List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana

The following people have served as mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana:

#	Image	Name	Party	Term	Notes
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.

References

• Henry makes history with election win (Accessed November 9, 2007)