List of Mayors of Ashland, Kentucky
List of mayors

List of Mayors of Ashland, Kentucky

Section Title: List of mayors
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Order	Image	Mayor	Term Began	Term Ended	Political Party	Birth and death	Notes

1	-	Henry Bishop Brodess	1876	1881	Republican	(1830 – October 20, 1881)	Before being elected, he was a local judge, and published an outspoken anti-slavery newspaper called the American Union. In 1860, Brodess was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

2	-	John Means	1881	1882	Republican	(September 21, 1829 – February 14, 1910)	He organized the Cincinnati and Big Sandy Packet Company and vice-president of Ashland National Bank.[full citation needed]

3	-	William Wirt Culbertson	1882	1883	Republican	(September 22, 1835 – October 31, 1911)	He also served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.[full citation needed]

4	William Henry Harrison Eba	1883	1883	Republican	(November 5, 1831 – August 31, 1911)	During the Civil War, Eba enlisted in Company I, Fifth West Virginia Regiment; was promoted to sergeant-major, March 1862; first lieutenant.

5	Thomas Russell	1883	1886	Before becoming mayor he was a street commissioner.[full citation needed]

6	William Worth Patterson	1886	1889	Republican	(November 3, 1849 – March 28, 1921)	He was a Freemason, an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias.[full citation needed]

7	-	Patrick Moriarty, Jr.	1889	1889	(January 7, 1851 – October 25, 1928)	Previously served on the City Council for a number of terms. Moriarty served as Park Commissionaire and was one of the charter members of the first Chamber of Commerce, then known as the Commercial Club of Ashland.[full citation needed]

8	David A. Fisher	1889	1892	(August 14, 1840 – January 19, 1911)	He served in the American Civil War for the Union as a Private. During the War, Fisher was promoted to a full first sergeant.[full citation needed]

9	J. C. Whitten	1892	1894

10	Thomas S. Newman	1894	1897	(October 10, 1851 – October 3, 1930)

11	William Arthur Ginn	1897	1906

12	Joseph Oscar Matthewson	1906	1910	(February 4, 1871 - February 28, 1926)

13	Dr. Albert Harrison Moore	1910	1913	(1871 - September 26, 1913)	A graduate of Jefferson Medical College in 1896, he was a member of the American Medical Association and the Kentucky State and Boyd County Medical Societies.

14	J. M. McCleary	1913	1913

15	William Arthur Ginn	1913	1914

16	Dr. William Monroe Salisbury	1914	1917

17	Henderson Richardson Dysard	1917	1921	Republican

18	Dr. William Monroe Salisbury	1921	1925

19	William M. Nicholson	1925	1926	A plumber by trade, later was appointed as plumbing inspector of Boyd County in 1930.[full citation needed]

20	William Boggs Whitt	1926	1926	Democrat	(September 17, 1867 - December 19, 1926)	Whitt was previously a member of the Kentucky Senate. [full citation needed] He committed suicide on December 19, 1926 by shooting himself through the heart.

21	Ernest E. Ramey	1926	1927

22	Charles F. Weaver	1927	1928	Republican	(1858 - October 21, 1932)	In 1904, Weaver was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky.[full citation needed]

23	William C. Frailie	1928	1932	Republican

24	Edgar Browne Hager	1932	1935	Democrat

25	William C. Simpson	1936	1940	Republican

26	Henry D. Shanklin	1940	1943	Democrat

27	Clyde R. Levi	1944	1947	Republican

28	William C. Simpson	1948	1951	Republican

29	David Aronberg	1952	1955	Republican

30	Wilburn Caskey	1956	1959	Democrat

31	David Aronberg	1960	1964	Republican

32	Wilburn Caskey	1964	1968	Democrat

33	Charles Henry Gartrell	1968	1972	Democrat

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Patterson continued as mayor of Ashland until 1989.

final_sentence: Patterson continued as mayor of Ashland until 1989.