Mayors

The city of Medford Oregon is in Jackson County and was organized in 1885 (reference needed.) Many of its citizens have held
the office of Mayor. Listed below are the names, terms, and photographs (when available) of Medford's mayors over the years.

The photos were provided by Ben Truwe, Medford historian, the City of Medford, and the Southern Oregon Historical Society.
As you can see, we are missing many photos. If you can help us locate them, please contact us.


1887 James Sullivan Howard	1888 Dr. E.P. Geary	1889 Willard Crawford	1889 Mahlon Purdin

1890-1891 G.W. Howard	1892 J.A. Whiteside	1893 W.I. Vawter	1894-1897 G.H.Haskins
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1898-1899 H.L. Gilkey	1900 J.J. Howser	1901-1903 W.S. Cowell	1904-1905 E.B. Pickel

1906 W.H. Bradshaw (resigned after 4 months)	1906 J.S. Howard (Finished Bradshaw's Term)	1907-1908 Dr. J.F. Reddy	1909-1912 W.H. Canon

1913 W.W. Elfert	1914 Mahion Purdin	1915-1916 V.J. Emerick	1917-1922 Charles E. "Pop" Gates

1923-1924 Earl C. Gaddis	1925-1927 Oscar O. Alenderfer	1928-1929 A.W. Pipes	1930-1933 E.M. Wilson

1934-1936 G.W. Porter	1937-1939 Charles C. Furnas	1940-1942 Halbert S. Deuel	1943-1947 Clarence A. Meeker

1948 J.C. Collins	1949-1954 Diamond L. Flynn	1955-1956 Earl M. Miller	1957-1962 John W. Snider

1963-1968 Jimmy Dunlevy	1969-1972 William Singler	1973-1974 D. Lorin Jacobs	1975-1976 Sabastiano J. "Ben" Fagone

1977-1982 Al Densmore	1983-1986 Lou Hannum	1987-1998 Jerry Lausmann	1999-2004 Lindsay Berryman

2004-2020 Gary H. Wheeler	2021- Randy Sparacino
If you have photographs of any of the mayors above, please contact us. Last Updated: 04/05/2021