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Mayor of Columbus, Ohio

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Mayor of Columbus, Ohio
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FieldValue
postMayor
bodyColumbus
flagFlag of Columbus, Ohio.svg
flagborderyes
flagsize110px
flagcaptionFlag of the City of Columbus
insigniaColumbus seal.png
insigniasize120px
insigniacaptionSeal of the City of Columbus
imagesize190px
imageAndrew Ginther 2016-crop.jpg
incumbentAndrew Ginther
incumbentsinceJanuary 1, 2014
styleThe Honorable
termlengthFour-year term, no limits
formationFebruary 14, 1812
inauguralJarvis W. Pike
deputyPresident of Columbus City Council
salary$177,000 (2016)
websitemayor.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. He was appointed by the Burough Council of Columbus in 1816. The first mayor of Columbus to be elected by popular vote was John Brooks in 1834. Five mayors have served non-consecutive terms. Philo H. Olmsted is counted as both the 8th and 12th mayor, Alexander Patton as both the 17th and 19th mayor, James G. Bull as both the 22nd and 24th mayor, George J. Karb as both the 30th and 39th mayor, and Jack Sensenbrenner as both the 46th and 48th mayor. 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.

Mayors of Columbus

[[Jim Rhodes]], 44th mayor of Columbus, and only former mayor to serve as [[Governor of Ohio
[[Michael B. Coleman]], 52nd mayor of Columbus, and the first [[African American]] to serve as mayor of Ohio's capital

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No.
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Jarvis W. Pike
(1795–1854)
1
(1816)Member of Columbus Burough Council
(1816–1827)
2
(1817)
John Kerr
(1778–1823)
3
(1818)Member of Columbus Burough Council
(1816–1823)
4
(1819)
Eli C. King
5
(1820)Justice of the Peace for
Montgomery Township
(1816–1820)
6
(1821)
7
(1822)
John Laughrey
(1784– )
8
(1823)
William T. Martin
(1788–1866)
9
(1824)Recorder of Columbus
(1823, 1834–1838)
10
(1825)
11
(1826)
James Robinson
12
(1827)Member of Columbus Burough Council
(1823–1827)
William Long
(1781–1851)
Recorder of Columbus
(1824–1827)
13
(1828)
14
(1829)
15
(1830)
16
(1831)
17
(1832)
Philo H. Olmsted
(1793–1870)
Whig18
(1833)Ohio Representative from Franklin County
(1831–1832, 1833–1834)
John Brooks
(1785–1869)
19
(1834)
John Bailhache
(1787–1857)
WhigRoss County Common Pleas Court Judge
(1825)
Warren Jenkins
Whig20
(1836)Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1835–1837)
Philo H. Olmsted
(1793–1870)
Whig21
(1838)Ohio Representative from Franklin County
(1831–1832, 1833–1834)
John G. Miller
(1795–1871)
Whig22
(1840)
Thomas Wood
(1782–1861)
Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1828–1843)
Abram I. McDowell
(1793–1844)
23
(1842)Clerk for the Court of Common Pleas
(1815–1836)
Smithson E. Wright
(1807–1881)
Whig24
(1843)
Alexander Patton
(1791–1857)
Whig25
(1845)Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1843–1849)
Augustus S. Decker
(1813–1872)
Whig
Alexander Patton
(1791–1858)
Whig26
(1847)Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1843–1849)
27
(1849)
Lorenzo English
(1819–1888)
Whig28
(1851)No previous experience in public office
29
(1853)
30
(1855)
31
(1857)
32
(1859)
Wray Thomas
(1810–)
Democratic33
(1861)Ohio Representative from Delaware and Franklin County
(1831–1832, 1833–1834)
34
(1863)
James G. Bull
(1838–1927)
Democratic35
(1865)No previous experience in public office
36
(1867)
George W. Meeker
(1833–1890)
Democratic37
(1869)Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township
(1863–1869)
James G. Bull
(1838–1927)
Democratic38
(1871)Mayor of Columbus
(1865–1868)
39
(1873)
John H. Heitmann
(1841–1894)
Democratic40
(1875)Ohio Representative from Franklin County
(1874–1876)
41
(1877)
Gilbert G. Collins
(1830–1885)
Republican42
(1879)City Attorney of Columbus
(1873–1875)
George S. Peters
(1846–1928)
Democratic43
(1881)No previous experience in public office
Charles C. Walcutt
(1838–1898)
Republican44
(1883)Member of Columbus Board of Education
(1873–1894)
45
(1885)
Philip H. Bruck
(1845–1920)
Democratic46
(1887)No previous experience in public office
47
(1889)
George J. Karb
(1858–1937)
Democratic48
(1891)Columbus Police Commissioner
(1889–1890)
49
(1893)
Cotton H. Allen
(1834–1900)
Democratic50
(1895)No previous experience in public office
Samuel L. Black
(1859–1929)
Democratic51
(1897)No previous experience in public office
Samuel J. Swartz
(1859–1905)
Republican52
(1899)Police Court Judge of Columbus
(1897–1898)
John N. Hinkle
(1854–1905)
Democratic53
(1901)No previous experience in public office
Robert H. Jeffrey
(1873–1961)
Republican54
(1903)No previous experience in public office
De Witt C. Badger
(1858–1926)
Democratic55
(1905)U.S. Representative from Ohio
(1903–1905)
Charles A. Bond
(1873–1943)
Republican56
(1907)No previous experience in public office
George S. Marshall
(1869–1956)
Republican57
(1909)Asst City Attorney of Columbus
(1899–1909)
George J. Karb
(1858–1937)
Democratic58
(1911)Franklin County Sheriff
(1903–1909)
59
(1913)
60
(1915)
James J. Thomas
(1868–1947)
Republican61
(1919)Member of Columbus City Council
(1898–1901)
62
(1923)
63
(1927)
Henry W. Worley
(1877–1938)
Democratic64
(1931)Member of Columbus City Council
(1922–1932)
[[File:Myron B. Gessaman.jpg100px]]Myron B. Gessaman
(1894–1975)
Republican65
(1935)Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
(1934–1935)
Floyd F. Green
(1900–1952)
Republican66
(1939)Member of Columbus City Council
(1927–1931)
Jim Rhodes
(1909–2001)
Republican67
(1943)City Auditor of Columbus
(1939–1943)
68
(1947)
69
(1951)
Robert T. Oestreicher
(1894–1955)
RepublicanPresident of Columbus City Council
Jack Sensenbrenner
(1902–1991)
DemocraticNo previous experience in public office
70
(1955)
Ralston Westlake
(1907–1978)
Republican71
(1959)Member of Columbus City Council
(1956–1959)
Jack Sensenbrenner
(1902–1991)
Democratic72
(1963)Mayor of Columbus
(1954–1960)
73
(1967)
Tom Moody
(1929–2008)
Republican74
(1971)Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge
(1968–1971)
75
(1975)
76
(1979)
Buck Rinehart
(1946–2015)
Republican77
(1983)Franklin County Treasurer of Ohio
(1976–1984)
78
(1987)
Greg Lashutka
(born 1944)
Republican79
(1991)City Attorney of Columbus
(1978–1985)
80
(1995)
Michael B. Coleman
(born 1954)
Democratic81
(1999)President of Columbus City Council
(1997–1999)
82
(2003)
83
(2007)
84
(2011)
Andrew Ginther
(born 1975)
IncumbentDemocratic85
(2015)President of Columbus City Council
(2011–2015)
86
(2019)
87
(2023)

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References

  1. (November 6, 2017). "City of Columbus Salaries: Here Are the Highest-paid Workers, Plus a Searchable Database". Columbus Business First.
  2. (January 1, 2016). "Photo: Andrew Ginther Becomes Mayor of Columbus". The Columbus Dispatch.
  3. "Kerr, John (1778-8/15/1823)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  4. "Martin, William T. (4/6 /1788-2/19/1866)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  5. "Long, William (1/24/1781-2/22/1851)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  6. "Olmsted, Philo Hopkins (1793-2/20/1870)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  7. "Brooks, John (1785-1869)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  8. "Jenkins, Warren". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  9. "Miller, John G. (1795-10/11/1871)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  10. "English, Lorenzo (5/22/1819-3/14/1888)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  11. "Thomas, Wray (6/15/1810-)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  12. "Bull, James G (1838-11/2/1927)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  13. "Meeker, George W (11/20/1834-7/26/1890)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  14. "Heitmann, John Henry (9/11/1842-3/26/1894)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  15. "Collins, Gilbert G (7/10/1830-5/7/1885)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  16. "Peters, George Silas (10/11/1846-8/27/1928)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  17. "Walcutt, Charles Carroll (2/12/1838-5/2/1898)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  18. "Bruck, Philip H (1/6/1845-1/6/1920)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  19. "Karb, George John (2/15/1858-5/15/1937)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  20. "Allen, Cotton Hayden (1834-1/26/1900)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  21. "Black, Samuel L (12/22/1859-6/19/1929)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  22. "Swartz, Samuel Jackson (2/8/1859-3/25/1905)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  23. "Hinkle, John N (1854-10/25/1905)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  24. "Jeffrey, Robert H (12/21/1873-10/23/1961)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  25. "Badger, De Witt Clinton, (1858 - 1926)". [[United States Government Printing Office#History.
  26. "Badger, Dewitt C (1858-5/20/1926)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  27. "Bond, Charles Anson (1873-1/5/1943)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  28. "Marshall, George Sidney (1869-5/20/1956)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  29. "Thomas, James John (1868-8/6/1947)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  30. "Worley, Henry William (4/9/1877-8/5/1938)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  31. "Gessaman, Myron B (10/15/1894-8/20/1975)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  32. "Green, Floyd F (1900-1/12/1952)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  33. "Rhodes, James Allen (9/13/1909-3/4/2001)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  34. "Oestreicher, Robert T (2/28/1854-2/18/1955)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  35. "Sensenbrenner, Maynard Edward (9/18/1902-8/2/1991)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  36. "Westlake, Wallace Ralston (1907-12/9/1978)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  37. "Moody, Tom E. (11/26/1929-10/30/2008)". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  38. "Rinehart, Dana "Buck" (1946- )". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  39. "Lashutka, Gregory S". [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].
  40. (December 31, 2015). "'I Did My Best': Michael B. Coleman Says Farewell as Mayor". The Columbus Dispatch.
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