Mayor of Columbus | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Term length | Four-year term, no limits |
Inaugural holder | Jarvis W. Pike |
Formation | February 14, 1812 [1] |
Deputy | President of Columbus City Council |
Salary | $177,000 (2016) [2] |
Website | mayor.columbus.gov |
There have been 48 individuals that have served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio, serving 53 distinct mayoralties or consecutive terms in office. The first mayor of Columbus was Jarvis W. Pike. [3] He was appointed by the Burough Council of Columbus in 1816. [3] The first mayor of Columbus to be elected by popular vote was John Brooks in 1834. [4] Five mayors have served non-consecutive terms. Philo H. Olmsted is counted as both the 8th and 12th mayor, [5] Alexander Patton as both the 17th and 19th mayor, [6] James G. Bull as both the 22nd and 24th mayor, [7] George J. Karb as both the 30th and 39th mayor, [8] and Jack Sensenbrenner as both the 46th and 48th mayor. [9] Of the individuals appointed or elected as mayor, five have resigned from office - James Robinson, John Brooks, Warren Jenkins, John G. Miller, and Jim Rhodes. No mayor has died or become permanently disabled while in office. The shortest-serving former mayor is James Robinson, who served only eight months before resigning from office on September 11, 1827. The longest-serving mayor is Michael B. Coleman, who served 16 years and is the only African American to serve as mayor. Andrew Ginther is the current mayor. He took office on January 1, 2016. [10]
Party affiliation not known Democratic Whig Republican
№ [n 1] |
Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Term | Previous office | |
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1 |
Jarvis W. Pike (1795–1854) [11] [12] [13] |
1816 | 1817 | 1 (1816) |
Member of
Columbus Burough Council (1816–1827) | ||
2 (1817) | |||||||
2 |
John Kerr (1778–1823) [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] |
1818 | 1820 | 3 (1818) |
Member of
Columbus Burough Council (1816–1823) | ||
4 (1819) | |||||||
3 |
Eli C. King [20] [13] |
1820 | 1822 | 5 (1820) |
Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1816–1820) | ||
6 (1821) | |||||||
7 (1822) | |||||||
4 |
John Laughrey (1784– ) [21] [13] |
1823 | 1823 | 8 (1823) |
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5 |
William T. Martin (1788–1866) [22] [23] [24] |
1824 | 1826 | 9 (1824) |
Recorder of
Columbus (1823, 1834–1838) | ||
10 (1825) | |||||||
11 (1826) | |||||||
6 |
James Robinson [25] [26] [13] |
1827 | September 11, 1827 [n 2] |
12 (1827) |
Member of
Columbus Burough Council (1823–1827) | ||
7 |
William Long (1781–1851) [27] [28] |
1827 | 1833 | Recorder of
Columbus (1824–1827) | |||
13 (1828) | |||||||
14 (1829) | |||||||
15 (1830) | |||||||
16 (1831) | |||||||
17 (1832) | |||||||
8 |
Philo H. Olmsted (1793–1870) [29] [5] [30] [31] |
1833 | 1833 | Whig | 18 (1833) |
Ohio Representative from
Franklin County (1831–1832, 1833–1834) | |
9 |
John Brooks (1785–1869) [4] [32] [33] |
April 21, 1834 | April 21, 1835 [n 2] |
19 (1834) |
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10 |
John Bailhache (1787–1857) [34] [32] [13] |
1835 | 1835 | Whig |
Ross County
Common Pleas Court Judge (1825) | ||
11 |
Warren Jenkins [35] [30] [13] [36] |
1836 | September 4, 1837 [n 2] |
Whig | 20 (1836) |
Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1835–1837) | |
12 |
Philo H. Olmsted (1793–1870) [29] [5] [30] [31] |
1838 | 1839 | Whig | 21 (1838) |
Ohio Representative from
Franklin County (1831–1832, 1833–1834) | |
13 |
John G. Miller (1795–1871) [37] [38] [39] |
1840 | May 4, 1841 [n 2] |
Whig | 22 (1840) |
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14 |
Thomas Wood (1782–1861) [40] [41] [13] |
May 1841 | 1841 |
Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1828–1843) | |||
15 |
Abram I. McDowell (1793–1844) [42] [13] |
1842 | 1842 [n 3] |
23 (1842) |
Clerk for the
Court of Common Pleas (1815–1836) | ||
16 |
Smithson E. Wright (1807–1881) [43] |
1843 | 1844 | Whig | 24 (1843) |
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17 |
Alexander Patton (1791–1857) [44] [45] [13] |
1845 | 1845 | Whig | 25 (1845) |
Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1843–1849) | |
18 |
Augustus S. Decker (1813–1872) [44] [13] |
1846 | 1846 | Whig | |||
19 |
Alexander Patton (1791–1858) [6] [45] [13] |
1847 | 1849 | Whig | 26 (1847) |
Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1843–1849) | |
27 (1849) | |||||||
20 |
Lorenzo English (1819–1888) [46] [47] [48] |
1850 | 1861 | Whig | 28 (1851) |
No previous experience in public office | |
29 (1853) | |||||||
30 (1855) | |||||||
31 (1857) | |||||||
32 (1859) | |||||||
21 |
Wray Thomas (1810–) [49] [50] [51] |
1861 | 1864 | Democratic | 33 (1861) |
Ohio Representative from
Delaware and
Franklin County (1831–1832, 1833–1834) | |
34 (1863) | |||||||
22 |
James G. Bull (1838–1927) [7] [52] [53] |
1865 | 1868 | Democratic | 35 (1865) |
No previous experience in public office | |
36 (1867) | |||||||
23 |
George W. Meeker (1833–1890) [54] [55] [56] |
1869 | 1870 | Democratic | 37 (1869) |
Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1863–1869) | |
24 |
James G. Bull (1838–1927) [7] [52] [53] |
1871 | 1874 | Democratic | 38 (1871) |
Mayor of
Columbus (1865–1868) | |
39 (1873) | |||||||
25 |
John H. Heitmann (1841–1894) [57] [58] [59] |
1875 | 1878 | Democratic | 40 (1875) |
Ohio Representative from
Franklin County (1874–1876) | |
41 (1877) | |||||||
26 |
Gilbert G. Collins (1830–1885) [60] [61] [62] |
1879 | 1880 | Republican | 42 (1879) |
City Attorney of
Columbus (1873–1875) | |
27 |
George S. Peters (1846–1928) [63] [64] |
1881 | 1882 | Democratic | 43 (1881) |
No previous experience in public office | |
28 |
Charles C. Walcutt (1838–1898) [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] |
1883 | 1886 | Republican | 44 (1883) |
Member of
Columbus
Board of Education (1873–1894) | |
45 (1885) | |||||||
29 |
Philip H. Bruck (1845–1920) [70] [71] |
1887 | 1890 | Democratic | 46 (1887) |
No previous experience in public office | |
47 (1889) | |||||||
30 |
George J. Karb (1858–1937) [8] [72] [73] [74] |
1891 | 1894 | Democratic | 48 (1891) |
Columbus
Police Commissioner (1889–1890) | |
49 (1893) | |||||||
31 |
Cotton H. Allen (1834–1900) [75] [76] [77] |
1895 | 1896 | Democratic | 50 (1895) |
No previous experience in public office | |
32 |
Samuel L. Black (1859–1929) [78] [79] [80] |
1897 | April 15, 1899 | Democratic | 51 (1897) |
No previous experience in public office | |
33 |
Samuel J. Swartz (1859–1905) [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] |
1899 | 1900 | Republican | 52 ( 1899) |
Police Court Judge of
Columbus (1897–1898) | |
34 |
John N. Hinkle (1854–1905) [86] [87] |
1901 | May 4, 1903 | Democratic | 53 (1901) |
No previous experience in public office | |
35 |
Robert H. Jeffrey (1873–1961) [88] [89] |
May 4, 1903 | January 1, 1906 [n 4] [n 5] |
Republican | 54 ( 1903) |
No previous experience in public office | |
36 |
De Witt C. Badger (1858–1926) [90] [91] [92] |
January 1, 1906 | 1907 | Democratic | 55 ( 1905) |
U.S. Representative from
Ohio (1903–1905) | |
37 |
Charles A. Bond (1873–1943) [93] [94] |
1908 | 1909 | Republican | 56 (1907) |
No previous experience in public office | |
38 |
George S. Marshall (1869–1956) [95] [96] [97] |
1910 | January 1, 1912 [n 6] |
Republican | 57 (1909) |
Asst
City Attorney of
Columbus (1899–1909) | |
39 |
George J. Karb (1858–1937) [8] [72] [73] [74] |
January 1, 1912 | January 1, 1920 | Democratic | 58 (1911) |
Franklin County
Sheriff (1903–1909) | |
59 (1913) | |||||||
60 (1915) | |||||||
40 |
James J. Thomas (1868–1947) [98] [99] [100] |
January 1, 1920 | January 1, 1932 | Republican | 61 ( 1919) |
Member of
Columbus City Council (1898–1901) | |
62 (1923) | |||||||
63 (1927) | |||||||
41 |
Henry W. Worley (1877–1938) [101] [102] |
January 1, 1932 | 1935 | Democratic | 64 (1931) |
Member of
Columbus City Council (1922–1932) | |
42 |
Myron B. Gessaman (1894–1975) [103] [104] |
1936 | 1939 | Republican | 65 (1935) |
Member of the
Ohio House of Representatives (1934–1935) | |
43 |
Floyd F. Green (1900–1952) [105] [106] |
1940 | 1943 | Republican | 66 (1939) |
Member of
Columbus City Council (1927–1931) | |
44 |
Jim Rhodes (1909–2001) [107] [108] [109] [110] |
1944 | 1952 [n 2] |
Republican | 67 (1943) |
City Auditor of
Columbus (1939–1943) | |
68 (1947) | |||||||
69 ( 1951) | |||||||
45 |
Robert T. Oestreicher (1894–1955) [111] [112] |
1953 | 1953 | Republican | President of
Columbus City Council | ||
46 |
Jack Sensenbrenner (1902–1991) [9] [113] [114] |
January 1, 1954 | January 1, 1960 | Democratic | No previous experience in public office | ||
70 (1955) | |||||||
47 |
Ralston Westlake (1907–1978) [115] [116] |
January 1, 1960 | January 1, 1964 | Republican | 71 (1959) |
Member of
Columbus City Council (1956–1959) | |
48 |
Jack Sensenbrenner (1902–1991) [9] [117] [114] |
January 1, 1964 | January 1, 1972 | Democratic | 72 ( 1963) |
Mayor of
Columbus (1954–1960) | |
73 ( 1967) | |||||||
49 |
Tom Moody (1929–2008) [118] [119] [120] |
January 1, 1972 | January 1, 1984 | Republican | 74 ( 1971) |
Franklin County
Common Pleas Court Judge (1968–1971) | |
75 ( 1975) | |||||||
76 (1979) | |||||||
50 |
Buck Rinehart (1946–2015) [121] [122] [123] |
January 1, 1984 | January 1, 1992 [n 4] |
Republican | 77 (1983) |
Franklin County
Treasurer of
Ohio (1976–1984) | |
78 (1987) | |||||||
51 |
Greg Lashutka (born 1944) [124] [125] [121] [126] [127] |
January 1, 1992 | January 1, 2000 [n 4] |
Republican | 79 ( 1991) |
City Attorney of
Columbus (1978–1985) | |
80 (1995) | |||||||
52 |
Michael B. Coleman (born 1954) [128] [129] |
January 1, 2000 | January 1, 2016 | Democratic | 81 ( 1999) |
President of
Columbus City Council (1997–1999) | |
82 (2003) | |||||||
83 ( 2007) | |||||||
84 ( 2011) | |||||||
53 |
Andrew Ginther (born 1975) [130] [10] |
January 1, 2016 | Incumbent | Democratic | 85 ( 2015) |
President of
Columbus City Council (2011–2015) | |
86 ( 2019) | |||||||
87 ( 2023) |
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