List of mayors of Laurel, Maryland
This is a list of mayors of Laurel, Maryland,[1][2][3] a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland. Before the city's (nonpartisan) office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of President of the Board of Commissioners. Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names. The term length changed from one year to two years in 1904, and from two years to four years in 1974.
Presidents of the Laurel Board of Commissioners
| Order | President | Served | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | James Curley | 1870–1872 | grandfather of James P. Curley[3] |
| 2 | James A. Crandle | 1872–1873 | |
| 3 | Walter Brown | 1873–1874 | |
| 4 | William H. Diven | 1874–1875 | |
| 5 | John A. Talbott | 1875–1876 | |
| 6 | Edward J. Phelps (2) | 1876–1878 | father of Edward Phelps[3] |
| 7 | John Haslup | 1878–1879 | |
| 8 | John W. Whitesides (2) | 1879–1881 | |
| 9 | Lawrence A. Ellis | 1881–1882 | |
| 10 | Dr. John Cronmiller (4) | 1882–1886 | |
| 11 | A.M. Bond (2) | 1886–1888 | |
| 12 | Jesse Smallwood | 1888–1889 | |
Mayors of Laurel
| Order | Mayor | Served | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | Judson T. Cull | 1890–1891 | |
| 2 | Charles H. Stanley (2) | 1891–1893 | |
| 3 | J.R. Huntt | 1893–1894 | |
| 4 | Gustavus B. Timanus | 1894–1895 | |
| 5 | Edward Phelps (7) | 1895–1902 | son of Edward J. Phelps[3] |
| 6 | Gustavus Timanus (3) | 1902–1905 | 3rd term had a two-year length |
| 7 | T. Watts Byerly | 1905–1906 | July 1905, completed Timanus' 3rd term |
| 8 | William E. Gilbert (3) | 1906–1910 | |
| 9 | George McCeney | 1910–1912 | December 1910, completed Gilbert's 3rd term |
| 10 | George W. Waters, Jr. (3) | 1912–1918 | |
| 11 | George P. McCeney | 1918–1920 | |
| 12 | William E. Gilbert | 1920 | |
| 13 | Edward F. Tolson | 1920–1922 | December 1920, completed Gilbert's term |
| 14 | Charles E. Little | 1922–1924 | |
| 15 | Thomas D. Roberts | 1924–1925 | |
| 16 | DeWilton H. Donaldson | 1925–1928 | October 1925, completed Roberts' term |
| 17 | James P. Curley[4] | 1928–1930 | grandson of James Curley[3] |
| 18 | John H. Fetty | 1930–1934 | |
| 19 | Julian B. Anderson | 1934–1936 | |
| 20 | Everard E. Hatch (2) | 1936–1940 | |
| 21 | Edward F. Tolson (3) | 1940–1946 | |
| 22 | John H. Fetty | 1946–1948 | |
| 23 | Merrill L. Harrison (3) | 1948–1954 | |
| 24 | Harry Hardingham, Jr. (2) | 1954–1958 | |
| 25 | Hiram J. Soper (2) | 1958–1962 | |
| 26 | P.G. Melbourne, III | 1962–1964 | |
| 27 | Merrill L. Harrison (4) | 1964–1972 | |
| 28 | Leo E. Wilson (2) | 1972–1978 | 2nd term had a four-year length |
| 29 | Robert J. DiPietro (2) | 1978–1986 | |
| 30 | Doris A. (Dani) Duniho | 1986–1990 | Laurel's first woman mayor[5][6] |
| 31 | Joseph R. Robison | 1990–1994 | |
| 32 | Frank P. Casula (2) | 1994–2001 | died in office[7] |
| 33 | Michael R. Leszcz | 2001–2002 | October 2001, completed Casula's 2nd term[8] |
| 34 | Craig A. Moe (3) | 2002–present | election moved to odd years (starting 2011)[9] |
References
- ↑ "History of the City of Laurel, Maryland". www.laurel.md.us. City of Laurel, Maryland. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- ↑ "Laurel Mayors, Prince George's County, Maryland". www.msa.md.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "About Laurel/History of Laurel". www.cityoflaurel.org. City of Laurel, Maryland. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ↑ Wotanis, Lindsey Lee (2011). Community journalism as ritual: A case study of community and weekly newspapers in Laurel, Maryland (PDF) (Ph.D.). University Microfilms International. pp. 199–200. 3461429. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
[Curley] became Laurel's mayor in 1928
- ↑ "Former Ocalan Elected Mayor of Laurel, Md.". Ocala Star-Banner (Ocala, Florida). March 20, 1986. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
[Duniho] will be Laurel's first woman mayor.
- ↑ "FY2010 Adopted Operating Budget" (PDF). City of Laurel, Maryland. 2009. p. 141. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
The park was renamed ... after Laurel's first woman mayor, Dani Duniho
- ↑ Scarcella, Michael (October 23, 2001). "Laurel Mayor Frank P. Casula, respected politician, dies at 81". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
[Casula] was elected mayor in 1994 and reelected in 1998.
- ↑ Glenn, Gwendolyn (October 12, 2011). "Leszcz seeks eighth term on Laurel City Council". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
Leszcz ... served for five months as Laurel's mayor after Mayor Frank Casula died in 2001.
- ↑ "Laurel: Candidate Endorsements". Baltimore Sun. October 19, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
The current mayor and council members had 14 months added to their four- and two-year terms when Laurel's election day was moved to the first November in odd-numbered years