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Dates
Name
Life dates
Elected by
Party
Notes
1
1886–1887
Henry James Holmes
1825–1892
council
Republican
2
1887–1889
Millard Mayhew Parker
1849–1928[1] [2]
council
Republican
3
1889–1890
Amos G. Throop
1811–1894
council
Temperance
4
1890–1892
Theodore Lukens (1)
1848–1918
council
Republican
5
1892–1894
Oscar Fitzallen Weed
1824–1919
council
Republican
6
1894–1895
Theodore Lukens (2)
1848–1918
council
Republican
7
1895–1896
John Samuel Cox
1857–1941
council
Republican
8
1896–1898
Calvin Hartwell
1849–1920
council
Republican
9
1898–1900
George Downing Patten
1847–1922
council
Republican
10
1900–1901
Horace Dobbins
1868–1962
council
Republican
11
1901–1903
Martin H. Weight [3]
1854–1920
public
Republican
First publicly elected mayor
12
1903–1905
William Vedder
1862–1923
public
Democratic
13
1905–1907
William Waterhouse
1852–1943
public
Republican
14
1907–1911
Thomas Earley
1849–1912
public
Democratic
15
1911–1913
William Thum
1862–1941
public
Republican
16
1913–1915
Richard Lee Metcalf
1854–1916
public
Democratic
17
1915–1921
Arthur Lincoln Hamilton
1859–1953
public
18
1921–1925
Hiram W. Wadsworth
1862–1939[4]
public
Republican
19
1925–1927
Franklin Brooks Cole
1872–1943
council
20
1927–1929
Clayton Taylor
1870–1941
council
Republican
21
1929–1931
Robert L. Daugherty
1885–1978
council
Republican
22
1931–1932
Patrick M. Walker
1876–1946
council
23
1932–1941
Edward O. Nay
1873–1941
council
Republican
Only mayor to die in office
24
1941–1943
Albert I. Stewart
1870–1963
council
Republican
25
1943–1945
Carl G. Wopschall
1879–1959
council
26
1945–1947
Robert E. Dawson
1884–1968
council
Republican
27
1947–1948
Charles Hamill
1898–1978
council
28
1948–1951
A. Ray Benedict
1885–1974
council
Republican
29
1951–1953
Alson E. Abernethy
1900–1969
council
Republican
30
1953–1955
Clarence A. Winder [5]
1887–1959
council
Republican
31
1955–1956
Warren Dorn
1918–2006
council
Republican
32
1956–1959
Seth Miller
1890–1967
council
Republican
33
1959–1961
Ray G. Woods
1910–1990
council
Republican
34
1961–1963
C. Lewis Edwards
1905–1999
council
Democratic
35
1963–1964
Clarence Allen Oakley
1915–1982[6] [7]
council
Democratic
36
1964–1966
Floyd Gwinn
1897–1972
council
Democratic
37
1966–1968
Boyd Welin
1904–1989
council
Republican
38
1968–1970
Cyril Bernard Cooper
1900–1971
council
Republican
39
1970–1972
Walter Benedict
1908–2000
council
Republican
40
1972–1974
Donald F. Yokaitis
1932–
council
Republican
41
1974–1976
Mortimer J. Matthews
1933–2007
council
Republican
42
1976–1977
Robert Glenn White
1929–2010
council
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43
1977–1980
Dr. Ellis Jones
1916–1986
council
Republican
44
1980–1982
Josephine Heckman
1914–1998
council
Republican
First female mayor
45
1982–1984
Loretta Thompson-Glickman
1945–2001
council
Democratic
First African-American mayor
46
1984–1986
Bill Bogaard (1)
1938–
council
Democratic
47
1986–1988
John C. Crowley
1920–2007
council
Democratic
48
1988–1990
William E. Thomson
1927–
council
Republican
49
1990–1992
Jess Hughston
1924–1998
council
Democratic
50
1992–1994
Rick Cole
1953–
council
Democratic
51
1994–1995
Katie Nack
1925–2008
council
Democratic
52
1995–1997
Bill Paparian
1950–
council
Independent
53
1997–1999
Chris Holden
1960–
council
Democratic
Second African-American mayor
54
1999–2015
Bill Bogaard (2)
1938–
public
Democratic
Longest-serving mayor
55
2015–
Terry Tornek
1945-
public
Democratic
Current mayor
Living former mayors
As of May 2015, five former mayors were alive, the oldest being Bill Thomson (1988–1991). The most recent mayor to die was Katie Nack (1994–1995), on March 17, 2008.
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