List of mayors of Princeton, Indiana facts for kids

This is a list of mayors of Princeton in Indiana, United States. As of 2006, there have been 31 mayors of the city of Princeton, Indiana.

From 1884 to 1906 mayors were elected for two-year terms; mayors listed during that timespan whose terms are given as more than two years were simply elected to successive terms. From 1906 on mayors were elected to four-year terms (with the exceptions of Dr. Osborne T. Brazelton and Dr. Joseph G. Pepple, who were both elected to a five-year term); any mayor listed during that timespan whose term is given as more than four years was elected to successive terms.

Name	Party	Term from	Term to	Notes
John W. Ewing	Republican	1884	1886
Levin W. Gudgel	Republican	1886	1888
James B. Gamble	Republican	1888	1890
Henry P. Soller	Republican	1890	1894
James B. Gamble	Republican	1894	1898
Henry P. Chambers	Republican	1898	1902
Charles W. White	Democrat	1902	1904
Arthur P. Twineham	Republican	1904	January 1906	Resigned to accept appointment as Postmaster from President Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Benton	Republican	January 1906	September 1906
Dr. Robert A. Cushman	Democrat	1906	1910	First mayor elected to four-year term; youngest mayor at time of election (30 years)
Dr. David A. Davison	Republican	1910	1914
Doris R. Head	Democrat	1914	1918
Ernest E. Noble	Republican	January 1918	January 1919	Died in office
C. A. Schubart	Republican	January 1919	1922
Charles A. Niemeier	Democrat	1922	1926
William S. Ennes	Republican	1926	1930
Dr. Osborne T. Brazelton	Republican	1930	1935	Served one five-year term
Gerald Hall	Republican	1935	1939
Talbott C. Fowler	Republican	1939	1943
Dr. Joseph G. Pepple	Republican	1943	1948	Served one five-year term
Walter G. Cox	Democrat	1948	1950	Died in office
M. Vernor "Vern" Woodruff"	Democrat	1950	1956
Ralph M. Wiltsie	Democrat	1956	1960
William "Bill" McConnell	Republican	1960	1972
Walter E. "Gene" Vinson	Democrat	1972	1976
Frank M. Dasch	Democrat	1976	1980
Jack Nixon	Republican	1980	1984
Frank Wade	Democrat	1984	1988
George Taylor	Democrat	1988	2000	Oldest mayor to serve (77 when left office)
Shirley Robb	Democrat	2000	February 2005	Died in office; first female mayor; oldest mayor at time of election (75 when elected to second term)
Robert J. Hurst	Democrat	February 2005	current	Current mayor