List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana explained

Post:Mayor
Body:the
City of Fort Wayne
Insignia:Flag of Fort Wayne, Indiana.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Flag of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Incumbent:Sharon Tucker
Incumbentsince:April 23, 2024
Termlength:Four years, no limit
Formation:1840
Inaugural:George W. Wood
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

PortraitMayorTerm startTerm endclass=unsortable Party
1
(1808–1871; aged 63)
bgcolor=Whig
2Joseph Morgan(1795-1851; aged 56)July 5, January bgcolor=Whig
3Henry Lotz
(1797–1845; aged 48)
January bgcolor=Whig
4John M. Wallace
(1820–1866; aged 46)
bgcolor=Whig
5
(1798–1877; aged 79)
bgcolor=Democratic
6William Stewart (1st)(1798-1873; aged 74)bgcolor=Democratic
7Philip G. Jones(1808-1859; aged 50)bgcolor=Know Nothing
8Charles Whitmore
(1819–1892; aged 73)
bgcolor=Democratic
(6)William Stewart (2nd)(1798-1873; aged 74)bgcolor=Democratic
9Samuel S. Morss
(1811–1862; aged 51)
bgcolor=Know Nothing
10Franklin P. Randall (1st)
(1812–1892; aged 79)
bgcolor=Democratic
11James Worden
(1819–1884; aged 65)
bgcolor=Democratic
12Benjamin Saunders
(1810-1870; aged 60)
bgcolor=Democratic
13Henry Sharp
(1809–1900; aged 91)
bgcolor=Republican
(10)Franklin P. Randall (2nd)(1812–1892; aged 79)bgcolor=Democratic
14 (1st)
(1838–1893; aged 55)
bgcolor=Democratic
15Charles F. Muhler
(1841–1899; aged 58)
bgcolor=Republican
16Daniel L. Harding(1843-1912; aged 69)May 7, 1891bgcolor=Republican
(14)Charles A. Zollinger (2nd)(1838–1893; aged 55)May 7, 1891bgcolor=Democratic
17Henry P. Scherer (1st)
(1855–1917; aged 61)
December 27, 1893May bgcolor=Democratic
18Chauncey B. Oakley
(1833–1903; aged 69)
May bgcolor=Republican
(17)Henry P. Scherer (2nd)(1855–1917; aged 61)May 9, 1901bgcolor=Democratic
19Henry C. Berghoff
(1856–1925; aged 69)
May 9, January 1, 1906bgcolor=Democratic
20 (1st)
(1854–1937; aged 83)
January 1, 1906bgcolor=Democratic
21Jesse Grice
(1852–1915; aged 63)
January 5, bgcolor=Republican
(20)William J. Hosey (2nd)(1854–1937; aged 83)January 5, bgcolor=Democratic
22W. Sherman Cutshall
(1868–1939; aged 71)
bgcolor=Republican
(20)William J. Hosey (3rd)(1854–1937; aged 83)January 4, 1926bgcolor=Democratic
23William C. Geake(1874-1965; aged 90)bgcolor=Republican
(20)William J. Hosey (4th)(1854–1937; aged 83)1935bgcolor=Democratic
24 (1st)
(1886–1954; aged 67)
1935January 1, bgcolor=Republican
25Henry E. Branning, Jr.
(1890–1970; aged 80)
January 1, bgcolor=Democratic
(24)Harry W. Baals (2nd)
(1886–1954; aged 67)
bgcolor=Republican
26
(1913–2007; aged 93)
May 9, bgcolor=Republican
27Paul Mike Burns
(1917–2011; aged 93)
bgcolor=Democratic
28Harold S. Zeis
(1912–1975; aged 62)
bgcolor=Republican
29Ivan A. Lebamoff
(1932–2006; aged 73)
bgcolor=Democratic
30
(1925–2008; aged 82)
bgcolor=Republican
31 (1st)
(born in 1943; age)
bgcolor=Democratic
32
(born in 1953; age)
bgcolor=Democratic
(31)Winfield Moses (2nd)
(born in 1943; age)
bgcolor=Democratic
33
(born in 1948; age)
bgcolor=Republican
34
(born in 1947; age)
bgcolor=Democratic
35
(1951–2024; aged 72)
bgcolor=Democratic
36Karl Bandemer
(born in 1945; age)
bgcolor=Democratic
37Sharon Tucker
(born in 1972; age)
Incumbentbgcolor=Democratic

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kevin. Leininger. February 12, 2011. Jokes aside, Harry Baals worth honoring. The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. April 26, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120428185019/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2FSE%2F20110212%2FNEWS%2F102120346. April 28, 2012.
  2. News: Eileen. Ogintz. July 9, 1985. Mayor of Ft. Wayne resigns in plea deal, but plans return. Chicago Tribune. April 26, 2015.
  3. News: E. R.. Shipp. July 20, 1985. Fort Wayne mayor is out, then in. The New York Times. April 26, 2015.
  4. Web site: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry passes away following battle with cancer . . March 28, 2024.