Columbus Mayors 1815-1975 (may not be complete) from the Political Graveyard web site. --------------------- 1. Pike, Jarvis W. (c.1794-1854) Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1816-18. Died September 12, 1854. Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Union Grove Cemetery, Canal Winchester, Ohio. 2. John Kerr (c.1778-1823) Born in Ireland. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1818-20. Died in 1823. Original interment at North Graveyard; reinterment to unknown location. 3. King, Eli C. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1820-22. Burial location unknown. 4. Laughrey, John (born c.1784) Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1823. Burial location unknown. 5. Martin, William T. (d. 1866) Born in Bedford County, Pa. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1824-26. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, February 19, 1866. Burial location unknown. 6. Robinson, James Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1827. Burial location unknown. 7. Long, William Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1827-33. Burial location unknown. 8. & 12. Olmsted, Philo H. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1833-34, 1838-39. Burial location unknown. 9. Brooks, John Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1834-35. Burial location unknown. 10. Bailhache, John Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1835. Burial location unknown. 11. Jenkins, Warren Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1836-37. Burial location unknown. 12. See 8. 13. Miller, John G. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1840-41. Burial location unknown. 14. Wood, Thomas Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1841. Burial location unknown. 15. McDowell, Abram I. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1842. Burial location unknown. 16. Wright, Smithson E. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1843-44. Burial location unknown. 17. & 19. Patton, Alexander Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1845, 1847-49. Burial location unknown. 18. Decker, Augustus S. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1846. Burial location unknown. 19. See 17. 20. English, Lorenzo Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1850-61. Burial location unknown. 21. Thomas, Wray Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1861-64. Burial location unknown. 22. & 24. Bull, James G. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1865-68, 1871-74. Burial location unknown. 23. Meeker, George W. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1869-70. Burial location unknown. 24. See 22. 25. Heitmann, John H. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1875-78. Burial location unknown. 26. Collins, Gilbert G. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1879-80. Burial location unknown. 27. Peters, George S. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. 28. Walcutt, Charles C. (1838-1898) Born July 12, 1838. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1883-86. Died May 2, 1898. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. [Section C Lot 122] 29. Bruck, Philip H. (1845-1920) of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born January 6, 1845. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1887-90. Died January 6, 1920. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. 30. & 39. Karb, George J. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1891-94, 1912-19. Burial location unknown. 31. Allen, Cotton H. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1895-96. Burial location unknown. 32. Black, Samuel L. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1897-98. Burial location unknown. 33. Swartz, Samuel J. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1899-1900. Burial location unknown. 34. Hinkle, John N. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1901-02. Burial location unknown. 35. Jeffrey, Robert H. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1903-05. Burial location unknown. 36. Badger, De Witt Clinton (1858-1926) Born near London, Madison County, Ohio, August 7, 1858. Democrat. State court judge in Ohio; U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1903-05; mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1906-07. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 20, 1926. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. See also: congressional biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000021). 37. Bond, Charles Anson (1873-1943) of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, February 3, 1873. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1908-09. Methodist. Executive of the Bond Clothing Company. Died in the Wyoming Valley Homeopathic Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., January 5, 1943. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. 38. Marshall, George S. (1869-1956) of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Perry County, Ohio, 1869. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1910-11. Died in 1956. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. 39. See 30. 40. Thomas, James J. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1920-31. Burial location unknown. 41. Worley, Henry William of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1932-35. Interment at Sunset Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. 42. Gessaman, Myron B. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1936-39. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. 43. Green, Floyd F. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1940-43. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. 44. Rhodes, James Allen (1909-2001) -- also known as James A. Rhodes -- of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Coalton, Jackson County, Ohio, September 13, 1909. Republican. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1943-52; Ohio auditor of state, 1953-63; Governor of Ohio, 1963-71, 1975-83; defeated, 1950, 1954, 1986; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964, 1968; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1970. Presbyterian. His decision, in 1970, to send the National Guard to the Kent State University campus to quell a disturbance was blamed for the deaths of four students there. Along with Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, he was the longest-serving state governor in U.S. history. Died, from infection complications and heart failure, in Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 4, 2001. Entombed in mausoleum at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. 45. Oestreicher, Robert T. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1953. Still living as of 1953. 46. & 48. Sensenbrenner, M. E. of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1954-59, 1964-71. Still living as of 1971. 47. Westlake, Ralston Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1960-63. Obituary appears in Dispatch, 11 Dec 1978, page 7B; related story page 8B; Helen Elizabeth Westlake, widow, born 19 May 1895; died 9 Aug 1990, obit page 4D Dispatch. 48. See 46. 49. Moody, Tom Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1972-. Still living as of 1975.