This is a list of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. 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
thumb|Lithograph of Fort Wayne's first mayor, [[George W. Wood]]
thumb|[[Tom Henry, Fort Wayne's 44th and longest-serving mayor]]
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|align=center|Joseph Morgan
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|align=center|Henry Lotz<br/><small>(1797–1845; aged 48)</small>
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|align=center|John M. Wallace<br/><small>(1820–1866; aged 46)</small>
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|align=center|<br/><small>(1798–1877; aged 79)</small>
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|align=center|William Stewart (1st)
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|align=center|Philip G. Jones
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|align=center|Charles Whitmore<br/><small>(1819–1892; aged 73)</small>
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|align=center|William Stewart (2nd)
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|align=center|Samuel S. Morss<br/><small>(1811–1862; aged 51)</small>
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|align=center|Franklin P. Randall (1st)<br/><small>(1812–1892; aged 79)</small>
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|align=center|James Worden<br/><small>(1819–1884; aged 65)</small>
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|align=center|Benjamin Saunders<br/><small>(1810–1870; aged 60)</small>
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|align=center|Henry Sharp<br/><small>(1809–1900; aged 91)</small>
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|align=center|Franklin P. Randall (2nd)
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|align=center| (1st)<br/><small>(1838–1893; aged 55)</small>
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|align=center|Charles F. Muhler<br/><small>(1841–1899; aged 58)</small>
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|align=center|Daniel L. Harding
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|align=center|Charles A. Zollinger (2nd)
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|align=center|Henry P. Scherer (1st)<br/><small>(1855–1917; aged 61)</small>
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|align=center|Chauncey B. Oakley<br/><small>(1833–1903; aged 69)</small>
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|align=center|Henry P. Scherer (2nd)
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|align=center|Henry C. Berghoff<br/><small>(1856–1925; aged 69)</small>
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|align=center| (1st)<br/><small>(1854–1937; aged 83)</small>
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|align=center|Jesse Grice<br/><small>(1852–1915; aged 63)</small>
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|align=center|William J. Hosey (2nd)
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|align=center|W. Sherman Cutshall<br/><small>(1868–1939; aged 71)</small>
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|align=center|William J. Hosey (3rd)
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|align=center|William C. Geake
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|align=center|William J. Hosey (4th)
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|align=center| (1st)<br/><small>(1886–1954; aged 67)</small>
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|align=center|Henry E. Branning Jr.<br/><small>(1890–1970; aged 80)</small>
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|align=center|Harry W. Baals (2nd)<br/><small>(1886–1954; aged 67)</small>
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|align=center|Paul Mike Burns<br/><small>(1917–2011; aged 93)</small>
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|align=center|Harold S. Zeis<br/><small>(1912–1975; aged 62)</small>
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|align=center|Ivan A. Lebamoff<br/><small>(1932–2006; aged 73)</small>
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|align=center|Winfield Moses (2nd)<br/> <small>(born in 1943; age )</small>
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|align=center|Karl Bandemer<br/><small>(born in 1945; age )</small>
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|align=center|Sharon Tucker<br/><small>(born in 1972; age )</small>
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Notes
- Baals died of a kidney infection during his fourth term as mayor.
- Moses resigned from office after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor violations of campaign finance laws.
- City Controller Cosette Simon was appointed acting mayor for eleven days following Moses' resignation. She was Fort Wayne's first female mayor.
- 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.
- Henry died of stomach cancer during his fifth term as mayor.
See also
- Mayoral elections in Fort Wayne, Indiana
References
External links
- City of Fort Wayne Mayor's Office