List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mayor of the City of Fort Wayne
Flag of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Incumbent Karl Bandemer since March 28, 2024
Term length	Four years, no limit
Inaugural holder	George W. Wood
Formation	1840
Website	Office of the Mayor

This is a list of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The mayor is the chief executive of the city, charged with overseeing the operation of all local government departments. Mayoral terms are four years, with no limit on the number of terms an individual may be elected to.

List

George W. Wood, first mayor of Fort Wayne.

William J. Hosey is Fort Wayne's longest-serving mayor, elected to four non-consecutive terms.

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Term start	Term end		Party
1		Wood, George W.George W. Wood (1808–1871; aged 63)	May 1, 1840	July 5, 1841		Whig
2		Joseph Morgan (1795-1851; aged 56)	July 5, 1841	January 1843		Whig
3		Henry Lotz (1797–1845; aged 48)	January 1843	1845		Whig
4		John M. Wallace (1820–1866; aged 46)	1845	1846		Whig
5		Huxford, Merchant W.Merchant W. Huxford (1798–1877; aged 79)	1846	1849		Democratic
6		William Stewart (1st) (1798-1873; aged 74)	1849	1852		Democratic
7		Philip G. Jones (1808-1859; aged 50)	1852	1853		Know Nothing
8		Charles Whitmore (1819–1892; aged 73)	1853	1855		Democratic
9		William Stewart (2nd) (1798-1873; aged 74)	1855	1857		Democratic
10		Samuel S. Morss (1811–1862; aged 51)	1857	1859		Know Nothing
11		Franklin P. Randall (1st) (1812–1892; aged 79)	1859	1865		Democratic
12		James Worden (1819–1884; aged 65)	1865	1866		Democratic
13		Benjamin Saunders (1810-1870; aged 60)	1866	1867		Democratic
14		Henry Sharp (1809–1900; aged 91)	1867	1869		Republican
15		Franklin P. Randall (2nd) (1812–1892; aged 79)	1869	1873		Democratic
16		Zollinger, Charles A.Charles A. Zollinger (1st) (1838–1893; aged 55)	1873	1885		Democratic
17		Charles F. Muhler (1841–1899; aged 58)	1885	1889		Republican
18		Daniel L. Harding (1843-1912; aged 69)	1889	May 7, 1891		Republican
19		Charles A. Zollinger (2nd) (1838–1893; aged 55)	May 7, 1891	December 27, 1893		Democratic
20		Henry P. Scherer (1st) (1855–1917; aged 61)	December 27, 1893	May 1894		Democratic
21		Chauncey B. Oakley (1833–1903; aged 69)	May 1894	1896		Republican
22		Henry P. Scherer (2nd) (1855–1917; aged 61)	1896	May 9, 1901		Democratic
23		Henry C. Berghoff (1856–1925; aged 69)	May 9, 1901	January 10, 1906		Democratic
24		Hosey, William J.William J. Hosey (1st) (1854–1937; aged 83)	January 10, 1906	1910		Democratic
25		Jesse Grice (1852–1915; aged 63)	1910	January 5, 1914		Republican
26		William J. Hosey (2nd) (1854–1937; aged 83)	January 5, 1914	1918		Democratic
27		W. Sherman Cutshall (1868–1939; aged 71)	1918	1922		Republican
28		William J. Hosey (3rd) (1854–1937; aged 83)	1922	January 4, 1926		Democratic
29		William C. Geake (1874-1965; aged 90)	January 4, 1926	1930		Republican
30		William J. Hosey (4th) (1854–1937; aged 83)	1930	1935		Democratic
31		Baals, Harry W.Harry W. Baals (1st) (1886–1954; aged 67)	1935	January 1, 1948		Republican
32		Henry E. Branning, Jr. (1890–1970; aged 80)	January 1, 1948	1952		Democratic
33		Harry W. Baals (2nd) (1886–1954; aged 67)	1952	May 9, 1954		Republican
34		Meyers, RobertRobert Meyers (1913–2007; aged 93)	May 9, 1954	December 31, 1959		Republican
35		Paul Mike Burns (1917–2011; aged 93)	January 1, 1960	December 31, 1963		Democratic
36		Harold S. Zeis (1912–1975; aged 62)	January 1, 1964	December 31, 1971		Republican
37		Ivan A. Lebamoff (1932–2006; aged 73)	January 1, 1972	December 31, 1975		Democratic
38		Armstrong, Robert E.Robert E. Armstrong (1925–2008; aged 82)	January 1, 1976	December 31, 1979		Republican
39		Moses, WinfieldWinfield Moses (1st) (born in 1943; age 81)	January 1, 1980	July 8, 1985		Democratic
40		Simon, CosetteCosette Simon (born in 1953; age 71)	July 8, 1985	July 19, 1985		Democratic
41		Winfield Moses (2nd) (born in 1943; age 81)	July 20, 1985	December 31, 1987		Democratic
42		Helmke, PaulPaul Helmke (born in 1948; age 76)	January 1, 1988	December 31, 1999		Republican
43		Richard, GrahamGraham Richard (born in 1947; age 77)	January 1, 2000	December 31, 2007		Democratic
44		Henry, TomTom Henry (1951–2024)	January 1, 2008	March 28, 2024		Democratic
45		Karl Bandemer (born in 1945; age 79)	March 28, 2024	Incumbent		Democratic

See also

• Mayoral elections in Fort Wayne, Indiana