This is a list of mayors of Saginaw, Michigan.
The City of East Saginaw was incorporated in 1859 and existed until it was consolidated with the City of Saginaw in 1889 (effective 1890). The City Charter was granted by the legislature. Mayors were elected for one-year terms.
| Mayor | Start of term | End of term | Notes | |
| William L. P. Little | 1859 | 1859 | ||
| William J. Bartlow | 1860 | 1860 | ||
| Charles B. Mott | 1861 | 1862 | ||
| William F. Glasby | 1863 | 1863 | ||
| James F. Brown | 1864 | 1864 | ||
| Samuel W. Yawkey | 1865 | 1865 | ||
| Dwight G. Holland | 1866 | 1866 | ||
| Wellington R. Burt | 1867 | 1867 | ||
| James L. Ketcham | 1868 | 1869 | ||
| John G. Owen | 1870 | 1870 | ||
| Leander Simoneau | 1871 | 1871 | ||
| Charles L. Ortman | 1872 | 1872 | ||
| William L. Webber | 1873 | 1873 | ||
| Herbert H. Hoyt | 1874 | 1874 | ||
| Chauncey W. Wisner | 1875 | 1876 | ||
| Bradley M. Thompson | 1877 | 1878 | ||
| John Welch | 1879 | 1881 | ||
| Leander Simoneau | 1882 | 1882 | ||
| Frank Lawrence | 1883 | 1883 | ||
| John S. Estabrook | 1884 | 1885 | ||
| Henry M. Youmans | 1886 | 1887 | ||
| William B. Baum | 1888 | 1889 | Last mayor of the City of East Saginaw. Later served as mayor of the (consolidated) City of Saginaw under the 1889 City Charter. |
The City of East Saginaw and the City of Saginaw were consolidated by an act of the Legislature of the State of Michigan in 1889 and was given the same name as the former City of Saginaw. The city charter was granted by legislative act and provided for an elected executive mayor and a city council consisting of 21 aldermen elected from several wards in the city.
| Mayor | Start of term | End of term | Notes | |
| George W. Weadock | 1890 | 1892 | First mayor of the consolidated City of Saginaw under the 1889 City Charter | |
| William S. Linton | 1892 | 1894 | ||
| William B. Mershon | 1895 | 1896 | ||
| William B. Baum | 1896 | 1904 | ||
| Henry E. Lee | 1904 | 1906 | ||
| William B. Baum | 1906 | 1908 | ||
| George W. Stewart, M.D. | 1908 | 1912 | ||
| Albert William Tausend | 1912 | 1914 | Last mayor under the 1889 Charter |
The Legislature of the State of Michigan enacted the Home Rule Cities Act in 1909 that permitted cities to frame and adopt their own Charters. In 1913 the electors of the City of Saginaw adopted a Charter following the Commission form of government. It became effective January 1, 1914 at which time the mayor and commissioners took office.
| Mayor | Start of term | End of term | Notes | |
| Ard E. Richardson | January 1, 1914 | April 11, 1915 | ||
| Hilem F. Paddock | April 11, 1915 | March 1919 | Resigned in March 1919 | |
| Robert F. Johnson | March 1919 | April 1919 | Acting mayor | |
| Ben N. Mercer | April 1919 |
Under the current city charter, effective January 6, 1936, the mayoral term in Saginaw is two years. The mayor is chosen by the City Council from among its own members at the first meeting following a regular municipal election which takes place in November of odd-numbered years. The first city council under the current charter took office on January 6, 1936, and chose a mayor at that time to serve until after the 1937 municipal election. Elections were held in April from 1937 through 1971, at which time it was changed to November.
| Image | Mayor | Start of term | End of term | Notes | |
| Frank Marxer | January 6, 1936 | April 12, 1937 | First mayor under Council-Manager form of government (City Charter of 1936) | ||
| Francis J. McDonald | April 12, 1937 | April 10, 1939 | |||
| John W. Symons Jr. | April 10, 1939 | April 14, 1941 | |||
| William J. Brydges | April 14, 1941 | April 12, 1943 | |||
| Eric F. Wieneke | April 12, 1943 | April 9, 1945 | |||
| Harold J. Stenglein | April 9, 1945 | April 11, 1949 | Two terms served as mayor. First mayor to serve more than one term. | ||
| Edwin W. Koepke | April 11, 1949 | April 9, 1951 | |||
| William R. Hart | April 9, 1951 | April 13, 1953 | |||
| George H. Fischer | April 13, 1953 | April 11, 1955 | |||
| Maurice E. Brown | April 11, 1955 | April 8, 1957 | |||
| R. James Harvey | April 8, 1957 | April 13, 1959 | |||
| R. Dewey Stearns | April 13, 1959 | April 10, 1961 | |||
| G. Stewart Francke | April 10, 1961 | April 12, 1965 | Two terms served as mayor. | ||
| James W. Stenglein | April 12, 1965 | April 10, 1967 | |||
| Henry G. Marsh | April 10, 1967 | April 14, 1969 | First African-American to serve as Mayor[1] | ||
| Warren C. Light | April 14, 1969 | April 12, 1971 | |||
| Paul H. Wendler | April 12, 1971 | November 13, 1973 | Served an extended length term because elections were moved to November from April during his term. | ||
| William F. Nelson Jr. | November 13, 1973 | November 10, 1975 | |||
| Raymond M. Tortora | November 10, 1975 | November 14, 1977 | [2] | ||
| Joe Stephens | November 14, 1977 | November 12, 1979 | Second African-American to serve as Mayor[3] [4] [5] | ||
| Vacant | November 12, 1979 | December 10, 1979 | The council was deadlocked for nearly one month in selecting a mayor. | ||
| Paul P. Prudhomme | December 10, 1979 | November 9, 1981 | |||
| Ronald M. Bushey | November 9, 1981 | November 14, 1983 | |||
| Lawrence D. Crawford | November 14, 1983 | November 9, 1987 | Two terms as mayor. | ||
| Delbert J. Schrems | November 9, 1987 | November 13, 1989 | |||
| Henry H. Nickleberry | November 13, 1989 | November 8, 1993 | Two terms as mayor. | ||
| Gary L. Loster | November 8, 1993 | November 12, 2001 | Four terms as mayor. (Only mayor under 1936 charter to serve more than two terms.) | ||
| Wilmer Jones Ham | November 12, 2001 | November 14, 2005 | Two terms as mayor. First female and first African-American female to serve as mayor. Her son, Darvin Ham, played in the NBA. | ||
| Carol B. Cottrell | November 14, 2005 | November 12, 2007 | |||
| Joyce J. Seals | November 12, 2007 | November 9, 2009 | second African-American female to serve as mayor | ||
| Greg Branch | November 9, 2009 | November 11, 2013 | Two terms as mayor. | ||
| Dennis Browning | November 11, 2013 | 2018 | A 2013 change in election schedule from odd years to even years means Browning will be the only mayor under this charter to serve a three-year term. Browning's first term ended on November 14, 2016. | ||
| Floyd Kloc | 2018 | 2019 | [6] | ||
| Brenda Moore | 2020 | Incumbent | [7] |