The following people have served as mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana:
# | Image | Name | Party | Term | Notes |
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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. |