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.
List of mayors
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! !! Name !!class="unsortable"| Picture !! Party !! Term in office
!Election!! Notes
|-
|1
|Ebenezer Johnson
|120px
|Democratic-Republican
|May 1832 <br> – <br> March 1833
|class=nowrap|1832
|Doctor during the War of 1812
|-
|2
|Major Andre Andrews
|120px
|Independent
|March 1833 <br> – <br> 1834
|class=nowrap|1833
|Founding member of the first Bank of Buffalo
|-
|28
|Chandler J. Wells
|120px
|Republican
|1866 <br> – <br> 1867
|class=nowrap|1865
|
|-
|29
|William F. Rogers
|120px
|Democratic
|1868 <br> – <br> 1869
|class=nowrap|1867
|
|-
|30
|Alexander Brush
|120px
|Republican
|1870 <br> – <br> 1873
|class=nowrap|1869
----
1872 (special)
|
|-
|31
|Lewis P. Dayton
|120px
|Democratic
|1874 <br> – <br> 1875
|class=nowrap|1873
|
|-
|32
|Philip Becker
|120px
|Republican
|1876 <br> – <br> January 7, 1878
|class=nowrap|1875
|
|-
|33
|Solomon Scheu
|120px
|Democratic
|January 7, 1878 <br> – <br> January 1880
|class=nowrap|1877
|
|-
|34
|Alexander Brush
|120px
|Republican
|January 1880 <br> – <br> January 2, 1882
|class=nowrap|1879
|
|-
|35
|Grover Cleveland
|120px
|Democratic
|January 2, 1882 <br> – <br> November 20, 1882
|class=nowrap|1881
|Later, elected 22nd & 24th President of the United States. The only American President to be mayor of a major city.
|-
|36
|Marcus M. Drake
|120px
|Republican
|November 20, 1882 <br> – <br> December 29, 1882
|–
|
|-
|37
| Harmon S. Cutting
|
|Democratic
|December 29, 1882 <br> – <br> January 16, 1883
|–
|
|-
|38
|John B. Manning
|120px
|Democratic
|January 16, 1883 <br> – <br> January 6, 1884
|class=nowrap|1883 (special)
|
|-
|39
|Jonathan Scoville
|120px
|Democratic
|January 6, 1884 <br> – <br> 1885
|class=nowrap|1883
|
|-
|40
|Philip Becker
|120px
|Republican
|1886 <br> – <br> 1890
|class=nowrap|1885
----
1887
|
|-
|41
|Charles F. Bishop
|120px
|Democratic
|1890 <br> – <br> 1894
|class=nowrap|1889
----
1891
|
|-
|42
|Edgar B. Jewett
|120px
|Republican
|1895 <br> – <br> 1897
|class=nowrap|1894
|
|-
|43
|Conrad Diehl
|120px
|Democratic
|1898 <br> – <br> 1901
|class=nowrap|1897
|
|-
|44
|Erastus C. Knight
|120px
|Republican
|1902 <br> – <br> 1905
|class=nowrap|1900
|
|-
|45
|James N. Adam
|120px
|Democratic
|1906 <br> – <br> 1909
|class=nowrap|1905
|
|-
|46
| Louis P. Fuhrmann
|120px
|Democratic
|1910 <br> – <br> 1917
|class=nowrap|1909
----
1913
|
|-
|47
|George S. Buck
|120px
|Republican
|1918 <br> – <br> 1921
|class=nowrap|1917
|
|-
|48
|Frank X. Schwab
|120px
|Republican
|1922 <br> – <br> 1929
|class=nowrap|1921
----
1925
|
|-
|49
|Charles E. Roesch
|120px
|Republican
|1930 <br> – <br> 1933
|class=nowrap|1929
|
|-
|50
|George J. Zimmermann
|
|Democratic
|1934 <br> – <br> 1937
|class=nowrap|1933
|
|-
|51
|Thomas L. Holling
|
|Democratic
|1938 <br> – <br> 1941
|class=nowrap|1937
|
|-
|52
|Joseph J. Kelly
|120px
|Democratic
|1942 <br> – <br> 1945
|class=nowrap|1941
|
|-
|53
|Bernard J. Dowd
|
|Republican
|1946 <br> – <br> 1949
|class=nowrap|1945
|
|-
|54
|Joseph Mruk
|120px
|Republican
|January 1, 1950 <br> – <br> December 31, 1953
|class=nowrap|1949
|
|-
|55
|Steven Pankow
|
|Democratic
|January 1, 1954 <br> – <br> December 31, 1957
|class=nowrap|1953
|
|-
|56
|Frank A. Sedita
|120px
|Democratic
|January 1, 1958 <br> – <br> December 31, 1961
|class=nowrap|1957
|
|-
|57
|Chester A. Kowal
|120px
|Republican
|January 1, 1962 <br> – <br> December 31, 1965
|class=nowrap|1961
|
|-
|58
|Frank A. Sedita
|120px
|Democratic
|January 1, 1966 <br> – <br> March 5, 1973
|class=nowrap|1965
----
1969
|
|-
|59
|Stanley M. Makowski
|120px
|Democratic
|March 5, 1973 <br> – <br> December 31, 1977
|–
----
1973
|
|-
|60
| James D. Griffin
|120px
|Democratic
|January 1, 1978 <br> – <br> December 31, 1993
|class=nowrap|1977
----
1981
----
1985
----
1989
|
|-
|61
|Anthony Masiello
|120px
|Democratic
|January 1, 1994 <br> – <br> December 31, 2005
|class=nowrap|1993
----
1997
----
2001
|
|-
|62
|Byron Brown
|120px
|Democratic
|January 1, 2006 <br> – <br> October 15, 2024
|class=nowrap|2005
----
2009
----
2013
----
2017
----
2021
|
|-
|63
|Christopher Scanlon
|120px
|Democratic
|October 15, 2024 <br> – <br> December 31, 2025
|
|
|-
|64
|Sean Ryan
|120px
|Democratic
|January 1, 2026 <br> – <br>
|class=nowrap|2025
|
|}
Number of mayors by party affiliation
{| class=wikitable style="margin:0 0 0.5em 1em;"
!Party
!Mayors
|-
|Democratic
|align=right|31
|-
|Democratic-Republican
|align=right|2
|-
|Republican
|align=right|15
|-
|Whig
|align=right|12
|-
|No Party
|align=right|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.
Mayoral elections
(winners are in bold)
{| class="wikitable"
! 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
|-
|}
See also
- Timeline of Buffalo, New York