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This is a list of mayors of South Bend, Indiana, beginning with South Bend's incorporation as a city on May 22, 1865. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] William G. George served as the city's first mayor from 1865 to 1868. Joe Kernan was mayor of South Bend from 1988 to 1997 and went on to serve as governor of Indiana .
James Mueller (born June 29, 1982) is an American politician and academic serving as the mayor of South Bend, Indiana since 2020. Prior to being elected mayor, Mueller held positions within the administration of his predecessor Pete Buttigieg.
The website Best Cities later ranked South Bend number 39 on its 2020 list of the 100 best small cities in the United States, citing Buttigieg's efforts to revitalize the Studebaker factory and Downtown South Bend. [126] Under Buttigieg, the city also began a smart sewer program, the first phase of which was finished in 2017 at a cost of $150 ...
Pete Buttigieg served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 2012 to 2020. Elected in 2011 as a Democrat, he took office in January 2012 at the age of 29, becoming the second-youngest mayor in South Bend history, and the youngest incumbent mayor, at the time, of a U.S. city with at least 100,000 residents.
South Bend Mayor James Mueller addresses the crowd during the unveiling of murals at a new public baseball field, Foundry Field, on Monday, May 20, 2024, in South Bend.
South Bend held its first mayoral election in 1865, the year in which the city was incorporated (electing William G. George, its first mayor). [1] This first mayoral election took place in early June 1865, only two weeks after the formal incorporation of the city.
SOUTH BEND — For Black History Month, South Bend again honors several African American community members with a series of billboards displayed throughout the city through Feb. 25.
South Bend was incorporated as a city on May 22, 1865, and its first elections were held on June 5, 1865, with William G. George elected as its first mayor [15] The official city motto, "Peace", refers to the fact that incorporation came in the month following the Confederate surrender that effectively ended the American Civil War.