Bailey Gatzert (December 29, 1829 – April 19, 1893) was an American politician and the eighth mayor of Seattle, Washington, serving from 1875 to 1876. He was the first Jewish mayor of Seattle, narrowly missing being the first Jewish mayor of a major American city[citation needed] (Moses Bloom became mayor of Iowa City, Iowa, in 1873). As of 2022[update], he has been the only Jewish mayor of Seattle.[2]
In addition to being mayor, Gatzert was charter member of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, served on the Seattle City Council 1872–1873 and 1877–1878[5] and was president of Puget Sound National Bank and Peoples Savings Bank.[3] He co-founded Washington's second synagogue (Seattle's first), Ohaveth Shalom,[3] which opened in 1892. Washington's first synagogue was built in Spokane.
The famous sternwheeler Bailey Gatzert is named for him, as is an elementary school in Seattle.[6]