List of Mayors of Indianapolis
This list includes all of the mayors of the city of Indianapolis , Indiana, United States since 1847.
| No. | mayor | Term of office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Henderson | 1847-1849 | Whig party |
| 2 | Horatio C. Newcomb | 1849-1851 | Whig party |
| 3 | Caleb Scudder | 1851-1854 | Whig party |
| 4th | James McCready | 1854-1856 | Democratic Party |
| 5 | Henry F. West | 1856-1856 | Democratic Party |
| 6th | Charles G. Coulon | 1856-1856 | Democratic Party |
| 7th | William J. Wallace | 1856-1858 | Republican Party |
| 8th | Samuel D. Maxwell | 1858-1863 | Republican Party |
| 9 | John Caven | 1863-1867 | Republican Party |
| 10 | Daniel McCauley | 1867-1873 | Republican Party |
| 11 | James L. Mitchell | 1873-1875 | Democratic Party |
| 12 | John Caven | 1875-1881 | Republican Party |
| 13 | Daniel W. Grubbs | 1881-1884 | Republican Party |
| 14th | John L. McMaster | 1884-1886 | Republican Party |
| 15th | Caleb Stone Denny | 1886-1890 | Republican Party |
| 16 | Thomas Lennox Sullivan | 1890-1893 | Democratic Party |
| 17th | Caleb Stone Denny | 1893-1895 | Republican Party |
| 18th | Thomas Taggart | 1895-1901 | Democratic Party |
| 19th | Charles A. Bookwalter | 1901-1903 | Republican Party |
| 20th | John W. Holtzman | 1903-1906 | Democratic Party |
| 21st | Charles A. Bookwalter | 1906-1910 | Republican Party |
| 22nd | Samuel L. Shank | 1910-1913 | Republican Party |
| 23 | Henry R. Wallace | 1913-1914 | Republican Party |
| 24 | Joseph E. Bell | 1914-1918 | Democratic Party |
| 25th | Charles Webster Jewett | 1918-1922 | Democratic Party |
| 26th | Samuel L. Shank | 1922-1926 | Republican Party |
| 27 | John L. Duvall | 1926-1927 | Republican Party |
| 28 | Claude E. Negley | 1927-1927 | Republican Party |
| 29 | Lemuel Ertus Slack | 1927-1930 | Democratic Party |
| 30th | Reginald H. Sullivan | 1930-1935 | Democratic Party |
| 31 | John W. Kern Jr. | 1935-1937 | Democratic Party |
| 32 | Walter C. Boetcher | 1937-1939 | Democratic Party |
| 33 | Reginald H. Sullivan | 1939-1943 | Democratic Party |
| 34 | Robert Henry Tyndall | 1943-1947 | Republican Party |
| 35 | George L. Denny | 1947-1948 | Republican Party |
| 36 | Albert G. Feeney | 1948-1950 | Democratic Party |
| 37 | Philip L. Bayt | 1950-1951 | Democratic Party |
| 38 | Christian J. Emhardt | 1951-1952 | Democratic Party |
| 39 | Alex M. Clark | 1952-1956 | Republican Party |
| 40 | Philip L. Bayt | 1956-1959 | Democratic Party |
| 41 | Charles H. Boswell | 1959-1962 | Democratic Party |
| 42 | Albert H. Losche | 1962-1964 | Democratic Party |
| 43 | John J. Barton | 1964-1968 | Democratic Party |
| 44 | Richard Green Lugar | 1968-1976 | Republican Party |
| 45 | William Herbert Hudnut | 1976-1992 | Republican Party |
| 46 | Stephen Goldsmith | 1992-2000 | Republican Party |
| 47 | Barton R. Peterson | 2000-2008 | Democratic Party |
| 48 | Gregory A. Ballard | 2008-2016 | Republican Party |
| 49 | Joseph H. Hogsett | since 2016 | Democratic Party |