Josiah A. Harris (January 15, 1808 – August 21, 1876) was the ninth Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio in 1847.
Harris moved from Becket, Massachusetts in 1818 to North Amherst in Lorain County.
He began to lose interest in the Herald and ended up quitting journalism altogether after the Civil War.
Harris suffered a series of strokes and died at his daughter's home.
Harris married Esther M. Race in 1830 and had four children: Bryon C., Brougham E., Zacharia, and Helen.