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The mayor of Cincinnati is recognized as the official head and representative of the city for all purposes. 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.
| Dates | Image | Name | Life dates | Party | Elected by |
| 1802–1803 | | David Ziegler | 1748–1811 | no party | public |
| 1803–1804 | Joseph Prince | no party | public | ||
| 1805–1806 | | James Findlay | 1770–1835 | no party | public |
| 1807 | John S. Gano | public | |||
| 1807 | | Martin Baum | 1765–1831 | public | |
| 1808–1809 | Daniel Symmes | 1772–1817 | public | ||
| 1810–1811 | James Findlay (2nd) | 1770–1835 | public | ||
| 1812 | Martin Baum (2nd) | 1765–1831 | public | ||
| 1813 | William Stanley | public | |||
| 1814 | Samuel W. Davies | 1776–1843 | public | ||
| 1815–1819 | William Corry | 1779–1833 | public | ||
| 1819–1831 | Isaac G. Burnet | 1784–1856 | public | ||
| 1831–1833 | Elisha Hotchkiss | 1778–1858 | Democratic | public | |
| 1833–1843 | Samuel W. Davies | 1776–1843 | Whig | public | |
| 1843–1851 | Henry E. Spencer | 1807–1882 | Whig | public | |
| 1851–1853 | Mark P. Taylor | Democratic | public | ||
| 1853–1855 | David T. Snelbaker | 1804–1867 | Democratic | public | |
| 1855–1857 | | James J. Faran | 1808–1892 | Democratic | public |
| 1857–1859 | Nicholas W. Thomas | 1810–1864 | Whig | public | |
| 1859–1861 | | Richard M. Bishop | 1812–1893 | Democratic | public |
| 1861–1863 | George Hatch | Democratic | public | ||
| 1863–1866 | Leonard A. Harris | 1824–1890 | Republican | public | |
| 1866–1869 | Charles F. Wilstach | 1818–1882 | Republican | public | |
| 1869–1871 | John F. Torrence | 1819–1883 | Republican | public | |
| 1871–1873 | S. S. Davis | 1817–1896 | Republican | public | |
| 1873–1877 | George W. C. Johnston | 1828–1879 | Democratic | public | |
| 1877–1879 | | Robert M. Moore | 1816–1880 | Republican | public |
| 1879–1881 | Charles Jacob Jr. | 1834–1913 | Republican | public | |
| 1881–1883 | William F. Means | Democratic | public | ||
| 1883–1885 | Thomas J. Stephens | 1823–1892 | Democratic | public | |
| 1885–1889 | | Amor Smith Jr. | 1840–1915 | Republican | public |
| 1889–1894 | John B. Mosby | 1845–1928 | Republican | public | |
| 1894–1897 | | John A. Caldwell | 1852–1927 | Republican | public |
| 1897–1900 | | Gustav Tafel | 1830–1908 | Democratic | public |
| 1900–1905 | | Julius Fleischmann | 1871–1925 | Republican | public |
| 1906–1907 | Edward J. Dempsey | 1858–1929 | Democratic | public | |
| 1908–1909 | | Leopold Markbreit | 1842–1909 | Republican | public |
| 1909 | John Galvin | 1862–1922 | Republican | public | |
| 1910–1911 | Louis Schwab | 1850–1926 | Republican | public | |
| 1912–1913 | | Henry Thomas Hunt | 1879–1956 | Democratic | public |
| 1914–1915 | Frederick S. Spiegel | 1855–1925 | Republican | public | |
| 1916–1917 | | George Puchta | 1860–1937 | Republican | public |
| 1918–1921 | John Galvin (2nd) | 1862–1922 | Republican | public | |
| 1922–1925 | | George Carrel | 1865–1949 | Republican | public |
| 1926–1929 | | Murray Seasongood | 1878–1983 | Charterite | council |
| 1930–1937 | Russell Wilson | 1876–1946 | Charterite | council | |
| 1938–1947 | James G. Stewart | 1880–1959 | Republican | council | |
| 1947–1948 | | Carl W. Rich | 1898–1972 | Republican | council |
| 1948–1951 | Albert D. Cash | 1897–1952 | Democratic | council |