List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox political post 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.
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| Template:Abbr | Portrait | Mayor | Term start | Term end | ||
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Template:Sortname (1808–1871; aged 63) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Whig |
| 2 | Joseph Morgan
(1795–1851; aged 56) |
July 5, Template:Dts | January Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Whig | |
| 3 | Henry Lotz (1797–1845; aged 48) |
January Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Whig | |
| 4 | John M. Wallace (1820–1866; aged 46) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Whig | |
| 5 | 
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Template:Sortname (1798–1877; aged 79) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 6 | William Stewart (1st)
(1798–1873; aged 74) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 7 | Philip G. Jones
(1808–1859; aged 50) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Know Nothing | |
| 8 | Charles Whitmore (1819–1892; aged 73) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| (6) | William Stewart (2nd)
(1798–1873; aged 74) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 9 | 
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Samuel S. Morss (1811–1862; aged 51) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Know Nothing |
| 10 | 
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Franklin P. Randall (1st) (1812–1892; aged 79) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 11 | James Worden (1819–1884; aged 65) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 12 | Benjamin Saunders (1810–1870; aged 60) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 13 | Henry Sharp (1809–1900; aged 91) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| (10) |
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Franklin P. Randall (2nd)
(1812–1892; aged 79) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 14 | 
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Template:Sortname (1st) (1838–1893; aged 55) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 15 | 
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Charles F. Muhler (1841–1899; aged 58) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| 16 | 
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Daniel L. Harding
(1843–1912; aged 69) |
Template:Dts | May 7, 1891 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| (14) |
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Charles A. Zollinger (2nd)
(1838–1893; aged 55) |
May 7, 1891 | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 17 | Henry P. Scherer (1st) (1855–1917; aged 61) |
December 27, 1893 | May Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 18 | 
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Chauncey B. Oakley (1833–1903; aged 69) |
May Template:Dts | May 7, 1896 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| (17) | Henry P. Scherer (2nd)
(1855–1917; aged 61) |
May 7, 1896 | May 9, 1901 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
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Henry C. Berghoff (1856–1925; aged 69) |
May 9, Template:Dts | January 1, 1906 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 20 | 
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Template:Sortname (1st) (1854–1937; aged 83) |
January 1, 1906 | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 21 | 
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Jesse Grice (1852–1915; aged 63) |
Template:Dts | January 5, Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| (20) |
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William J. Hosey (2nd)
(1854–1937; aged 83) |
January 5, Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 22 | W. Sherman Cutshall (1868–1939; aged 71) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| (20) |
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William J. Hosey (3rd)
(1854–1937; aged 83) |
Template:Dts | January 4, 1926 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 23 | William C. Geake
(1874–1965; aged 90) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| (20) |
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William J. Hosey (4th)
(1854–1937; aged 83) |
Template:Dts | 1935 | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 24 | Template:Sortname (1st) (1886–1954; aged 67) |
1935 | January 1, Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| 25 | Henry E. Branning Jr. (1890–1970; aged 80) |
January 1, Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| (24) | Harry W. Baals (2nd)Template:Ref label (1886–1954; aged 67) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| 26 | Template:Sortname (1913–2007; aged 93) |
May 9, Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| 27 | Paul Mike Burns (1917–2011; aged 93) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 28 | Harold S. Zeis (1912–1975; aged 62) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican | |
| 29 | Ivan A. Lebamoff (1932–2006; aged 73) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 30 | 
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Template:Sortname (1925–2008; aged 82) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| 31 | 
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Template:Sortname (1st)Template:Ref label (born in 1943; age Template:Age) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 32 | Template:SortnameTemplate:Ref label (born in 1953; age Template:Age) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| (31) |
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Winfield Moses (2nd)Template:Ref label (born in 1943; age Template:Age) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 33 | 
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Template:Sortname (born in 1948; age Template:Age) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Republican |
| 34 | 
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Template:Sortname (born in 1947; age Template:Age) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 35 | 
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Template:Sortname (1951–2024; aged 72)Template:Ref label |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
| 36 | Karl Bandemer (born in 1945; age Template:Age) |
Template:Dts | Template:Dts | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic | |
| 37 | Sharon Tucker (born in 1972; age Template:Age) |
Template:Dts | Incumbent | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic |
Notes
- Template:Note label Baals died of a kidney infection during his fourth term as mayor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Note label Moses resigned from office after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor violations of campaign finance laws.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Note label City Controller Cosette Simon was appointed acting mayor for eleven days following Moses' resignation. She was Fort Wayne's first female mayor.
- Template:Note label With 86 of 99 Allen County Democratic precinct committee members voting in a special caucus for his reinstatement, Moses was elected to complete his second term as mayor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Note label Henry died of stomach cancer during his fifth term as mayor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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