| Mayor | Start | End | Comment |
| Jan Jansen Bleecker | 1700 | 1701 | Born in Holland; emigrated to Albany in 1658. Negotiated support from the Iroquois tribes in the Dutch struggles against the French in Canada. Also served as City Chamberlain, Indian Commissioner, Recorder, Justice of the Peace and as a member of the Provincial Assembly. |
| Johannes Bleecker Jr. | 1701 | 1702 | Interpreter to the Indians. Carried captive to Canada in 1686, returned as year later. Also served as Recorder and member of the General Assembly. Son of Mayor Jan Jansen Bleecker and brother of Mayor Rutger Bleecker. City wall strengthened during his term in expectation of an attack from the French. |
| Albert Janse Ryckman | 1702 | 1703 | One of the most prominent Albany brewmasters of the late seventeenth century. Captain of the militia. Deacon in the Dutch Reformed Church. |
| Johannes Schuyler | 1703 | 1706 | Militia officer, trader, river transport operator. Brother of Pieter Schuyler and grandfather of Continental General Philip Schuyler. Enacted a law mandating that each homeowner had to build an eight-foot sidewalk. Also served as Indian Commissioner, member of Colonial Assembly and alderman. |
| David Davidse Schuyler | 1706 | 1707 | Brother of Mayor Myndert Schuyler; "fyre-masters" were ordered to inspect chimneys during his term. Also served as alderman, Justice, County Sheriff, Indian Commissioner and delegate to the Council of the Onondagas. |
| Evert Bancker | 1707 | 1709 | See first term entry above |
| Johannes Abeel | 1709 | 1710 | See first term entry above |
| Robert Livingston the Younger | 1710 | 1719 | Nephew of Mayor Robert Livingston. Married to daughter of Mayor Pieter Schuyler. Born in Scotland, emigrated in 1687. Accused by the Boston Board of Trade of being a partner with pirate Captain Kidd since Kidd was using his ship, he was later exonerated. Member of the Colonial Assembly, Indian Commissioner, Secretary of the City. |
| Myndert Schuyler | 1719 | 1720 | Merchant. Ordered construction of small houses outside the city walls to house Indians who came to trade. Also served as member of the Assembly, Church Master, Indian Commissioner, Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia, Alderman. |
| Pieter Van Brugh | 1720 | 1723 | See first term entry above |
| Myndert Schuyler | 1723 | 1725 | See first term entry above |
| Johannes Cuyler | 1725 | 1726 | Elder in the Dutch Church, Indian Commissioner, trader. Admitted freeman of New York City. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Married to daughter of Mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck. |
| Rutger Bleecker | 1726 | 1729 | Merchant. Son of Mayor Jan Jansen Bleecker, brother of Mayor Johannes Bleecker; married to widow of Mayor Johannes Abeel. Enacted laws restricting the sale of intoxicants to Indians. Also served as Recorder. |
| Johannes DePeyster | 1729 | 1731 | Son of Johannes de Peyster, a Mayor of New York City and a Huguenot. Purchased Albany's first fire-fighting equipment, ladders and fire-hooks. Married daughter of Mayor Myndert Schuyler. Also served as Recorder, Indian Commissioner, member of Provincial Assembly, Captain of the Cavalry, Inspector of Ordinance, Surrogate of Albany County and Paymaster of the New York Forces. His daughter married Albany Mayor Volkert P. Douw. |
| Johannes "Hans" Hansen | 1731 | 1732 | Trader, son of Mayor Hendrick Hansen, married daughter of Mayor Johannes Cuyler. Spent much of his youth west of Albany in Indian lands. |
| Johannes DePeyster | 1732 | 1732 | See first term entry above |
| Edward Holland | 1733 | 1740 | First English Mayor of Albany, his father commanded the Albany garrison. Signed a City Ordinance "To prevent Negroes or Indian slaves to appear in the streets after eight at night without a lanthorn and lighted candle in it." |
| Johannes Schuyler Jr. | 1740 | 1741 | Son of Mayor Johannes Schuyler, father of General Philip Schuyler. Businessman with lucrative government contracts and large dowry from his New York City Dutch wife's family; appointed to a second term as mayor but declined to take required oath of allegiance and did not serve. Also served as Indian Commissioner and alderman. |
| Johannes DePeyster | 1741 | 1742 | See first term entry above |
| Cornelis Cuyler | 1742 | 1746 | Fur trader and merchant, represented Albany's interests in Mohawk Country and Canada; alderman, active member of Indian Affairs Commission. Son of Mayor Johannes Cuyler, grandson of Mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck, father of Mayor Abraham Cuyler. |
| Dirck Ten Broeck | 1746 | 1748 | Merchant, grandson of Mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck. Also served as City Inspector of Skins, Alderman, Recorder and Commissioner of Indian Affairs. |
| Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck | 1748 | 1750 | Indian Commissioner, silversmith, judge, and member of Albany's Committee of Safety during the Revolutionary War |
| Robert Sanders | 1750 | 1754 | English native who married into the influential Dutch Schuyler family at a time when it was without a strong male leader; his administration hosted the Albany Congress. |
| Johannes Hansen | 1754 | 1756 | See first term entry above; died in office during this term |
| Sybrant Gozen Van Schaick | 1756 | 1761 | Trader and landholder, his administration witnessed some of the most active local phases of the French and Indian War. |
| Volkert Petrus Douw | 1761 | 1770 | Merchant and one of the founders of Albany Savings Bank, second oldest bank in New York. Married daughter of Mayor Johannes DePeyster. Also served as alderman, recorder, captain of the militia, judge, member of the Colonial Assembly, Indian Commissioner, Committee of Safety, Commissary of the Northern Army, New York State Senator. |
| Abraham Cornelis Cuyler | 1770 | 1778 | Third generation member of his family to serve as mayor, grandson of Mayor Johannes Schuyler. Last mayor of colonial Albany, cooperated with English interests as local tensions mounted; arrested by Revolutionaries and exiled to Connecticut; condemned to death in 1779 under Act of Attainder; after peace with Britain was secured, he attempted to return to Albany but was unable to reclaim his property and died in Canada in 1810. |
| 1778 | 1779 | Member of Albany Committee of Correspondence; first mayor under new State government; died in office. |
| Abraham Ten Broeck | 1779 | 1783 | Lawyer, banker. Son of Mayor Dirck Ten Broeck. During his term, Albany was designated the capital of New York and whipping posts were abolished in the city; a prominent citizen and co-administrator of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck for Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer, also served as member of the Colonial Assembly, delegate to the Continental Congress, Brigadier-General of the Army, President of the Committee of Safety, New York State Senator, Judge, President of the Bank of Albany. |
| Johannes Jacobse Beekman | 1783 | 1786 | Firemaster, alderman, member of New York State Assembly; active in Albany Committee of Correspondence |
| John Lansing Jr. | 1786 | 1790 | Also delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, member of the Continental Congress, Speaker of the Assembly and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, among other duties. During his term, the New York Convention ratified the United States Constitution. He disappeared on December 12, 1829 in New York City; he was last seen by the doorman at City Hotel. |
| Abraham Yates Jr. | 1790 | 1796 | Financier. Delegate to the Continental Congress, Albany's first Postmaster and founding trustee of Union College. Oil street lamps installed during his term. New York State Senator for first 13 sessions. Delegate to the Continental Congress. |
| Abraham Ten Broeck | 1796 | 1798 | See first term entry above |
| Philip S. Van Rensselaer | 1799 | 1816 | Grandson of Philip Livingston. Third longest total time of service by an Albany mayor, after Erastus Corning II and Gerald D. Jennings; ordered the State Capitol built; Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat arrived in Albany on its first voyage during his term, and Schenectady County was created from Albany. |
| Mayor | Start | End | Comment |
| Elisha Jenkins | 1816 | 1819 | Key figure in an early Albany scandal in 1807, when he was assaulted by General Solomon Van Rensselaer after passing a resolution questioning Van Rensselaer's honesty. A riot ensued, and Jenkins' nephew, Francis Bloodgood, struck and seriously wounded Van Rensselaer with a cane. Suits and countersuits were filed. Jenkins' appointment as mayor has been viewed as a politically motivated move and further slight against the Van Rensselaer family; Jenkins resigned in 1819 and his term was completed by Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer. Bloodgood later became Mayor of Albany as well. Jenkins also served as New York State Senator, State Comptroller, Secretary of State and Quartermaster to the General Northern Department during the War of 1812. |
| Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer | 1819 | 1820 | See first term entry above |
| Charles E. Dudley | 1821 | 1824 | Merchant. Key early petitioner for the Erie Canal, helped found Cohoes Company to tap the power of the Mohawk River. The Albany Basin of Erie Canal completed during his term and canal began operation. His widow donated funds to found Dudley Observatory. |
| Ambrose Spencer | 1824 | 1826 | His wife was the sister of Governor DeWitt Clinton; also Attorney General of New York and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, and member of the United States House of Representatives. |
| James Stevenson | 1826 | 1828 | Lawyer, one of the first governors of Albany City Hospital. During his term, a large celebration was held in Albany on the effective date of the emancipation of slaves in New York; resigned in 1828. |
| Charles E. Dudley | 1828 | 1829 | See first term entry above; resigned in 1829 |
| John Townsend | 1829 | 1830 | Laid the cornerstone for Albany's old City Hall in 1829; major cholera outbreak during his term. Advised DeWitt Clinton in Erie Canal matters. Also president of National Commercial Bank, president of the Albany Exchange Company, president of the Water Commission, vice president of Albany Savings Bank. |
| Francis Bloodgood | 1831 | 1831 | Clerk of the New York State Supreme Court, president of New York State Bank. See entry under Elisha Jenkins above for his role in a politically motivated brawl in 1807. |
| John Townsend | 1832 | 1832 | See first term entry above |
| Francis Bloodgood | 1833 | 1833 | See first term entry above |
| Erastus Corning | 1834 | 1837 | Founder of the New York Central Railroad and member of the United States House of Representatives; resigned in 1837. |
| Teunis Van Vechten | 1837 | 1839 | President of Albany Insurance Company and attorney to Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer; first locomotive arrived from Boston during his term, though passengers disembarked in Greenbush and crossed the river by ferry; resigned in 1839. |
| Jared Lewis Rathbone | 1839 | 1841 | Last mayor chosen by the common council, appointed to complete Mayor Van Vechten's term. Elected mayor in 1840 after city charter amendment provided for popular vote for mayor. President of Albany Medical College. Also served as alderman. Father of Henry Rathbone |
| Teunis Van Vechten | 1841 | 1842 | See first term entry above |
| Barent Philip Staats | 1842 | 1843 | Physician, alderman, strong temperance sensibilities. |
| Friend Humphrey | 1843 | 1845 | Born in Connecticut, relocated to Albany in 1811. Albany Rural Cemetery was consecrated and Albany's first telegraph office opened during his term. Advocate for public morality, he closed public markets on Sundays. New York State Senator. |
| John Keyes Paige | 1845 | 1846 | New York State Supreme Court Clerk from 1825 until his election as mayor. President of the Canal Bank. |
| William Parmelee | 1846 | 1848 | Lawyer. Also served as city attorney, judge and recorder. |
| John Taylor | 1848 | 1849 | Brewer. Known for his fine private library. |
| Friend Humphrey | 1849 | 1850 | See first term entry above |
| Franklin Townsend | 1850 | 1851 | Adjutant General of the State of New York, Assemblyman, President of New York State National Bank, Vice-President of Albany Savings Bank; nephew of Mayor John Townsend |
| Eli Perry | 1851 | 1854 | Merchant in livestock and provisions. Contracted to supply Union forces during the Civil War but lost his fortune in the process. Cousin of Commodore William Perry; Albany Law School organized during his tenure as mayor. Also served as alderman and Member of United States House of Representatives. Organized Albany Orphan Asylum. |
| William Parmelee | 1854 | 1856 | See first term entry above; died in office |
| Charles Watson Godard | 1856 | 1856 | Appointed by common council on the death of William Parmalee. Also served as captain of the Port of New York, and was a prominent lecturer and philanthropist. |
| Eli Perry | 1856 | 1860 | See first term entry above |
| George Hornell Thacher | 1860 | 1862 | Owned Thacher Carwheel Co., headed Albany's substantial humanitarian efforts during the Civil War. Also served as an alderman. |
| Eli Perry | 1862 | 1866 | See first term entry above |
| George Hornell Thacher | 1866 | 1868 | See first term entry above |
| Charles Edward Bleecker | 1868 | 1870 | Planned Washington Park. During his term, construction of the Capitol began. First Mayor to have veto power. |
| George Hornell Thacher | 1870 | 1874 | See first term entry above; resigned during electoral challenge |
| John G. Burch | 1874 | 1874 | Coal and wood dealer and alderman. Appointed to serve as mayor during contested election between George Hornell Thacher and Edmund Lewis Judson. |
| Edmund L. Judson | 1874 | 1876 | Flour and provision merchant. Election was contested by George Thacher; contest dragged through the courts for two years; Judson was declared the winner only weeks before his first term ended. Also served as alderman. |
| Anthony Bleecker Banks | 1876 | 1878 | Principal partner of Banks & Brothers, law publishers, booksellers, and importers; one of the oldest legal publishing houses in the United States. Served in New York State Assembly, New York State Senate. President of the Greenbush Bridge Company. |
| Michael N. Nolan | 1878 | 1883 | Born in Ireland, also served in United States House of Representatives. Albany's City Hall was destroyed by fire during his term; he resigned in 1883. He was the first Roman Catholic Mayor of Albany. |
| John Swinburne | 1883 | 1884 | Physician who served as a Medical Officer during the Civil War, and Surgeon-in-Chief of American Ambulance Corps during the Franco-Prussian War. Electric streetlights installed in Albany during his time as mayor. His election was contested, and he was not formally seated until near the end of his elected term. He was one of the four founding physicians involved in establishing Albany Medical College. |
| Anthony Bleecker Banks | 1884 | 1886 | See first term entry above |
| John Boyd Thacher | 1886 | 1888 | Author, philanthropist, bibliophile. Son of Mayor George Hornell Thacher, uncle of Mayor John Boyd Thacher II. Also served as New York State Senator. In 1914, his widow donated the family land that formed the nucleus of the present-day John Boyd Thacher State Park. |
| Edward A. Maher | 1888 | 1890 | President of Union Railway Company and South End Bank. |
| James Hilton Manning | 1890 | 1894 | Son of Daniel Manning. Publisher, President of the Weed Parsons Printing Company. Albany Railway Company converted to electric power during his term, eliminating horse-drawn carriages. Also President of the Hudson River Telephone Company and President of National Savings Bank. |
| Oren Elbridge Wilson | 1894 | 1895 | President of the Board of Education, Chief Accountant for Whitney's Dry Goods Company. Also served as School Commissioner and President of the Board of Education. Appointed a Water Board favorable to building a filtration plant for the city, and significantly increased the size of the fire department. |
| John Boyd Thacher | 1896 | 1897 | See first term entry above |
| Thomas J. Van Alstyne | 1898 | 1899 | Civil War veteran, attorney; first public water filtration plant opened during his term. Also served as Judge, member of United States House of Representatives, and as a trustee of the Albany Institute. |