List of mayors of East Chicago, Indiana

This is a list of mayors of East Chicago, Indiana. East Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1889, and became a city in 1893.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end		Party
1	William H. Penman (1858–1917; aged 59)	1893	1898 [1]		Republican [2]
2	William F. Hale (1866–1914; aged 48)	1898	1906 [1]		Republican [3]
3	Edward DeBriae (1844–1940; aged 96)	1906	1914		Democratic [1]
4	Frank Callahan (1st)	1914	1918		Citizens' Party [1]
5	Leo McCormack	1918	1922		Republican [1]
6	Frank Callahan (2nd)	1922	1926		Independent [1]
7	Raleigh P. Hale	1926	January 27, 1930 [4]		Republican [1]
8	Thomas W. O'Connor	1930	1933 [1]		Republican
9	George H. Lewis	1933	1935 [1]		Republican
10	Andrew Rooney	1935	1939 [1]		Republican
11	Frank J. Migas	1939	1952		Democratic [1]
12	Walter M. Jeorse	January 1, 1952	1963		Democratic [1]
13	John B. Nicosia	January 1964	December 1971 [1]		Democratic
14	Robert A. Pastrick (1928–2016; aged 88)	January 1, 1972	December 31, 2004 [5]		Democratic
15	George Pabey (born in 1975; age 50)	January 1, 2005	September 24, 2010 [6] [7]		Democratic
–	Charles P. Pacurar [8] (1936–12.17.2012; aged 76)	September 24, 2010	October 16, 2010		Democratic
16	Anthony Copeland [9] (born in 1955; age 69–70)	October 16, 2010	Present		Democratic [7]

References

1. Lu Ann Franklin (1993-02-23). "Thirteen men have led the city on its course". Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
2. "Col. R.D. Walsh's Spite: Trumps Up a Charge Against Mayor Penman, of East Chicago". Indianapolis Journal. 1895-09-01. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
3. Timothy Horton Ball, ed. (1904). Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana. Unigraphic. p.  174.
4. Resigned.
5. Jim Masters (2004-12-29). "Pabey new E.C. mayor". Times of Northwest Indiana.
6. Removed the office.
7. "East Chicago Committeemen Pick A New Mayor". CBS News Chicago. 2010-10-18.
8. Interim Mayor.
9. "Meet ANTHONY COPELAND 2019". Indianapolis Journal. 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2019-10-12.