List of mayors of Flint, Michigan
# List of mayors of Flint, Michigan

The mayor position of Flint, Michigan is a strong mayor-type. In Flint's previous 1929 charter, the mayor was one of the City Commissioners, as the council in a council-manager type government.

## 1855–1888

The mayor was one of many citywide elected officers including the Recorder, Supervisor, Treasurer, Marshal, Directors of the Poor, School Inspector and Justices of the Peace. Additionally, other administrative officers were selected by wards.

| Mayor | Start of Term | End of Term | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Grant Decker | 1855 | 1856 | |
| Robert J. S. Page | 1856 | 1857 | |
| Henry M. Henderson | 1857 | 1858 | |
| William M. Fenton | 1858 | 1860 | Some records show Porter Hazelton as mayor from 1859 to 1860 |
| Henry H. Crapo | 1860 | 1861 | |
| Ephraim S. Williams | 1861 | 1862 | |
| William Paterson | 1862 | 1863 | |
| William Hamilton | 1863 | 1865 | |
| William B. McCreery | 1865 | 1867 | |
| Austin B. Witherbee | 1867 | 1868 | |
| Samuel M. Axford | 1868 | 1869 | |
| William S. Patrick | 1869 | 1870 | |
| James B. Walker | 1870 | 1871 | |
| David Spencer Fox | 1871 | 1873 | |
| George H. Durand | 1873 | 1875 | |
| Alexander McFarland | 1875 | 1876 | |
| William Hamilton | 1876 | 1877 | |
| Edward Hughes Thomson | 1877 | 1878 | |
| Jerome Eddy | 1878 | 1879 | |
| James C. Willson | 1879 | 1880 | |
| Zacheus Chase | 1880 | 1881 | |
| Charles A. Mason | 1881 | 1882 | |
| William A. Atwood | 1882 | 1883 | |
| George E. Newall | 1883 | 1884 | |
| William W. Joyner | 1884 | 1885 | |
| Mathew Davison | 1885 | 1886 | |
| George T. Warren | 1886 | 1887 | |
| John C. Dayton | 1887 | 1888 | |

## 1888 Charter

| Mayor | Start of Term | End of Term |
| - | - | - |
| Oren Stone | 1888 | 1889 |
| Frank D. Baker | 1889 | 1890 |
| William A. Paterson | 1890 | 1891 |
| Francis H. Rankin, Jr. | 1891 | 1892 |
| George E. Taylor | 1892 | 1893 |
| Andrew J. Ward | 1893 | 1894 |
| Arthur C. McCall | 1894 | 1894 |
| John C. Zimmerman, Sr. | 1895 | 1896 |
| Samuel C. Randall | 1896 | 1897 |
| Milton C. Pettibone | 1897 | 1898 |
| George R. Gold | 1898 | 1899 |
| Hugh Alexander Crawford | 1899 | 1900 |
| Charles A. Cummings | 1900 | 1901 |
| Clark B. Dibble | 1901 | 1902 |
| Austin D. Alvord | 1902 | 1904 |
| Bruce J. McDonald | 1904 | 1905 |
| David D. Aitken | 1905 | 1906 |
| George E. McKinley | 1906 | 1908 |
| Horace C. Spencer | 1908 | 1909 |
| Guy W. Selby | 1909 | 1911 |
| John A. C. Menton | 1911 | 1912 |
| Charles Stewart Mott | 1912 | 1914 |
| John R. MacDonald | 1914 | 1915 |
| William H. McKeighan | 1915 | 1916 |
| Earl F. Johnson | 1916 | 1917 |
| George C. Kellar | 1917 | 1918 |
| Charles Stewart Mott | 1918 | 1919 |
| George C. Kellar | 1919 | 1920 |
| Edwin W. Atwood | 1920 | 1922 |
| William H. McKeighan | 1922 | 1923 |
| David R. Cuthbertson | 1923 | 1924 |
| Judson L. Transue | 1924 | 1927 |
| William H. McKeighan | 1927 | 1928 |
| Ray A. Brownell | 1929 | 1930 |

* Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
* American (Know Nothing) (KN)
* American Labor (AL)
* Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) National Republican (NR)
* Anti-Administration (AA)
* Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
* Conservative (Con)
* Democratic (D)
* Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
* Dixiecrat (Dix), States' Rights (SR)
* Democratic-Republican (DR)
* Farmer–Labor (FL)
* Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA)
* Free Soil (FS)
* Fusion (Fus)
* Greenback (GB)
* Independence (IPM)
* Independent Democrat (ID)
* Independent Republican (IR)
* Jacksonian (J)
* Liberal (Lib)
* Libertarian (L)
* National Union (NU)
* Nonpartisan League (NPL)
* Nullifier (N)
* Opposition Northern (O) Opposition Southern (O)
* Populist (Pop)
* Progressive (Prog)
* Prohibition (Proh)
* Readjuster (Rea)
* Republican (R)
* Silver (Sv)
* Silver Republican (SvR)
* Socialist (Soc)
* Unionist (U)
* Unconditional Unionist (UU)
* Whig (W)
* Independent (I)
* Nonpartisan (NP)

## 1929 Charter

Under the 1929 charter, Flint move to a council–manager form of government with the council called the “City Commission.”

| Mayor | Start of Term | End of Term | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Harvey J. Mallery | 1930 | 1931 | |
| William H. McKeighan | 1931 | 1933 | |
| Ray A. Brownell | 1933 | 1934 | |
| Howard J. Clifford | 1934 | 1935 | |
| George E. Boysen | 1935 | 1936 | |
| Harold E. Bradshaw | 1936 | 1938 | |
| Harry M. Comins | 1938 | 1940 | |
| Oliver Tappin | 1940 | 1940 | |
| William Osmund Kelly | 1940 | 1944 | |
| Edwin C. McLogan | 1944 | 1946 | |
| Edward J. Viall | 1946 | 1948 | |
| George G. Wills | 1948 | 1950 | |
| Paul Lovegrove | 1950 | 1952 | |
| Donald W. Riegle, Sr. | 1952 | 1954 | |
| George M. Algoe | 1954 | 1958 | |
| Robert J. Egan | 1958 | 1960 | |
| Charles A. Mobley | 1960 | 1962 | |
| George R. Poulos | 1962 | 1964 | |
| Harry K. Cull | 1964 | 1966 | |
| Floyd J. McCree | 1966 | 1968 | First African-American mayor |
| Donald R. Cronin | 1968 | 1970 | |
| Francis E. Limmer | 1970 | 1973 | |
| Paul Calvin Visser | 1973 | 1975 | |

## 1974 Charter

Under the 1974 Charter, the office of mayor is a non-partisan elected position.

| Mayor | Start of Term | End of Term | Administrator | Notes | Elections |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| James W. Rutherford | 1975 | 1983 | | | Year Votes opponent opponent's votes 1975 20,679 Floyd J. McCree 20,474 1979 20,738 Floyd J. McCree 12,902 |
| James A. Sharp, Jr. | 1983 | 1987 | | | 1983 21,718 James W. Rutherford 20,467 |
| Matthew S. Collier | 1987 | 1991 | | First elected African-American mayor 2nd African-American mayor | 1987 22,874 James A. Sharp, Jr. 19,509 |
| Woodrow Stanley | 1991 | March 5, 2002 | ? (1991–2001) Darnell Earley (2001–2002) | 3rd African-American mayor Recalled from office in third term | 1991 25,946 Matt Collier 17,686 1995 21,687 Don Williamson 9,168 1999 17,224 Scott Kincaid 16,393 2002 12,336 Recall 15,863 |
| Darnell Earley | March 5, 2002 | August 6, 2002 | himself | Temporary Mayor per City Charter Effectively City Administrator as of July 9, 2002, due to State appointment of Emergency Financial Manager, Ed Kurtz | Temporary Mayor per City Charter Effectively City Administrator as of July 9, 2002, due to State appointment of Emergency Financial Manager, Ed Kurtz |
| James W. Rutherford | August 6, 2002 | 2003 | Darnell Earley | elected to fill remainder of Stanley term; City still under State Financial Manager | 2002 11,239 Arthur J. Pointer (WI) 4,712 |
| Don Williamson | 2003 | February 15, 2009 | Peggy R. Cook (2003–2007) Darryl Buchanan (2007–2009) Michael Brown (2009) | Initially under Emergency Financial Manager lifted in 2004. facing recall; resigns | 2003 13,906 Floyd Clack 9,228 2007 12,434 Dayne Walling 11,853 |
| Michael Brown | February 16, 2009 | August 5, 2009 | himself | Temporary Mayor per City Charter | Temporary Mayor per City Charter |
| Dayne Walling | August 5, 2009 | November 9, 2015 | Gregory Eason (August 14, 2009- December 2, 2011) Michael Brown (8/7/2012- July 2013) Natasha Henderson | Powers remove effective 12/1/2011 under city's financial emergency & transfer to an Emergency Manager of which several individuals served until April 30, 2015, when a Receivership Board assume some oversight. | 2009 12,266 Brenda Clack 6,876 2011 8,819 (56%) Darryl Buchanan 6,868 votes (44%) |
| Karen Weaver | November 9, 2015 | November 11, 2019 | Natasha HendersonSylvester JonesSteve Branch (Chief of Staff, interim) | under RTA Board oversight First female mayor of Flint. | 2015 7,825 (55%) Dayne Walling 6,061 (43%) |
| Sheldon Neeley | November 11, 2019 | present | Clyde Edwards | | 2019 7,082 (50.19%) Karen Weaver 6,877 (48.74%) |
