List of mayors of South Bend, Indiana


This is a list of mayors of South Bend, Indiana, beginning with South Bend's incorporation as a city on May 22, 1865. The city has elected Democratic mayors since 1972.
#NameTerm startTerm endTerms Party
1William G. George1Republican
2Louis Humphreys
2Republican
3William Miller2Republican
4Alexander N. Thomas1Republican
5Lucius G. Tong
1Republican
6Levi J. Ham
2Democratic
7George W. Loughman
2Republican
8William H. Longley2Democratic
9David R. Leeper
1Democratic
10D. B. J. Schafer2Republican
11Schuyler Colfax III
2Republican
12Edward J. Fogarty4Democratic
13Charles L. Goetz2Democratic
14Fred W. Keller
2Independent
15Franklin R. Carson
2Republican
16Eli F. Seebirt
2Republican
17Chester R. MontgomeryDemocratic
18William Riley Hinkle
Democratic
19George W. Freyermuth
Republican
20Jesse I. PaveyDemocratic
21F. Kenneth Dempsey
Democratic
22George A. SchockDemocratic
23John Alden Scott
1Republican
24Edward F. Voorde
Democratic
25Frank J. Bruggner
¾Democratic
26Lloyd M. Allen
2Republican
27Jerry Miller1Democratic
28Peter J. Nemeth
1Democratic
29Roger O. Parent2Democratic
30Joe E. Kernan
Democratic
31Steve Luecke
Democratic
32Pete Buttigieg
2Democratic
33James Mueller
IncumbentDemocratic