The City of Ypsilanti's Mayor is elected every four years. Ypsilanti has a council/manager form of government with a weak mayor. This means that the Mayor basically functions as an at-large Councilmember and presides over Council meetings, in contrast to "strong mayor" cities, like Detroit, where the Mayor's office has significant control over day-to-day governance of the city.
Past Mayors of Ypsilanti
- Lois Richardson (2020-Present)
- Beth Bashert 2018-2020 (resigned)
- Amanda Edmonds 2014-2018 (resigned)
- Paul Schreiber 2006-2014
- Cheryl C. Farmer 1995-2006
- Michael Homel 1993-95
- Clyde K. King 1989-93
- Peter J. Murdock 1983-89
- George D. Goodman 1972-83
- Richard L. Boatwright 1970-72
- Timothy Dyer 1968-70
- John H. Burton 1967-68
- Susan H. Sayre 1966-67
- Jerry F. Gooding 1965-66
- Vincent H. Buck 1964-65
- John Calder 1963-64
- Maurice Obermeyer 1962-63
- John Calder 1961-62
- Donald B. Fulford 1960-61
- Rodney E. Hutchinson 1958-59
- William E. Foy 1957-58
- Rodney E. Hutchinson 1955-56
- Carl J. Scheffler 1952-54
- Daniel T. Quirk 1947-52
- Ross K. Bower 1941-46
- Ray H. Burrell 1935-40
- Matthew Max 1929-34
- Hugh E. Vandewalker 1924-28
- Emery R. Beal 1922-23
- Theodore Schaible 1921-22
- C. V. Brown 1916-20
- Lee N. Brown 1914-16
- Frank Norton 1912-14
- Tracy Towner 1910-12
- John P. Kirk 1908-10
- John Van Fossen 1906-08
- George Gaudy 1904-05
- C. R. Huston 1903-04
- Martin Dawson 1902-03
- O. E. Thompson 1901-02
- Henry R. Scoville 1900-01
- Edward P. Allen 1899-1900
- Don Lewis Davis 1898-99
- Nolan B. Harding 1897-98
- Harlow D. Wells 1895-96
- William B. Seymour 1893-94
- Henry P. S. Glover 1891-93
- Daniel Putnam 1889-91
- Francis P. Bogardus 1888-89
- Clark Cornwell 1886-88
- Chester L. Yost 1884-86
- Henry R. Scoville 1881-84
- Edward P. Allen 1880-81
- Lambert A. Barnes 1879-80
- Thomas Ninde 1878-79
- Lambert A. Barnes 1875-78
- Watson Snyder 1873-75
- Francis P. Bogardus 1871-73
- Parmenio Davis 1868-70
- David Edwards 1867-68
- Edgar Bogardus 1865-67
- David Edwards 1864-65
- Parmenio Davis 1861-64
- Benjamin Follett 1860-61
- Arden H. Ballard 1859-60
- Chauncey Joslin 1858-59
More information
- Mayors of Ypsilanti, MI, Political Graveyard
- Ypsilanti Historical Society, and Ypsilanti Historical Archives. The Mayors of Ypsilanti, 1858-1976. Ypsilanti, Mich.: Archives and the Society, 1972. OCLC 2743461.
- Mayors of Ypsilanti, Part IV, Ypsilanti Gleanings
