List of mayors of Wilmington, Delaware
City of Wilmington

List of mayors of Wilmington, Delaware

Section Title: City of Wilmington
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Rank	Mayor	Start	End	Party	Note

1	Bayard, Richard H	1832	1834	Whig	Wilmington incorporated in 1832.

2	Williamson, Nicholas G.	1834	1843	Whig

3	Wilson, David C.	1843	1845	Whig

4	Porter, Alexander	1845	1848	Whig

5	Huffington, William	1848	1850	Democratic

6	Driver, Joshua E.	1850	1851

7	Evans, Columbus P., Capt.	1851	1852	Whig	Editor of the Delaware Republican.

8	Jones, William Hemphill	1852	1853	First mayor elected by popular vote.

9	Alderdice, John A.	1853	1854	Publisher of The Journal.

10	Heyward, James F.	1854	1855

11	Wiggins, William B.	1855	1856

12	Huffington, William	1856	1857	Democratic	Non-continuous terms.

13	Sparks, George W.	1857	1858

14	Young, Thomas	1858	1860

15	Gilpin, Vincent C.	1860	1863

16	Turner, John M	1863	1865

17	Maris, Joshua	1865	1867

18	Valentine, Joshua S.	1867	1872

19	Simms, Joshua L.	1872	1875	Democratic

20	Whitely, William G.	1875	1878	Democratic

21	Allmond, John P.	1878	1882

22	Wales, John Patton	1882	1885	Son of Senator John Wales.

23	Rhoads, Calvin B.	1885	1891	Democratic	Choir director

Willey, Stansbury J.	1891	1893	Republican	Term changed to two years, Saturday election in June.

Shortridge, E. G.	1893	1894	Republican

Jefferies, Charles R.	1895	?	Democratic

Fahey, John C.	1899	?	Democratic

Fisher, George M.	1903	1903

Bird, Charles D.	1903	?	Democratic

Wilson, Horace	1905	1907	Republican

Howell, Harrison W.	1911	1915	Republican

Lawson, John W.	1919	?

Harvey, LeRoy	1921	1923?	Founded Wilmington Music School.

Taylor, William G.	?	1925	Republican	Lost at Sea

Forrest, Dr. George	1923	1931	First intern at Delaware Hospital.

Sparks, Frank C.	1931	1933	Republican

Speer, William	1933	1935	Democratic

Bacon, Walter W.	1935	1940	Republican	Resigned when elected Governor.

James, Albert W.	1941	1944	Republican	Filled term of Gov. Bacon.

Herlihy, Thomas, Jr.	1945	1946	Republican	Resigned when appointed Chief Judge of Municipal Court.

Wilson, Joseph S.	1947	1949	Republican

Hearn, James F.	1949	1953	Republican

Walz, August	1954	1955	Republican

47	Lammot, Eugene	1957	1960	Democratic	Resigned when elected Lt. Gov. Election Tues. in Nov.

48	Babiarz, John E.	1961	1969	Democratic	1968 Occupation

49	Haskell, Harry G., Jr.	1969	1973	Republican

50	Maloney, Thomas C.	1973	1977	Democratic

51	McLaughlin, William T.	1977	1984	Democratic

52	Frawley, Daniel S.	1985	1993	Democratic	Stadium named after.

53	Sills, James	1993	2001	Democratic	First African American Mayor

54	Baker, James M.	2001	2013	Democratic	First 3-Term Mayor with 4-year terms

55	Williams, Dennis P.	2013	2017	Democratic	Served in the Delaware House of Representatives

56	Mike Purzycki	2017	Currently Serving	Democratic	Spearheaded successful Riverfront redevelopment

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William Hemphill Jones was Mayor of Wilmington.

final_sentence: William Hemphill Jones was Mayor of Wilmington.