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Roberta Achtenberg
- Elected: 1/8/1991 - 6/2/1993
Beya Alcaraz
- Appointed: 11/6/2025
- Resigned: 11/13/2025
Angela Alioto
- Elected: 1/8/1989 - 1/8/1993
- Elected: 1/8/1993 - 1/8/1997
Michela Alioto-Pier
- Appointed: 1/26/2004 - 1/8/2005
- Elected: 1/8/2005 - 1/8/2007
- Elected: 1/8/2007 - 1/8/2011
Tom Ammiano
- Elected: 1/8/1995 - 1/8/1999
- Elected: 1/8/1999 - 1/8/2001
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 1/8/2005
- Elected: 1/8/2005 - 1/8/2009
Byron Arnold
- Elected: 8/1/1951 - 1/8/1952
- Elected: 1/8/1952 - 9/1/1955
John Avalos
- Elected: 1/8/2009 - 1/8/2013
- Elected: 1/8/2013 - 1/8/2017
John J. Barbagelata
- Elected: 1/8/1970 - 1/8/1974
- Elected: 1/8/1974 - 1/8/1978
John Bardis
- Elected: 1/8/1980 - 1/8/1981
Alicia Becerril
- Appointed: 1/24/1999 - 1/8/2001
Sue Bierman
- Elected: 1/8/1993 - 1/8/1997
- Elected: 1/8/1997 - 1/8/2001
Joe Beeman
- Appointed: 1/3/1967 - 1/8/1968
William C. Blake
- Appointed: 1/4/1955 - 1/8/1958
- Elected: 1/8/1958 - 1/8/1962
- Elected: 1/8/1962 - 1/8/1966
- Elected: 1/8/1966 - 1/8/1970
Roger Boas
- Elected: 1/8/1962 - 1/8/1966
- Elected: 1/8/1966 - 1/8/1970
London Breed
- Elected: 1/8/2013 - 1/8/2017
- Elected: 1/8/2017 - 7/11/2018
Harry Britt
- Appointed: 1/10/1979 - 1/8/1980
- Elected: 1/8/1980 - 1/8/1981
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1985
- Elected: 1/8/1985 - 1/8/1989
- Elected: 1/8/1989 - 1/8/1993
Amos C. Brown
- Appointed: 5/29/1996 - 1/8/1999
- Elected: 1/8/1999 - 1/8/2001
Vallie Brown
- Appointed: 7/16/2018 - 12/16/2019
David Campos
- Appointed: 12/4/2008 - 1/8/2009
- Elected: 1/8/2009 - 1/8/2013
- Elected: 1/8/2013 - 1/8/2017
Matthew C. Carberry
- Elected: 1/8/1954 - 5/10/1956
Joseph Casey
- Appointed: 9/1/1955 - 1/8/1956
- Elected: 1/9/1956 - 1/8/1960
- Elected: 1/8/1960 - 1/8/1964
- Elected: 1/8/1964 - 1/8/1968
George Y. Chinn
- Appointed: 2/20/1973 - 1/8/1974
Julie Christensen
- Appointed: 1/8/2015 - 12/8/2015
George Christopher
- Elected: 1/8/1946 - 1/8/1950
- Elected: 1/8/1950 - 1/8/1954
David Chiu
- Elected: 1/8/2009 - 1/8/2013
- Elected: 1/8/2013 - 1/8/2017
Carmen Chu
- Appointed: 9/25/2007 - 1/11/2008
- Appointed: 1/11/2008 - 1/8/2009
- Elected: 1/8/2009 - 1/8/2011
- Elected: 1/8/2011 - 1/8/2015
Malia Cohen
- Elected: 1/8/2011 - 1/8/2015
- Elected: 1/8/2015 - 1/8/2019
Jesse C. Coleman
- Appointed: 10/17/1961 - 1/8/1962
Annemarie Conroy
- Appointed: 4/6/1992 - 1/8/1995
Chris Daly
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 1/8/2003
- Elected: 1/8/2003 - 1/8/2007
- Elected: 1/8/2007 - 1/8/2011
Harold S. Dobbs
- Elected: 1/8/1952 - 1/8/1956
- Elected: 1/9/1956 - 1/8/1960
- Elected: 1/8/1960 - 1/8/1964
Lee S. Dolson
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 1/8/1980
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1983
Michael J. Driscoll
- Appointed: 1/4/1971 - 1/8/1972
Bevan Dufty
- Appointed: 12/11/2002 - 1/8/2003
- Elected: 1/8/2003 - 1/8/2007
- Elected: 1/8/2007 - 1/8/2011
Joel Engardio
- Elected: 1/8/2023 - 1/8/2027
- Recalled
Sean Elsbernd
- Appointed: 8/5/2004 - 1/8/2005
- Elected: 1/8/2005 - 1/8/2009
- Elected: 1/8/2009 - 1/8/2013
Charles A. Ertola
- Appointed: 12/13/1954 - 1/8/1956
- Elected: 1/9/1956 - 1/8/1960
- Elected: 1/8/1960 - 1/8/1964
- Elected: 1/8/1964 - 5/20/1964
John A. Ertola
- Appointed: 6/3/1964 - 1/8/1968
- Elected: 1/8/1968 - 1/3/1971
Mark Farrell
- Elected: 1/8/2011 - 1/8/2015
- Elected: 1/8/2015 - 1/8/2019
Don Fazackerley
- Elected: 1/8/1948 - 1/8/1952
Dianne Feinstein
(6/22/1933 - 9/29/2023)
- Elected: 1/8/1970 - 1/8/1974
- Elected: 1/8/1974 - 1/8/1978
- Elected: 1/9/1978 - 12/4/1978
John J. Ferdon
- Elected: 1/8/1952 - 1/8/1956
- Elected: 1/9/1956 - 1/8/1960
- Elected: 1/8/1960 - 1/8/1964
- Elected: 1/8/1964 - 9/1/1964
Sandra Lee Fewer
- Elected: 1/8/2017 - 1/8/2021
Terry A. Francois
- Appointed: 9/1/1964 - 1/8/1968
- Elected: 1/8/1968 - 1/8/1976
- Elected: 1/8/1972 - 1/8/1976
- Elected: 1/8/1976 - 1/8/1978
Dan Gallagher
- Elected: 1/8/1942 - 3/22/1952
Jim Gonzalez
- Appointed: 12/8/1986 - 1/8/1989
Matt Gonzalez
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 1/8/2005
Robert E. Gonzales
- Appointed: 1/6/1969 - 1/8/1972
- Elected: 1/8/1972 - 1/8/1976
- Elected: 1/8/1976 - 1/8/1978
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 1/8/1980
Tony Hall
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 1/8/2005
James Leo Halley
- Appointed: 2/11/1948 - 8/1/1951
- Appointed: 9/11/1952 - 1/8/1954
- Appointed: 4/23/1954 - 1/8/1956
- Elected: 1/9/1956 - 1/8/1960
- Elected: 1/8/1960 - 7/16/1963
Terence Tyrone Hallinan
- Elected: 1/8/1989 - 1/8/1993
- Elected: 1/8/1993 - 1/8/1996
Matt Haney
- Elected: 1/8/2019 - 1/8/2023
Richard D. Hongisto
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1983
- Elected: 1/8/1983 - 1/8/1987
- Elected: 1/8/1987 - 1/8/1991
Donald Horanzy
- Appointed: 12/7/1978 - 1/8/1981
Tom Hsieh
- Appointed: 9/5/1986 - 1/8/1989
- Elected: 1/8/1989 - 1/8/1993
- Elected: 1/8/1993 - 1/8/1997
Ella Hill Hutch
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 1/8/1981
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 2/25/1981
Ed Jew
- Appointed: 12/5/2006 - 1/8/2007
- Elected: 1/8/2007 - 1/11/2008
- Resigned
Leslie Katz
- Appointed: 6/1/1996 - 1/8/1997
- Elected: 1/8/1997 - 1/8/2001
Barbara Kaufman
- Elected: 1/8/1993 - 1/8/1997
- Elected: 1/8/1997 - 1/8/2001
Willie B Kennedy
- Appointed: 3/6/1981 - 1/8/1985
- Elected: 1/8/1985 - 1/8/1989
- Elected: 1/8/1989 - 1/8/1993
- Elected: 1/8/1993 - 5/31/1996
Jane Kim
- Elected: 1/8/2011 - 1/8/2015
- Elected: 1/8/2015 - 1/8/2019
Quentin L. Kopp
- Elected: 1/8/1972 - 1/8/1976
- Elected: 1/8/1976 - 1/8/1978
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 1/8/1981
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1985
- Elected: 1/8/1985 - 11/30/1986
Ed Lawson
- Elected: 1/8/1980 - 1/8/1981
Gordon J. Lau
- Appointed: 9/9/1977 - 1/8/1978
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 1/8/1980
Susan Leal
- Appointed: 6/7/1993 - 1/8/1995
- Elected: 1/8/1995 - 1/8/1998
Mark Leno
- Appointed: 4/22/1998 - 1/8/1999
- Elected: 1/8/1999 - 1/8/2001
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 11/29/2002
Marvin E. Lewis
- Elected: 1/8/1946 - 1/8/1950
- Elected: 1/8/1950 - 1/8/1954
- Elected: 1/8/1954 - 1/3/1955
Fiona Ma
- Appointed: 12/11/2002 - 1/8/2003
- Elected: 1/8/2003 - 1/8/2007
Bill Maher
- Elected: 1/8/1983 - 1/8/1987
- Elected: 1/8/1987 - 1/8/1991
- Elected: 1/8/1991 - 1/8/1995
James Mailliard
- Elected: 1/8/1968 - 1/8/1972
Edward T. Mancuso
- Elected: 1/8/1944 - 1/8/1948
- Elected: 1/8/1948 - 1/8/1952
Eric Mar
- Elected: 1/8/2009 - 1/8/2013
- Elected: 1/8/2013 - 1/8/2017
Gordon Mar
- Elected: 1/8/2019 - 1/8/2023
Sophie Maxwell
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 1/8/2003
- Elected: 1/8/2003 - 1/8/2007
- Elected: 1/8/2007 - 1/8/2011
Eugene J. McAteer
- Appointed: 7/23/1953 - 1/9/1954
- Elected: 1/8/1954 - 1/8/1958
Leo T. McCarthy
- Elected: 1/8/1964 - 1/8/1968
- Elected: 1/8/1968 - 1/6/1969
Francis McCarty
- Appointed: 3/24/1953 - 1/8/1954
- Elected: 1/8/1954 - 1/8/1958
- Elected: 1/8/1958 - 2/10/1959
Jake McGoldrick
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 1/8/2005
- Elected: 1/8/2005 - 1/8/2009
Frank J. McGovern
- Elected: 1/3/1928 - 1/6/1932
Clarissa S. McMahon
- Appointed: 11/16/1953 - 1/8/1956
- Elected: 1/9/1956 - 1/8/1960
- Elected: 1/8/1960 - 1/8/1964
- Elected: 1/8/1964 - 2/8/1966
Jose Medina
- Elected: 1/8/1997 - 1/19/1999
Robert H. Mendelsohn
- Elected: 1/8/1968 - 1/8/1972
- Elected: 1/8/1972 - 1/8/1976
- Elected: 1/8/1976 - 9/8/1977
Carole Migden
- Elected: 1/8/1991 - 1/8/1995
- Elected: 1/8/1995 - 3/28/1996
Harvey Milk
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 11/27/1978
Ross Mirkarimi
- Elected: 1/8/2005 - 1/8/2009
- Elected: 1/8/2009 - 1/8/2013
John Molinari
- Elected: 1/8/1972 - 1/8/1976
- Elected: 1/8/1976 - 1/8/1978
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 1/8/1980
- Elected: 1/8/1980 - 1/8/1984
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1985
- Elected: 1/8/1985 - 1/8/1989
J. Max Moore
- Appointed: 7/16/1963 - 1/8/1964
Jack Morrison
- Elected: 1/8/1962 - 1/8/1966
- Elected: 1/8/1966 - 1/8/1970
Jane McKaskle Murphy
- Appointed: 10/11/1977 - 1/8/1978
George R. Moscone
- Elected: 1/8/1964 - 1/1/1967
Alfred J. Nelder
- Elected: 1/8/1974 - 1/8/1978
Wendy Nelder
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1983
- Elected: 1/8/1983 - 1/8/1987
- Elected: 1/8/1987 - 1/8/1991
Gavin Newsom
- Appointed: 2/13/1997 - 1/8/1999
- Elected: 1/8/1999 - 1/8/2001
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 1/8/2003
- Elected: 1/8/2003 - 1/8/2004
Kevin O'Shea
- Appointed: 2/10/1966 - 1/8/1968
Christine Olague
- Appointed: 1/9/2012 - 1/8/2013
Ronald Pelosi
- Elected: 1/8/1968 - 1/8/1972
- Elected: 1/8/1972 - 1/8/1976
- Elected: 1/8/1976 - 1/8/1978
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 1/8/1980
Aaron Peskin
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 1/8/2005
- Elected: 1/8/2005 - 1/8/2009
- Elected: 12/8/2015 - 1/8/2017
- Elected: 1/8/2017 - 1/8/2021
- Elected: 1/8/2021 - 1/8/2025
Dean Preston
- Elected: 12/17/2019 - 1/8/2021
- Elected: 1/8/2021 - 1/8/2025
Louise H. Renne
- Appointed: 12/18/1978 - 1/8/1981
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1985
- Elected: 1/8/1985 - 9/3/1986
Henry R. Rolph
- Appointed: 1/9/1956 - 1/8/1958
- Elected: 1/8/1958 - 3/31/1961
Hillary Ronen
- Elected: 1/8/2017 - 1/8/2021
- Elected: 1/8/2021 - 1/8/2025
Angelo Rossi
- Elected: 1/3/1922 - 1/4/1926
- Elected: 1/6/1930 - 1/6/1931
Ahsha Safai
- Elected: 1/8/2017 - 1/8/2021
- Elected: 1/8/2022 - 8/8/2025
Gerardo Sandoval
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 1/8/2005
- Elected: 1/8/2005 - 1/8/2009
Jeff Sheehy
- Appointed: 1/8/2017 - 7/11/2018
Kevin Shelley
- Elected: 1/8/1991 - 1/8/1995
- Elected: 1/8/1995 - 12/2/1996
Carol Ruth Silver
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 1/8/1981
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1985
- Elected: 1/8/1986 - 1/8/1990
Catherine Stefani
- Elected: 1/8/2018 - 1/8/2023
- Elected: 1/8/2022 - 1/8/2024
James J. Sullivan
- Appointed: 5/10/1956 - 1/8/1958
- Elected: 1/8/1958 - 3/20/1961
Peter Tamaras
- Appointed: 3/31/1961 - 1/8/1962
- Elected: 1/8/1962 - 1/8/1966
- Elected: 1/8/1966 - 1/8/1970
- Elected: 1/8/1970 - 1/8/1974
- Elected: 1/8/1974 - 1/8/1978
Katy Tang
- Appointed
- Elected: 1/8/2014 - 1/8/2015
- Elected: 1/8/2015 - 1/8/2019
Mabel Teng
- Elected: 1/8/1995 - 1/8/1999
- Elected: 1/8/1999 - 1/8/2001
Joseph E. Tinney
- Appointed: 3/27/1961 - 1/8/1962
- Elected: 1/8/1962 - 1/8/1966
- Elected: 1/8/1966 - 5/31/1966
Dorothy von Beroldingen
- Appointed: 5/31/1966 - 1/8/1970
- Elected: 1/8/1970 - 1/8/1974
- Elected: 1/8/1974 - 10/6/1977
Nancy Walker
- Elected: 1/8/1980 - 1/8/1981
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1983
- Elected: 1/8/1983 - 1/8/1987
- Elected: 1/8/1987 - 1/8/1991
Doris Ward
- Elected: 1/8/1980 - 1/8/1981
- Elected: 1/8/1981 - 1/8/1983
- Elected: 1/8/1983 - 1/8/1987
- Elected: 1/8/1987 - 1/8/1991
- Elected: 1/8/1991 - 4/3/1992
Dan White
- Elected: 1/8/1978 - 11/10/1978
Scott Wiener
- Elected: 1/8/2011 - 1/8/2015
- Elected: 1/8/2015 - 12/5/2016
Michael Yaki
- Appointed: 2/5/1996 - 1/8/1997
- Elected: 1/8/1997 - 1/8/2001
Leland Yee
- Elected: 1/8/1997 - 1/8/2001
- Elected: 1/8/2001 - 11/29/2002
Norman Yee
- Elected: 1/8/2013 - 1/8/2017
- Elected: 1/8/2017 - 1/8/2021
Alphonse J. Zirpoli
- Elected: 1/8/1958 - 10/16/1961