List of mayors of Indianapolis, Indiana

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Mayors by party affiliation
Party	Mayors
Republican	24
Democratic	21
Whig	3

The following is a list of 49 mayors of Indianapolis, Indiana. Currently there are no term limits for mayor.

Mayor	Term Began	Term Ended	Political Party
Samuel Henderson	1847	1849	Whig
Horatio C. Newcomb	1849	1851 ^[1]	Whig
Caleb Scudder	1851	1854	Whig
James McCready	1854	1856	Democrat
Henry F. West	1856	1856 ^[2]	Democrat
Charles G. Coulon	1856	1856	Democrat
William J. Wallace	1856	1858 ^[3]	Republican
Samuel D. Maxwell	1858	1863	Republican
John Caven¹	1863	1867	Republican
Daniel McCauley	1867	1873	Republican
James L. Mitchell	1873	1875	Democrat
John Craven²	1875	1881	Republican
Daniel W. Grubbs	1881	1884	Republican
John L. McMaster	1884	1886	Republican
Caleb S. Denny¹	1886	1890	Republican
Thomas L. Sullivan	1890	1893	Democrat
Caleb S. Denny²	1893	1895	Republican
Thomas Taggart	1895	1901	Democrat
Charles A. Bookwalter¹	1901	1903	Republican
John W. Holtzman	1903	1906	Democrat
Charles A. Bookwalter²	1906	1910	Republican
Samuel L. Shank¹	1910	1913 ^[4]	Republican
Henry R. Wallace	1913	1914	Republican
Joseph E. Bell	1914	1918	Democrat
Charles W. Jewett	1918	1922	Republican
Samuel L. Shanks²	1922	1926	Republican
John L. Duvall	1926	1927 ^[5]	Republican
Claude E. Negley	1927	1927 ^[6]	Republican
Ert Slack	1927	1930	Democrat
Reginald H. Sullivan¹	1930	1935	Democrat
John W. Kern, Jr.	1935	1937 ^[7]	Democrat
Walter C. Boetcher	1937	1939	Democrat
Reginald H. Sullivan²	1939	1943	Democrat
Robert Tyndall	1943	July 9, 1947 ^[8]	Republican
George L. Denny	July 9, 1947	January 1, 1948	Republican
Albert G. Feeney	January 1, 1948	November 12, 1950 ^[9]	Democrat
Philip L. Bayt, Jr.¹	November 12, 1950	November 24, 1951 ^[10]	Democrat
Christian J. Emhardt	November 24, 1951	January 1, 1952	Democrat
Alex M. Clark	January 1, 1952	January 1, 1956	Republican
Philip L. Bayt, Jr.²	January 1, 1956	January 1, 1959 ^[11]	Democrat
Charles H. Boswell	January 1, 1959	August 6, 1962 ^[12]	Democrat
Albert H. Losche	August 6, 1962	January 1, 1964	Democrat
John J. Barton	January 1, 1964	January 1, 1968	Democrat
Richard G. Lugar	January 1, 1968	January 1, 1976	Republican
William H. Hudnut III	January 1, 1976	January 1, 1992	Republican
Stephen Goldsmith	January 1, 1992	January 1, 2000	Republican
Bart Peterson	January 1, 2000	January 1, 2008	Democrat
Greg Ballard	January 1, 2008	Present	Republican

[edit] Notes

^ Resigned November 7, 1851.
^ Died in office November 8, 1856.
^ Resigned May 5, 1858.
^ Resigned November 28, 1913.
^ Resigned October 27, 1927.
^ Appointed by Council November 9, 1927.
^ Resigned September 2, 1937.
^ Died in office July 9, 1947.
^ Died in office November 12, 1950.
^ Resigned November 24, 1951.
^ Resigned January 1, 1959.
^ Resigned August 6, 1962.

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