List of South Bend Mayors

William G. George
Republican
1865-1868

Dr. Louis Humphreys
Republican
1868-1872

William Miller
Republican
1872-1876

A.N. Thomas
Republican
1876-1878

Lucius G. Tong
Republican
1878-1880

Dr. Levi J. Ham
Democrat
1880-1884

George W. Loughman
Republican
1884-1888

William H. Longley
Democrat
1888-1892

David R. Leeper
Democrat
1892-1894

D.B.J. Schafer
Republican
1894-1898

Schuyler Colfax, Jr.
Republican
1898-1902

Edward J. Fogarty
Democrat
1902-1910

Charles L. Goetz
Democrat
1910-1914

Fred W. Keller
Independent
1914-1918

Dr. Franklin R. Carson
Republican
1918-1922

Eli F. Seebirt
Republican
1922-1926

Chester R. Montgomery
Democrat
1926-1930

William Riley Hinkle
Democrat
1930-1935

George W. Freyermuth
Republican
1935-1938

Jesse I. Pavey
Democrat
1938-1945

F. Kenneth Dempsey
Democrat
1945-1947

George A. Schock
Democrat
1947-1952

John A. Scott
Republican
1952-1956

Edward F. Voorde
Democrat
1956-1960

Frank J. Bruggner
Democrat
1960-1964

Lloyd M. Allen
Republican
1964-1972

Jerry Miller
Democrat
1972-1976

Peter Nemeth
Democrat
1976-1980

Roger Parent
Democrat
1980-1988

Joseph E. Kernan
Democrat
1988-1996
*Later became Indiana Governor

Stephen J. Luecke
Democrat
1999-2012

Pete Buttigieg
(pronounced ‘Budda judge’)
Democrat
2012-2020

James Mueller
Democrat
2020-current
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