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This is a list of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana . Elected as chief executive of the city, he or she is 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
George W. Wood , first mayor of Fort Wayne.
William J. Hosey is Fort Wayne's longest serving mayor, elected to four non-consecutive terms.
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Mayor
Term start
Term end
Party
1
George W. Wood
May 1, 1840
July 5, 1841
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Whig
2
Joseph Morgan
1841
1843
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Whig
3
Henry Lotz
1843
1844
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Whig
4
John M. Wallace
1844
1845
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Whig
5
Merchant W. Huxford
1846
1849
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Democratic
6
William Stewart
1849
1852
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Democratic
7
Philip G. Jones
1852
1853
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Know Nothing
8
Charles Whitmore
1853
1855
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Democratic
9
William Stewart
1855
1857
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Democratic
10
Samuel S. Morss
1857
1859
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Know Nothing
11
Franklin P. Randall
1859
1865
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Democratic
12
James L. Worden
1865
1866
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Democratic
13
Benjamin Saunders
1866
1867
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Democratic
14
Henry Sharp
1867
1869
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Republican
15
Franklin P. Randall
1869
1873
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Democratic
16
Charles A. Zollinger
1873
1885
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Democratic
17
Charles F. Muhler
1885
1889
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Republican
18
Daniel L. Harding
1889
1893
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Republican
19
Charles Zollinger
1885
December 28, 1893
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Democratic
20
Henry P. Scherer
1894
1894
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Republican
21
Chauncey B. Oakley
1894
1896
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Republican
22
Henry P. Scherer
1896
1901
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Democratic
23
Henry C. Berghoff
1901
1906
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Democratic
24
William J. Hosey
1906
1910
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Democratic
25
Jesse Grice
1910
1914
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Republican
26
William J. Hosey
1914
1918
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Democratic
27
W. Sherman Cutshall
1918
1922
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Republican
28
William J. Hosey
1922
1926
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Democratic
29
William C. Geake
1926
1930
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Republican
30
William J. Hosey
1930
1934
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Democratic
31
Harry W. Baals
1934
1948
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Republican
32
Henry E. Branning, Jr.
1948
1952
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Democratic
33
Harry W. Baals[a]
1952
May 9, 1954
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Republican
34
Robert Meyers
1954
December 31, 1959
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Republican
35
Paul Mike Burns
January 1, 1960
December 31, 1963
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Democratic
36
Harold S. Zeis
January 1, 1964
December 31, 1971
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Republican
37
Ivan A. Lebamoff
January 1, 1972
December 31, 1975
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Democratic
38
Robert E. Armstrong
January 1, 1976
December 31, 1979
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Republican
39
Winfield Moses [b]
January 1, 1980
July 8, 1985
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Democratic
40
Cosette Simon [c]
July 8, 1985
July 19, 1985
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Democratic
41
Winfield Moses[d]
July 20, 1985
December 31, 1987
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Democratic
42
Paul Helmke
January 1, 1988
December 31, 1999
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Republican
43
Graham Richard
January 1, 2000
December 31, 2007
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Democratic
44
Tom Henry
January 1, 2008
incumbent
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Democratic
Other offices held
The following is a list of elected offices held by mayors, before or after their term(s).
As of April 2015, four former mayors are alive, the oldest being Winfield Moses (1980–1985, 1985–1987; born 1943). The most recent mayor to die is Paul Mike Burns (1960–1964; born 1917), on January 7, 2011.
Notes
a Baals died of a kidney infection during his fourth term as mayor.[ 1]
b Moses resigned from office after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor violations of campaign finance laws.[ 2]
c City Controller Cosette Simon was appointed acting mayor for eleven days following Moses' resignation. She was Fort Wayne's first female mayor.
d With 86 of 99 Allen County Democratic precinct committee members voting in a special caucus for his reinstatement, Moses was elected to complete his second term as mayor.[ 3]
References
^ Leininger, Kevin (February 12, 2011). "Jokes aside, Harry Baals worth honoring" . The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel . Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2015 .
^ Ogintz, Eileen (July 9, 1985). "Mayor of Ft. Wayne resigns in plea deal, but plans return" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 26, 2015 .
^ Shipp, E. R. (July 20, 1985). "Fort Wayne mayor is out, then in" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 26, 2015 .
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