[3] The first mayor of Columbus to be elected by popular vote was John Brooks in 1834.

[9] Of the individuals appointed or elected as mayor, five have resigned from office - James Robinson, John Brooks, Warren Jenkins, John G. Miller, and Jim Rhodes.

No mayor has died or become permanently disabled while in office.

The shortest-serving former mayor is James Robinson, who served only eight months before resigning from office on September 11, 1827.

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