List of mayors of Buffalo, New York - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Number of Mayors of Buffalo by party affiliation
Party	Mayors
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	29
Democratic-Republican	2
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	15
Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...	12
No Party	4

List of mayors

#	Name	Party	Took office	Left office
1	Ebenezer Johnson Ebenezer Johnson Ebenezer Johnson was the first mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving May 1832 – March 1833 and 1834–1835. He was born in New England on November 7, 1786, and studied medicine in Cherry Valley, New York with Dr. Joseph White, a well-known physician of the time. He came to Buffalo in 1810 where he...	Democratic-Republican	May 1832	March 1833
2	Major Andre Andrews Major Andre Andrews Major Andre Andrews was the second mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving 1833–1834. He was born at Cornwall, Connecticut on July 8, 1792, and named after Major John André. He studied law and became a lawyer, practicing in Middletown, Connecticut before moving to Buffalo about 1820...		1833	1834
3	Ebenezer Johnson Ebenezer Johnson Ebenezer Johnson was the first mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving May 1832 – March 1833 and 1834–1835. He was born in New England on November 7, 1786, and studied medicine in Cherry Valley, New York with Dr. Joseph White, a well-known physician of the time. He came to Buffalo in 1810 where he...	Democratic-Republican	1834	1835
4	Hiram Pratt Hiram Pratt Hiram Pratt was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving 1835–1836 and 1839–1840. He was born in Westminster, Vermont on June 28, 1800, a son of Captain Samuel Pratt, an early settler of Buffalo. He married Maria Fowle on November 3, 1825. They had three daughters. With Orlando Allen he built a...	Whig	1835	1836
5	Samuel Wilkeson Samuel Wilkeson Samuel Wilkeson was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving 1836–1837. He was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on June 1, 1781, a child of immigrants from Northern Ireland. Around 1802 he married Jane Oram and moved to Mahoning County, Ohio where he built a farm and the first grist mill in the area. He...		1836	1837
6	Josiah Trowbridge Josiah Trowbridge Josiah Trowbridge was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1837. He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on September 29, 1785. In 1808 or 1809, he was licensed to practice as a physician and began work in Weathersfield, Vermont. He arrived at Buffalo in 1811...	Whig	March 14, 1837	December 21, 1837
7	Pierre A. Barker Pierre A. Barker Pierre Augustus Barker was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1837–1838.He was born in LaGrange, New York. In 1812 he married Annache G. Livingston; they had eight children. He arrived in Buffalo around 1829 or 1830 and, a wealthy man, purchased a large number of properties in and around the...		1837	1838
8	Ebenezer Walden Ebenezer Walden Ebenezer Walden was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1838–1839. He was born in 1777 in Massachusetts. In 1799, he graduated from Williams College, then made his way to Oneida County, New York where he studied law. In 1806, he was admitted to the New York State bar and moved to Buffalo. For...	Whig	March 13, 1838	1839
9	Hiram Pratt Hiram Pratt Hiram Pratt was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving 1835–1836 and 1839–1840. He was born in Westminster, Vermont on June 28, 1800, a son of Captain Samuel Pratt, an early settler of Buffalo. He married Maria Fowle on November 3, 1825. They had three daughters. With Orlando Allen he built a...	Whig	1839	1840
10	Sheldon Thompson Sheldon Thompson Sheldon Thompson was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1840–1841. He was born in Derby, Connecticut on July 2, 1785. In early 1810, he moved to Lewiston, New York where he entered into the shipbuilding business and mercantile trade along the Great Lakes. He also entered the salt trade from...	Whig	1840	March 2, 1841
11	Isaac R. Harrington Isaac R. Harrington Isaac R. "Cuff" Harrington was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1841–1842. He was born in 1789 and came to Buffalo around 1832. He purchased the land along Main and Court Streets and built homes on this property. His home was No. 3 Court Street...	Whig	March 2, 1841	March 8, 1842
12	George William Clinton George William Clinton George William Clinton was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1842–1843. He was born in New Town, New York, now part of Brooklyn, on April 21, 1807; a grandnephew of George Clinton and son of DeWitt Clinton. He grew up in Albany, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College in 1825. He was...		1842	1843
13	Joseph G. Masten Joseph G. Masten Joseph Griffiths Masten was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1843–1844 and 1845–1846. He was born in Red Hook, New York on June 24, 1809. He graduated from Union College in 1828, then went on to study law and pass the bar. In 1836 Masten moved to Buffalo and established a law...	Democratic	1843	1844
14	William Ketchum William Ketchum (mayor) William Ketchum was the 14th Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1844 to 1845. He was born on March 2, 1798 in Bloomfield, New York. He moved to Buffalo in 1819, and became a partner at a merchant house that handled furs and hats. He was one of the founders of the original Bank of...	Whig	1844	1845
15	Joseph G. Masten Joseph G. Masten Joseph Griffiths Masten was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1843–1844 and 1845–1846. He was born in Red Hook, New York on June 24, 1809. He graduated from Union College in 1828, then went on to study law and pass the bar. In 1836 Masten moved to Buffalo and established a law...	Democratic	1845	1846
16	Solomon G. Haven Solomon G. Haven Solomon George Haven was a U.S. Representative from New York and Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1846–1847.-Biography:He was born in Guilford, New York on November 27, 1810...	Whig	1846	1847
17	Elbridge G. Spaulding Elbridge G. Spaulding Elbridge Gerry Spaulding Elbridge Gerry Spaulding Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (February 24, 1809 - May 5, 1897 was an American lawyer, banker, and politician. He supported the idea for the first U.S...	Whig	1847	1848
18	Orlando Allen Orlando Allen Orlando Allen was a New York State Assemblyman and the 18th Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York. Allen began his political career as City Treasurer, followed by two separate terms as Second Ward Alderman. He served an extended single term as Mayor after being appointed in January 1848...	Whig	1848	1849
19	Hiram Barton Hiram Barton Hiram Barton was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1849–1850 and 1852–1853. He was born in Hebron, New York on May 20, 1810. He attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where he studied law. He moved to Buffalo in 1835 and formed a law partnership...	Whig	1849	1850
20	Henry K. Smith Henry K. Smith Henry Kendall Smith was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1850–1851. He was born on April 2, 1811 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. In 1819, he was sent to Baltimore, Maryland for education and then moved to New York City in 1828. Shortly thereafter he moved to Johnstown, New York to...	Democratic	1850	1851
21	James Wadsworth James Wadsworth (mayor) James Wadsworth was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1851–1852. He was born in Durham, Connecticut on August 25, 1819. He graduated from Yale College in the class of 1841 and came to Buffalo the same year. He then moved to New Haven, Connecticut and for two years studied...	Democratic	1851	1852
22	Hiram Barton Hiram Barton Hiram Barton was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1849–1850 and 1852–1853. He was born in Hebron, New York on May 20, 1810. He attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where he studied law. He moved to Buffalo in 1835 and formed a law partnership...	Whig	1852	1853
23	Eli Cook Eli Cook Eli Cook was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1853 and 1854–1855. He was born in Palatine Bridge, New York on January 23, 1814. He took up law in 1830, passed the bar exam, and in 1837 he practiced in Tennessee and Mississippi with rebel General Simon B. Buckner. In 1838, he moved...	Democratic	1853	1855
24	Frederick P. Stevens Frederick P. Stevens Frederick P. Stevens was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1856–1857. He was born on October 26, 1810 in Pierpont, New Hampshire. He taught, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1835 or 1836, soon after coming to Buffalo. On January 20, 1837 he was appointed judge of the...	Democratic	1856	1857
25	Timothy T. Lockwood Timothy T. Lockwood Timothy T. Lockwood was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1858–1859. He was born in North East, New York in 1810. In the early 1830s, he studied medicine at Philadelphia Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He returned to Buffalo around 1842 and became a member of the...	Democratic	1858	1859
26	Franklin A. Alberger Franklin A. Alberger Franklin Augustus Alberger was an American businessman and politician from New York.-Life:...	Republican	1860	1861
27	William G. Fargo	Democratic	1862	1865
28	Chandler J. Wells Chandler J. Wells Chandler J. "Chan" Wells was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1866–1867. He was born in Utica, New York on June 10, 1814, where his mother had gone to recuperate, while Buffalo was being rebuilt after the December 1813 burning. Not long after that they returned to Buffalo. He...	Republican	1866	1867
29	William F. Rogers	Democratic	1868	1869
30	Alexander Brush Alexander Brush Alexander Brush was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1870–1873 and 1880–1881. He was born on February 8, 1824 at Brushland, New York. In 1848, he moved to Buffalo and opened a brick making business. In April 1863, he married Lucinda Bucklin of Titusville, Pennsylvania; she died...	Republican	1870	1873
31	Lewis P. Dayton Lewis P. Dayton Lewis P. Dayton was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1874–1875. He was born at Eden, New York on the family farm in 1821. He studied medicine in the office of Dr. Timothy T. Lockwood and moved to Buffalo. He graduated in 1846 from the Geneva Medical College, in Geneva, New York. ...	Democratic	1874	1875
32	Philip Becker Philip Becker Philip Becker was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1876–1877 and 1886–1889. He was born in Oberotterbach, Bavaria, Germany, on April 25, 1830. He graduated from college in Germany at sixteen years of age. In 1847, Philip and his older brother were provided the means to pay the...	Republican	1876	1877
33	Solomon Scheu Solomon Scheu Solomon Scheu was an American businessman and politician from New York.-Life:...	Democratic	1878	1879
34	Alexander Brush Alexander Brush Alexander Brush was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1870–1873 and 1880–1881. He was born on February 8, 1824 at Brushland, New York. In 1848, he moved to Buffalo and opened a brick making business. In April 1863, he married Lucinda Bucklin of Titusville, Pennsylvania; she died...	Republican	1880	1881
35	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...	Democratic	January 2, 1882	November 20, 1882
36	Marcus M. Drake Marcus M. Drake Marcus Mortier Drake was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving during November - December 1882, after the resignation of Grover Cleveland. He was born in DeRuyter, New York on September 7, 1835. When two years old, the family moved near Fredonia, New York. He graduated from Fredonia...	Republican	November 20, 1882	December 29, 1882
37	Harmon S. Cutting Harmon S. Cutting Harmon S. Cutting was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving during December 1882 - January 1883, in the aftermath after the resignation of Grover Cleveland. He was born in England in 1830, and emigrated to the United States in 1836...	Democratic	December 29, 1882	January 16, 1883
38	John B. Manning John B. Manning John Baker Manning was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving during January 1883–1884, in the aftermath of the resignation of Grover Cleveland. He was born July 13, 1833, in Albany, New York. When a child, he served as a page in the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate...	Democratic	January 16, 1883	1884
39	Jonathan Scoville Jonathan Scoville Jonathan Scoville was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Scoville attended various educational institutions in Massachusetts, including the scientific department of Harvard University....	Democratic	1884	1885
40	Philip Becker Philip Becker Philip Becker was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1876–1877 and 1886–1889. He was born in Oberotterbach, Bavaria, Germany, on April 25, 1830. He graduated from college in Germany at sixteen years of age. In 1847, Philip and his older brother were provided the means to pay the...	Republican	1886	1889
41	Charles F. Bishop Charles F. Bishop Charles Frederick Bishop was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1890–1894. He was born in Williamsville, New York on October 14, 1844. At an early age his parents moved to Buffalo. He married Kate Moran on August 6, 1865...	Democratic	1890	1894
42	Edgar B. Jewett Edgar B. Jewett Edgar Boardman Jewett was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1895–1897. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 14, 1843. In 1849, the family moved to Buffalo...	Republican	1895	1897
43	Conrad Diehl Conrad Diehl Conrad Diehl was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1898–1901. He was born in Buffalo on July 17, 1843. He graduated from the University of Buffalo with a medical degree in 1866. On May 5, 1869, he married Caroline Trautmann in New York City; she died in 1888 and he remarried in...	Democratic	1898	1901
44	Erastus C. Knight Erastus C. Knight Erastus Cole Knight was an American businessman and politician.-Life:...	Republican	1902	1905
45	James N. Adam James N. Adam James Noble Adam was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1906–1909. He was born in Peebles, Scotland on March 1, 1842, a son of Reverend Thomas Adam. He married Margaret Linton Paterson of Edinburgh, on January 9, 1872; she died in 1894. Also in 1872, upon the advice of his brother,...	Democratic	1906	1909
46	Louis P. Fuhrmann Louis P. Fuhrmann Louis P. Fuhrmann was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1910–1917. He was born in Buffalo, New York on November 7, 1868. He grew up on the city's east side, graduated from Central High School, and began working in the meat packing industry. In 1892, he started his own meat packing...	Democratic	1910	1917
47	George S. Buck George S. Buck George Sturgess Buck was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1918–1922. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 10, 1875, and moved to Buffalo the following year. He graduated from Buffalo's Central High School in 1892, and received a B. A. from Yale University in 1896...	Republican	1918	1921
48	Frank X. Schwab Frank X. Schwab Francis Xavier Schwab was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1922–1929. He was born on Smith Street on the Buffalo's East Side on August 14, 1874. At 19, he became a foreman at the Pullman Palace Car Company, then known as the Wagner Palace Car Company, and took a job as a traveling...	Republican	1922	1929
49	Charles E. Roesch Charles E. Roesch Charles Edward Roesch was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1930–1933. He was born in Buffalo at 613 Oak Street on March 31, 1886, the son of a leading local meatpacker. He graduated from Public School No. 15 in June, 1901, and he joined his father in his wholesale and retail meat...	Republican	1930	1933
50	George J. Zimmermann George J. Zimmermann George J. Zimmermann was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1934–1937. He was born in Buffalo on June 19, 1882. He joined his father's lumber business, eventually becoming a partner. He married Gertrude Cochrane in 1923....	Democratic	1934	1937
51	Thomas L. Holling Thomas L. Holling Thomas Leslie Holling was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1938–1941. He was born April 23, 1889 in Bad Axe, Michigan. He grew up in Wyoming, Ontario, moving to Buffalo in 1906, and learned the printing business. He started his own printing business in 1911, the Holling Press. In...	Democratic	1938	1941
52	Joseph J. Kelly	Democratic	1942	1945
53	Bernard J. Dowd Bernard J. Dowd Bernard J. Dowd was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1946–1949. He was born in Buffalo's First Ward on December 5, 1891. He graduated from high school around 1915 and entered the University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy. He entered World War I in May 1918 as a sergeant in Company...	Republican	1946	1949
54	Joseph Mruk Joseph Mruk Joseph Mruk was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Mruk was born in Buffalo, New York of Polish heritage. He served as a district councilman to the Buffalo Common Council from 1937 until 1941. He was elected to Congress in 1942 and served from January...	Republican	1950	1953
55	Steven Pankow Steven Pankow Steven Pankow was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1954–1957. He was born in Buffalo on March 29, 1908. He grew up in Freyfield-Wolnepole, Poland, until around 1922, when he returned to Buffalo to live with an aunt. He married Mary Conwall in 1930...	Democratic	1954	1957
56	Frank A. Sedita Frank A. Sedita Frank Albert Sedita was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1958–1961 and 1966–1973. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 20, 1907. The family moved to Buffalo in 1911, and when he was 10, Sedita began work by hawking newspapers and shining shoes around the downtown area...	Democratic	1958	1961
57	Chester A. Kowal Chester A. Kowal Chester A. Kowal was an American politician, a basketball player, a boxer and a World War II veteran. From 1962 to 1965 he was mayor of Buffalo, New York....	Republican	1962	1965
58	Frank A. Sedita Frank A. Sedita Frank Albert Sedita was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1958–1961 and 1966–1973. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 20, 1907. The family moved to Buffalo in 1911, and when he was 10, Sedita began work by hawking newspapers and shining shoes around the downtown area...	Democratic	1966	1973
59	Stanley M. Makowski	Democratic	1973	1977
60	James D. Griffin	Democratic	January 1, 1978	January 1, 1994
61	Anthony Masiello Anthony Masiello Anthony M. Masiello was mayor of Buffalo, New York from 1994 to 2005. Prior to being mayor, he served as a New York State Senator.-Personal and Educational Background:...	Democratic	January 1, 1994	January 1, 2006
62	Byron Brown Byron Brown Byron William Brown II is the 58th and current mayor of Buffalo, New York, elected on November 8, 2005 and is the city's first African-American mayor. He previously served Western New York as a member of the New York State Senate and Buffalo Common Council...	Democratic	January 1, 2006	Present

Mayoral Elections

(winners are in bold)

Date	Candidates
November 8, 1881	John B. Manning John B. Manning John Baker Manning was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving during January 1883–1884, in the aftermath of the resignation of Grover Cleveland. He was born July 13, 1833, in Albany, New York. When a child, he served as a page in the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate...	Robert R. Hefford
	11,036	7,321
January 9, 1883	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...	Milton Beebe
	15,120	11,528
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 Anthony Masiello Anthony M. Masiello was mayor of Buffalo, New York from 1994 to 2005. Prior to being mayor, he served as a New York State Senator.-Personal and Educational Background:...	Richard A. Grimm	Eugene Fahey
	36,092	9,277	7,566
November 8, 2005	Byron Brown Byron Brown Byron William Brown II is the 58th and current mayor of Buffalo, New York, elected on November 8, 2005 and is the city's first African-American mayor. He previously served Western New York as a member of the New York State Senate and Buffalo Common Council...	Kevin Helfer
	64%	27%

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