List of mayors of Marietta, Ohio

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This is a list of mayors of the city of Marietta . Prior to the mayoral position the position of leadership was Chairman of the Town Meeting.

List of the Chairman of the Town Meeting
#TermChairman of the Town Meeting
11801–1803 Rufus Putnam
21804–1807Dudley Woodbridge
31808Edwin Putnam
41809Paul Fearing
51810Seth Washburn
61811–1813Icabod Nye
71814Caleb Emerson
81815John Brough
91816Caleb Emerson
101817–1818James Sharp
111819Caleb Emerson
121820–1821Icabod Nye
131822John Clark
141825Daniel H. Buell
List of the Mayors of Marietta
#TermMayorParty Affiliation
11826–1830James M. Booth
21831–1832James Dunn
31833–1835Nahum Ward
41836–1841Anselm T. Nye
51842–1843Daniel H. Buell
61843–1848Louis Soyez
71849Anselm T. Nye
81850Louis Soyez
91851–1853James Dunn
101854–1855Daniel Protsman
111856–1857William A. Whittlesey
121858–1859Ethan H. Allen
131860–1863William A. Whittlesey
141864–1867Samuel S. Knowles-
151868–1871Frederick A. Wheeler
161872–1873John V. Ramsey
171874–1877Jewett Palmer
181878–1879William Glines
191880–1881Rufus E. Harte
201882–1883Charles W. Richards
211884–1887Sidney Ridgeway
221888–1889Josiah Coulter
231890–1893Charles Richardson
241894–1895Jewett Palmer
251896–1897Edward Meisenhelder
261898–1899Charles Richardson
271900-1901E. Sykes
281902-1903Oscar W. Lambert
291904-1905O. P. Hyde
301906-1913Charles F. Leeper
311914-1915David Okey
321916-1917Val. B. Hovey
331918-1919A. A. Crawford
341920-1921William M. Sprague
351922-1923G. B. H. Sanford
361924-1925William M. Sprague
371926-1929John W. Gray
381930-1933F. A. Steadman
391934-1937J. Morton Harper
401938-1939P. W. Griffiths
411940-1947Earl D. SchobDemocrat
421948-1952Joe C. HartlineRepublican
431952-1953Gerald E. BroughtonRepublican
441954-1955Benjamin B. CainRepublican
451956-1957Forester FarleyDemocrat
461958-1965Don L. CurtisRepublican
471965-1965Ralph E. GearhartRepublican
481966-1971John A. BurnworthDemocrat
491972-1975James F. SchweikertRepublican
501976-1979Geoffrey D. BruntonDemocrat
511980-1983George F. CranstonRepublican
521984-1991 Nancy Putnam Hollister Republican
531991-1991Brooks HarperRepublican
541992-2003Joe A. MatthewsDemocrat
552004-2011Michael MullenDemocrat
562012-2020Joe A. MatthewsDemocrat
572020-Josh SchlicherRepublican

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References

  1. "Mayors of Marietta". www.mariettaoh.net. City of Marietta, OH. Retrieved 11 October 2021.