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There have been seventy-six mayors of Cincinnati. The first mayor was David Ziegler, who took office in 1802. The current mayor is Aftab Pureval, who was elected on November 2, 2021, and took office at noon on January 4, 2022.
In 1954, Dorothy N. Dolbey became the first female mayor of the City of Cincinnati. In 2006, Mark Mallory was the first directly elected African-American Mayor of Cincinnati. On November 2, 2021, Aftab Pureval was elected the first Asian American mayor of Cincinnati.
- First Mayors
- Corruption and Reform
- Political Trailblazers
- Springer Scandal
The number of Cincinnati mayors can be confusing. The city website says John Cranley is the 69th mayor of Cincinnati, while Wikipedia lists 75 mayors. Even identifying Cincinnati’s first mayor is a bit complicated. That’s because in 1802, when the act to incorporate Cincinnati as a town was approved, the ruling government consisted of a president, ...
Political parties have changed over the years as well. Mayors were either Democrats or Whigs before the Republican Party emerged in the 1850s and dominated local politics for the next century. George Barnsdale Cox, known as Boss Cox, ran the Republican political machine of corruption and graft in Cincinnati from the 1880s until his death in 1916. H...
In 1954, Edward N. Waldvogel became the second Cincinnati mayor to die in office (the other was Leopold Markbreit in 1909). Vice Mayor Dorothy N. Dolbey stepped up as acting mayor until a new one could be chosen. Many folks weren’t ready for the city’s first woman mayor. She held a master’s degree in child psychology, which she said was perfect tra...
Up-and-coming Democrat Gerald N. Springer was slated as the mayor-designate until the councilman abruptly resigned in 1974after Enquirer columnist Frank Weikel broke the news that a “well-known Cincinnati political figure” was involved in a vice investigation. Springer admitted to paying prostitutes at a Fort Wright health club with personal checks...
- Jeff Suess
- Local History Writer
Jan 30, 2019 · Cincinnati's first mayor, David Ziegler, was a Revolutionary War patriot and early defender of the settlement.
- Jeff Suess
- Local History Writer
General Orson Minott Oviatt (1799 – 1869) was a wealthy merchant, abolitionist, politician and military officer from Richfield, Ohio. He was the city postmaster for many years, county commissioner, and the cofounder the Academic Institution of Richfield. He gave land to the city and became the namesake of Oviatt-Newton Park.
Prior to 1925 (and since 1999) the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio was elected in a separate, partisan election. In 1924, the Charter Party, a local third-party, was founded. It has elected members of the city council and mayors. Until 1961, many Democrats ran as Charterites.
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Born close to two and a half centuries ago in Heidelberg, Germany, David Ziegler played an important role in the American Revolution, American frontier history and in early Cincinnati history.
