This is a list of mayors of Columbia, South Carolina from 1806–present.
| Term | Mayor |
|---|---|
| 1855–1857 | Edward J. Arthur |
| 1857–1859 | James D. Tradewell |
| 1859–1861 | Allen J. Green |
| 1861–1863 | John H. Boatwright |
| 1863–1865 | Thomas J. Goodwyn |
| May 1865 – April 1866 | James C. Gibbes |
| April 1866 – July 1868 | Theodore Stark |
| July–August 1868 | Francis L. Guenther |
| August–November 1868 | Cyrus H. Baldwin |
| 1868–1870 | John McKenzie |
| 1870–1878 | John Alexander |
| 1878–1880 | William B. Stanley |
| 1880–1882 | Richard O'Neale Jr. |
| 1882–1890 | John T. Rhett |
| 1890–1892 | Fitz William McMaster |
| 1892–1894 | Walter C. Fisher |
| 1894–1898 | William M. Sloan |
| 1898–1900 | Thomas J. Lipscomb |
| 1900–1904 | Fort Sumter Earle |
| 1904–1908 | Thomas H. Gibbes |
| 1908–1910 | William S. Reamer |
| 1910–1914 | Wade Hampton Gibbes |
| 1914–1918 | Lewie A. Griffith |
| 1918–1922 | R. Johnson Blalock |
| 1922–1926 | William A. Coleman |
| 1926–1941 | Lawrence B. Owens |
| 1941–1946 | Fred D. Marshall |
| 1946–1950 | Frank C. Owens |
| 1950–1954 | J. Macfie Anderson |
| 1954–1958 | J. Clarence Dreher |
| 1958–1970 | Lester L. Bates |
| 1970–1978 | John T. Campbell |
| 1978–1986 | Kirkman Finlay (Columbia) Jr. |
| 1986–1990 | T. Patton Adams |
| 1990–2010 | Bob Coble |
| 2010–present | Steve Benjamin |