List of mayors of Columbus, Ohio
Mayors of Columbus
Political parties Party affiliation not known Democratic Whig Republican

List of mayors of Columbus, Ohio

Section Title: Mayors of Columbus
Table Section Text: Political parties Party affiliation not known Democratic Whig Republican

№	Mayor	Took office	Left office	Party	Term	Previous office

1	-	Jarvis W. Pike (1795–1854)	1816	1817	1 (1816)	Member of Columbus Burough Council (1816–1827)

2 (1817)

2	-	John Kerr (1778–1823)	1818	1820	3 (1818)	Member of Columbus Burough Council (1816–1823)

4 (1819)

3	-	Eli C. King	1820	1822	5 (1820)	Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1816–1820)

6 (1821)

7 (1822)

4	-	John Laughrey (1784– )	1823	1823	8 (1823)

5	-	William T. Martin (1788–1866)	1824	1826	9 (1824)	Recorder of Columbus (1823, 1834-1838)

10 (1825)

11 (1826)

6	-	James Robinson	1827	September 11, 1827	12 (1827)	Member of Columbus Burough Council (1823–1827)

7	-	William Long (1781–1851)	1827	1833	Recorder of Columbus (1824–1827)

13 (1828)

14 (1829)

15 (1830)

16 (1831)

17 (1832)

8	-	Philo H. Olmsted (1793–1870)	1833	1833	18 (1833)	Ohio Representative from Franklin County (1831–1832, 1833-1834)

9	-	John Brooks (1785–1869)	April 21, 1834	April 21, 1835	19 (1834)

10	-	John Bailhache (1787–1857)	1835	1835	Whig	Ross County Common Pleas Court Judge (1825)

11	-	Warren Jenkins	1836	September 4, 1837	Whig	20 (1836)	Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1835-1837)

12	-	Philo H. Olmsted (1793–1870)	1838	1839	Whig	21 (1838)	Ohio Representative from Franklin County (1831–1832, 1833-1834)

13	-	John G. Miller (1795–1871)	1840	May 4, 1841	Whig	22 (1840)

14	-	Thomas Wood (1782–1861)	May 1841	1841	Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1828-1843)

15	-	Abram I. McDowell (1793–1844)	1842	1842	23 (1842)	Clerk for the Court of Common Pleas (1815-1836)

16	-	Smithson E. Wright (1807–1881)	1843	1844	Whig	24 (1843)

17	-	Alexander Patton (1791–1858)	1845	1845	25 (1845)	Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1843-1849)

18	-	Augustus S. Decker (1813–1872)	1846	1846	Whig

19	-	Alexander Patton (1791–1858)	1847	1849	26 (1847)	Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1843-1849)

27 (1849)

20	-	Lorenzo English (1819–1888)	1850	1861	Whig	28 (1851)	No previous experience in public office

29 (1853)

30 (1855)

31 (1857)

32 (1859)

21	-	Wray Thomas (1810–)	1861	1864	Democratic	33 (1861)	Ohio Representative from Delaware and Franklin County (1831–1832, 1833-1834)

34 (1863)

22	-	James G. Bull (1838–1927)	1865	1868	Democratic	35 (1865)	No previous experience in public office

36 (1867)

23	-	George W. Meeker (1833–1890)	1869	1870	Democratic	37 (1869)	Justice of the Peace for Montgomery Township (1863–1869)

24	-	James G. Bull (1838–1927)	1871	1874	Democratic	38 (1871)	Mayor of Columbus (1865-1868)

39 (1873)

25	-	John H. Heitmann (1841–1894)	1875	1878	Democratic	40 (1875)	Ohio Representative from Franklin County (1874-1876)

41 (1877)

26	-	Gilbert G. Collins (1830–1885)	1879	1880	Republican	42 (1879)	City Attorney of Columbus (1873–1875)

27	-	George S. Peters (1846–1928)	1881	1882	Democratic	43 (1881)	No previous experience in public office

28	-	Charles C. Walcutt (1838–1898)	1883	1886	Republican	44 (1883)	Member of Columbus Board of Education (1873-1894)

45 (1885)

29	-	Philip H. Bruck (1845–1920)	1887	1890	Democratic	46 (1887)	No previous experience in public office

47 (1889)

30	-	George J. Karb (1858–1937)	1891	1894	Democratic	48 (1891)	Columbus Police Commissioner (1889–1890)

49 (1893)

31	-	Cotton H. Allen (1834–1900)	1895	1896	Democratic	50 (1895)	No previous experience in public office

32	-	Samuel L. Black (1859–1929)	1897	April 15, 1899	Democratic	51 (1897)	No previous experience in public office

33	-	Samuel J. Swartz (1859–1905)	1899	1900	Republican	52 (1899)	Police Court Judge of Columbus (1897–1898)

34	-	John N. Hinkle (1854–1905)	1901	May 4, 1903	Democratic	53 (1901)	No previous experience in public office

35	-	Robert H. Jeffrey (1873–1961)	May 4, 1903	January 1, 1906	Republican	54 (1903)	No previous experience in public office

36	-	De Witt C. Badger (1858–1926)	January 1, 1906	1907	Democratic	55 (1905)	U.S. Representative from Ohio (1903–1905)

37	-	Charles A. Bond (1873–1943)	1908	1909	Republican	56 (1907)	No previous experience in public office

38	-	George S. Marshall (1869–1956)	1910	January 1, 1912	Republican	57 (1909)	Asst City Attorney of Columbus (1899–1909)

39	-	George J. Karb (1858–1937)	January 1, 1912	January 1, 1920	Democratic	58 (1911)	Franklin County Sheriff (1903–1909)

59 (1913)

60 (1915)

40	-	James J. Thomas (1868–1947)	January 1, 1920	January 1, 1932	Republican	61 (1919)	Member of Columbus City Council (1898-1901)

62 (1923)

63 (1927)

41	-	Henry W. Worley (1877–1938)	January 1, 1932	1935	Democratic	64 (1931)	Member of Columbus City Council (1922–1932)

42	-	Myron B. Gessaman (1894–1975)	1936	1939	Republican	65 (1935)	Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1934–1935)

43	-	Floyd F. Green (1900–1952)	1940	1943	Republican	66 (1939)	Member of Columbus City Council (1927–1931)

44	-	Jim Rhodes (1909–2001)	1944	1952	Republican	67 (1943)	City Auditor of Columbus (1939–1943)

68 (1947)

69 (1951)

45	-	Robert T. Oestreicher (1894–1955)	1953	1953	Republican	President of Columbus City Council

46	-	Jack Sensenbrenner (1902–1991)	January 1, 1954	January 1, 1960	Democratic	No previous experience in public office

70 (1955)

47	-	Ralston Westlake (1907–1978)	January 1, 1960	January 1, 1964	Republican	71 (1959)	Member of Columbus City Council (1956-1959)

48	-	Jack Sensenbrenner (1902–1991)	January 1, 1964	January 1, 1972	Democratic	72 (1963)	Mayor of Columbus (1954-1960)

73 (1967)

49	-	Tom Moody (1929–2008)	January 1, 1972	January 1, 1984	Republican	74 (1971)	Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge (1968–1971)

75 (1975)

76 (1979)

50	-	Buck Rinehart (1946–2015)	January 1, 1984	January 1, 1992	Republican	77 (1983)	Franklin County Treasurer of Ohio (1976-1984)

78 (1987)

51	-	Greg Lashutka (born 1944)	January 1, 1992	January 1, 2000	Republican	79 (1991)	City Attorney of Columbus (1978-1985)

80 (1995)

52	-	Michael B. Coleman (born 1954)	January 1, 2000	January 1, 2016	Democratic	81 (1999)	President of Columbus City Council (1997–1999)

82 (2003)

83 (2007)

84 (2011)

53	-	Andrew Ginther (born 1975)	January 1, 2016	Incumbent	Democratic	85 (2015)	President of Columbus City Council (2011-2015)

Sentence(s)

James John Thomas was the 40th mayor of Columbus, Ohio.

final_sentence: James John Thomas was the 40th mayor of Columbus, Ohio.