Thomas W. Koon (1870–1946) was a local physician in the city of Cumberland, Maryland who served as Mayor of Cumberland from 1914 to 1932. Koon had a strong influence over the growth and development of the Cumberland in the early 20th century. Some of his many accomplishments as Mayor include the paving of city streets, the installation of a new water system, the construction of new firehouses, and the expansion of the city's boundaries. Thomas W Koon Fifth term saw the Ku Klux Klan holding a parade in 1924. It was also typical during that era of Jim Crow for politicians like Thomas Koon to segregate people by race by local ordinance or enforcing statewide ordinance. During his third term Cumberland was home to smuggling of Alcohol during Prohibation. During his tenure Cumberland went from a low paying city to well paying manufacturing jobs that lasted until the 1980s where it went back to low paying jobs again but this time in the 1980s people were put onto Government welfare rolls that didn't exist before 1914.
| Preceded by George A. Young |
Mayor of Cumberland 1914-1932 |
Succeeded by George Henderson |
| Preceded by George W. Legge |
Mayor of Cumberland 1936-1939 |
Succeeded by Harry Irvine |
| Mayors of Cumberland | |||
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| John Scott | Samuel Magill Roger Perry | John Gephart | John Wright (mayor) | Gustavus Beall | Frederick Deems | Samuel Charles | James Smith (mayor) | John Gephart | Thomas Shriver | Thomas F. White | Thomas Shriver | Daniel Saylor | John Hayes (mayor) | F. B. Tower | A. L. Withers | William Wallace McKaig | Joseph H. Tucker | James W. Jones | D. W. McCleary | John Humbird | Charles Mynn Thruston | Charles H. Ohr | James Smith (mayor) | Charles H. Ohr | George Harrison (mayor) | John Humbird | Lloyd Lowe William Piatt | John B. Widener | William A. Withers | William R. McCulley | John Humbird | William A. Withers | William McMahon McKaig | David J. Blackiston | Warren C. White | Clarence M. King | William A. Cromwell | Clarence M. King | George A. Kean | George A. Young | Thomas W. Koon | George Henderson (mayor) | George W. Legge | Thomas W. Koon | Harry Irvine | Thomas F. Conlon | Thomas S. Post | Roy W. Eves | J. Edwin Keech | Earl D. Chaney | Thomas F. Conlon, Jr. | F. Perry Smith, Jr. | Frank K. Nethken | George M. Wychoff, Jr. | Harry Stern | Edward C. Athey | Lee N. Fiedler | Brian Grim | |||