List of mayors of Columbus, Ohio

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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.Template:Sfn He was appointed by the Burough Council of Columbus in 1816.Template:Sfn The first mayor of Columbus to be elected by popular vote was John Brooks in 1834.Template:Sfn Five mayors have served non-consecutive terms. Philo H. Olmsted is counted as both the 8th and 12th mayor,Template:Sfn Alexander Patton as both the 17th and 19th mayor,Template:Sfn James G. Bull as both the 22nd and 24th mayor,Template:Sfn George J. Karb as both the 30th and 39th mayor,Template:Sfn and Jack Sensenbrenner as both the 46th and 48th mayor.Template:Sfn 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.[1]

Mayors of Columbus

File:Jim Rhodes in Bettsville, Ohio October 15, 1981.jpg
Jim Rhodes, 44th mayor of Columbus, and only former mayor to serve as Governor of Ohio
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Michael B. Coleman, 52nd mayor of Columbus, and the first African American to serve as mayor of Ohio's capital
Political parties

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No.
[n 1] 		Mayor Took office Left office Party Term Previous office
1 Template:Css Image Crop Jarvis W. Pike
(1795–1854)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts 1
(1816) 		Member of Columbus Burough Council
(1816–1827)
2
(1817)
2 Template:Css Image Crop John Kerr
(1778–1823)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn[2] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts 3
(1818) 		Member of Columbus Burough Council
(1816–1823)
4
(1819)
3 Template:Css Image Crop Eli C. King

Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts 5
(1820) 		Justice of the Peace for
Montgomery Township
(1816–1820)
6
(1821)
7
(1822)
4 Template:Css Image Crop John Laughrey
(1784– )
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts 8
(1823)
5 Template:Css Image Crop William T. Martin
(1788–1866)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[3] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts 9
(1824) 		Recorder of Columbus
(1823, 1834–1838)
10
(1825)
11
(1826)
6 Template:Css Image Crop James Robinson

Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 2] 		12
(1827) 		Member of Columbus Burough Council
(1823–1827)
7 Template:Css Image Crop William Long
(1781–1851)
Template:Sfn[4] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Recorder of Columbus
(1824–1827)
13
(1828)
14
(1829)
15
(1830)
16
(1831)
17
(1832)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;" | 8 Template:Css Image Crop Philo H. Olmsted
(1793–1870)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn[5] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Whig 18
(1833) 		Ohio Representative from Franklin County
(1831–1832, 1833–1834)
9 Template:Css Image Crop John Brooks
(1785–1869)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[6] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 2] 		19
(1834)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;" | 10 Template:Css Image Crop John Bailhache
(1787–1857)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Whig Ross County Common Pleas Court Judge
(1825)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| 11 Template:Css Image Crop Warren Jenkins

Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn[7] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 2] 		Whig 20
(1836) 		Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1835–1837)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;" | 12 Template:Css Image Crop Philo H. Olmsted
(1793–1870)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn[5] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Whig 21
(1838) 		Ohio Representative from Franklin County
(1831–1832, 1833–1834)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| 13 Template:Css Image Crop John G. Miller
(1795–1871)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[8] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 2] 		Whig 22
(1840)
14 Template:Css Image Crop Thomas Wood
(1782–1861)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1828–1843)
15 Template:Css Image Crop Abram I. McDowell
(1793–1844)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 3] 		23
(1842) 		Clerk for the Court of Common Pleas
(1815–1836)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| 16 Template:Css Image Crop Smithson E. Wright
(1807–1881)
Template:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Whig 24
(1843)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;" | 17 Template:Css Image Crop Alexander Patton
(1791–1857)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Whig 25
(1845) 		Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1843–1849)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;" | 18 Template:Css Image Crop Augustus S. Decker
(1813–1872)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Whig
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;" | 19 Template:Css Image Crop Alexander Patton
(1791–1858)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Whig 26
(1847) 		Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1843–1849)
27
(1849)
rowspan="5" style="background: Template:Party color;" | 20 Template:Css Image Crop Lorenzo English
(1819–1888)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[9] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Whig 28
(1851) 		No previous experience in public office
29
(1853)
30
(1855)
31
(1857)
32
(1859)
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />21 Template:Css Image Crop Wray Thomas
(1810–)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[10] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 33
(1861) 		Ohio Representative from Delaware and Franklin County
(1831–1832, 1833–1834)
34
(1863)
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />22 Template:Css Image Crop James G. Bull
(1838–1927)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[11] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 35
(1865) 		No previous experience in public office
36
(1867)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />23 Template:Css Image Crop George W. Meeker
(1833–1890)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[12] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 37
(1869) 		Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1863–1869)
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />24 Template:Css Image Crop James G. Bull
(1838–1927)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[11] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 38
(1871) 		Mayor of Columbus
(1865–1868)
39
(1873)
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />25 Template:Css Image Crop John H. Heitmann
(1841–1894)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[13] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 40
(1875) 		Ohio Representative from Franklin County
(1874–1876)
41
(1877)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />26 Template:Css Image Crop Gilbert G. Collins
(1830–1885)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[14] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican 42
(1879) 		City Attorney of Columbus
(1873–1875)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />27 Template:Css Image Crop George S. Peters
(1846–1928)
Template:Sfn[15] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 43
(1881) 		No previous experience in public office
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />28 Template:Css Image Crop Charles C. Walcutt
(1838–1898)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn[16] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican 44
(1883) 		Member of Columbus Board of Education
(1873–1894)
45
(1885)
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />29 Template:Css Image Crop Philip H. Bruck
(1845–1920)
Template:Sfn[17] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 46
(1887) 		No previous experience in public office
47
(1889)
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />30 Template:Css Image Crop George J. Karb
(1858–1937)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[18]Template:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 48
(1891) 		Columbus Police Commissioner
(1889–1890)
49
(1893)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />31 Template:Css Image Crop Cotton H. Allen
(1834–1900)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[19] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 50
(1895) 		No previous experience in public office
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />32 Template:Css Image Crop Samuel L. Black
(1859–1929)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[20] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 51
(1897) 		No previous experience in public office
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />33 Template:Css Image Crop Samuel J. Swartz
(1859–1905)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn[21] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican 52
(1899) 		Police Court Judge of Columbus
(1897–1898)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />34 Template:Css Image Crop John N. Hinkle
(1854–1905)
Template:Sfn[22] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 53
(1901) 		No previous experience in public office
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />35 Template:Css Image Crop Robert H. Jeffrey
(1873–1961)
Template:Sfn[23] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 4][n 5] 		Republican 54
(1903) 		No previous experience in public office
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />36 Template:Css Image Crop De Witt C. Badger
(1858–1926)
Template:Sfn[24][25] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 55
(1905) 		U.S. Representative from Ohio
(1903–1905)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />37 Template:Css Image Crop Charles A. Bond
(1873–1943)
Template:Sfn[26] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican 56
(1907) 		No previous experience in public office
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />38 Template:Css Image Crop George S. Marshall
(1869–1956)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[27] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 6] 		Republican 57
(1909) 		Asst City Attorney of Columbus
(1899–1909)
rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />39 Template:Css Image Crop George J. Karb
(1858–1937)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[18]Template:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 58
(1911) 		Franklin County Sheriff
(1903–1909)
59
(1913)
60
(1915)
rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />40 Template:Css Image Crop James J. Thomas
(1868–1947)
Template:Sfn[28]Template:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican 61
(1919) 		Member of Columbus City Council
(1898–1901)
62
(1923)
63
(1927)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />41 Template:Css Image Crop Henry W. Worley
(1877–1938)
Template:Sfn[29] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 64
(1931) 		Member of Columbus City Council
(1922–1932)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />42 File:Myron B. Gessaman.jpg Myron B. Gessaman
(1894–1975)
Template:Sfn[30] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican 65
(1935) 		Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
(1934–1935)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />43 Template:Css Image Crop Floyd F. Green
(1900–1952)
Template:Sfn[31] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican 66
(1939) 		Member of Columbus City Council
(1927–1931)
rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />44 Template:Css Image Crop Jim Rhodes
(1909–2001)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn[32] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 2] 		Republican 67
(1943) 		City Auditor of Columbus
(1939–1943)
68
(1947)
69
(1951)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />45 Template:Css Image Crop Robert T. Oestreicher
(1894–1955)
Template:Sfn[33] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican President of Columbus City Council
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;" | <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />46 Template:Css Image Crop Jack Sensenbrenner
(1902–1991)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[34] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic No previous experience in public office
70
(1955)
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />47 Template:Css Image Crop Ralston Westlake
(1907–1978)
Template:Sfn[35] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican 71
(1959) 		Member of Columbus City Council
(1956–1959)
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;" | <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />48 Template:Css Image Crop Jack Sensenbrenner
(1902–1991)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[34] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 72
(1963) 		Mayor of Columbus
(1954–1960)
73
(1967)
rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />49 Template:Css Image Crop Tom Moody
(1929–2008)
Template:Sfn[36]Template:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Republican 74
(1971) 		Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge
(1968–1971)
75
(1975)
76
(1979)
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />50 Template:Css Image Crop Buck Rinehart
(1946–2015)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[37] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 4] 		Republican 77
(1983) 		Franklin County Treasurer of Ohio
(1976–1984)
78
(1987)
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />51 Template:Css Image Crop Greg Lashutka
(born 1944)
Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn[38] 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
[n 4] 		Republican 79
(1991) 		City Attorney of Columbus
(1978–1985)
80
(1995)
rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color;" | <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />52 Template:Css Image Crop Michael B. Coleman
(born 1954)
Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Democratic 81
(1999) 		President of Columbus City Council
(1997–1999)
82
(2003)
83
(2007)
84
(2011)
rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color;"| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />53 Template:Css Image Crop Andrew Ginther
(born 1975)
[39][1] 		Template:Dts Incumbent Democratic 85
(2015) 		President of Columbus City Council
(2011–2015)
86
(2019)
87
(2023)

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