- List of mayors of Barberton, Ohio
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Number of Mayors of Barberton by party affiliation Party Mayors Democratic 18 Republican 12 The following is a list of Mayors of the City of Barberton, Ohio. The mayor is the head of the executive branch of Barberton's government, a city in Summit County near Akron, in the North-Eastern portion of Ohio.
Originally Mayors were elected annually, later becoming every other year. In 1976, the four year term took effect and has been used since.
There have been 28 mayors of Barberton, serving 30 distinct terms. The longest term was held by Randy Hart, who served for 15 years. Catherine Dobbs became the first woman mayor (and as of 2009[update], only[1]) in 1956. The current mayor is Robert Genet, who took office at 2:00PM on December 31, 2007.
Mayors
# Name Took office Left office Party 1 Edson Bishop 1892 1893 Republican 2 John R. Davis 1894 1895 Democrat 3 George A. Shaw 1896 1897 Republican 4 George F. Durant 1898 1899 Republican 5 John McNamara 1900 1901 Democrat 6 Ed M. Buel 1902 1902 Republican 7 Leonard Miller 1903 1905 Republican 8 James McNamara 1906 1909 Democrat 9 William Mitchell 1910 1913 Democrat 10 Rev. Allison M. Bird 1914 1915 Democratic 11 William Bishop 1916 1919 Republican 12 Seney A. Decker 1920 1921 Democratic 13 G. E. Karshner 1922 1923 Republican 14 W. A. Witner 1924 1929 Democratic 15 Seney A. Decker 1930 1933 Democratic 16 Earl L. Davis 1934 1935 Democratic 17 Marvin Gardens 1936 1941 Democratic 18 Roy K. Dobbs 1942 1947 Democratic 19 Ted L. Parker 1948 1953 Republican 20 Joseph J. Zeigler 1953 1953 Democrat 21 Robert L. Carson 1954 1955 Republican 22 Catherine R. Dobbs 1956 1961 Democratic 23 Stuart Moss 1962 1965 Republican 24 Kenneth R. Cox 1966 1972 Democrat 25 Joseph J. Zeigler 1973 1975 Democrat 26 Lawrence A. Mauer 1976 1979 Democrat 27 William Judge 1980 1987 Democrat 28 Arthur Bradnick 1988 September 30, 1993 Republican 29 Randy Hart September 30, 1993 January 3, 2008 Democrat 30 Robert Genet[2] January 3, 2008[3] incumbent Democrat References
- Taylor, Phyllis (1991). 100 Years of Magic: The Story of Barberton 1891-1991. The Summit County Historical Society Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 0-9621-1895-7.
- ^ http://www3.uakron.edu/schlcomm/womenshistory/dobbs_c.htm
- ^ Candidates for Mayor of Barberton Ohio.com.
- ^ http://www.barbertonherald.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=1339&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1348&hn=barbertonherald&he=.com
Categories:- Lists of mayors of places in the United States
- Mayors of places in Ohio
- Summit County, Ohio
- Lists of people from Ohio
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