List of mayors of Springfield, Ohio

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Springfield, Ohio, United States.

Council chamber in city hall building in Springfield, Ohio (photo 1979)

Presidents

• Edward H. Cumming, 1834 ^[1]
• W. V. A. Cushing, 1835 ^[1]
• Samson Hubble, 1836 ^[1]
• Reuben Miller, 1837-1840 ^[1]
• John Murdock, 1841 ^[1]
• William Moore, 1343-1844, 1846-1849 ^[1]
• Steven Bell, 1845 ^[1]

Mayors

• James M. Hunt, 1850-1853 ^[1]
• James S. Goode, 1854-1856 ^[1]
• A. G. Burnett, 1857-1860 ^[1]
• John C. Miller, 1861 ^[1]
• William David Hill, c.1861-1862 ^{[1] [2]}
• J. J. Snyder, 1863-1865, 1867-1868 ^[1]
• James Fleming, 1866 ^[1]
• Jacob R. McGarry, 1869-1870 ^[1]
• J. J. Hanna, 1871-1874 ^[1]
• Milton Cole, 1875-1879 ^{[1] [3]}
• Edward S. Wallace, 1880 ^[1]
• E. G. Coffin, 1881-1882 ^[1]
• Charles W. Constantine, 1883-1884 ^[1]
• James P. Goodwin, 1885-1886 ^[1]
• Oliver S. Kelly, 1887-1888 ^{[1] [4]}
• W. R. Burnett, 1889-1892, 1908 ^{[1] [5]}
• James Granville Johnson Jr., 1893-1894 ^[1]
• P. P. Mast, 1895-1896 ^{[1] [6]}
• John M. Good, 1897-1898 ^{[1] [7]}
• Charles J. Bowlus, 1899-1900, 1903-1904 ^{[1] [5]}
• M. L. Milligan, c.1901-1902 ^{[1] [8]}
• James M. Todd, 1905-1906 ^[5]
• Charles P. Baxter, c.1937 ^[2]
• John H. Horstman, c.1953 ^[2]
• Carleton Davidson, c.1954 ^[2]
• Maurice K. Baach, c.1965
• Robert C. Henry, 1966-1968
• Betty Brunk, c.1969
• Robert L. Burton Jr. 1973-1983 ^[9]
• Tim Ayers, 1984–1990
• Warren Copeland, 1990-1994, 1998-2023 ^{[10] [11]}
• Rob Rue, not mayor

See also

• Springfield City Hall (Ohio)
• Springfield history

References

1. Centennial celebration of Springfield, Ohio, Springfield Publishing Co., 1901, p. 105+ – via HathiTrust
2. Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Springfield, Ohio", Political Graveyard, retrieved April 30, 2025
3. Swartz & Co.'s Springfield directory, 1876 – via HathiTrust
4. Springfield Daily Republic, March 24, 1887 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
5. William M. Rockel, ed. (1908), 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co. – via HathiTrust
6. The Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio, April 6, 1895 – via Chronicling America
7. Standard history of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio, Chicago: American Historical Society, 1922 – via HathiTrust
8. Williams' Springfield city directory, 1902, Cincinnati – via HathiTrust
9. "Robert L. Burton Jr., former Springfield mayor", springfieldnewssun.com, Ohio, June 2, 2021, archived from the original on March 31, 2022 – via Wayback Machine
10. "Former Springfield Mayor Warren Copeland: 'He led with his heart'", springfieldnewssun.com , January 22, 2024
11. www.ci.springfield.oh.us, archived from the original on December 7, 2000 – via Wayback Machine