List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana

The following people have served as mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana:

# Image Name Party Term Notes
1 George W. Wood Whig 1840 Elected mayor March 1, 1840 for the newly incorporated city of 2,080. Resigned July 5, 1841.
2 Joseph Morgan Whig 1841–1842 Elected in special election to replace Wood.
3 Henry Lotz Whig 1843 Resigned June 22, 1844.
4 John M. Wallace Whig 1844 Elected in special election to replace Lotz. Resigned May 8, 1845.
5 Dr. Merchant W. Huxford Whig 1845–1849 Elected in special election to replace Wallace.
6 William Stewart Democrat 1849–1852
7 Dr. Philip G. Jones Know Nothing 1852
8 Charles Whitmore Democrat 1853–1854
9 William Stewart Democrat 1855–1857
10 Samuel S. Morss Know Nothing 1857–1859
11 Franklin P. Randall Democrat 1859–1864
12 Judge James L. Worden Democrat 1865 Resigned
13 Benjamin Saunders Democrat 1866 Acting Mayor
14 Henry Sharp Republican 1867–1868
15 Franklin P. Randall Democrat 1869–1873
16 Charles Zollinger Democrat 1873–1885
17 Charles F. Muhler Democrat 1885–1889 Elected by council to complete Zolliger's term; reelected to second term.
18 Daniel L. Harding Republican 1889–1893
19 Charles Zollinger Democrat 1893 Died in office, December 28, 1893.
20 Henry P. Scherer Democrat 1894
21 Chauncey B. Oakley Republican 1894–1897
21 Henry P. Scherer Democrat 1897–1901
22 Henry C. Berghoff Democrat 1901–1905
23 William J. Hosey Democrat 1905–1909
24 Jesse Grice Republican 1909–1913
25 William J. Hosey Democrat 1913–1917
26 Sherman Cutshall Republican 1917–1921
27 William J. Hosey Democrat 1921–1925
28 William C. Geake Republican 1925–1929
29 William J. Hosey Democrat 1929–1934
30 Harry W. Baals Republican 1934–1947
31 Henry Branning Democrat 1947–1951 Indicted on charges of larceny while in office, charges later dropped
32 Harry W. Baals Republican 1951–1954 Died in office.
33 Robert Meyers Republican 1954–1959
34 Paul Mike Burns Democrat 1959–1963
35 Harold S. Zeis Republican 1963–1971
36 Ivan Lebamoff Democrat 1971–1975
37 Robert E. Armstrong Republican 1975–1979
38 Winfield Moses Democrat 1979–1985 Resigned from office in 1985 due to legal scandal.
39 Cosette Simon Democrat 1985 First woman mayor; appointed acting-mayor until special election, serving just 11 days.
40 Winfield Moses Democrat 1985–1987 Re-elected to complete term after special election.
41 Paul Helmke Republican 1987–1999 First mayor elected to three consecutive terms since Harry W. Baals.
42 Graham Richard Democrat 1999–2007
43 Tom Henry Democrat 2007-present First Democrat elected to succeed another Democrat as mayor since 1905.

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