List of mayors of Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...

is the chief executive of the government of Cumberland, as stipulated by the city Charter.

Mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

s of Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland, Maryland

(1816-present):

(01) 1816–1823: John Scott
John Scott (mayor)
John Scott was the first mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1816 to 1823.The town of Cumberland, Maryland was incorporated in January 1815, at which time the legislature passed an act to hold elections for 5 city commissioners to oversee regulation and improvement of the newly incorporated town...
(02) 1823–1824: Samuel Magill
Samuel Magill
Samuel Magill was the second mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1823 to 1824.In 1812, Magill established one of the first newspapers in Cumberland, the Allegany Freeman. This newspaper was Democratic in politics and featured news about the War of 1812, politics, and advertisements...

established the first newspaper in Cumberland the Allegany Freeman published weekly from 1813 to 1816 (See, Lowdermilk, page 301)
(03) 1824–1835: Roger Perry
Roger Perry
Roger Perry is an American film and television actor whose career began in the late 1950s.In the 1960-1961 television season, Perry portrayed a handsome young attorney, Jim Harrigan, Jr., in the ABC and Desilu Studios sitcom Harrigan and Son, with co-stars Pat O'Brien, Helen Kleeb, and Georgine...
(04) 1835–1836: John Gephart
(05) 1836–1837: John Write
(06) 1837–1838: Gustavus Beall
(07) 1838–1839: Frederick Deems
(08) 1839–1841: Samuel Charles
(09) 1841–1842: James Smith
(10) 1842–1843: John Gephart
(11) 1843–1849: Thomas Shriver
Thomas Shriver
Thomas Shriver was the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1843-1849, and 1850-1851.Mayor Shriver made great improvements to the city of Cumberland. Grades were established on all the principal streets of the city, and sidewalks were laid on Mechanic Street almost to its entire length...
(12) 1849–1850: Thomas F. White
(13) 1850–1851: Thomas Shriver
Thomas Shriver
Thomas Shriver was the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1843-1849, and 1850-1851.Mayor Shriver made great improvements to the city of Cumberland. Grades were established on all the principal streets of the city, and sidewalks were laid on Mechanic Street almost to its entire length...
(14) 1851–1852: Daniel Saylor
(15) 1852–1853: John Hayes
(16) 1853–1854: Fayette Bartholomew Tower
Fayette Bartholomew Tower
Fayette Bartholomew Tower , civil engineer; mayor. Tower was Born in Waterville, New York on June 29, 1817. Tower was educated as a civil engineer. In 1837, he was appointed on the Croton Aqueduct and he continued on that work until its completion in 1842...
(17) 1854–1855: A. L. Withers
(18) 1855–1856: William Wallace McKaig
(19) 1856–1857: Joseph H. Tucker
(20) 1857–1858: James W. Jones
James W. Jones
Thomas Jones was a civil engineer born in Cowbridge in Glamorganshire, Wales who arrived in Adelaide, South Australia on 7 July 1840...
(21) 1858–1860: D. W. McCleary
(22) 1860–1861: John Humbird
(23) 1861–1862: Charles Mynn Thruston
Charles Mynn Thruston
Charles Mynn Thruston was a soldier, farmer, politician, and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served as the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland, from 1861 to 1862....
(24) 1862–1863: Charles H. Ohr
(25) 1863–1864: James Smith (mayor)
(26) 1864–1865: Charles H. Ohr
(27) 1865–1866: George Harrison (mayor)
(28) 1866–1869: John Humbird
(29) 1869–1871: Lloyd Lowe
(30) 1871–1872: William Piatt
(31) 1872–1873: John B. Widener
(32) 1873–1874: William A. Withers
William A. Withers
William A Withers was twice the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1873-74 and 1876-77. In addition he served on the city council.Early in his career William Withers ran a successful tanning business with his father A. L. Withers. Later in life, he was in the hardware business where he was...
(33) 1874–1874: William R. McCulley
(34) 1874–1876: John Humbird
(35) 1876–1877: William A. Withers
William A. Withers
William A Withers was twice the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1873-74 and 1876-77. In addition he served on the city council.Early in his career William Withers ran a successful tanning business with his father A. L. Withers. Later in life, he was in the hardware business where he was...
(36) 1890–1890: William McMahon McKaig
William McMahon McKaig
William McMahon McKaig was an American politician.Born in Cumberland, Maryland, McKaig attended the Carroll School and the Allegany County Academy. He studied law and was admitted to the Allegany bar in 1868. He moved to the Colorado Territory in 1873, but later returned to Maryland...
(37) 1891–1891: David J. Blackiston
David J. Blackiston
David J. Blackiston served as mayor of Cumberland, Maryland in 1891. He was born in Chestertown, Maryland on 24 Jan 1846, came to Cumberland, Maryland in 1866, and was a member of the bar and served one year as mayor of Cumberland in 1891 to fill out the term of mayor William McMahon McKaig...
(38) 1900–1904: Warren C. White
Warren C. White
Warren C. White was the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1900-1904. He was born near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on June 1, 1859. He was elected mayor in 1900 and 1902, engaged in the lumber business, the tile and brick business, and the German Brewing Co. He died in 1915 and is buried at Rose Hill...
(39) 1904–1905: Clarence M. King
(40) 1905–1906: William A. Cromwell
(41) 1906–1908: Clarence M. King
(42) 1908–1910: George A. Kean
(43) 1910–1914: George A. Young
George A. Young
George A. Young was the 43rd mayor of Cumberland, Maryland, holding the position from 1910 until 1914....
(44) 1914–1932: Thomas W. Koon
Thomas W. Koon
Thomas W. Koon was a local physician in the city of Cumberland, Maryland who served as Mayor of Cumberland from 1914 to 1932. Koon had a strong influence over the growth and development of the Cumberland in the early 20th century...
(45) 1932–1934: George Henderson
(46) 1934–1936: George W. Legge
(47) 1936–1939: Thomas W. Koon
Thomas W. Koon
Thomas W. Koon was a local physician in the city of Cumberland, Maryland who served as Mayor of Cumberland from 1914 to 1932. Koon had a strong influence over the growth and development of the Cumberland in the early 20th century...
(48) 1939–1942: Harry Irvine
(49) 1942–1944: Thomas F. Conlon
(50) 1944–1952: Thomas S. Post
(51) 1952–1958: Roy W. Eves
(52) 1958–1962: J. Edwin Keech
(53) 1962–1966: Earl D. Chaney
(54) 1966–1974: Thomas F. Conlon, Jr.
(55) 1974–1978: F. Perry Smith, Jr.
(56) 1978–1982: Frank K. Nethken
Frank K. Nethken
Frank K. Nethken was the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1978 to 1982.His tenure as Mayor marked a period locally and nationally where hyperinflation occurred. Nethken would be the last Mayor where poverty was small unlike now. Towards the end of his tenure factories in the city and near the...
(57) 1982–1990: George M. Wyckoff, Jr.
(58) 1990–1992: Harry Stern
Harry Stern
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(59) 1992–2000: Edward C. Athey
Edward C. Athey
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(60) 2000–2011: Lee N. Fiedler
Lee N. Fiedler
Lee N. Fiedler born , is the past mayor of Cumberland, Maryland. During the early 1990s Lee Fiedler was the president and CEO of The Kelly Springfield Tire Company, a company that manufactured tires for about two dozen private brand marketers—including giants such as Sears, Wal-Mart, Discount...
(61) 2011-present: Brian K. Grim

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