.html|title=Heated Race Unfolds in Mt. Vernon|date=November 25, 1984|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522002330/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/25/nyregion/heated-race-unfolds-in-mt-vernon.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Ronald Blackwood|Ronald A. Blackwood]]
| February 4, 1985 – December 31, 1995
| Democratic
|
* won a special to fill the remainder of Sharpe's unfilled term<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Lena |title=Blackwood Outlines Goals As Mayor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/03/nyregion/blackwood-outlines-goals-as-mayor.html |access-date=September 21, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=February 3, 1985 |page=WC1 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921231559/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/03/nyregion/blackwood-outlines-goals-as-mayor.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Lena|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/30/nyregion/man-in-the-news-milestone-for-new-mt-vernon-mayor.html|title=Man in the News; Milestone for New Mt. Vernon Mayor|date=January 30, 1985|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128143620/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/30/nyregion/man-in-the-news-milestone-for-new-mt-vernon-mayor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* elected to two four-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Ernest D. Davis
| January 1, 1996 – December 31, 2007
| Democratic
|
* elected to three four-year terms<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://westchester.news12.com/story/34907445/ernie-davis-sworn-in-for-third-term-as-mount-vernon-mayor|title=Ernie Davis sworn in for third term as Mount Vernon mayor|website=westchester.news12.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020}} {{dead link|date=March 2023}}</ref>
* lost to Young in the Democratic primary and the general election
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Clinton I. Young, Jr.
| January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2011
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 2, 2008|url=http://westchester.news12.com/story/34912108/young-sworn-in-as-new-mount-vernon-mayor|title=Young sworn in as new Mount Vernon mayor|website=westchester.news12.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002000426/https://westchester.news12.com/young-sworn-in-as-new-mount-vernon-mayor-34912108|url-status=live}}</ref>
* lost to Davis in the election
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Ernest D. Davis
| January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2015
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Richard Thomas
| January 1, 2016 – July 11, 2019
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/01/thomas-inauguration-mount-vernon-mayor/78179430/|title=Richard Thomas sworn in as Mount Vernon mayor|last=Spillane|first=Matt|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420173047/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/01/thomas-inauguration-mount-vernon-mayor/78179430/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Removed from office by City Council<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/08/15/mount-vernon-mayor-decision/2016515001/|title=Judge rules Andre Wallace is mayor, invalidating council choice of Lisa Copeland|last=Bandler|first=Jonathan|date=August 15, 2019|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803143054/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/08/15/mount-vernon-mayor-decision/2016515001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 1, 2019|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mouth-vernon-finally-has-one-mayor-again-after-judge-rules-guilty-plea-equates-office-forfeiture/1496820/|title=Mount Vernon Back to One Mayor Again After Judge Rules Guilty Plea Equates Office Forfeiture, Ending Weeks-Long Standoff|website=NBC New York|language=en-US|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730204534/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mouth-vernon-finally-has-one-mayor-again-after-judge-rules-guilty-plea-equates-office-forfeiture/1496820/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| André Wallace (Acting)
| July 12, 2019 – December 31, 2019
| Democratic
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* was City Council President, became Acting Mayor after Thomas's removal from office <ref>{{cite news |last1=Bandler |first1=Jonathan |title=Mount Vernon: Andre Wallace becomes acting mayor but Richard Thomas insists he's still mayor |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/07/10/andre-wallace-mayor-mount-vernon-richard-thomas/1700178001/ |access-date=July 10, 2019 |work=The Journal News |publisher=The Journal News |date=July 10, 209 |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711171438/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/07/10/andre-wallace-mayor-mount-vernon-richard-thomas/1700178001/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pix11.com/2019/08/16/judge-rules-andre-wallace-as-acting-mayor-of-mount-vernon|title=Judge rules Andre Wallace as acting Mayor of Mount Vernon|last=Harry|first=Ayana|date=August 16, 2019|website=WPIX|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914053355/https://pix11.com/2019/08/16/judge-rules-andre-wallace-as-acting-mayor-of-mount-vernon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/updated-andre-wallace-is-officially-the-mayor-of-mount-vernon/|title=UPDATED: Andre Wallace Is Officially the Mayor of Mount Vernon|last=Zucker|first=Dave|date=July 8, 2019|website=Westchester Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511185241/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/updated-andre-wallace-is-officially-the-mayor-of-mount-vernon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/5470369/|title=Andre Wallace named mayor of Mount Vernon once again after month of political turmoil|last=WABC|date=August 16, 2019|website=ABC7 New York|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121030220/https://abc7ny.com/5470369/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Shawyn Patterson-Howard]]
| January 1, 2020 – present
| Democratic
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* elected to one four-year term<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2020/01/01/shawyn-patterson-howard-mount-vernon-mayor/2789555001/|title=Shawyn Patterson-Howard, first woman elected mayor of Mount Vernon, sworn in to office|last=Bandler|first=Jonathan|date=January 1, 2020|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414163515/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2020/01/01/shawyn-patterson-howard-mount-vernon-mayor/2789555001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Vergari|first=Mark|date=January 4, 2020|url=https://www.lohud.com/videos/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2020/01/04/shawyn-patterson-howard-sworn-mount-vernon-mayor/2815102001/|title=Shawyn Patterson-Howard sworn in as Mount Vernon Mayor|website=www.lohud.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415174627/https://www.lohud.com/videos/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2020/01/04/shawyn-patterson-howard-sworn-mount-vernon-mayor/2815102001/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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