- List of mayors of Laurel, Maryland
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This is a list of mayors of Laurel, Maryland, a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland.[1][2][3] 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.
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Presidents of the Laurel Board of Commissioners
Order President Served Notes 1 James Curley 1870–1872 grandfather of James P. Curley 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 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 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 1928–1930 grandson of James Curley 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 female mayor 31 Joseph R. Robison 1990–1994 32 Frank P. Casula (2) 1994–2001 died in office 33 Michael R. Lescz 2001–2002 October 2001, completed Casula's 2nd term 34 Craig A. Moe (3) 2002–present election moved to odd years (2011) References
- ^ "History of the City of Laurel, Maryland". www.laurel.md.us. City of Laurel, Maryland. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080801212037/http://www.laurel.md.us/hist.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- ^ "Laurel Mayors, Prince George's County, Maryland". www.msa.md.gov. Maryland State Archives. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/laurel/html/lmayors.html. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- ^ "About Laurel/History of Laurel". www.laurel.md.us. City of Laurel, Maryland. http://www.laurel.md.us/content/about-laurelhistory-laurel. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
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