History of Mayors

Buffalo Mayors, 1832 - 2000

Source: Historic Collection of Edward A. Waters
Name Year(s) In Office
Ebenezer Johnson
 1832
Major A. Andrews
 1833
Ebenezer Johnson
 1834
Hiram Pratt
 1835
Samuel Wilkenson
 1836
Josiah Trowbridge, M.D.
 1837
Pierre Barket
 1837
Ebenezer Walden
 1838
Hiram Pratt
 1839
Capt. Sheldon Thompson
 1840
Isaac R. Harrington
 1841
George W. Clinton
 1842
Joseph G. Masten
 1843
William Ketchum
 1844
Joseph G. Masten
 1845
Solomon G. Haven
 1846
Elbridge G. Spaulding
 1847
Orlando Allen
 1848
Hiram Barton
 1849
Henry K. Smith
 1850
James Wadsworth
 1851
Hiram Barton
 1852
Eli Cook
 1853-55
Fredrick Stephens
 1856-57
Timothy T. Lockwood
 1858-59
Franklin A. Alberger
 1860-61
William G. Fargo
 1862-65
Chandler T. Wells
 1866-67
William F. Rogers
 1868-69
Alexander Brush
 1870-73
Louis P. Dayton
 1874-75
Philip Becker
 1876-77
Solomon Scheu
 1878-79
Alexander Brush
 1880-81
Grover Cleveland
 1882
Marcus M. Drake
 1882
Harmon S. Cutting
 1882
John B. Manning
 1883
Johnathan Scoville
 1884-85
Philip Beker
 1886-89
Charles F. Bishop
 1890-94
Edgar B. Jewett
 1895-97
Conrad Diehl
 1898-1901
Erastus C. Knight
 1902-05
James N. Adam
 1906-09
Louis P. Fuhrmann
 1910-17
George S. Buck
 1918-21
Frank X. Schwab
 1922-29
Charles E. Roesch
 1930-33
George J. Zimmerman
 1934-37
Thomas L. Holling
 1938-41
Joseph J. Kelly
 1942-45
Bernard J. Dowd
 1946-49
Joseph Mruk
 1950-53
Stephen Pankow
 1954-57
Frank A. Sedita
 1958-61
Chester A. Kowal
 1962-65
Frank A. Sedita
 1966-73
Stanley Makowski
 1974-77
James Griffin
 1978-1993
Anthony M. Masiello
 1994-2005
Byron W. Brown
 2006-Present