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Mayor

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s of Laurel, Maryland

Laurel, Maryland

Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...

, a city in the central part of the U.S. state

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 of Maryland

Maryland

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. Before the city's (nonpartisan

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) office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of President of the Board of Commissioners. Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names. The term length changed from one year to two years in 1904, and from two years to four years in 1974.
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Presidents of the Laurel Board of Commissioners

Order	President	Served	Notes
1	James Curley	1870–1872	grandfather of James P. Curley
2	James A. Crandle	1872–1873
3	Walter Brown	1873–1874
4	William H. Diven	1874–1875
5	John A. Talbott	1875–1876
6	Edward J. Phelps (2)	1876–1878	father of Edward Phelps
7	John Haslup	1878–1879
8	John W. Whitesides (2)	1879–1881
9	Lawrence A. Ellis	1881–1882
10	Dr. John Cronmiller (4)	1882–1886
11	A.M. Bond (2)	1886–1888
12	Jesse Smallwood	1888–1889

Mayors of Laurel

Order	Mayor	Served	Notes
1	Judson T. Cull	1890–1891
2	Charles H. Stanley Charles H. Stanley Charles Harvey Stanley was a Prince George's County, Maryland lawyer and Democratic Party politician.-Early life and family:... (2)	1891–1893
3	J.R. Huntt	1893–1894
4	Gustavus B. Timanus	1894–1895
5	Edward Phelps (7)	1895–1902	son of Edward J. Phelps
6	Gustavus Timanus (3)	1902–1905	3rd term had a two-year length
7	T. Watts Byerly	1905–1906	July 1905, completed Timanus' 3rd term
8	William E. Gilbert (3)	1906–1910
9	George McCeney	1910–1912	December 1910, completed Gilbert's 3rd term
10	George W. Waters, Jr. (3)	1912–1918
11	George P. McCeney	1918–1920
12	William E. Gilbert	1920
13	Edward F. Tolson	1920–1922	December 1920, completed Gilbert's term
14	Charles E. Little	1922–1924
15	Thomas D. Roberts	1924–1925
16	DeWilton H. Donaldson	1925–1928	October 1925, completed Roberts' term
17	James P. Curley	1928–1930	grandson of James Curley
18	John H. Fetty	1930–1934
19	Julian B. Anderson	1934–1936
20	Everard E. Hatch (2)	1936–1940
21	Edward F. Tolson (3)	1940–1946
22	John H. Fetty	1946–1948
23	Merrill L. Harrison (3)	1948–1954
24	Harry Hardingham, Jr. (2)	1954–1958
25	Hiram J. Soper (2)	1958–1962
26	P.G. Melbourne, III	1962–1964
27	Merrill L. Harrison (4)	1964–1972
28	Leo E. Wilson (2)	1972–1978	2nd term had a four-year length
29	Robert J. DiPietro (2)	1978–1986
30	Doris A. (Dani) Duniho	1986–1990	Laurel's first female mayor
31	Joseph R. Robison	1990–1994
32	Frank P. Casula (2)	1994–2001	died in office
33	Michael R. Lescz	2001–2002	October 2001, completed Casula's 2nd term
34	Craig A. Moe (3)	2002–present	election moved to odd years (2011)