List of mayors of Indianapolis

As the chief executive, the mayor has the duty to oversee city-county government's various departments, agencies, and municipal corporations.

Indianapolis city elections are partisan, with party affiliations listed alongside candidates' names on the ballot.

John Caven, Caleb S. Denny, Charles A. Bookwalter, Samuel L. Shank, Reginald H. Sullivan, and Philip L. Bayt served two nonconsecutive terms each.

Unigov, the city-county consolidation of Indianapolis and Marion County governments, was enacted on January 1, 1970, exactly two years into Richard Lugar's first term as mayor.

[2] The new governance structure, codified in Indiana Code, mandates that the Mayor of Indianapolis is the chief executive of both the city and Marion County.

Old Indianapolis City Hall housed the Mayor's Office from 1910 until completion of the City-County Building in 1962.
Richard Lugar was the 44th mayor of Indianapolis, and the first under Unigov .