# List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana

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

| No. | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | 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 | 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 |
| (6) | William Stewart (2nd) (1798-1873; aged 74) | 1855 | 1857 | Democratic |
| 9 | Samuel S. Morss (1811–1862; aged 51) | 1857 | 1859 | Know Nothing |
| 10 | Franklin P. Randall (1st) (1812–1892; aged 79) | 1859 | 1865 | Democratic |
| 11 | James Worden (1819–1884; aged 65) | 1865 | 1866 | Democratic |
| 12 | Benjamin Saunders (1810-1870; aged 60) | 1866 | 1867 | Democratic |
| 13 | Henry Sharp (1809–1900; aged 91) | 1867 | 1869 | Republican |
| (10) | Franklin P. Randall (2nd) (1812–1892; aged 79) | 1869 | 1873 | Democratic |
| 14 | Charles A. Zollinger (1st) (1838–1893; aged 55) | 1873 | 1885 | Democratic |
| 15 | Charles F. Muhler (1841–1899; aged 58) | 1885 | 1889 | Republican |
| 16 | Daniel L. Harding (1843-1912; aged 69) | 1889 | May 7, 1891 | Republican |
| (14) | Charles A. Zollinger (2nd) (1838–1893; aged 55) | May 7, 1891 | December 27, 1893 | Democratic |
| 17 | Henry P. Scherer (1st) (1855–1917; aged 61) | December 27, 1893 | May 1894 | Democratic |
| 18 | Chauncey B. Oakley (1833–1903; aged 69) | May 1894 | May 7, 1896 | Republican |
| (17) | Henry P. Scherer (2nd) (1855–1917; aged 61) | May 7, 1896 | May 9, 1901 | Democratic |
| 19 | Henry C. Berghoff (1856–1925; aged 69) | May 9, 1901 | January 1, 1906 | Democratic |
| 20 | William J. Hosey (1st) (1854–1937; aged 83) | January 1, 1906 | 1910 | Democratic |
| 21 | Jesse Grice (1852–1915; aged 63) | 1910 | January 5, 1914 | Republican |
| (20) | William J. Hosey (2nd) (1854–1937; aged 83) | January 5, 1914 | 1918 | Democratic |
| 22 | W. Sherman Cutshall (1868–1939; aged 71) | 1918 | 1922 | Republican |
| (20) | William J. Hosey (3rd) (1854–1937; aged 83) | 1922 | January 4, 1926 | Democratic |
| 23 | William C. Geake (1874-1965; aged 90) | January 4, 1926 | 1930 | Republican |
| (20) | William J. Hosey (4th) (1854–1937; aged 83) | 1930 | 1935 | Democratic |
| 24 | Harry W. Baals (1st) (1886–1954; aged 67) | 1935 | January 1, 1948 | Republican |
| 25 | Henry E. Branning, Jr. (1890–1970; aged 80) | January 1, 1948 | 1952 | Democratic |
| (24) | Harry W. Baals (2nd) (1886–1954; aged 67) | 1952 | May 9, 1954 | Republican |
| 26 | Robert Meyers (1913–2007; aged 93) | May 9, 1954 | December 31, 1959 | Republican |
| 27 | Paul Mike Burns (1917–2011; aged 93) | January 1, 1960 | December 31, 1963 | Democratic |
| 28 | Harold S. Zeis (1912–1975; aged 62) | January 1, 1964 | December 31, 1971 | Republican |
| 29 | Ivan A. Lebamoff (1932–2006; aged 73) | January 1, 1972 | December 31, 1975 | Democratic |
| 30 | Robert E. Armstrong (1925–2008; aged 82) | January 1, 1976 | December 31, 1979 | Republican |
| 31 | Winfield Moses (1st) (born in 1943; age 81) | January 1, 1980 | July 8, 1985 | Democratic |
| 32 | Cosette Simon (born in 1953; age 71) | July 8, 1985 | July 19, 1985 | Democratic |
| (31) | Winfield Moses (2nd) (born in 1943; age 81) | July 20, 1985 | December 31, 1987 | Democratic |
| 33 | Paul Helmke (born in 1948; age 76) | January 1, 1988 | December 31, 1999 | Republican |
| 34 | Graham Richard (born in 1947; age 77) | January 1, 2000 | December 31, 2007 | Democratic |
| 35 | Tom Henry (1951–2024; aged 72) | January 1, 2008 | March 28, 2024 | Democratic |
| 36 | Karl Bandemer (born in 1945; age 79) | March 28, 2024 | April 23, 2024 | Democratic |
| 37 | Sharon Tucker (born in 1972; age 52) | April 23, 2024 | Incumbent | Democratic |