The Mayor is the chief executive of the City of Buffalo and also serves as a member of the Buffalo City Council. Buffalo has had nn mayors in its 179-year history. Notable mayors have included Ebenezer Johnson (first mayor of Buffalo), Grover Cleveland (NY Govenor and US President) and William Fargo, founder of Wells Fargo.

Current Encumbents

Former Mayors - Most Recent to First

NAME
YEARS SERVED
Byron Brown
January 1, 2006 - Present
Anthony M. Masiello
1994-2005
James Griffin
1978-1993
Stanley Makowski
1974-1977
Frank A. Sedita
1966-1973
Chester A. Kowal
1962-1965
Frank A. Sedita
1958-1961
Stephen Pankow
1954-1957
Joseph Mruk
1950-1953
Bernard J. Dowd
1946-1949
Joseph J. Kelly
1942-1945
Thomas L. Holling
1938-1941
George J. Zimmerman
1934-1937
Charles E. Roesch
1930-1933
Frank X. Schwab
1922-1929
George S. Buck
1918-1921
Louis P. Fuhrmann
1910-1917
James N. Adam
1906-1909
Erastus C. Knight
1902-1905
Conrad Diehl
1898-1901
Edgar B. Jewett
1895-1897
Charles F. Bishop
1890-1894
Philip Beker
1886-1889
Jonathon Scoville
1884-1885
John B. Manning
1883
Harmon S. Cutting
1882
Marcus M. Drake
1882
Grover Cleveland
1882
Alexander Brush
1880-1881
Solomon Scheu
1878-1879
Philip Becker
1876-1877
Louis P. Dayton
1874-1875
Alexander Brush
1870-1873
William F. Rogers
1868-1869
Chandler T. Wells
1866-1867
William G. Fargo
1862-1865
Franklin A. Alberger
1860-1861
Timothy T. Lockwood
1858-1859
Fredrick Stephens
1856-1857
Eli Cook
1853-1855
Hiram Barton
1852
James Wadsworth
1851
Henry K. Smith
1850
Hiram Barton
1849
Orlando Allen
1848
Elbridge G. Spaulding
1847
Solomon G. Haven
1846
Joseph G. Masten
1845
William Ketchum
1844
Joseph G. Masten
1843
George W. Clinton
1842
Isaac R. Harrington
1841
Capt. Sheldon Thompson
1840
Hiram Pratt
1839
Ebenezer Walden
1838
Pierre Barket
1837
Josiah Trowbridge, M.D.
1837
Samuel Wilkenson
1836
Hiram Pratt
1835
Ebenezer Johnson
1834-1835
Major A. Andrews
1833
Ebenezer Johnson
1832, 1834-35

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