List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Mayor of the City of Fort Wayne | |
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Term length | Four years, no limit |
Inaugural holder | George W. Wood |
Formation | 1840 |
Website | Office of the Mayor |
This is a list of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The mayor is the chief executive of the city, charged with overseeing the operation of all local government departments. Mayoral terms are four years, with no limit on the number of terms an individual may be elected to.
List[]
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No. | Portrait | Mayor | Term start | Term end | ||
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1 | George W. Wood (1808–1871; aged 63) |
May 1, 1840 | July 5, 1841 | Whig | ||
2 | Joseph Morgan
(1795-1851; aged 56) |
1841 | 1843 | Whig | ||
3 | Henry Lotz (1797–1845; aged 48) |
1843 | 1844 | Whig | ||
4 | John M. Wallace | 1844 | 1845 | Whig | ||
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Merchant W. Huxford (1798–1877; aged 79) |
1846 | 1849 | Democratic | |
6 | William Stewart (1st)
(1798-1873; aged 74) |
1849 | 1852 | Democratic | ||
7 | Philip G. Jones
(1808-1859; aged 50) |
1852 | 1853 | Know Nothing | ||
8 | Charles Whitmore (1819–1892; aged 73) |
1853 | 1855 | Democratic | ||
9 | William Stewart (2nd)
(1798-1873; aged 74) |
1855 | 1857 | Democratic | ||
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Samuel S. Morss (1811–1862; aged 51) |
1857 | 1859 | Know Nothing | |
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Franklin P. Randall (1st) (1812–1892; aged 79) |
1859 | 1865 | Democratic | |
12 | James L. Worden (1819–1884; aged 65) |
1865 | 1866 | Democratic | ||
13 | Benjamin Saunders | 1866 | 1867 | Democratic | ||
14 | Henry Sharp (1809–1900; aged 91) |
1867 | 1869 | Republican | ||
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Franklin P. Randall (2nd)
(1812–1892; aged 79) |
1869 | 1873 | Democratic | |
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Charles A. Zollinger (1st) (1838–1893; aged 55) |
1873 | 1885 | Democratic | |
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Charles F. Muhler (1841–1899; aged 58) |
1885 | 1889 | Republican | |
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Daniel L. Harding
(1843-1912; aged 69) |
1889 | 1893 | Republican | |
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Charles A. Zollinger (2nd)
(1838–1893; aged 55) |
1893 | December 28, 1893 | Democratic | |
20 | Henry P. Scherer (1st) (1855–1917; aged 61) |
1894 | 1894 | Democratic | ||
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Chauncey B. Oakley (1833–1903; aged 69) |
1894 | 1896 | Republican | |
22 | Henry P. Scherer (2nd)
(1855–1917; aged 61) |
1896 | 1901 | Democratic | ||
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Henry C. Berghoff (1856–1925; aged 69) |
1901 | 1906 | Democratic | |
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William J. Hosey (1st) (1854–1937; aged 83) |
1906 | 1910 | Democratic | |
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Jesse Grice (1852–1915; aged 63) |
1910 | 1914 | Republican | |
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William J. Hosey (2nd)
(1854–1937; aged 83) |
1914 | 1918 | Democratic | |
27 | W. Sherman Cutshall (1868–1939; aged 71) |
1918 | 1922 | Republican | ||
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William J. Hosey (3rd)
(1854–1937; aged 83) |
1922 | 1926 | Democratic | |
29 | William C. Geake
(1874-1965; aged 90) |
January 4, 1926 | 1930 | Republican | ||
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William J. Hosey (4th)
(1854–1937; aged 83) |
1930 | 1934 | Democratic | |
31 | Harry W. Baals (1st) (1886–1954; aged 67) |
1934 | 1948 | Republican | ||
32 | Henry E. Branning, Jr. (1890–1970; aged 80) |
1948 | 1952 | Democratic | ||
33 | Harry W. Baals (2nd)[a] (1886–1954; aged 67) |
1952 | May 9, 1954 | Republican | ||
34 | Robert Meyers (1913–2007; aged 93) |
1954 | December 31, 1959 | Republican | ||
35 | Paul Mike Burns (1932–2006; aged 74) |
January 1, 1960 | December 31, 1963 | Democratic | ||
36 | Harold S. Zeis (1912–1975; aged 63) |
January 1, 1964 | December 31, 1971 | Republican | ||
37 | Ivan A. Lebamoff (1932–2006; aged 74) |
January 1, 1972 | December 31, 1975 | Democratic | ||
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Robert E. Armstrong (1925–2008; aged 82) |
January 1, 1976 | December 31, 1979 | Republican | |
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Winfield Moses (1st)[b] (born in 1943; age 78) |
January 1, 1980 | July 8, 1985 | Democratic | |
40 | Cosette Simon[c] (born in 1953; age 68) |
July 8, 1985 | July 19, 1985 | Democratic | ||
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Winfield Moses (2nd)[d] (born in 1943; age 78) |
July 20, 1985 | December 31, 1987 | Democratic | |
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Paul Helmke (born in 1948; age 73) |
January 1, 1988 | December 31, 1999 | Republican | |
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Graham Richard (born in 1947; age 75) |
January 1, 2000 | December 31, 2007 | Democratic | |
44 | Tom Henry (born in 1951; age 70) |
January 1, 2008 | incumbent | Democratic |
Other offices held[]
The following is a list of elected offices held by mayors, before or after their term(s).
Mayor | Mayoral term | Other offices held | References |
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Paul Mike Burns | 1960–1964 | Fort Wayne City Councilman (1948–1952, 1972–1992) | |
Robert E. Armstrong | 1976–1980 | Allen County Councilman (1990–2002) | |
Winfield Moses | 1980–1985, 1985–1987 | Fort Wayne City Councilman (1972–1979) Indiana State Representative (1992–2012) |
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Graham Richard | 2000–2007 | Indiana State Senator (1974–1978) | |
Tom Henry | 2008–present | Fort Wayne City Councilman (1984–2004) |
Living former mayors[]
As of April 2015, four former mayors are alive, the oldest being Winfield Moses (1980–1985, 1985–1987; born 1943). The most recent mayor to die is Paul Mike Burns (1960–1964; born 1917), on January 7, 2011.
Mayor | Mayoral term | Date of birth |
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Winfield Moses | 1980–1985, 1985–1987 | February 20, 1943 (age 78) |
Cosette Simon | 1985 | June 18, 1953 (age 68) |
Paul Helmke | 1988–1999 | November 24, 1948 (age 73) |
Graham Richard | 2000–2007 | September 8, 1944 (age 77) |
Notes[]
- a Baals died of a kidney infection during his fourth term as mayor.[1]
- b Moses resigned from office after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor violations of campaign finance laws.[2]
- c City Controller Cosette Simon was appointed acting mayor for eleven days following Moses' resignation. She was Fort Wayne's first female mayor.
- d With 86 of 99 Allen County Democratic precinct committee members voting in a special caucus for his reinstatement, Moses was elected to complete his second term as mayor.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Leininger, Kevin (February 12, 2011). "Jokes aside, Harry Baals worth honoring". The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ Ogintz, Eileen (July 9, 1985). "Mayor of Ft. Wayne resigns in plea deal, but plans return". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ Shipp, E. R. (July 20, 1985). "Fort Wayne mayor is out, then in". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
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