List of mayors of Cincinnati, Ohio
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Before 1925 and since 1999, the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been elected in a separate, partisan election. From 1925 through 1998, the mayor was chosen by the city council from among its nine members. With the Democratic-Charterite coalition of 1971, the two parties worked out a power-sharing plan, which, starting in 1973, resulted in a rotating mayorship. After a few years of rotation, they decided that the city council member who received the most votes in the election would automatically become mayor. In 1999, Charlie Luken became the first mayor to take office under a restored system of direct mayoral election.
The Charter Party is a local third-party founded in 1924 that has successfully elected members of the city council and mayors. Until 1961, many Democrats ran as Charterites. The party focuses exclusively on local government; thus, many Charterites switch to a major party when seeking office outside Cincinnati.
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| Dates | Name | Life Dates | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1802-1803 | David Ziegler | 1748-1811 | |
| 1805-1806 | James Findlay | ||
| 1810-1811 | James Findlay | 1770-1835 | |
| 1812 | Martin Baum | 1765-1831 | |
| 1815-1819 | William Corry | 1779-1833 | |
| 1819-1831 | Isaac G. Burnet | 1784-1856 | |
| 1831-1833 | Elisha Hotchkiss | 1778-1858 | |
| 1833-1843 | Samuel W. Davies | 1776-1843 | |
| 1843-1851 | Henry E. Spencer | 1807-1882 | |
| 1851-1853 | Mark P. Taylor | Democratic | |
| 1853-1855 | David T. Snelbaker | 1804-1867 | Democratic |
| 1855-1857 | James J. Faran | 1808-1892 | Democratic |
| 1857-1859 | Nicholas W. Thomas | 1810-1864 | Whig |
| 1859-1861 | Richard M. Bishop | 1812-1893 | Democratic |
| 1861-1863 | George Hatch | Democratic | |
| 1863-1866 | Leonard A. Harris | 1824-1890 | |
| 1866-1869 | Charles F. Wilstach | 1818-1882 | |
| 1869-1871 | John F. Torrence | 1819-1883 | |
| 1871-1873 | S. S. Davis | 1817-1896 | Republican |
| 1873-1877 | George W. C. Johnston | 1828-1879 | Democratic |
| 1877-1879 | Robert M. Moore | 1816-1880 | Republican |
| 1879-1881 | Charles Jacob Jr. | 1834-1913 | |
| 1881-1883 | William F. Means | Democratic | |
| 1883-1885 | Thomas J. Stephens | 1823-1892 | Democratic |
| 1885-1889 | Amor Smith Jr. | 1840-1915 | Republican |
| 1889-1894 | John B. Mosby | 1845-1928 | Republican |
| 1894-1897 | John A. Caldwell | 1852-1927 | Republican |
| 1897-1900 | Gustav Tafel | 1830-1908 | Democratic |
| 1900-1905 | Julius Fleischmann | 1871-1925 | Republican |
| 1906-1907 | Edward J. Dempsey | 1858-1929 | Democratic |
| 1908-1909 | Leopold Markbreit | 1842-1909 | Republican |
| 1909 | John Galvin | 1862-1922 | Republican |
| 1910-1911 | Louis Schwab | 1850-1926 | Republican |
| 1912-1913 | Henry T. Hunt | 1879-1956 | Democratic |
| 1914-1915 | Frederick S. Spiegel | 1855-1925 | Republican |
| 1916-1917 | George Puchta | 1860-1937 | Republican |
| 1918-1921 | John Galvin (2nd) | 1862-1922 | Republican |
| 1922-1925 | George Carrel | 1865-1949 | |
| 1926-1929 | Murray Seasongood | 1878-1983 | Charterite |
| 1930-1937 | Russell Wilson | 1876-1946 | |
| 1938-1947 | James G. Stewart | 1881-? | Republican |
| 1947 | Carl W. Rich | 1898-1972 | Republican |
| 1948-1951 | Albert D. Cash | 1897-1952 | Charterite (Democratic) |
| 1951-1953 | Carl W. Rich (2nd) | 1898-1972 | Republican |
| 1953-1954 | Edward N. Waldvogel | 1894-1954 | |
| 1954 | Dorothy N. Dolbey | 1908-? | |
| 1954 | Carl W. Rich (3rd) | 1898-1972 | Republican |
| 1955-1957 | Charles Phelps Taft II | 1897-1983 | Charterite (Republican) |
| 1957-1960 | Donald D. Clancy | 1921-? | Republican |
| 1960-1967 | Walton H. Bachrach | 1904-1989 | Republican |
| 1967-1971 | Eugene P. Ruehlmann | 1925-? | Republican |
| 1971 | Willis D. Gradison Jr. | 1928- | Republican |
| 1971-1972 | Thomas A. Luken | 1925- | Democratic |
| 1972-1975 | Theodore M. Berry | 1905-2000 | Charterite |
| 1975-1976 | Bobbie L. Sterne | Charterite | |
| 1976-1977 | James T. Luken | Democratic | |
| 1977-1978 | Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer | 1944- | Democratic |
| 1978-1979 | Bobbie L. Sterne (2nd) | Charterite | |
| 1979-1980 | J. Kenneth Blackwell | 1948- | Charterite (Republican) |
| 1980-1982 | David S. Mann | 1939- | Democratic |
| 1982-1983 | Thomas B. Brush | Charterite | |
| 1983-1984 | Arnold L. Bortz | Charterite | |
| 1984-1991 | Charles J. Luken | 1951- | Democratic |
| 1991 | David S. Mann (2nd) | 1939- | Democratic |
| 1991-1993 | Dwight Tillery | Democratic | |
| 1993-1999 | Roxanne Qualls | 1953- | Democratic |
| 1999-2005 | Charles J. Luken (2nd) | 1951- | Democratic |
| 2006- | Mark Mallory | 1962- | Democratic |
