In Ann Arbor, the mayor is primarily a council person with veto power who is elected at-large. They do not have any special executive powers--city employees instead report to the City Administrator, who can only be appointed or removed by a vote of the City Council.
The current mayor of Ann Arbor is Christopher Taylor
Past mayors
The City of Ann Arbor's past Mayors include:
- Christopher Taylor (D) 2014-present
- John Hieftje (D) 2000-2014
- Ingrid B. Sheldon (R) 1993-2000
- Elizabeth S. Brater (D) 1991-93
- Gerald D. Jernigan (R) 1987-91
- Edward C. Pierce (D) 1985-87
- Louis D. Belcher (R) 1978-85
- Albert H. Wheeler (D) 1975-78
- James E. Stephenson 1973-75
- Robert J. Harris 1969-73
- Wendell E. Hulcher 1965-69
- Cecil O. Creal 1959-65
- Samuel J. Eldersveld 1957-59
- William E. Brown Jr. 1945-57
- Leigh J. Young 1941-45
- Walter C. Sadler 1937-41
- H. Wirt Newkirk 1931-33
- Edward W. Staebler 1927-31
- Robert A. Campbell 1925-27, 1933-37
- George E. Lewis 1921-25
- Ernst M. Wurster 1917-21
- Ernst M. Wurster as Acting Mayor 1915-17
- Charles A. Sauer April-December, 1915 (Died December 6, 1915)
- Dr. R.G. MacKenzie 1913-15
- William L. Walz 1909-13
- James C. Henderson 1907-09
- Francis M. Hamilton 1905-07
- Arthur Brown 1903-05
- Royal S. Copeland 1901-03
- Gottlob Luick 1899-1901
- Charles E. Hiscock 1897-99
- Warren E. Walker 1895-97
In March, 1895, the term of Office of Mayor and President of Council was extended to two years.
- Cyrenus G. Darling 1894-95
- Bradley M. Thompson 1893-94
- William G. Doty 1891-93
- Charles H. Manly 1890-91
- Samuel W. Beakes 1888-90
- John Robison 1886-87
- John Kapp 1880-83, 1885-86
- Willard B. Smith 1878-80, 1887-88
- Densmore Cramer 1877-78
- Edward D. Kinne 1875-77
- Hiram J. Beakes 1873-75
- Silas H. Douglass 1871-73
- William D. Harriman 1870-71, 1883-85
- Alfred H. Partridge 1869-70
- Christian Eberbach 1868-69
- Oliver M. Martin 1866-68
- Ebenezer Wells 1863-65
- Charles Spoor 1862-63
- John F. Miller 1861-62
- Robert J. Barry 1859-61
- Philip Bach 1858-59
- William S. Maynard 1856-58, 1865-66
- James Kingsley 1855-56
- George Sedgwick 1851-55
Village Presidents
Ann Arbor was incorporated as a city on April 4, 1851. Previous to this the title was village president.
- William Finley 1849-50
- George Sedgwick 1845-49
- Olney Hawkins 1844-45
- William R. Thompson 1843-44
- Volney Chapin 1840-43
- William S. Maynard 1839-40
- Edward R. Everett 1838-39
- William S. Maynard 1836-38
- George W. Jewett 1835-36
- John Allen 1834-35
Sources
- Wikipedia: List of mayors of Ann Arbor, Michigan
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