List of mayors of Ann Arbor, Michigan
This is a list of mayors of Ann Arbor, Michigan, beginning with Ann Arbor's incorporation as a city on April 4, 1851.
| Mayor | Years | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| George Sedgwick | 1851–1855 | Whig |
| James Kingsley | 1855–1856 | Democratic |
| William S. Maynard | 1856–1858 | |
| Philip Bach | 1858–1859 | Republican |
| Robert J. Barry | 1859–1861 | Republican |
| John F. Miller | 1861–1862 | Democratic |
| Charles Spoor | 1862–1863 | |
| Ebenezer Wells | 1863–1865 | Democratic |
| William S. Maynard | 1865–1866 | |
| Oliver M. Martin | 1866–1868 | Republican |
| Christian Eberbach | 1868–1869 | Republican |
| Alfred H. Partridge | 1869–1870 | |
| William D. Harriman | 1870–1871 | Democratic |
| Silas H. Douglass | 1871–1873 | |
| Hiram J. Beakes | 1873–1875 | Democratic |
| Edward D. Kinne | 1875–1877 | Republican |
| Densmore Cramer | 1877–1878 | Democratic |
| Willard B. Smith | 1878–1880 | Republican |
| John Kapp | 1880–1883 | Democratic |
| William D. Harriman | 1883–1885 | Democratic |
| John Kapp | 1885–1886 | Democratic |
| John J. Robison | 1886–1887 | Democratic |
| Willard B. Smith | 1887–1888 | Republican |
| Samuel W. Beakes | 1888–1890 | Democratic |
| Charles H. Manly | 1890–1891 | Democratic |
| William G. Doty | 1891–1893 | Democratic |
| Bradley M. Thompson | 1893–1894 | Democratic |
| Cyrenus G. Darling | 1894–1895 | Republican |
| Warren E. Walker | 1895–1897 | Republican |
| Charles E. Hiscock | 1897–1899 | Republican |
| Gottlob Luick | 1899–1901 | Democratic |
| Royal S. Copeland | 1901–1903 | Republican |
| Arthur Brown | 1903–1905 | Democratic |
| Francis M. Hamilton | 1905–1907 | Republican |
| James C. Henderson | 1907–1909 | Democratic |
| William L. Walz | 1909–1913 | Democratic |
| Robert G. MacKenzie | 1913–1915 | Republican |
| Charles A. Sauer (died in office) | 1915 | Republican |
| Ernst M. Wurster (acting mayor) | 1915–1917 | Democratic |
| Ernst M. Wurster | 1917–1921 | Democratic |
| George E. Lewis | 1921–1925 | Republican |
| Robert A. Campbell | 1925–1927 | Republican |
| Edward W. Staebler | 1927–1931 | Democratic |
| H. Wirt Newkirk | 1931–1933 | Republican |
| Robert A. Campbell | 1933–1937 | Republican |
| Walter C. Sadler | 1937–1941 | Republican |
| Leigh J. Young | 1941–1945 | Republican |
| William E. Brown Jr. | 1945–1957 | Republican |
| Samuel J. Eldersveld | 1957–1959 | Democratic |
| Cecil O. Creal | 1959–1965 | Republican |
| Wendell E. Hulcher | 1965–1969 | Republican |
| Robert J. Harris | 1969–1973 | Democratic |
| James E. Stephenson | 1973–1975 | Republican |
| Albert H. Wheeler | 1975–1978 | Democratic |
| Louis D. Belcher | 1978–1985 | Republican |
| Edward C. Pierce | 1985–1987 | Democratic |
| Gerald D. Jernigan | 1987–1991 | Republican |
| Elizabeth S. Brater | 1991–1993 | Democratic |
| Ingrid B. Sheldon | 1993–2000 | Republican |
| John Hieftje | 2000–2014 | Democratic |
| Christopher Taylor | 2014–present | Democratic |
References
- Ann Arbor mayors, Political Graveyard website
- Samuel W. Beakes, Past and Present of Washtenaw County (Washtenaw County, Mich.: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1906), for political affiliations prior to 1906.
- Stephen D. Bingham, Early History of Michigan, with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators (Lansing: Thorp and Godfrey, 1888).
- Jonathan Marwil, A History of Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990).
- Mayor of Ann Arbor on LocalWiki
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