Lansing, Michigan, was incorporated as a city on February 15, 1859.
Hiram H. Smith, 1859
John A. Kerr, 1860
William H. Chapman, 1861–62
Dr. Ira H. Bartholomew, 1863–65
Dr. William H. Haze, 1866
George W. Peck, 1867
Cyrus Hewitt, 1868–69
Dr. Solomon W. Wright, 1870
John Robson, 1871 and 1881
John S. Tooker, 1872–73 and 1876
Daniel W. Buck, 1874–75 and 1886
Orlando Mack Barnes, 1877
Joseph E. Warner, 1878
William Van Buren, 1879–80
Orlando F. Barnes, 1882–83
William Donovan, 1884–85
Jacob F. Schultz, 1887
John Crotty, 1888
James M. Turner, 1889 and 1895
Frank B. Johnson, 1890–91
Arthur O. Bement, 1892–93
Alroy A. Wilbur, 1894
Russell C. Ostrander, 1896
Charles J. Davis, 1897–99
James F. Hammell, 1900–03
Hugh Lyons, 1904–07
John S. Bennett, 1908–11
J. Gottlieb Reutter, 1912–17
Jacob W. Ferle, 1918–19 and 1922
Benjamin A. Kyes, 1920–21
Silas F. Main, 1922–23
Alfred H. Doughty, 1923–26
Laird J. Troyer, 1927–30
Peter F. Gray, 1931–32
Max A. Templeton, 1933–41
Arthur E. Stoppel, 1941
Sam Street Hughes, 1941–42
Ralph W. Crego, 1943–61
Willard I. Bowerman, Jr., 1961–65
Max E. Murninghan, 1965–69
Gerald W. Graves, 1969–81
Terry John McKane, 1981–92
Jim Crawford, 1992–93
David Hollister, 1993–2003
Antonio Benavides, 2003–2006
Virgil Bernero, 2006–present