In Ann Arbor, the mayor is primarily a council person with veto power who is elected at-large.  They do not have any special executive powers--city employees instead report to the City Administrator, who can only be appointed or removed by a vote of the City Council.

The current mayor of Ann Arbor is Christopher Taylor

Past mayors

The City of Ann Arbor's past Mayors include:

• Christopher Taylor (D) 2014-present
• John Hieftje (D) 2000-2014
• Ingrid B. Sheldon (R) 1993-2000
• Elizabeth S. Brater (D) 1991-93
• Gerald D. Jernigan (R) 1987-91
• Edward C. Pierce (D) 1985-87
• Louis D. Belcher (R) 1978-85
• Albert H. Wheeler (D) 1975-78
• James E. Stephenson 1973-75
• Robert J. Harris 1969-73
• Wendell E. Hulcher 1965-69
• Cecil O. Creal 1959-65
• Samuel J. Eldersveld 1957-59
• William E. Brown Jr. 1945-57
• Leigh J. Young 1941-45
• Walter C. Sadler 1937-41
• H. Wirt Newkirk 1931-33
• Edward W. Staebler 1927-31
• Robert A. Campbell 1925-27, 1933-37
• George E. Lewis 1921-25
• Ernst M. Wurster 1917-21
• Ernst M. Wurster as Acting Mayor 1915-17
• Charles A. Sauer April-December, 1915 (Died December 6, 1915)
• Dr. R.G. MacKenzie 1913-15
• William L. Walz 1909-13
• James C. Henderson 1907-09
• Francis M. Hamilton 1905-07
• Arthur Brown 1903-05
• Royal S. Copeland 1901-03
• Gottlob Luick 1899-1901
• Charles E. Hiscock 1897-99
• Warren E. Walker 1895-97

In March, 1895, the term of Office of Mayor and President of Council was extended to two years.

• Cyrenus G. Darling 1894-95
• Bradley M. Thompson 1893-94
• William G. Doty 1891-93
• Charles H. Manly 1890-91
• Samuel W. Beakes 1888-90
• John Robison 1886-87
• John Kapp 1880-83, 1885-86
• Willard B. Smith 1878-80, 1887-88
• Densmore Cramer 1877-78
• Edward D. Kinne 1875-77
• Hiram J. Beakes 1873-75
• Silas H. Douglass 1871-73
• William D. Harriman 1870-71, 1883-85
• Alfred H. Partridge 1869-70
• Christian Eberbach 1868-69
• Oliver M. Martin 1866-68
• Ebenezer Wells 1863-65
• Charles Spoor 1862-63
• John F. Miller 1861-62
• Robert J. Barry 1859-61
• Philip Bach 1858-59
• William S. Maynard 1856-58, 1865-66
• James Kingsley 1855-56
• George Sedgwick 1851-55

Village Presidents

Ann Arbor was incorporated as a city on April 4, 1851. Previous to this the title was village president.

• William Finley 1849-50
• George Sedgwick 1845-49
• Olney Hawkins 1844-45
• William R. Thompson 1843-44
• Volney Chapin 1840-43
• William S. Maynard 1839-40
• Edward R. Everett 1838-39
• William S. Maynard 1836-38
• George W. Jewett 1835-36
• John Allen 1834-35

Sources

• Wikipedia: List of mayors of Ann Arbor, Michigan