John W. Willey

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**John W. Willey**

Office:	Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio
Political party:	Democrat
Term of office:	1836–1837
Preceded by:	None
Succeeded by:	Joshua Mills
Date of birth:	1797
Date of death:	July 9, 1841
Profession:	Lawyer

John Wheelock Willey (1797 – July 9, 1841) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the first mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1836 to 1837.

Born in New Hampshire, Willey was educated in Dartmouth, Massachusetts and studied law in New York. In 1822, he settled in Cleveland and began practicing law. He soon gained recognition as a witty debater, which earned him three years in the Ohio House of Representatives (1827–1830) and three more in the Ohio Senate (1830–1832) as a Jacksonian Democrat. Willey quickly became attached to Cleveland and was subsequently elected mayor for two terms after the city was chartered in 1836. Willey was responsible for writing the municipal charter as well as many of the original laws and ordinances.

References

The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History by Cleveland Bicentennial Commission (Cleveland, Ohio), David D. Van Tassel (Editor), and John J. Grabowski (Editor) ISBN 0-253-33056-4
- COLUMBUS STREET BRIDGE
- WILLEY, JOHN WHEELOCK

Political offices
Preceded by None	Mayor of Cleveland 1836–1837	Succeeded by Joshua Mills

v t e Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio

Mayors of Cleveland (1836–1854)	Willey Mills Dockstader Allen Mills Hayward Starkweather Hoadley Harris Kelsey Bingham Case Brownell

Mayors of Ohio City (1836–1854)	Barber Burrows Baldwin Standart Lord Lamb Griffith Beverlin Burnham Sheldon Castle

Mayors of Cleveland since 1854	Castle Starkweather Senter Flint Masters Senter Chapin Buhrer Pelton Otis Payne Rose Herrick Farley Gardner Babcock Gardner Rose Blee McKisson Farley Johnson Baehr Baker Davis Fitzgerald Kohler Hopkins (manager) Morgan (manager) Miller Davis Burton Blythin Lausche Burke Celebrezze Locher Stokes Perk Kucinich Voinovich White Campbell Jackson

Persondata
Name	Willey, John W.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1797
Place of birth
Date of death	July 9, 1841
Place of death

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