Government

The government of the City of Jamestown is a mayor-council form of government.^[9]

Executive branch

The executive branch consists of a mayor elected to 4-year terms without term limits, and the heads of the departments, most of them appointed by the mayor.^[9]
This section lists the mayors of Jamestown, New York.

#	Mayor name	Took office[5]	Left office[5]	Political party
1	Oscar F. Price	April 13, 1886	May 7, 1894[3]
2	Eleazer Green	May 7, 1894	April 11, 1898[3]
3	Henry H. Cooper	April 11, 1898	1900[3]
4	J. Emil Johnson	1900[3]	April 9, 1906	Republican[10]
5	James L. Weeks	April 9, 1906[11]	1908	Republican[12]
6	Samuel A. Carlson	1908	1928	Republican
7	Lars Larson	1928	1930
8	Samuel A. Carlson	1930	January 1, 1934	Republican
9	Leon F. Roberts	January 1, 1934[13]	January 1, 1938	Democratic
10	Harry C. Erickson	January 1, 1938[14]	1942	Good Government Party[14]
11	Samuel A. Stroth	1942	January 1, 1952	Progressive Party
12	Stanley A. Weeks	January 1, 1952	January 1, 1954	Greater Jamestown Party[15]
13	Samuel A. Stroth	January 1, 1954[16]	January 2, 1956	Progressive Party[17]
14	Carl F. Sanford	January 2, 1956[17]	January 1, 1962	Greater Jamestown Party[18]
15	William D. Whitehead	January 1, 1962[19]	January 1, 1964	Taxpayer's Party[20] Independent[21]
16	Frederick H. Dunn	January 1, 1964[22]	1967	Democratic [21]
17	Charles B. Magnuson	1967	1969	Republican
18	Stanley Nelson Lundine	1969	1976	Democratic
19	Steven B. Carlson	1976[23][24]	1990	Democratic
20	Donald W. Ahlstrom	1990	1992	Republican
21	Carolyn Gifford Seymour	1992	1994[25]	Democratic
22	Richard A. Kimball, Jr.	1994	2000	Republican
23	Samuel Teresi	2000[26]	Incumbent	Democratic

Legislative branch

The legislative body of Jamestown consists of nine council members, who are elected every two years without any term limits. Six council members represent each of the city's 6 wards, and three additional council members are known as councilmembers-at-large, representing the entire city.^[9] The table below outlines the current members of the Jamestown City Council.^[27]

Name/Party	Elected	Notes
Gregory P. Rabb (D)		At-Large, Council President
Kimberly A. Ecklund (R)		At-Large
George S. Spitale (D)		At-Large
Stephen Szwejbka (D)		Ward I
Anthony Dolce (R)		Ward II
Michael A. Taylor (D)	2005	Ward III
Vince DeJoy (D)		Ward VI
Maria B. Jones (D)		Ward V
Paul D. Whitford (D)		Ward VI