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List of mayors
No.
Name
Picture
Party
Took office
Left office
Notes
1
Ebenezer Johnson
Democratic-Republican
May 1832
March 1833
1st Term. Served as a doctor during the War of 1812 [1]
2
Major Andre Andrews
1833
1834
Founding member of the first Bank of Buffalo[1]
3
Ebenezer Johnson
Democratic-Republican
1834
1835
2nd Term
4
Hiram Pratt
Whig
1835
1836
1st Term
5
Samuel Wilkeson
1836
1837
6
Josiah Trowbridge
Whig
March 14, 1837
December 21, 1837
7
Pierre A. Barker
1837
1838
8
Ebenezer Walden
Whig
March 13, 1838
1839
9
Hiram Pratt
Whig
1839
1840
2nd Term
10
Sheldon Thompson
Whig
1840
March 2, 1841
11
Isaac R. Harrington
Whig
March 2, 1841
March 8, 1842
12
George William Clinton
1842
1843
Served as the 7th United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York
13
Joseph G. Masten
Democratic
1843
1844
1st Term
14
William Ketchum
Whig
1844
1845
15
Joseph G. Masten
Democratic
1845
1846
2nd Term
16
Solomon G. Haven
Whig
1846
1847
17
Elbridge G. Spaulding
Whig
1847
1848
Served as New York State Treasurer from 1854–1855 and was twice elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
18
Orlando Allen
Whig
1848
1849
19
Hiram Barton
Whig
1849
1850
1st Term
20
Henry K. Smith
Democratic
1850
1851
21
James Wadsworth
Democratic
March 4, 1851
March 9, 1852
22
Hiram Barton
Whig
1852
1853
2nd Term
23
Eli Cook
Democratic
1853
1855
24
Frederick P. Stevens
Democratic
1856
1857
25
Timothy T. Lockwood
Democratic
1858
1859
26
Franklin A. Alberger
Republican
1860
1861
27
William G. Fargo
Democratic
1862
1865
Co-founded the modern day financial firms of American Express and Wells Fargo [2]
28
Chandler J. Wells
Republican
1866
1867
29
William F. Rogers
Democratic
1868
1869
30
Alexander Brush
Republican
1870
1873
1st Term
31
Lewis P. Dayton
Democratic
1874
1875
32
Philip Becker
Republican
1876
1877
33
Solomon Scheu
Democratic
1878
1879
34
Alexander Brush
Republican
1880
1881
2nd Term
35
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
January 2, 1882
November 20, 1882
Elected 22nd & 24th President of the United States
36
Marcus M. Drake
Republican
November 20, 1882
December 29, 1882
37
Harmon S. Cutting
Democratic
December 29, 1882
January 16, 1883
38
John B. Manning
Democratic
January 16, 1883
1884
39
Jonathan Scoville
Democratic
1884
1885
40
Philip Becker
Republican
1886
1889
41
Charles F. Bishop
Democratic
1890
1894
42
Edgar B. Jewett
Republican
1895
1897
43
Conrad Diehl
Democratic
1898
1901
44
Erastus C. Knight
Republican
1902
1905
45
James N. Adam
Democratic
1906
1909
46
Louis P. Fuhrmann
Democratic
1910
1917
47
George S. Buck
Republican
1918
1921
48
Frank X. Schwab
Republican
1922
1929
49
Charles E. Roesch
Republican
1930
1933
50
George J. Zimmermann
Democratic
1934
1937
51
Thomas L. Holling
Democratic
1938
1941
52
Joseph J. Kelly
Democratic
1942
1945
53
Bernard J. Dowd
Republican
1946
1949
54
Joseph Mruk
Republican
January 1, 1950
December 31, 1953
55
Steven Pankow
Democratic
January 1, 1954
December 31, 1957
56
Frank A. Sedita
Democratic
January 1, 1958
December 31, 1961
1st Term
57
Chester A. Kowal
Republican
January 1, 1962
December 31, 1965
58
Frank A. Sedita
Democratic
January 1, 1966
March 5, 1973
2nd Term
59
Stanley M. Makowski
Democratic
March 5, 1973
December 31, 1977
60
James D. Griffin
Democratic
January 1, 1978
December 31, 1993
61
Anthony Masiello
Democratic
January 1, 1994
December 31, 2005
62
Byron Brown
Democratic
January 1, 2006
Present
Longest-serving mayor as of January 3rd, 2021
Number of mayors by party affiliation
History
In 1853, the charter of the city was amended to include the town of Black Rock and the city proper was divided into thirteen wards. In addition, the term of city offices, including mayor changed from a one year term to a two year term and was elected directly by the people.[3]
Mayoral Elections
(winners are in bold )
Date
Candidates
November 8, 1881
Grover Cleveland
Milton Beebe
15,120
11,528
January 9, 1883
John B. Manning
Robert R. Hefford
11,036
7,321
November 6, 1973
Stanley M. Makowski
Stewart M. Levy
John A. Westra
Patrick W. Giagnacova
Ira Liebowitz
77,569
24,423
2,640
1,147
597
November 2, 1993
Anthony Masiello
Richard A. Grimm
Eugene Fahey
36,092
9,277
7,566
November 8, 2005
Byron Brown
Kevin Helfer
Judith Einach
Charles Flynn
46,613
19,853
3,525
3,082
November 3, 2009
Byron Brown
Michael P. Kearns
17,728
158
November 5, 2013
Byron Brown
Sergio Rodriguez
26,120
10,733
November 7, 2017
Byron Brown
Mark J F Schroeder
Anita Howard
Terrence Robinson
Taniqua Simmons
29,688
11,446
1,357
1,276
102
See also
References
^ a b "Dr. Ebenezer Johnson" . Through The Mayor's Eyes, The Only Complete History of the Mayor's of Buffalo, New York, Compiled by Michael Rizzo . The Buffalonian is produced by The Peoples History Union. 2009-05-27. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2016-08-16 .
^ Grossman, Peter Z. (1987). American Express: The Unofficial History of the People Who Built the Great Financial Empire . New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 1-58798-283-8 .
^ Fargo, Francis F. (1876). Memorial of the City and County Hall Opening Ceremonies . Buffalo, N.Y. : Courier Company, printers. p. 142 . Retrieved 16 August 2016 . Elbridge G. Spaulding mayor of buffalo term.