List of mayors of Louisville, Kentucky
Incorporated city

List of mayors of Louisville, Kentucky

Section Title: Incorporated city
Table Section Text: None

Mayor	Term began	Term ended	Political party

John Bucklin	1828	1833

John Joyes	1834	1835

W. A. Cocke	1836	1836

Frederick A. Kaye	1837	1840	Whig

David L. Beatty	1841	1843

Frederick A. Kaye	1844	1846	Whig

William R. Vance	1847	1850	Whig

John M. Delph	1850	1852

James S. Speed	1853	1854	Whig

John Barbee	1855	1856	Know Nothing

William S. Pilcher	1857	August 1858	Know Nothing

Thomas W. Riley	August 1858	April 1859	Whig

Thomas H. Crawford	April 1859	1860	Unionist

John M. Delph	1861	1862	Unionist

William Kaye	1863	1865	Democratic

Philip Tomppert	1865	December 28, 1865	Democratic

James S. Lithgow	January 2, 1866	February 14, 1867	Democratic

Philip Tomppert	February 14, 1867	1868	Democratic

Joseph H. Bunce	1869	March 1870	Democratic

John G. Baxter	1870	1872	Democratic

Charles D. Jacob	1873	1878	Democratic

John G. Baxter	1879	1881	Democratic

Charles D. Jacob	1882	1884	Democratic

P. Booker Reed	1885	1887	Democratic

Charles D. Jacob	1888	1890	Democratic

William L. Lyons	May 12, 1890	August 1890	Democratic

Henry S. Tyler	1891	January 14, 1896	Democratic

Robert Emmet King	January 14, 1896	January 31, 1896 (pro tem)	Republican

George Davidson Todd	January 31, 1896	December 1897	Republican

Charles P. Weaver	December 1897	December 1901	Democratic

Charles F. Grainger	December 1901	December 1905	Democratic

Paul C. Barth	December 1905	July 1907	Democratic

Robert W. Bingham	July 1907	December 1907	Democratic

James F. Grinstead	December 1907	December 1909	Republican

William O. Head	December 1909	December 1913	Democratic

John H. Buschemeyer	December 1913	December 1917	Democratic

George Weissinger Smith	December 1917	December 1921	Republican

Huston Quin	December 1921	December 1925	Republican

Arthur A. Will	December 1925	June 1927	Republican

Joseph T. O'Neal	June 1927	December 1927	Democratic

William B. Harrison	December 1927	December 1933	Republican

Neville Miller	December 1933	December 1937	Democratic

Joseph D. Scholtz	December 1937	December 1941	Democratic

Wilson W. Wyatt	December 1941	December 1945	Democratic

E. Leland Taylor	December 1945	February 16, 1948	Democratic

Charles R. Farnsley	February 16, 1948	December 1953	Democratic

Andrew Broaddus	December 1953	December 1957	Democratic

Bruce Hoblitzell	December 1957	December 1961	Democratic

William O. Cowger	December 1961	December 1965	Republican

Kenneth A. Schmied	December 1965	December 1969	Republican

Frank W. Burke	December 1969	December 1, 1973	Democratic

Harvey I. Sloane	December 1, 1973	December 1, 1977	Democratic

William B. Stansbury	December 1, 1977	January 1, 1982	Democratic

Harvey I. Sloane	January 1, 1982	January 1, 1986	Democratic

Jerry Abramson	January 1, 1986	January 1, 1999	Democratic

David L. Armstrong	January 1, 1999	January 5, 2003	Democratic

Sentence(s)

John Bucklin was the first mayor of the city of Louisville.

final_sentence: John Bucklin was the first mayor of the city of Louisville.