Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan

The Mayor of Flint, Michigan is currently a strong Mayor. In Flint's previous 1929 charter, the Mayor was one of the City Commissioners.

1855-1888

The mayor was one of many city wide 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.^[1]

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[2][3]	Some records show Porter Hazelton as Mayor from 1859-1860[4]
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[2] [4]
Samuel M. Axford	1868	1869[2][3]
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 H. Thompson	1877	1878
Jerome Eddy	1878	1879
James C. Willson	1879	1880[3]
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

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1888 Charter

Mayor	Start of Term	End of Term	Notes
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[2][4]
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

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Key to party COLORS and ABBREVIATIONS for Members of the U.S. Congress
American (Know-Nothing) (K-N) Adams (A), Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J), National Republican (NR) Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin) Anti-Masonic (Anti-M) Democratic (D)	Dixiecrat (Dix), States' rights (SR) Democratic-Republican (D-R) Farmer-Labor (FL) Federalist (F) Free Soil (FS) Free Silver (FSv)	Greenback (GB) Jacksonian (J) Non-Partisan League (NPL) Nullifier (N) Opposition (O) Populist (Pop) Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)	Progressive (Prog) Prohibition (Proh) Readjuster (Rea) Republican (R) Socialist (Soc) Unionist (U) Whig (W)	Independent, None, Unaffiliated, or changed mid-term

1929 Charter

Under the 1929 charter, Flint move to a council–manager form of government with the council call 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
Donald R. Cronin	1968	1970
Francis E. Limmer	1970	1973
Paul Calvin Visser	1973	1975

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1974 Charter

Mayor	Start of Term	End of Term	Administrator	Notes	Elections[5]
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 [4]			1987 22,874 James A. Sharp, Jr. 19,509
Woodrow Stanley	1991	March 5, 2002	? (1991-2001) Darnell Earley (2001-2002)	Recalled from office in third term[6]	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 06, 2002	himself	Temporary Mayor per City Charter Effectively City Administrator as of July 9 2002, due to State appointment of Financial Manager, Ed Kurtz
James W. Rutherford	AUGUST 06, 2002	2003	Darnell Earley	elected to fill remainer of Stanley term; City still under State Financial Manager	2002 11,239 Arthur J. Pointer (WI) 4,712 [7]
Don Williamson	2003	February 15, 2009	Peggy Cook (2003-2007) Darryl Buchanan (2007-2009) Michael Brown (2009)	facing recall; resigns[8]	2003 13,906 Floyd Clack 9,228 2007 12,434 Dayne Walling 11,853
Michael Brown	February 16, 2009[8]	present	himself	Temporary Mayor per City Charter[8]
Dayne Walling	August 5, 2009[9]	present	Gregory Eason[10]	remainder of 2007-2011 term	2009 12,266 Brenda Clack 6,876 2011 8,819 (56%) Darryl Buchanan 6,868 votes (44%)[11]

See also:

• Flint, Michigan
• Government of Flint, Michigan

References

1. ^ The History of Genesee County, MI. Chapter XIII: First City Officers.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Chapter XIII: Roster of City Officials. The History of Genesee County, MI.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Ellis, Franklin (1879). History of Genesee county, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers.. Philadelphia, PA.: Everts & Abbott. pp. 177. http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;sid=bc2e9508b2f4f83b0bb57f56ffd896b4;q1=Burton;q2=Genesee;op2=and;op3=and;rgn=pages;idno=bad0919.0001.001;view=image;seq=507;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset;. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "List of Flint City Mayors". Political Graveyards.com. Lawrence (Larry) Kestenbaum. http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/flint.html. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
5. ^ Raymer, Marjory (2007-08-09). "Two white candidates make history". The Flint Journal (Booth Newspapers). http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/decision2007/2007/08/two_white_candidates_make_hist.html. Retrieved 30 March 2009. 
6. ^ Fonger, Ron (2008-12-16). "Woodrow Stanley, headed for state House, thanks county commission for giving his political career new life" (in 2009-01-05). Flint Journal (Flint, Michigan: Booth Newspapers). http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/index.ssf/2008/12/woodrow_stanley_headed_for_sta.html. 
7. ^ "PRIMARY ELECTION GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN TUESDAY, AUGUST 06, 2002". Genesee County Website. Flint, Michigan: GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. AUGUST 06, 2002. http://www.co.genesee.mi.us/clerk/images/Election%20results/082002/082002.HTM#41. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
8. ^ ^{a b c} [[[n:Mayor of Flint, Michigan resigns for health reasons|Mayor of Flint, Michigan resigns for health reasons]] "Mayor of Flint, Michigan resigns for health reasons"]. Wikinews (Wikimedia Foundation). February 11, 2009. Mayor of Flint, Michigan resigns for health reasons. Retrieved February 18, 2009. 
9. ^ Kristin, Longley (2009-08-06). "Mayor Dayne Walling lays out priorities at swearing in ceremony, pledges to keep police chief". Flint Journal (Flint, Michigan: Booth Newspapers). http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/08/mayor_dayne_walling_lays_out_p.html. Retrieved 18 August 2009. 
10. ^ Kristin, Longley (2009-08-14). "Gregory Eason appointed Flint city administrator by Mayor Dayne Walling". Flint Journal (Flint, Michigan: Booth Newspapers). http://blog.mlive.com/flint-city-beat/2009/08/gregory_eason_appointed_flint.html. Retrieved 18 August 2009. 
11. ^ Longley, Kristin (November 09, 2011). "About 19 percent of voters turned out to re-elect Flint Mayor Dayne Walling". Flint Journal. http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/11/about_19_percent_of_voters_tur.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011.