List of mayors of Akron, Ohio

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This is a list of mayors of Akron, Ohio , a city in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio located in Summit County. The newly elected mayor assumes office at midnight on New Year's Day according to recent practice. From 1920 to 1924 a new charter established City commission government led by an administrator.

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Pre-Commission Mayors of Akron

TermMayor
1836Seth Iredell
1837–1838John C. Singletary
1839Lucius V. Bierce
1840Arad Kent
1841Lucius V. Bierce (2)
1842–1843H. H. Johnston
1844Lucius V. Bierce (3)
1845–1846Philo Chamberlin
1847Levi Rawson
1848Israel E. Carter
1849Lucius V. Bierce (4)
1850 George Bliss
1851Charles G. Ladd
1852 Frederick Wadsworth
1853Philip N. Schuyler
1854William T. Allen
1855Nathaniel Finch
1856–1858Frederick A. Nash
1859George W. McNeil
1860–1861Henry Purdy
1862–1863Charles A. Collins
1864George D. Bates
1865–1866James Matthews
1867–1868Lucius V. Bierce (5)
1869–1872John L. Robertson
1873–1874Henry Purdy
1875–1876Levi S. Herrold
1877–1878James F. Scott
1879–1880John M. Fraze
1881–1882 Samuel A. Lane
1883–1886Lorenzo D. Watters
1887–1888Louis D. Seward
1889–1892William H. Miller
1893–1894Lorenzo D. Watters
1895–1896E. R. Harper
1897–1900W. E. Young
1901–1902W. B. Doyle
1903–1907Charles W. Kemple
1908–1911William T. Sawyer
1912–1915Frank W. Rockwell
1916–1917 William J. Laub
1918–1919I. S. Myers (1)

Administrators of Akron

TermAdministrator
1920–1921Carl F. Beck
1922D. C. Rybolt
1922Homer Campbell
1922–1923M. P. Tucker

Post-Commission Mayors of Akron

TermImageMayor
1924-1927M. P. Tucker (2)
1928–1931G. Lloyd Weil
1932–1933C. Nelson Sparks
1934–1935I. S. Myers (2)
1936–1941Lee D. Schroy
1942–1943George J. Harter
1944–1952Charles E. Slusser
1953Russell M. Bird
1954–1961 Leo A. Berg
1962–1965Edward O. Erickson
1966–1979 John S. Ballard
1980–1983 Roy L. Ray - Ohio Senate 116th General Assembly 1993-1994 - DPLA - f6883d0776f30f81b4c0ebe18e9c9587 (page 21) (cropped).jpg Roy Ray
1984–1986 Thomas C. Sawyer 107th Congress.jpg Thomas C. Sawyer
1987–May 2015 Mayor Don Plusquellic.jpg Donald L. Plusquellic
May–June 2015Garry Moneypenny (interim)
June 2015–January 2016Jeff Fusco (interim)
2016–2024 Horrigan.jpg Dan Horrigan
2024– Shammas Malik at 2021 MPAC Virtual Convention (cropped).png Shammas Malik