There have been 48 individuals that have served as mayor of
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, an ...
, serving 53 distinct mayoralties or consecutive terms in office. The first mayor of Columbus was
Jarvis W. Pike
Jarvis W. Pike (1795–September 12, 1854) was the first mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
Pike died September 12, 1854. He was buried in a private or family graveyard. He was later reinterred at Union Grove Cemetery located at Canal Winchester, Ohio ...
. 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
Alexander Patton (March 27, 1791 – February 19, 1857) was the 17th mayor and 19th mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He was also the 16th person to serve in that office. He served Columbus four years during non-consecutive terms. His successor aft ...
as both the 17th and 19th mayor,
James G. Bull
James Gilbrugh Bull (1838 – November 2, 1927) was the 24th mayor and 22nd mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He was also the 20th person to serve in that office. He served Columbus for eight years during four non-consecutive terms. His successor aft ...
as both the 22nd and 24th mayor,
George J. Karb as both the 30th and 39th mayor, and
Jack Sensenbrenner
Maynard Edward "Jack" Sensenbrenner (September 18, 1902 – August 2, 1991) was an American politician of the Democratic party, who served as a populist mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
Biography
The son of a jeweler, Sensenbrenner was born in rural Ci ...
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
James Allen Rhodes (September 13, 1909 – March 4, 2001) was an American Republican politician who served as Governor of Ohio from 1963 to 1971 and again from 1975 to 1983. , Rhodes was one of only seven U.S. governors to serve four four-yea ...
. 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
Michael B. Coleman (born November 18, 1954) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 52nd mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He was the first African-American to serve as the mayor of Ohio's capital city.
Coleman was a memb ...
, who served 16 years and is the only African American to serve as mayor.
Andrew Ginther
Andrew James Ginther (born April 27, 1975) is an American Democratic politician, the 53rd mayor of Columbus, Ohio, and the 48th person to serve in that office. He served as President of Columbus City Council from 2011 until 2015.
Early life a ...
is the current mayor. He took office on January 1, 2016.
Mayors of Columbus
; Political parties
Living former mayors
As of , there are two living former mayors. The oldest former mayor is
Greg Lashutka (1992–2000) born 1944. The most recent death of a former mayor was that of
Buck Rinehart
Dana Gillman "Buck" Rinehart (February 24, 1946 – February 18, 2015) was an American attorney who served as the 50th mayor of Columbus, Ohio, from 1984 to 1992.
Biography
Rinehart was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1946. Having serve ...
(1984-1991) on February 18, 2015, aged 68.
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Government of Columbus, Ohio
The government of Columbus, Ohio, headquartered at Columbus City Hall (Ohio), Columbus City Hall in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, Downtown Columbus, is organized into a mayor-council system. The mayor is responsible for the administration of city gover ...
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Green Lawn Cemetery – Numerous former mayors of Ohio's capital city are interred at this notable cemetery. It is located in the southern section of Columbus, Ohio.
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Timeline of Columbus, Ohio
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A Look Back: Columbus Mayors– A slide show of 37 images of Columbus mayors. Includes a list of all mayors with their respective terms in office. Provided by ''
The Columbus Dispatch
''The Columbus Dispatch'' is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871, and it has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' ceased publication in 19 ...
'', a daily newspaper based in
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, an ...
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Mayors of Columbus, Ohio 1816-2013at
Political GraveyardA Quarter Century of Mayoral MemoriesA panel discussion with three mayors of Columbus,
Buck Rinehart
Dana Gillman "Buck" Rinehart (February 24, 1946 – February 18, 2015) was an American attorney who served as the 50th mayor of Columbus, Ohio, from 1984 to 1992.
Biography
Rinehart was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1946. Having serve ...
(1984-1992),
Greg Lashutka (1992–2000), and
Michael B. Coleman
Michael B. Coleman (born November 18, 1954) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 52nd mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He was the first African-American to serve as the mayor of Ohio's capital city.
Coleman was a memb ...
(2000-Present). The discussion was hosted by The Columbus Metropolitan Club. Published September 10, 2012 on
YouTube
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; 53 minutes.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, an ...
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