The following is a list of people who have served as mayors of the city of Buffalo in the U.S. state of New York.

Mayor of the City of Buffalo
Seal of the City of Buffalo
Flag of the City of Buffalo
Incumbent Byron Brown since January 1, 2006
Government of Buffalo
Style	The Honorable (formal) Mr. Mayor (informal)
Seat	Buffalo City Hall
Term length	Four years; renewable
Constituting instrument	Buffalo City Charter
Inaugural holder	Ebenezer Johnson
Formation	1832
Succession	Deputy Mayor of Buffalo
Deputy	Deputy Mayor of Buffalo
Salary	$178,519 (2024)
Website	www.city-buffalo.com/Home/Leadership/Mayor

List of mayors

Main article: Politics and government of Buffalo, New York

No.	Name	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. The only American President to be mayor of a major city.
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	January 6, 1884
39	Jonathan Scoville	Democratic	January 7, 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

Number of mayors by party affiliation

Party	Mayors
Democratic	29
Democratic-Republican	2
Republican	15
Whig	12
No Party	4

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

Federal government

Presidential elections
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State government

New York gubernatorial elections
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Attorney General elections
1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
State Comptroller elections
1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
State Senate elections
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
State Assembly elections
99th district, 2006 2008 2016 2018 2020 2022
State elections by year
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New York City

Mayoral elections
Pre-consolidation: 1886 Post-consolidation: 1917 1921 1925 1929 1932 1933 1937 1941 1945 1950 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
City Council elections
Pre-consolidation: 1808 Post-consolidation: 1897 1899 1901 1903 1905 1907 1909 1911 1913 1915 1917 1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Public Advocate elections
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Comptroller elections
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Borough president elections
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(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
November 2, 2021	Byron Brown	India Walton	Ben Carlisle	Jaz Miles	William O'Dell
	38,338	25,773	219	23	8

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.

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See also

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