- Tom Henry
Infobox Officeholder
name = Tom Henry
caption = Tom Henry (D-IN)
order = 35thMayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana
term_start =January 1 ,2008
term_end =
predecessor =Graham Richard
successor =
birth_date =November 8 ,1951
birth_place =Fort Wayne, Indiana
death_date =
death_place =
constituency = City ofFort Wayne
party = Democrat
spouse = Cindy Kocks Henry
profession = Insurance Executive
religion =Roman Catholic
salary = $123,600.00
footnotes = Second of the 17 children of Marganelle and Jerome Henry.Tom Henry is an American politician, former Fort Wayne City Councilman, and current Mayor of
Fort Wayne ,Indiana . He has aMBA from the University of Saint Francis and is the President and CEO of the Gallant Group, a small insurance company in Fort Wayne. His wife, Cindy, owns The Green Frog, a neighborhood tavern.City Council
Tom Henry represented the Third District for five terms on the Fort Wayne City Council between 1984 and 2004. He was preceded by Roy Schomburg (R). He narrowly won re-election in 1995 by only 5 votes after the outcome was determined by a recount. He lost a bid for a sixth term in 2003 to Republican Tom Didier.
2007 Mayoral campaign
Henry announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Mayor on
21 February 2007 . Henry considered running for Mayor in 1999, but backed out and supported the Democratic challenger that went on to be mayor,Graham Richard .Henry won the Democratic mayoral primary on
8 May 2007 with 82.4% of the vote against token opposition. He defeated RepublicanMatt Kelty in the November election with 60 percent of the vote. [ [http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/17198545.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp 'Underdog' Kelty tops Peters] , "Fort Wayne Journal Gazette ",9 May 2007 .]References
External links
* [http://www.cityoffortwayne.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=82 Official Biography]
* [http://www.allbusiness.com/finance/1012503-5.html/ The Story of Brothers Named Henry]
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