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List of mayors of Gary, Indiana

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This is a list of mayors of Gary, Indiana. The first mayor, Thomas Knotts, served as Town Board president from 1906 to 1909, when Gary officially became a city.

Mayor Term start Term end   Party
1 Thomas Knotts 1906 1914 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic[1]
2 R.O. Johnson 1914 1918 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
3 William F. Hodges 1918 1922 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
4 R.O. Johnson 1922 March 1925[2] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
5 William J. Fulton March 1925 1926 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
6 Floyd E. Williams 1926 1930 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
7 R.O. Johnson 1930 1935 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
8 Lee B. Clayton 1935 1939 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
9 Ernst Schaible 1939 1943 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
10 Joseph E. Finerty 1943 1948 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
11 Eugene Swartz 1948 1952 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
12 Peter Mandich 1952 1958 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
13 George Chacharis 1958 1962 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
14 John Visclosky 1962 1963
15 A. Martin Katz 1964 1968 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
16 Richard Hatcher 1968 1987 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
17 Thomas V. Barnes 1988 1995 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
18 Scott L. King 1995 2006 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
19 Rudolph M. Clay 2006 2012 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
20 Karen Freeman-Wilson 2012 Present bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic

References

  1. ^ John C. Trafny & Stephen G. McShane (2002). Gary's East Side. p. 60. ISBN 0-7385-1953-7.
  2. ^ Robert A. Hill (1991). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. VII. p. 65. ISBN 0-520-07208-1.