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Mayor of New Orleans

Mayor of New Orleans

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The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (French: Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the 1803 acquisition by the U.S. of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km2) of the French province La Louisiane. In all mayoral elections since 1930, New Orleans has used a two-round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round. All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats.

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  • "Administrations of the Mayors of New Orleans, 1803-1936" by E. D. Friedrichs, Archives of the City of New Orleans

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    John Kendall's History of New Orleans, 1922, Chapter IX, accessed 22 Nov 2015.
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    Thomas Watkins Campbell, Manual of the city of New Orleans, comprising city charter of 1896, New Orleans, Louisiana City Council
  • Cahoon, Benjamin M. "Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W". Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  • Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Mayors of New Orleans, Louisiana". Retrieved 2008-01-21.
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