List of mayors of Cleveland


The Mayor of Cleveland is the chief executive of the city's government. In 1924, the mayor-council 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 53 mayors - including the city's current mayor, Frank G. Jackson - encompassing 57 mayoral administrations, as four mayors have served in non-consecutive terms.

Mayors

Longest-serving mayors

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. Burrows1837
Norman C. Baldwin1838–1839
Needham M. Standart1840–1841
Francis A. Burrows 1842
Richard Lord1843
Daniel H. Lamb1844–1846
David Griffith1847
John Beverlin1848
Thomas Burnham1849–1850
Benjamin Sheldon1851–1852
William B. Castle1853–1854