List of mayors of Youngstown, Ohio

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The Mayor of Youngstown is the chief executive of the government of the city of Youngstown, Ohio, United States. The term of office for the mayor and members of Youngstown City Council is four years. Youngstown, Ohio has had a total of 50 recorded mayoral administrations, including the city's current mayor. Youngstown has traditionally been led by Democratic mayors.

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According to the Youngstown Home Rule Charter, the City of Youngstown’s executive branch is led by the mayor, who is elected on a nonpartisan ballot to a four-year term. The mayor must be a qualified elector, at least 30 years old and a city resident for five years immediately preceding the election. The mayor may hold no other public office except that of a notary public. The mayor may serve two complete, consecutive four-year terms and is eligible for re-election after an intervening term. As the chief executive officer of the city, the mayor’s duties include:

The mayor and department heads are entitled to seats in Council but do not have voting privileges. The mayor has the right to introduce ordinances and take part in the discussion of all matters coming before Council.

When the mayor is absent from the city, or is unable for any reason to perform his duties, the President of City Council is the acting mayor. The Youngstown Home Rule Charter requires that the Mayor’s Administrative Council, which consists of the mayor and the heads of departments/divisions, meet at least once each month to discuss matters relating to the administration of city affairs and the improvement of methods and procedures in various departments.

The mayor’s day-to-day activities focus on overseeing and coordinating the work of the city’s six administrative departments: Law, Finance, Public Works, Water & other public utilities, Police and Fire, as well as the Park and Recreation Commission and the City District Board of Health.

19th century

Name                          Date                          Party
John Heiner1850–1851
Robert W. Tayler 1851–1852
Stephen F. Burnett1852–1853
William G. Moore1853–1855
William Rice1855–1856
Thomas W. Sanderson1856–1857
Reuben Carroll1857–1862
Peter W. Keller1862–1863
John Manning1863–1863
Thomas H. Wells1863–1864
Brainard Spencer Higley1864–1866
George McKee1866–1871
John D. Raney1872–1873
William M. Osborn1874–1875
Matthew Logan1876–1879
William J. Lawthers1880–1883
Walter L. Campbell1884–1885
Samuel A. Steele1886–1887
Randall Montgomery1888–1891
Isaac Barclay Miller1892–1895
Edmond H. Moore1896–1899

20th century

Name                          Date                        Party
Frank L. Brown1900–1903
W. T. Gibson1904–1905
Frank L. Baldwin1906–1907
Alvin W. Craver1908–1912
Fred A. Hartenstein1912–1916
Carroll Thornton1916–1918
Alvin W. Craver1918–1920
Fred J. Warnock1920–1922 Republican
George Oles1922–1922 Independent
William G. Reese1922–1923 Republican
Charles Scheible1924–1927 Democrat
Joseph L. Heffernan1928–1931 Democrat
Mark E. Moore1932–1935
Lionel Evans1936–1939 Republican
William B. Spagnola1940–1943 Democrat
Ralph W. O'Neill1944–1947 Democrat
Charles P. Henderson 1948–1954 Republican
Frank X. Kryzan1954–1960 Democrat
Frank R. Franko1960–1961 Democrat
Harry N. Savesten1962–1963 Republican
Anthony B. Flask1964–1969 Democrat
Jack Hunter1970–1977 Republican
J. Phillip Richley1978–1979 Democrat
George Vukovich1980–1983 Democrat
Patrick Ungaro 1984–1997 Democrat

21st century

George McKelvey 1998–2006 Democrat
Jay Williams 2006–2011 Independent (first term); Democrat (second term)
Charles Sammarone 2011–2013 Democrat
John McNally IV 2013–2017 Democrat
Jamael Tito Brown 2018–Present Democrat

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