List of mayors of Laurel, Maryland

This is a list of mayors of Laurel, Maryland , ^{[1] [2] [3]} a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland. Before the city's (nonpartisan) office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of President of the Board of Commissioners. Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names. The term length changed from one year to two years in 1904, and from two years to four years in 1974.

Presidents

Order	Presidents of the Laurel Board of Commissioners
	President	Served	Notes
1	James Curley	1870–1872	grandfather of James P. Curley [3]
2	James A. Crandle	1872–1873
3	Walter Brown	1873–1874
4	William H. Diven	1874–1875
5	John A. Talbott	1875–1876
6	Edward J. Phelps (2)	1876–1878	father of Edward Phelps [3]
7	John Haslup	1878–1879
8	John W. Whitesides (2)	1879–1881
9	Lawrence A. Ellis	1881–1882
10	John Cronmiller (4)	1882–1886
11	A.M. Bond (2)	1886–1888
12	Jesse Smallwood	1888–1889

Mayors

Years per term	Order	Person number	Mayors of Laurel, Maryland
			Mayor	Served	Notes
1	1	1	Judson T. Cull	1890–1891
	2	2	Charles H. Stanley (2)	1891–1893
	3	3	J.R. Huntt	1893–1894
	4	4	Gustavus B. Timanus	1894–1895
	5	5	Edward Phelps (7)	1895–1902	Son of Edward J. Phelps; [3] most-elected mayor
	6	6	Gustavus Timanus (3)	1902–1905	3rd term had a two-year length
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	7	7	T. Watts Byerly	1905–1906	July 1905, completed Timanus' 3rd term
	8	8	William E. Gilbert (3)	1906–1910	Also served in 1920
	9	9	George McCeney	1910–1912	December 1910, completed Gilbert's 3rd term
	10	10	George W. Waters Jr. (3)	1912–1918
	11	11	George P. McCeney	1918–1920
	12	8	William E. Gilbert	1920	Also served 1906–1910
	13	12	Edward F. Tolson	1920–1922	December 1920, completed Gilbert's term; also served 1940–1946
	14	13	Charles E. Little	1922–1924
	15	14	Thomas D. Roberts	1924–1925
	16	15	DeWilton H. Donaldson	1925–1928	October 1925, completed Roberts' term
	17	16	James P. Curley [4]	1928–1930	Grandson of James Curley [3]
	18	17	John H. Fetty	1930–1934	Also served 1946–1948
	19	18	Julian B. Anderson	1934–1936
	20	19	Everard Enos Hatch (2)	1936–1940
	21	12	Edward F. Tolson (3)	1940–1946	Also served 1920–1922
	22	17	John H. Fetty	1946–1948	Also served 1930–1934
	23	20	Merrill L. Harrison (3)	1948–1954	Also served 1964–1972
	24	21	Harry Hardingham Jr. (2)	1954–1958
	25	22	Hiram J. Soper (2)	1958–1962
	26	23	P.G. Melbourne III	1962–1964
	27	20	Merrill L. Harrison (4)	1964–1972	Also served 1948–1954
	28	24	Leo E. Wilson (2)	1972–1978	2nd term had a four-year length
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	29	25	Robert J. DiPietro (2)	1978–1986
	30	26	Doris A. (Dani) Duniho	1986–1990	Laurel's first woman mayor [5] [6]
	31	27	Joseph R. Robison	1990–1994
	32	28	Frank P. Casula (2)	1994–2001	Died in office [7]
	33	29	Michael R. Leszcz	2001–2002	October 2001, completed Casula's 2nd term [8]
	34	30	Craig A. Moe (5)	2002–2023	Election moved to odd years (starting 2011); [9] longest-tenured mayor [10]
	35	31	Keith Sydnor	2023–present	Laurel's first Black mayor [11]

References

1. "History of the City of Laurel, Maryland". www.laurel.md.us. City of Laurel, Maryland. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
2. "Laurel Mayors, Prince George's County, Maryland". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
3. "About Laurel/History of Laurel". www.cityoflaurel.org. City of Laurel, Maryland. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
4. Wotanis, Lindsey Lee (2011). Community journalism as ritual: A case study of community and weekly newspapers in Laurel, Maryland (PDF) (Ph.D.). University Microfilms International. pp. 199–200. 3461429. Retrieved January 1, 2013. [Curley] became Laurel's mayor in 1928
5. "Former Ocalan Elected Mayor of Laurel, Md". Ocala Star-Banner . Ocala, Florida. March 20, 1986. Retrieved January 1, 2013. [Duniho] will be Laurel's first woman mayor.
6. "FY2010 Adopted Operating Budget" (PDF). City of Laurel, Maryland. 2009. p. 141. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2013. The park was renamed ... after Laurel's first woman mayor, Dani Duniho
7. Scarcella, Michael (October 23, 2001). "Laurel Mayor Frank P. Casula, respected politician, dies at 81". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 1, 2013. [Casula] was elected mayor in 1994 and reelected in 1998.
8. Glenn, Gwendolyn (October 12, 2011). "Leszcz seeks eighth term on Laurel City Council". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Leszcz ... served for five months as Laurel's mayor after Mayor Frank Casula died in 2001.
9. "Laurel: Candidate Endorsements". Baltimore Sun. October 19, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2013. The current mayor and council members had 14 months added to their four- and two-year terms when Laurel's election day was moved to the first November in odd-numbered years
10. Friend, Richard (February 2017). "Laurel History Boys Connect Woman to Lost Family Memorabilia" (PDF). The Laurel Light. Vol. XVIII, no. I. Laurel Historical Society. p. 1. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
11. Lockman, JeanneTyler Moodee (November 8, 2023). "Keith Sydnor makes history as first Black mayor of Laurel, Maryland". WJLA-TV . Retrieved November 9, 2023.