List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox political post 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.
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| No. | Portrait | Mayor | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:George Wood.PNG | Template:Sortname (1808–1871; aged 63) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Whig |
| 2 | Joseph Morgan
(1795-1851; aged 56) |
July 5, Template:Dts | January Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Whig | |
| 3 | Henry Lotz (1797–1845; aged 48) |
January Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Whig | |
| 4 | John M. Wallace (1820–1866; aged 46) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Whig | |
| 5 | File:Merchant W Huxford.png | Template:Sortname (1798–1877; aged 79) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 6 | William Stewart (1st)
(1798-1873; aged 74) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 7 | Philip G. Jones
(1808-1859; aged 50) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Know Nothing | |
| 8 | Charles Whitmore (1819–1892; aged 73) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| (6) | William Stewart (2nd)
(1798-1873; aged 74) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 9 | File:Samuel Morss.png | Samuel S. Morss (1811–1862; aged 51) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Know Nothing |
| 10 | File:Franklin P Randall.png | Franklin P. Randall (1st) (1812–1892; aged 79) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 11 | James Worden (1819–1884; aged 65) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 12 | Benjamin Saunders (1810-1870; aged 60) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 13 | Henry Sharp (1809–1900; aged 91) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| (10) | File:Franklin P Randall.png | Franklin P. Randall (2nd)
(1812–1892; aged 79) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 14 | File:Charles A. Zollinger.png | Template:Sortname (1st) (1838–1893; aged 55) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 15 | File:Charles F Muhler.png | Charles F. Muhler (1841–1899; aged 58) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| 16 | File:Daniel L Harding.png | Daniel L. Harding
(1843-1912; aged 69) |
Template:Dts | May 7, 1891 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| (14) | File:Charles A. Zollinger.png | Charles A. Zollinger (2nd)
(1838–1893; aged 55) |
May 7, 1891 | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 17 | Henry P. Scherer (1st) (1855–1917; aged 61) |
December 27, 1893 | May Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 18 | File:Chauncey B Oakley.png | Chauncey B. Oakley (1833–1903; aged 69) |
May Template:Dts | May 7, 1896 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| (17) | Henry P. Scherer (2nd)
(1855–1917; aged 61) |
May 7, 1896 | May 9, 1901 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 19 | File:Henry C. Berghoff (1856-1925).jpg | Henry C. Berghoff (1856–1925; aged 69) |
May 9, Template:Dts | January 1, 1906 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 20 | File:William J Hosey.png | Template:Sortname (1st) (1854–1937; aged 83) |
January 1, 1906 | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 21 | File:Jesse Grice.png | Jesse Grice (1852–1915; aged 63) |
Template:Dts | January 5, Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| (20) | File:William J Hosey.png | William J. Hosey (2nd)
(1854–1937; aged 83) |
January 5, Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 22 | W. Sherman Cutshall (1868–1939; aged 71) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| (20) | File:William J Hosey.png | William J. Hosey (3rd)
(1854–1937; aged 83) |
Template:Dts | January 4, 1926 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 23 | William C. Geake
(1874-1965; aged 90) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| (20) | File:William J Hosey.png | William J. Hosey (4th)
(1854–1937; aged 83) |
Template:Dts | 1935 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 24 | Template:Sortname (1st) (1886–1954; aged 67) |
1935 | January 1, Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| 25 | Henry E. Branning, Jr. (1890–1970; aged 80) |
January 1, Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| (24) | Harry W. Baals (2nd)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] (1886–1954; aged 67) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| 26 | Template:Sortname (1913–2007; aged 93) |
May 9, Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| 27 | Paul Mike Burns (1917–2011; aged 93) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 28 | Harold S. Zeis (1912–1975; aged 62) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| 29 | Ivan A. Lebamoff (1932–2006; aged 73) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 30 | File:RobertEArmstrong.jpg | Template:Sortname (1925–2008; aged 82) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| 31 | File:Winfield Moses.jpeg | Template:Sortname (1st)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] (born in 1943; age Script error: No such module "age".) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 32 | Template:Sortname<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[c] (born in 1953; age Script error: No such module "age".) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| (31) | File:Winfield Moses.jpeg | Winfield Moses (2nd)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[d] (born in 1943; age Script error: No such module "age".) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 33 | File:Paul Helmke.jpg | Template:Sortname (born in 1948; age Script error: No such module "age".) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| 34 | File:Graham Richard.png | Template:Sortname (born in 1947; age Script error: No such module "age".) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 35 | File:Tom Henry headshot 2023.jpg | Template:Sortname (1951–2024; aged 72)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[e] |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 36 | Karl Bandemer (born in 1945; age Script error: No such module "age".) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 37 | Sharon Tucker (born in 1972; age Script error: No such module "age".) |
Template:Dts | Incumbent | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
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Notes
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>a Baals died of a kidney infection during his fourth term as mayor.[1]
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b Moses resigned from office after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor violations of campaign finance laws.[2]
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>c City Controller Cosette Simon was appointed acting mayor for eleven days following Moses' resignation. She was Fort Wayne's first female mayor.
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>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]
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>e Henry died of stomach cancer during his fifth term as mayor.[4]