list of mayors of South Bend, Indiana

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|image = James Mueller 24460820401.jpg

|incumbent = James Mueller

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|salary = $117,780.24 (2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/30/pete-buttigieg-says-his-monthly-mortgage-payment-is-450.html|title = Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says the monthly mortgage payment on his 'one house in Indiana' is $450|date = 30 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://gateway.ifionline.org/report_builder/Default2.aspx?rptType=employComp&%3brptVer=a|title = Reports: Gateway}}

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This is a list of mayors of South Bend, Indiana, beginning with South Bend's incorporation as a city on May 22, 1865.{{cite web |title=THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA |url=https://library.municode.com/in/south_bend/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=THMUCOSOBEIN |publisher=City of South Bend, Indiana |access-date=23 September 2019}}{{cite web |title=List of South Bend Mayors |url=https://historymuseumsb.org/list-of-south-bend-mayors/ |publisher=The History Museum of South Bend |access-date=23 September 2019}} William G. George served as the city's first mayor from 1865 to 1868. Joe Kernan was mayor of South Bend from 1988 to 1997 and went on to serve as governor of Indiana. South Bend's 11th mayor was Schuyler Colfax III, son of the 17th Vice President of the United States Schuyler Colfax, and was the youngest mayor of South Bend. Every mayor since 1972 has been a Democrat and the incumbent is James Mueller, having taken office on January 1, 2020.

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align=center|1 |File:William G. George.jpg |align=center|William G. George |align=center|{{Dts|1865

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|align=center|{{Dts|1868|}}

|align=center|1

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|2

|File:Dr. Louis Humphreys.jpg

|align=center|Louis Humphreys (1816–1880)

|align=center|{{Dts|1868|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1872|}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|3

|File:William Miller, South Bend.jpg

|align=center|William Miller (1821-1901)

|align=center|{{Dts|1873|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1876|}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|4

|File:A.N. Thomas.jpg

|align=center|Alexander N. Thomas

|align=center|{{Dts|1877|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1878|}}

|align=center|1

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|5

|File:LucuisTong.jpg

|align=center|Lucius G. Tong (1842–1908)

|align=center|{{Dts|1878|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1880|}}

|align=center|1

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|6

|File:Dr. Levi J. Ham.jpg

|align=center|Levi J. Ham (1805–1887)

|align=center|{{Dts|1880|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1884|}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|7

|File:George W. Loughman.png

|align=center|George W. Loughman (1846–1909)

|align=center|{{Dts|1884|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1888|}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|8

|File:William H. Longley.jpg

|align=center|William H. Longley

|align=center|{{Dts|1888|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1892|}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|9

|File:Hon. David R. Leeper (1901) (cropped).png

|align=center|David R. Leeper (1832–1900)

|align=center|{{Dts|1892|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1894|}}

|align=center|1

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|10

|File:D.B.J. Schafer.jpg

|align=center|D. B. J. Schafer

|align=center|{{Dts|1894|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1898|}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|11

|File:MayorColfax.jpg

|align=center|Schuyler Colfax III (1870–1925)

|align=center|{{Dts|1898|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1902|}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|12

|File:Edward J. Fogarty (retouched).jpg

|align=center|Edward J. Fogarty

|align=center|{{Dts|1902|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1910|}}

|align=center|4

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|13

|File:Charles L. Goetz.jpg

|align=center|Charles L. Goetz

|align=center|{{Dts|1910|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1914|}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|14

|File:Fred W. Keller.jpg

|align=center|Fred W. Keller (1893–1955)

|align=center|{{Dts|1914|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1918|}}

|align=center| 2

|

|Independent

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|align=center|15

|File:Dr. F.R. Carson LCCN2014686710.jpg

|align=center|Franklin R. Carson (1861–1929)

|align=center|{{Dts|1918|1}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1922|}}

|align=center| 2

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|16

|File:Eli F. Seebirt (1923) (cropped).png

|align=center|Eli F. Seebirt (1879–1955)

|align=center|{{Dts|1922|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1926|}}

|align=center| 2

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|17

|File:Chester R. Montgomery (1925) (cropped).png

|align=center|Chester R. Montgomery

|align=center|{{Dts|1926|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1930|}}

|align=center|

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|18

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|align=center|William Riley Hinkle (1874–1964)

|align=center|{{Dts|1930|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1935|}}

|align=center|

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|19

|File:Col. George W. Freyermuth (1923) (retouched).png

|align=center|George W. Freyermuth (1868–1958)

|align=center|{{Dts|1935|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1938|}}

|align=center|

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|20

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|align=center|Jesse I. Pavey

|align=center|{{Dts|1938|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1945|}}

|align=center|

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|21

|

|align=center|F. Kenneth Dempsey (1906–1973)

|align=center|{{Dts|1945|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1947|}}

|align=center|

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|22

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|align=center|George A. Schock

|align=center|{{Dts|1947|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1952|}}

|align=center|

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|23

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|align=center|John Alden Scott (1916–1986)

|align=center|{{Dts|1952|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1956|}}

|align=center|1

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|24

|

|align=center|Edward F. Voorde{{Cite web|url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/local/2015/11/09/behind-the-name-a-local-political-legacy/46552331/|title=Behind the Name: A local political legacy|author=|date=9 November 2015|website=South Bend Tribune}} (1910–1960)

|align=center|{{Dts|1956|1|1}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1960|9|2}}{{notetag|Died in office.}}

|align=center|1¼

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|25

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|align=center|Frank J. Bruggner (1891–1972)

|align=center|{{Dts|1960|9}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1964|}}

|align=center|¾

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|26

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|align=center|Lloyd M. Allen (1919–1989)

|align=center|{{Dts|1964|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1972|}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

|Republican

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|align=center|27

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|align=center|Jerry Miller

|align=center|{{Dts|1972|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1975|}}

|align=center|1

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|28

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|align=center|Peter J. Nemeth (born 1942)

|align=center|{{Dts|1976|}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1979|}}

|align=center|1

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|29

|

|align=center|Roger O. Parent (born 1938)

|align=center|{{Dts|1980|1}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1988|1|3}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|30

|File:Joe Kernan.jpg

|align=center|Joe E. Kernan (1946–2020)

|align=center|{{Dts|1988|1|3}}

|align=center|{{Dts|1997|1|3}}

|align=center|2¼

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|31

|File:Mayor steve luecke (1).jpg

|align=center|Steve Luecke (born 1964)

|align=center|{{Dts|1997|1|3}}

|align=center|{{Dts|2012|1|1}}

|align=center|3¾

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|32

|File:PeteButtigieg (1).JPG

|align=center|Pete Buttigieg (born 1982)

|align=center|{{Dts|2012|1|1}}

|align=center|{{Dts|2020|1|1}}

|align=center|2

|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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|align=center|33

|File:James Mueller 24460820401.jpg

|align=center|James Mueller (born 1982)

|align=center|{{Dts|2020|1|1}}

|align=center|Incumbent

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|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

|Democratic

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