List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana
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The following people have served as mayor
of Fort Wayne, Indiana
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of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
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1 | George W. Wood George W. Wood George W. Wood was an American politician. He was elected as the first mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1840. He served only 16 months before resigning on July 5, 1841.... |
Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
1840 | Elected mayor March 1, 1840 for the newly incorporated city of 2,080. Resigned July 5, 1841. | |
2 | Joseph Morgan | Whig | 1841-1842 | Elected in special election to replace Wood. | |
3 | Henry Lotz | Whig | 1843 | Resigned June 22, 1844. | |
4 | John M. Wallace | Whig | 1844 | Elected in special election to replace Lotz. Resigned May 8, 1845. | |
5 | Dr. Merchant W. Huxford Merchant W. Huxford Merchant W. Huxford was a physician, United States politician and former mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born in Conway, Massachusetts and later moved to St. Marys, Ohio before finally settling permanently in Fort Wayne.... |
Whig | 1845-1849 | Elected in special election to replace Wallace. | |
6 | William Stewart | Democrat | 1849-1852 | ||
7 | Dr. Philip G. Jones | Know Nothing Know Nothing The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by... |
1852 | ||
8 | Charles Whitmore | Democrat | 1853-1854 | ||
9 | William Stewart | Democrat | 1855-1857 | ||
10 | Samuel S. Morss | Know Nothing | 1857-1859 | ||
11 | Franklin P. Randall | Democrat | 1859-1864 | ||
12 | Judge James L. Worden | Democrat | 1865 | Resigned | |
13 | Benjamin Saunders | Democrat | 1866 | Acting Mayor | |
14 | Henry Sharp | Republican | 1867–1868 | ||
15 | Franklin P. Randall | Democrat | 1869-1873 | ||
16 | Charles Zollinger | Democrat | 1873-1885 | ||
17 | Charles F. Muhler | Democrat | 1885-1889 | Elected by council to complete Zolliger's term; reelected to second term. | |
18 | Daniel L. Harding | Republican | 1889-1893 | ||
19 | Charles Zollinger | Democrat | 1893 | Died in office, December 28, 1893. | |
20 | Henry P. Scherer | Democrat | 1894 | ||
21 | Chauncey B. Oakley | Republican | 1894-1897 | ||
21 | Henry P. Scherer | Democrat | 1897-1901 | ||
22 | Henry C. Berghoff | Democrat | 1901-1905 | ||
23 | William J. Hosey William J. Hosey William J. Hosey was an American politician and the 20th mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Between 1905 and 1934 he served four non-consecutive terms of office.-History:... |
Democrat | 1905-1909 | ||
24 | Jesse Grice | Republican | 1909-1913 | ||
25 | William J. Hosey | Democrat | 1913-1917 | ||
26 | Sherman Cutshall | Republican | 1917-1921 | ||
27 | William J. Hosey | Democrat | 1921-1925 | ||
28 | William C. Geake | Republican | 1925-1929 | ||
29 | William J. Hosey | Democrat | 1929-1934 | ||
30 | Harry W. Baals | Republican | 1934-1947 | ||
31 | Henry Branning | Democrat | 1947-1951 | Indicted on charges of larceny Larceny Larceny is a crime involving the wrongful acquisition of the personal property of another person. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law. It has been abolished in England and Wales,... while in office, charges later dropped |
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32 | Harry W. Baals | Republican | 1951-1954 | Died in office. | |
33 | Robert Meyers | Republican | 1954-1959 | ||
34 | Paul Mike Burns | Democrat | 1959-1963 | ||
35 | Harold S. Zeis | Republican | 1963-1971 | ||
36 | Ivan Lebamoff | Democrat | 1971-1975 | ||
37 | Robert E. Armstrong Robert E. Armstrong Robert E Armstrong was a former mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, former councilman of Allen County, Indiana and former athletic director of Snider High School.-Education:... |
Republican | 1975-1979 | ||
38 | Winfield Moses Winfield Moses Winfield "Win" C. Moses Jr. is an American politician from Fort Wayne, Indiana.-Educational Background:Moses graduated from South Side High School in Fort Wayne in 1960. He then went on to Indiana University, where he graduated in 1964 with AB degrees in Economics and Philosophy and an MBA in 1966... |
Democrat | 1979-1985 | Resigned from office in 1985 due to legal scandal. | |
39 | Cosette Simon Cosette Simon Cosette Renee "Cosy" Simon is an American politician, business leader and philanthropist. As of June 2006, she was Vice President of Government and Industry Relations at insurance giant Swiss Re.-Political career:... |
Democrat | 1985 | First woman mayor; appointed acting-mayor until special election, serving just 11 days. | |
40 | Winfield Moses | Democrat | 1985-1987 | Re-elected to complete term after special election. | |
41 | Paul Helmke Paul Helmke Walter Paul Helmke, Jr. is an American politician, and the former president of the Washington, DC-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. He held this position from July 2006 to July 10, 2011... |
Republican | 1987-1999 | First mayor elected to three consecutive terms since Harry W. Baals. | |
42 | Graham Richard Graham Richard Graham Richard is an American politician and entrepreneur, and the 34th and former mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, serving from 2000–2008. He was succeeded by Democrat Tom Henry.-Current work:... |
Democrat | 1999-2007 | ||
43 | Tom Henry Tom Henry Tom Henry is an American politician, former Fort Wayne City Councilman, and current Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He has an MBA from the University of Saint Francis and is the President and CEO of the Gallant Group, a small insurance company in Fort Wayne... |
Democrat | 2007-present | First Democrat elected to succeed another Democrat as mayor since 1905. |