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] (1936–2012; 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 (February 23, 1993). "Thirteen men have led the city on its course". Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
2. "Col. R.D. Walsh's Spite: Trumps Up a Charge Against Mayor Penman, of East Chicago". Indianapolis Journal. September 1, 1895. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
3. Timothy Horton Ball, ed. (1904). Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana. Unigraphic. p.  174.
4. Resigned.
5. Jim Masters (December 29, 2004). "Pabey new E.C. mayor". Times of Northwest Indiana.
6. Removed the office.
7. "East Chicago Committeemen Pick A New Mayor". CBS News Chicago. October 18, 2010.
8. Interim Mayor.
9. "Meet ANTHONY COPELAND 2019". Indianapolis Journal. April 1, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2019.