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 | Democrat |
| William S. Maynard | 1856-1858 | |
| Philip Bach | 1858-1859 | Republican |
| Robert J. Barry | 1859-1861 | Republican |
| John F. Miller | 1861-1862 | Democrat |
| Charles Spoor | 1862-1863 | |
| Ebenezer Wells | 1863-1865 | Democrat |
| 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 | Democrat |
| Silas H. Douglass | 1871-1873 | |
| Hiram J. Beakes | 1873-1875 | Democrat |
| Edward D. Kinne | 1875-1877 | Republican |
| Densmore Cramer | 1877-1878 | Democrat |
| Willard B. Smith | 1878-1880 | Republican |
| John Kapp | 1880-1883 | Democrat |
| William D. Harriman | 1883-1885 | Democrat |
| John Kapp | 1885-1886 | Democrat |
| John J. Robison | 1886-1887 | Democrat |
| Willard B. Smith | 1887-1888 | Republican |
| Samuel W. Beakes | 1888-1890 | Democrat |
| Charles H. Manly | 1890-1891 | Democrat |
| William G. Doty | 1891-1893 | |
| Bradley M. Thompson | 1893-1894 | Democrat |
| Cyrenus G. Darling | 1894-1895 | Republican |
| Warren E. Walker | 1895-1897 | Republican |
| Charles E. Hiscock | 1897-1899 | |
| Gottlob Luick | 1899-1901 | Democrat |
| Royal S. Copeland | 1901-1903 | Republican |
| Arthur Brown | 1903-1905 | Democrat |
| Francis M. Hamilton | 1905-1907 | |
| James C. Henderson | 1907-1909 | |
| William L. Walz | 1909-1913 | Democrat |
| Robert G. MacKenzie | 1913-1915 | Republican |
| Charles A. Sauer (died in office) | 1915 | |
| Ernst M. Wurster (acting mayor) | 1915-1917 | Democrat |
| Ernst M. Wurster | 1917-1921 | Democrat |
| George E. Lewis | 1921-1925 | Republican |
| Robert A. Campbell | 1925-1927 | Republican |
| Edward W. Staebler | 1927-1931 | Democrat |
| 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 | Democrat |
| Cecil O. Creal | 1959-1965 | Republican |
| Wendell E. Hulcher | 1965-1969 | Republican |
| Robert J. Harris | 1969-1973 | Democrat |
| James E. Stephenson | 1973-1975 | Republican |
| Albert H. Wheeler | 1975-1978 | Democrat |
| Louis D. Belcher | 1978-1985 | Republican |
| Edward C. Pierce | 1985-1987 | Democrat |
| Gerald D. Jernigan | 1987-1991 | Republican |
| Elizabeth S. Brater | 1991-1993 | Democrat |
| Ingrid B. Sheldon | 1993-2000 | Republican |
| John Hieftje | 2000-present | Democrat |
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, Arborwiki
