| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | the City of Indianapolis |
| Insignia: | Seal of the Office of the Mayor of the City of Indianapolis.png |
| Insigniasize: | 200px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Office of the Mayor of the City of Indianapolis |
| Incumbent: | Joe Hogsett |
| Incumbentsince: | January 1, 2016 |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Formation: | 1847 |
| Salary: | $95,317.60 annually[1] |
| Inaugural: | Samuel Henderson |
| Website: | Office of the Mayor |
The Mayor of Indianapolis is the head of the executive branch of the consolidated city-county government of Indianapolis and Marion County. As the chief executive, the mayor has the duty to oversee city-county government's various departments, agencies, and municipal corporations. They also have the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Indianapolis City-County Council, the legislative branch. The mayor serves a four-year term and has no limit to the number of terms they may serve.
As of 2016, the mayor was paid an annual salary of $95,317.60.[1] The Mayor's Office is on the twenty-fifth floor of the City-County Building.[2]
See main article: articles and 2023 Indianapolis mayoral election. The mayor of Indianapolis is elected every four years; elections take place one year before United States presidential elections on election day in November. The mayor is usually sworn in at noon on January 1 following the election. The next election for the mayor will be in 2027.
Indianapolis city elections are partisan, with party affiliations listed alongside candidates' names on the ballot.[3] Primary elections are held on the first Tuesday of May in a mayoral election year. Candidates for mayor secure their party's nominations to campaign in the general election, held on Election Day the following November.
To date, 43 individuals have served as mayor. There have been 49 mayoralties due to six individuals who served nonconsecutive terms. John Caven, Caleb S. Denny, Charles A. Bookwalter, Samuel L. Shank, Reginald H. Sullivan, and Philip L. Bayt served two nonconsecutive terms each. The longest term was that of William "Bill" Hudnut, who served four consecutive terms for 16 years.[4] The shortest term was that of Claude E. Negley, who served 13 days.
| Portrait | Name | Term start | Term end | class=unsortable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1800–1883; aged 83) | bgcolor= | Whig | |||||
| 2 | (1821–1882; aged 61) | [5] | bgcolor= | Whig | ||||
| 3 | (1795–1866; aged 71) | bgcolor= | Whig | |||||
| 4 | (1816–1909; aged 93) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 5 | (1796–1856; aged 60) | [6] | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
| 6 | (1825–1881; aged 56) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 7 | (1814–1894; aged 80) | [7] | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
| 8 | (1803–1873; aged 70) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 9 | (1st) (1824–1905; aged 81) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 10 | (1839–1894; aged 55) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 11 | (1834–1894; aged 60) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 12 | (2nd) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 13 | (1835–1917; aged 82) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 14 | (1843–1914; aged 71) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 15 | (1st) (1850–1926; aged 76) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 16 | (1846–1936; aged 90) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 17 | (2nd) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 18 | (1856–1929; aged 73) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 19 | (1st) (1860–1926; aged 66) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 20 | (1858–1942; aged 84) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 21 | (2nd) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 22 | (1st) (1872–1927; aged 55) | [8] | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
| 23 | (1869–1915; aged 46) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 24 | (1865–1923; aged 58) | [9] | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
| 25 | (1884–1961; aged 77) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 26 | (2nd) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 27 | (1874–1962; aged 88) | [10] | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
| 28 | (1873–1943; aged 70) | [11] | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
| 29 | (1874–1952; aged 78) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 30 | (1st) (1876–1980; aged 103) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 31 | (1900–1971; aged 71) | [12] | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
| 32 | (1881–1951; aged 70) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 33 | (2nd) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 34 | (1877–1947; aged 70) | [13] | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
| 35 | (1878–1958; aged 80) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 36 | (1892–1950; aged 58) | [14] | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
| 37 | (1st) (1910–1989; aged 79) | [15] | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
| 38 | (1883–1971; aged 88) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 39 | (1916–1991; aged 75) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 40 | (2nd) | [16] | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
| 41 | (1909–2006; aged 97) | [17] | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
| 42 | (1891–1966; aged 75) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 43 | (1906–2004; aged 98) | bgcolor= | Democratic |
Unigov, the city-county consolidation of Indianapolis and Marion County governments, was enacted on January 1, 1970, exactly two years into Richard Lugar's first term as mayor.[18] The new governance structure, codified in Indiana Code, mandates that the Mayor of Indianapolis is the chief executive of both the city and Marion County. Due to this structure, all Marion County residents are permitted to vote for the Mayor of Indianapolis, regardless if they live within the city or an excluded city or town.[19] For example, residents of Beech Grove, which is an entirely independent municipality in Marion County, have the ability to vote for the Mayor of Indianapolis as well as their own mayor.[18]
| Portrait | Name | Term start | Term end | class=unsortable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | (1932–2019; aged 87) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 45 | (1932–2016; aged 84) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 46 | (born in 1946; age) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 47 | (born in 1958; age) | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 48 | (born in 1954; age) | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 49 | (born in 1956; age) | incumbent | bgcolor= | Democratic |