Mayor of Cleveland
Mayor of Cleveland | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Seat | Cleveland City Hall |
Term length | Four years, no term limits |
Constituting instrument | Cleveland City Charter |
Inaugural holder | John W. Willey[1] |
Formation | March 6, 1836 |
Salary | $140,888.56 (in 2017)[2] |
Website | Office of the Mayor |
The mayor of Cleveland is the head of the executive branch of government of the City of Cleveland, Ohio. As the chief executive in Cleveland's mayor–council (strong mayor) system, the mayor oversees all city services and is "responsible for enforcing the city charter, city ordinances, and the laws of the State of Ohio."[3] The mayor's office is located at Cleveland City Hall at 601 Lakeside Avenue in Downtown Cleveland. The city has had a total of 54 mayors, including the city's current mayor, Justin Bibb, encompassing 58 mayoral administrations, as four mayors have served in non-consecutive terms.[4]
History[]
Cleveland adopted a mayor–council form of government with its incorporation as a city in 1836.[3] Initially, Cleveland City Council had greater power in Cleveland's city government, but this changed with the adoption of the 1892 Federal Plan, which significantly strengthened the office of the mayor. When the plan was ruled unconstitutional in 1902 by the Supreme Court of Ohio, the powers of the mayor were lessened in the city's new municipal code.[3] However, after the state granted Cleveland municipal home rule in 1912, the role of the mayor was enhanced in the 1913 municipal charter.[3] When the city adopted a council–manager government in 1924, the city manager, selected by council, assumed the role of the municipal executive.[5] However, the council–manager experiment was brief and, in November 1931, voters approved returning to the mayor–council system.[5]
For much of Cleveland's history, mayoral elections were partisan, but in 1971, under the mayoral administration of Ralph Perk, the city amended its charter to make elections nonpartisan.[6] The term of office for the mayor and members of council was traditionally two years, but was extended to four years in 1981 under Mayor George Voinovich.[3] According to the Cleveland City Charter, there are currently no term limits for the mayor.[7]
Mayors[]
# | Mayor[1][4] | Term start | Term end | Terms | ||
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1 | John W. Willey | March 6, 1836 | December 31, 1837 | 2 | Democratic | |
2 | Joshua Mills | January 1, 1838 | December 31, 1839 | 2 | Whig | |
3 | Nicholas Dockstader | January 1, 1840 | December 31, 1840 | 1 | Whig | |
4 | John W. Allen | January 1, 1841 | December 31, 1841 | 1 | Whig | |
5 | Joshua Mills | January 1, 1842 | December 31, 1842 | 1 | Whig | |
6 | Nelson Hayward | January 1, 1843 | December 31, 1843 | 1 | Democratic | |
7 | Samuel Starkweather | January 1, 1844 | December 31, 1845 | 2 | Democratic | |
8 | George Hoadley | January 1, 1846 | December 31, 1846 | 1 | None | |
9 | Josiah A. Harris | January 1, 1847 | December 31, 1847 | 1 | Whig | |
10 | Lorenzo A. Kelsey | January 1, 1848 | December 31, 1848 | 1 | Democratic | |
11 | Flavel W. Bingham | January 1, 1849 | December 31, 1849 | 1 | Whig | |
12 | William Case | January 1, 1850 | December 31, 1851 | 2 | Whig | |
13 | Abner C. Brownell | January 1, 1852 | December 31, 1854 | 3 | Democratic | |
14 | William B. Castle | January 1, 1855 | December 31, 1856 | 2 | Republican | |
15 | Samuel Starkweather | January 1, 1857 | December 31, 1858 | 2 | Democratic | |
16 | George B. Senter | January 1, 1859 | December 31, 1860 | 2 | Republican | |
17 | Edward S. Flint | January 1, 1861 | December 31, 1862 | 2 | Democratic | |
18 | Irvine U. Masters | January 1, 1863 | May 1864 | 2 | Republican | |
19 | George B. Senter | May 1864 | December 31, 1864 | 1⁄2 | Republican | |
20 | Herman M. Chapin | January 1, 1865 | December 31, 1866 | 1 | None | |
21 | Stephen Buhrer | January 1, 1867 | December 31, 1870 | 1 | Democratic | |
22 | Frederick W. Pelton | January 1, 1871 | December 31, 1872 | 1 | Republican | |
23 | Charles A. Otis | January 1, 1873 | December 31, 1874 | 1 | Democratic | |
24 | Nathan P. Payne | January 1, 1875 | December 31, 1876 | 1 | Democratic | |
25 | William G. Rose | January 1, 1877 | December 31, 1878 | 1 | Republican | |
26 | Rensselaer R. Herrick | January 1, 1879 | December 31, 1882 | 2 | Republican | |
27 | John H. Farley | January 1, 1883 | December 31, 1884 | 1 | Democratic | |
28 | George W. Gardner | January 1, 1885 | December 31, 1886 | 1 | Republican | |
29 | Brenton D. Babcock | January 1, 1887 | December 31, 1888 | 1 | Democratic | |
30 | George W. Gardner | January 1, 1889 | December 31, 1890 | 1 | Republican | |
31 | William G. Rose | January 1, 1891 | December 31, 1892 | 1 | Republican | |
32 | Robert Blee | January 1, 1893 | December 31, 1894 | 1 | Democratic | |
33 | Robert E. McKisson | January 1, 1895 | December 31, 1898 | 2 | Republican | |
34 | John H. Farley | January 1, 1899 | December 31, 1900 | 1 | Democratic | |
35 | Tom L. Johnson | January 1, 1901 | December 31, 1909 | 5 | Democratic | |
36 | Herman C. Baehr | January 1, 1910 | December 31, 1911 | 1 | Republican | |
37 | Newton D. Baker | January 1, 1912 | December 31, 1915 | 2 | Democratic | |
38 | Harry L. Davis | January 1, 1916 | December 31, 1919 | 2 | Republican | |
39 | William S. Fitzgerald | January 1, 1920 | December 31, 1921 | 1 | Republican | |
40 | Fred Kohler | January 1, 1922 | December 31, 1923 | 1 | Republican | |
41 | William R. Hopkins | January 1, 1924 | December 31, 1929 | 3 | Republican | |
42 | Daniel E. Morgan | January 1, 1930 | December 31, 1931 | 1 | Republican | |
43 | Ray T. Miller | January 1, 1932 | December 31, 1933 | 1 | Democratic | |
44 | Harry L. Davis | January 1, 1934 | December 31, 1935 | 1 | Republican | |
45 | Harold H. Burton | January 1, 1936 | January 2, 1941 | 2 1⁄2 | Republican | |
46 | Edward J. Blythin | January 3, 1941 | December 31, 1941 | 1⁄2 | Republican | |
47 | Frank Lausche | January 1, 1942 | December 31, 1945 | 2 | Democratic | |
48 | Thomas A. Burke | January 1, 1946 | December 31, 1953 | 4 | Democratic | |
49 | Anthony J. Celebrezze | January 1, 1954 | December 31, 1961 | 4 | Democratic | |
50 | Ralph S. Locher | January 1, 1962 | December 31, 1967 | 3 | Democratic | |
51 | Carl Stokes | January 1, 1968 | December 31, 1971 | 2 | Democratic | |
52 | Ralph Perk | January 2, 1972 | December 31, 1977 | 3 | Republican | |
53 | Dennis Kucinich | January 1, 1978 | December 31, 1979 | 1 | Democratic | |
54 | George Voinovich | January 1, 1980 | December 31, 1989 | 3 | Republican | |
55 | Michael R. White | January 1, 1990 | December 31, 2001 | 3 | Democratic | |
56 | Jane L. Campbell | January 1, 2002 | December 31, 2005 | 1 | Democratic | |
57 | Frank G. Jackson | January 2, 2006 | January 2, 2022 | 4 | Democratic | |
58 | Justin M. Bibb | January 3, 2022 | Incumbent | 1 | Democratic |
Longest-serving mayors[]
Years in office | Term | Name |
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16 | January 2, 2006 – January 2, 2022 | Frank G. Jackson |
12 | January 1, 1990 - December 31, 2001 | Michael R. White |
10 | January 1, 1980 - December 31, 1989 | George V. Voinovich |
9 | January 1, 1901 - December 31, 1909 | Tom L. Johnson |
8 | January 1, 1954 - December 31, 1961 | Anthony J. Celebrezze |
8 | January 1, 1946 - December 31, 1953 | Thomas A. Burke |
Mayors of Ohio City[]
Prior to its annexation on June 5, 1854, Ohio City was a separate municipality and a fierce rival of Cleveland.[8] It had twelve mayoral administrations from 1836 to 1854.[9]
# | Mayor[9] | Term |
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1 | Josiah Barber | 1836 |
2 | Francis A. Burrows | 1837 |
3 | Norman C. Baldwin | 1838–1839 |
4 | Needham M. Standart | 1840–1841 |
5 | Francis A. Burrows (second) | 1842 |
6 | Richard Lord | 1843 |
7 | Daniel H. Lamb | 1844–1846 |
8 | David Griffith | 1847 |
9 | John Beverlin | 1848 |
10 | Thomas Burnham | 1849–1850 |
11 | Benjamin Sheldon | 1851–1852 |
12 | William B. Castle | 1853–1854 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Cleveland Mayors by Year". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ^ DeRoos, Dan (August 17, 2017). "How much does Cleveland's mayor make?". WOIO. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Kollar, Mary Ellen. "Cleveland City Government". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "Former Mayors of the City of Cleveland". City of Cleveland. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "City Manager Plan". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. May 11, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Swanstrom, Todd (1985). The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 273n. ISBN 9780877223665.
- ^ Pinckard, Cliff (October 23, 2017). "Group wants term limits for Cleveland mayor, council members". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ^ Roy, Christopher. "Ohio City (City of Ohio)". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Elroy McKendree Avery (1918). A History of Cleveland and Its Environs: The Heart of New Connecticut, Vol. 1. Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 179.
Further reading[]
- Seven Making History: A Mayoral Retrospective. Cleveland: The League of Women Voters of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Historical Society. 1990.
- Rose, William Ganson (1990). Cleveland: The Making of a City (2nd ed.). Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN 9780873384285.
- Miller, Carol Poh; Wheeler, Robert A. (1997). Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796–1996 (2nd ed.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253211477.
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