List of mayors of Flint, Michigan
The mayor position of Flint, Michigan is a strong mayor-type. In Flint's previous 1929 charter, the mayor was one of the City Commissioners, as the council in a council-manager type government.
1855–1888
The mayor was one of many citywide elected officers including the Recorder, Supervisor, Treasurer, Marshal, Directors of the Poor, School Inspector and Justices of the Peace. Additionally, other administrative officers were selected by wards.| Mayor | Start of Term | End of Term | Notes |
| Grant Decker | 1855 | 1856 | |
| Robert J. S. Page | 1856 | 1857 | |
| Henry M. Henderson | 1857 | 1858 | |
| William M. Fenton | 1858 | 1860 | Some records show Porter Hazelton as mayor from 1859 to 1860 |
| Henry H. Crapo | 1860 | 1861 | |
| Ephraim S. Williams | 1861 | 1862 | |
| William Paterson | 1862 | 1863 | |
| William Hamilton | 1863 | 1865 | |
| William B. McCreery | 1865 | 1867 | |
| Austin B. Witherbee | 1867 | 1868 | |
| Samuel M. Axford | 1868 | 1869 | |
| William S. Patrick | 1869 | 1870 | |
| James B. Walker | 1870 | 1871 | |
| David Spencer Fox | 1871 | 1873 | |
| George H. Durand | 1873 | 1875 | |
| Alexander McFarland | 1875 | 1876 | |
| William Hamilton | 1876 | 1877 | |
| Edward Hughes Thomson | 1877 | 1878 | |
| Jerome Eddy | 1878 | 1879 | |
| James C. Willson | 1879 | 1880 | |
| Zacheus Chase | 1880 | 1881 | |
| Charles A. Mason | 1881 | 1882 | |
| William A. Atwood | 1882 | 1883 | |
| George E. Newall | 1883 | 1884 | |
| William W. Joyner | 1884 | 1885 | |
| Mathew Davison | 1885 | 1886 | |
| George T. Warren | 1886 | 1887 | |
| John C. Dayton | 1887 | 1888 |
1929 Charter
Under the 1929 charter, Flint move to a council–manager form of government with the council called the “City Commission.”| Mayor | Start of Term | End of Term | Notes |
| Harvey J. Mallery | 1930 | 1931 | |
| William H. McKeighan | 1931 | 1933 | |
| Ray A. Brownell | 1933 | 1934 | |
| Howard J. Clifford | 1934 | 1935 | |
| George E. Boysen | 1935 | 1936 | |
| Harold E. Bradshaw | 1936 | 1938 | |
| Harry M. Comins | 1938 | 1940 | |
| Oliver Tappin | 1940 | 1940 | |
| William Osmund Kelly | 1940 | 1944 | |
| Edwin C. McLogan | 1944 | 1946 | |
| Edward J. Viall | 1946 | 1948 | |
| George G. Wills | 1948 | 1950 | |
| Paul Lovegrove | 1950 | 1952 | |
| Donald W. Riegle Sr. | 1952 | 1954 | |
| George M. Algoe | 1954 | 1958 | |
| Robert J. Egan | 1958 | 1960 | |
| Charles A. Mobley | 1960 | 1962 | |
| George R. Poulos | 1962 | 1964 | |
| Harry K. Cull | 1964 | 1966 | |
| Floyd J. McCree | 1966 | 1968 | First African-American mayor |
| Donald R. Cronin | 1968 | 1970 | |
| Francis E. Limmer | 1970 | 1973 | |
| Paul Calvin Visser | 1973 | 1975 |
1974 Charter
Under the 1974 Charter, the office of mayor is a non-partisan elected position.| Mayor | Start of Term | End of Term | Administrator | Notes | Elections |
| James W. Rutherford | 1975 | 1983 |