Mayor of Cleveland

{{Short description|Head of municipal government of Cleveland, Ohio, US}}

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|post = Mayor

|body = Cleveland

|insignia = Seal of Cleveland, Ohio.svg

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|insigniacaption = Seal of City of Cleveland

|image = File:Mayoral candidate Justin M. Bibb 02 (cropped).jpg

|incumbent = Justin Bibb

|incumbentsince = January 3, 2022

|style = The Honorable

|seat = Cleveland City Hall

|termlength = Four years, no term limits

|constituting_instrument = [https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/cleveland/latest/cleveland_oh/0-0-0-1 Cleveland City Charter]

|formation = March 6, 1836

|inaugural = John W. Willey{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Mayors by Year |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date=June 14, 2018 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-mayors-year |access-date=June 27, 2021}}

|salary = $140,888.56 (in 2017){{cite news |last=DeRoos |first=Dan |title=How much does Cleveland's mayor make? |publisher=WOIO |url=https://www.cleveland19.com/story/36158167/how-much-does-clevelands-mayor-and-staff-make/ |date=August 17, 2017 |access-date=June 27, 2021}}

|website = [https://mayor.clevelandohio.gov/ Office of the Mayor]

}}

The mayor of Cleveland is the head of the executive branch of government of the City of Cleveland, Ohio. As the chief executive in Cleveland's mayor–council (strong mayor) system, the mayor oversees all city services and is "responsible for enforcing the city charter, city ordinances, and the laws of the State of Ohio."{{cite encyclopedia |last=Kollar| first=Mary Ellen| title=Cleveland City Government |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | date=June 14, 2018|publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-city-government |access-date=June 27, 2021}} The mayor's office is located at Cleveland City Hall at 601 Lakeside Avenue in Downtown Cleveland. Since 1836, the city has had a total of 54 mayors, including the city's current mayor, Justin Bibb, encompassing 58 mayoral administrations, as four mayors have served in non-consecutive terms.{{cite web|url=https://www.clevelandohio.gov/CityofCleveland/Home/Government/MayorsOffice/PastMayors|title=Former Mayors of the City of Cleveland|publisher=City of Cleveland|access-date=June 27, 2021}}

History

Cleveland was established by General Moses Cleaveland and surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company on July 22, 1796.{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://ech.case.edu/timeline.html|title=Timeline|encyclopedia= The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History|publisher=Case Western Reserve University|access-date=July 23, 2022|date=April 5, 2022}} The settlement (then known as "Cleaveland", after its founder) was incorporated as a village on December 23, 1814. At this time, the position of municipal executive was the village president. Alfred Kelley was the first to be elected to that post in June 1815.{{cite book|last=Avery|first=Elroy McKendree|author-link=Elroy M. Avery|title=A History of Cleveland and Its Environs: The Heart of New Connecticut. Volume I|location=Chicago and New York|publisher=Lewis Publishing Co.|date=1918|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofclevela01elro/page/98/ 98]}} When Cleveland became a city in 1836, it adopted a mayor–council form of government. John W. Willey was the city's first mayor.

Initially, Cleveland City Council had greater power in Cleveland's city government, but this changed with the adoption of the 1892 Federal Plan, which significantly strengthened the office of the mayor. When the plan was ruled unconstitutional in 1902 by the Supreme Court of Ohio, the powers of the mayor were lessened in the city's new municipal code. However, after the state granted Cleveland municipal home rule in 1912, the role of the mayor was enhanced in the 1913 municipal charter. When the city adopted a council–manager government in 1924, the city manager, selected by council, assumed the role of the municipal executive.{{cite encyclopedia |title=City Manager Plan |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/city-manager-plan |access-date=August 6, 2021 |date=May 11, 2018}} However, the council–manager experiment was brief and, in November 1931, voters approved returning to the mayor–council system.

For much of Cleveland's history, mayoral elections were partisan, but in 1971, under the mayoral administration of Ralph Perk, the city amended its charter to make elections nonpartisan.{{cite book|title=The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism|last=Swanstrom|first=Todd|date=1985|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=9780877223665|location=Philadelphia|page=273n}} The term of office for the mayor and members of council was traditionally two years, but was extended to four years in 1981 under Mayor George Voinovich. According to the Cleveland City Charter, there are currently no term limits for the mayor.{{cite web|last=Pinckard|first=Cliff|title=Group wants term limits for Cleveland mayor, council members|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2017/10/group_wants_term_limits_for_cl.html|publisher=The Plain Dealer|date=October 23, 2017|access-date= June 27, 2021}}

Presidents, 1815–1835

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| Alfred Kelley

| 1815

| 1816

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| Daniel Kelley

| 1816

| 1819

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| Horace Perry

| 1820

| 1821

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| Reuben Wood

| 1821

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| Leonard Case, Sr.

| 1821

| 1825

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| Eleazur Waterman

| 1825

| 1828

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| Oirson Cathan

| 1828

| 1829

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| David Long

| 1829

| 1830

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| Richard Hilliard

| 1830

| 1832

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| John W. Allen

| 1832

| 1835

Mayors since 1836

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1	Josiah Barber	1836
2	Francis A. Burrows	1837
3	Norman C. Baldwin	1838–1839
4	Needham M. Standart	1840–1841
5	Francis A. Burrows (second)	1842
6	Richard Lord	1843
7	Daniel H. Lamb	1844–1846
8	David Griffith	1847
9	John Beverlin	1848
10	Thomas Burnham	1849–1850
11	Benjamin Sheldon	1851–1852
12	William B. Castle	1853–1854

Mayor of Cleveland

History

Presidents, 1815–1835

Mayors since 1836

=Longest-serving mayors=

Mayors of Ohio City, 1836–1854

See also

Notes

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Further reading

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