The Mayor of the Village of Skaneateles is the head of the Village Council. In 2013, the length of a mayoral term was extended from two years to four years. The mayor is not subject to term limits. The village was incorporated on April 19, 1833.
On April 1, 2021, Mary Sennett succeeded Marty Hubbard as mayor. Ed Evans and Tara Lynn also took office as village trustees.
VILLAGE PRESIDENTS (1833-1927)
From 1833 to 1927, the title of the village's political leader was "Village President." 43 unique individuals have held the title of Village President of Skaneateles over 56 tenures.
| # | Name | Start Year | End Year | Length of Tenure | Total Length of Service | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freeborn G. Jewett | 1833 | 1834 | 1 year | 3 years | 1st tenure; namesake of Jewett Road (outside of village) and Town of Jewett, NY |
| 2 | Daniel Kellogg | 1834 | 1835 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 3 | Freeborn G. Jewett | 1835 | 1836 | 1 year | 3 years | 2nd tenure |
| 4 | Phares Gould | 1836 | 1837 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 5 | George F. Leitch | 1837 | 1839 | 2 years | 3 years | 1st tenure; his son is the namesake of Leitch Avenue |
| 6 | James Hall | 1839 | 1840 | 1 year | 1 year | 1st tenure |
| 7 | George F. Leitch | 1840 | 1841 | 1 year | 3 years | 2nd tenure |
| 8 | Nelson Hawley | 1841 | 1842 | 1 years | 3 years | 1st tenure |
| 9 | James Hall | 1842 | 1842 | - | - | elected but declined to accept; Charles B. Isbell appointed president pro tem |
| 10 | John C. Beach | 1842 | 1844 | 2 years | 2 years | - |
| 11 | Spencer Hannum | 1844 | 1845 | 1 year | 2 years | 1st tenure; namesake of Hannum Street |
| 12 | Nelson Hawley | 1845 | 1847 | 2 years | 3 years | 2nd tenure |
| 13 | Alexander Horton | 1847 | 1848 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 14 | William H. Willetts | 1848 | 1849 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 15 | William H. Jewett | 1849 | 1850 | 1 year | 1 year | also town supervisor (1847-1848) |
| 16 | John Davey, Jr. | 1850 | 1851 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 17 | Charles Pardee | 1851 | 1854 | 3 years | 6 years | 1st tenure |
| 18 | William Fuller | 1854 | 1855 | 1 year | 1 year | also town supervisor (1839-1841) |
| 19 | John Legg | 1855 | 1856 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 20 | John Barrow | 1856 | 1857 | 1 year | 1 year | also town supervisor (1856, 1858-1860) |
| 21 | Freeborn G. Jewett | 1857 | 1858 | 1 year | 3 years | 3rd time |
| 22 | Thomas Snook | 1858 | 1859 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 23 | Spencer Hannum | 1859 | 1860 | 1 year | 2 years | 2nd tenure |
| 24 | Elias Thorne | 1860 | 1860 | 2 months | 2 months | resigned June 1860; Caleb W. Allis appointed president pro tem |
| 25 | Harrison B. Dodge | 1861 | 1863 | 2 years | 3 years | 1st tenure |
| 26 | Charles Pardee | 1863 | 1864 | 1 year | 6 years | 2nd tenure |
| 27 | Joel Thayer | 1864 | 1866 | 2 years | 3 years | 1st tenure; namesake of Thayer Park |
| 28 | William R. Gorton | 1866 | 1867 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 29 | Newell Turner | 1867 | 1868 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 30 | Jacob C. DeWitt | 1868 | 1869 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 31 | Charles Pardee | 1869 | 1870 | 1 year | 6 years | 3rd tenure |
| 32 | Harrison B. Dodge | 1870 | 1871 | 1 year | 3 years | 2nd tenure |
| 33 | James A. Root | 1871 | 1872 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 34 | Charles Pardee | 1872 | 1873 | 1 year | 6 years | 4th tenure |
| 35 | Thomas Kelley | 1873 | 1876 | 3 years | 7 years | 1st tenure; namesake of Kelley Street |
| 36 | William Marvin | 1876 | 1877 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 37 | Thomas Kelley | 1877 | 1881 | 4 years | 7 years | 2nd tenure |
| 38 | Joel Thayer | 1881 | 1882 | 1 years | 3 years | 2nd tenure |
| 39 | Joseph Allen | 1882 | 1885 | 3 years | 3 years | - |
| 40 | William G. Ellery | 1885 | 1887 | 2 years | 2 years | first president elected independently; died in 1887 |
| 41 | Charles R. Milford | 1888 | 1890 | 2 years | 6 years | 1st tenure; possible namesake of Milford Drive (outside village) |
| 42 | Joseph C. Willetts | 1890 | 1891 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 43 | N.O. Shepard | 1891 | 1892 | 1 year | 1 year | also town supervisor; namesake of Shepard Road |
| 44 | Ezra B. Knapp | 1892 | 1892 | 1 month | 1 month | resigned on May 30; N.O. Shepard appointed president pro tem |
| 45 | Edson D. Gillett | 1894 | 1895 | 1 year | 1 year | N.O. Shepard elected in 1894 but declined to accept |
| 46 | E. Norman Leslie | 1895 | 1897 | 2 years | 2 years | beat Gillett in village's first two-party election |
| 47 | John E. Waller | 1897 | 1899 | 2 years | 2 years | - |
| 48 | John McLaughlin | 1899 | 1902 | 3 years | 3 years | - |
| 49 | Benjamin F. Petheram | 1902 | 1905 | 3 years | 3 years | - |
| 50 | J. Horatio Earll | 1905 | 1908 | 3 years | 3 years | also served as town supervisor |
| 51 | Charles W. Hunt | 1908 | 1909 | 1 year | 1 year | - |
| 52 | Charles R. Milford | 1909 | 1913 | 4 years | 6 years | 2nd tenure |
| 53 | Charles P. DeWitt | 1913 | 1915 | 2 years | 2 years | - |
| 54 | William J. Shotwell | 1915 | 1920 | 5 years | 5 years | namesake of Shotwell Park |
| 55 | Leslie R. Milford | 1920 | 1923 | 3 years | 3 years | - |
| 56 | Samuel A. Kane | 1923 | 1927 | 4 years | 20 years | namesake of Kane Avenue |
VILLAGE MAYORS (1927-)
Since 1927, the title of the political leader of the village has been "mayor." 56 unique individuals have held the title of Village President and/or Mayor over 70 tenures, and 14 unique individuals have held the title of Mayor over 15 tenures.
| # | # (mayor) | Name | Start Year | End Year | Length of Tenure | Total Length of Service | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 1 | Samuel A. Kane | 1927 | 1943 | 16 years | 20 years | longest-serving village leader |
| 57 | 2 | Jerome J. Murphy | 1943 | 1947 | 4 years | 4 years | - |
| 58 | 3 | James D. Grant | 1947 | 1951 | 4 years | 4 years | - |
| 59 | 4 | Carl W. Grapotte | 1951 | 1955 | 4 years | 4 years | - |
| 60 | 5 | J. Ross Beebe | 1955 | 1955 | 1 month | 1 month | Died in office, Keebler appointed to fill his term |
| 61 | 6 | James Keebler | 1956 | 1959 | 3 year | 3 year | - |
| 62 | 7 | Dr. Stewart P. Smith | 1959 | 1967 | 8 years | 8 years | - |
| 63 | 8 | Gen. James C. Marshall | 1967 | 1973 | 6 years | 6 years | - |
| 64 | 9 | Carl H. Fisher | 1973 | 1991 | 18 years | 18 years | longest-serving mayor since 1927 |
| 65 | 10 | Martin L. "Marty" Hubbard | 1991 | 1995 | 4 years | 4 years | - |
| 66 | 11 | Donald J. Price | 1995 | 2001 | 6 years | 6 years | - |
| 67 | 12 | James M. "Jim" Reinhard | 2001 | 2005 | 4 year | 4 years | - |
| 68 | 13 | Robert A. "Bob" Green, Jr. | 2005 | 2011 | 6 years | 6 years | - |
| 69 | 14 | Martin L. "Marty" Hubbard | 2011 | 2021 | 10 years | 14 years | 2nd tenure |
| 70 | 15 | Mary E. Sennett | 2021 | - | 0 years | 0 years | first female mayor, also town supervisor (2014-2015) |
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