List of mayors of Cleveland

The Mayor of Cleveland is the chief executive of the city's government. In 1924, the mayor-council (strong mayor) form of government was replaced by a city manager plan. This was reversed in 1931. Cleveland elections were partisan, but were made nonpartisan in 1977 under the mayoral administration of Ralph J. Perk. The term of office for the mayor and members of the Cleveland City Council was traditionally two years, but was extended to four years in 1981.

Cleveland has had a total of 57 mayoral administrations, including that of the city's current mayor, Frank G. Jackson. Seven of these were nonconsecutive served terms by earlier mayors. Cleveland's official website lists 53 mayors; it does not count the second nonconsecutive terms of Joshua Mills, George B. Senter, and John H. Farley, and does not list Mayor Jackson. During the 2005 mayoral election, most media sources including The Plain Dealer and the city's major local news networks (WKYC, WEWS, WJW, and WOIO) all mistakenly referred to Jackson as Cleveland's 56th mayor.



Mayors

№ Portrait Mayor Term of Office Party
1 John W. Willey 1836 –
1837		 Democratic
2 Joshua Mills 1838 –
1839		 Whig
3 Nicholas Dockstader 1840 Whig
4 John W. Allen 1841 Whig
5 Joshua Mills 1842 Whig
6 Nelson Hayward 1843 Democratic
7 Samuel Starkweather 1844 –
1845		 Democratic
8 George Hoadley 1846 Independent
9 Josiah A. Harris 1847 Whig
10 Lorenzo A. Kelsey 1848 Democratic
11 Flavel W. Bingham 1849 Republican
12 William Case 1850 –
1851		 Republican
13 Abner C. Brownell 1852 –
1854		 Democratic
14 William B. Castle 1855 –
1856		 Whig
15 Samuel Starkweather 1857 –
1858		 Democratic
16 George B. Senter 1859 –
1860		 Republican
17 Edward S. Flint 1861 –
1862		 Democratic
18 Irvine U. Masters 1863 –
1864		 Republican
19 George B. Senter 1864 Republican
20 Herman M. Chapin 1865 –
1867		 Independent
21 Stephen Buhrer 1867 –
1870		 Democratic
22 Fredrick W. Pelton 1871 –
1872		 Republican
23 Charles A. Otis, Sr. 1873 –
1874		 Democratic
24 Nathan P. Payne 1875 –
1876		 Democratic
25 William G. Rose 1877 –
1878		 Republican
26 Rensselaer R. Herrick 1879 –
1882		 Republican
27 John H. Farley 1883 –
1884		 Democratic
28 George W. Gardner 1885 –
1886		 Republican
29 Brenton D. Babcock 1887 –
1888		 Democratic
30 George W. Gardner 1889 –
1890		 Republican
31 William G. Rose 1891 –
1892		 Republican
32 Robert Blee 1893 –
1894		 Democratic
33 Robert E. McKisson 1895 –
1898		 Republican
34 John H. Farley 1899 –
1900		 Democratic
35 Tom L. Johnson 1901 –
1909		 Democratic
36 Herman C. Baehr 1910 –
1911		 Republican
37 Newton D. Baker 1912 –
1915		 Democratic
38 Harry L. Davis 1916 –
1919		 Republican
39 William S. Fitzgerald 1920 –
1921		 Republican
40 Frederick Kohler 1922 –
1923		 Republican
41 William R. Hopkins (City Manager) 1924 –
1929		 Republican
42 Daniel E. Morgan (City Manager) 1930 –
1931		 Republican
43 Raymond T. Miller 1932 –
1933		 Democratic
44 Harry L. Davis 1934 –
1935		 Republican
45 Harold Hitz Burton 1936 –
1940		 Republican
46 Edward J. Blythin 1941 Republican
47 Frank Lausche 1942 –
1945		 Democratic
48 Thomas A. Burke 1946 –
1953		 Democratic
49 Anthony J. Celebrezze 1954 –
1961		 Democratic
50 Ralph S. Locher 1962 –
1967		 Democratic
51 Carl Stokes 1968 –
1971		 Democratic
52 Ralph Perk 1972 –
1977		 Republican
53 Dennis Kucinich 1978 –
1979		 Democratic
54 George Voinovich 1980 –
1989		 Republican
55 Michael R. White 1990 –
2001		 Democratic
56 Jane L. Campbell 2002 –
2005		 Democratic
57 Frank G. Jackson 2006 –
Present		 Democratic

Mayors of Ohio City

Prior to its annexation, Ohio City was a separate entity and fierce rival of Cleveland. The city had eleven mayors from 1836 to 1854. The political affiliations of these mayors are currently unknown, although William B. Castle became mayor of Cleveland as a Whig after Ohio City's incorporation.

Josiah Barber                               1836
Francis A. Burrows 1837
Norman C. Baldwin 1838–1839
Needham M. Standart 1840–1841
Francis A. Burrows (second) 1842
Richard Lord 1843
Daniel H. Lamb 1844–1846
David Griffith 1847
John Beverlin 1848
Thomas Burnham 1849–1850
Benjamin Sheldon 1851–1852
William B. Castle 1853–1854

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