List of mayors of Canton, Ohio

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Canton, Ohio, United States.

City hall building in Canton, Ohio (photo 2010)

Presidents

• J. W. Lathrop, 1822-1823 ^[1]
• James Hazlett, 1824, 1835 ^[1]
• Orlando Metcalf, 1825-1827 ^[1]
• John Myers, 1828, 1831-1832 ^[1]
• John Shorb, 1829 ^[1]
• L. B. Gitchel, 1830 ^[1]
• Sanders Van Rensellear, 1833-1834 ^[1]
• F. A. Schneider, 1836 ^[1]
• Samuel Fahnestock, 1837 ^[1]

Mayors

• John Myers, 1838-1839 ^{[1] [2]}
• Jacob Rex, 1839-1840 ^[2]
• John Myers, 1840-1841 ^[2]
• William Bryce, 1841-1842 ^[2]
• Lewis Vail, 1842-1844 ^[2]
• Geo. Dunbar Sr., 1844-1845 ^[2]
• Z. Snow, 1845-1846 ^[2]
• C. C. A. Witting, 1846-1847, 1848-1849 ^[2]
• Daniel Gotshall, 1847-1848 ^[2]
• D. H. Harmann, 1849-1850 ^[2]
• J. G. Lester, 1850-1852 ^[2]
• Benjamin F. Leiter, 1852-1853, 1854-1855 ^[2]
• John Lahm, 1853-1854 ^[2]
• Peter Chance, 1855-1859 ^[2]
• J. C. Bockius, 1859 ^[2]
• H. P. Dunbar, 1860-1862 ^[2]
• Seraphim Meyer, 1862 ^[2]
• J. Crevoisie, 1863-1865 ^[2]
• W. W. Clark, 1865-1867 ^[2]
• Daniel Sayler, 1867-1871 ^[2]
• Robert S. Shields, 1871-1875 ^{[2] [3]}
• A. D. Braden, 1875-1877 ^[2]
• John Shimp, 1877-1879 ^[2]
• James Vallely, 1879-1881 ^[2]
• William J. Piero, 1881-1885 ^{[2] [4]}
• George Rex, 1885-1887 ^[2]
• John F. Blake, 1887-1893 ^[2]
• Robt. A. Cassidy, 1893-1895 ^[2]
• James Allen Rice, 1895-1899 ^{[2] [5]}
• James H. Robertson, 1899-1903 ^[2]
• W. H. Smith, 1903-1906 ^{[2] [6]}
• A. R. Turnbull, 1906-1914 ^{[1] [2]}
• Chas. A. Stolberg, 1914-1917 ^[1]
• Henry A. Schrantz, 1917, 1919 ^[1]
• Chas. E. Poorman, 1918-1919 ^[1]
• Herman R. Witter, 1920-1922, 1930-1931 ^[1]
• C. C. Curtis, 1922-1924, 1928-1930 ^[1]
• Chas. M. Ball, 1924-1926 ^[1]
• Stanford M. Swarts, 1926-1928 ^[1]
• James Seccombe, 1932-1933, 1936-1939 ^[1]
• Arthur Turnbull, 1934-1935 ^[1]
• Edward Folk, 1939-1943 ^[1]
• Albert Fromm, 1943 ^[1]
• Carl Klein, 1944-1949 ^[1]
• Thomas H. Nichols, 1950-1951 ^[1]
• Carl F. Wise, 1952-1958 ^[1]
• Charles L. Babcock, 1958-1961 ^[1]
• James Lawhun, 1962-1963 ^[1]
• Stanley Cmich, 1964-1983 ^[1]
• Sam Purses, 1984-1991 ^[1]
• Richard D. Watkins, 1992-2003 ^{[1] [7]}
• Janet Weir Creighton, 2004-2007 ^[1]
• William J. Healy II, 2008-2015 ^[1]
• Thomas M. Bernabei, 2016-2023 ^[1]
• William V. Sherer II, 2024-present ^[1]

See also

• Canton history

References

1. "Previous Mayors", cantonohio.gov, City of Canton, Ohio, retrieved April 30, 2025
2. Revised ordinances of the city of Canton, Council of the City of Canton, Ohio, 1916, p. 533+ – via HathiTrust
3. Standard history of Stark County, Ohio, vol. 3, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1916 – via HathiTrust
4. Progressive men of Northern Ohio, Cleveland: Plain Dealer Publishing Co., 1906 – via HathiTrust
5. C. S. Van Tassel, ed. (1917), Ohio blue book; or, Who's who in the Buckeye state – via HathiTrust
6. Canton official city directory...1903, Akron, Ohio: Burch Directory Co. – via HathiTrust
7. www.ci.canton.oh.us, City of Canton Ohio, archived from the original on December 18, 2001 – via Wayback Machine