List of mayors of Terre Haute, Indiana

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This is a list of mayors of Terre Haute, Indiana .

Town of Terre Haute

#NameTerm startTerm end Party
1Elijah Tillotson
(1791–1857; aged 66)
18381838
2Dr. Marcus Hitchcock
(1781–1848; aged 66)
18381839
3Britton M. HarrisonJune 18391843

"On Feb. 9, 1843, the office of Mayor was abolished by a special act of the Legislature in 1843, the president of the common council administered mayoral duties until the city was incorporated in 1853. Under the new constitution of the State of Indiana, a General Law was approved on June 18, 1852, providing for the incorporation of cities." [1]

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City of Terre Haute

#NameTerm startTerm end Party
4William Kirkpatrick Edwards
(1820–1878; aged 57)
June 1853May 1855 [2] Whig
5James Hook
(1815–1895; aged 80)
18551856 [3]
6Chambers Y. Patterson
(1824–1881; aged 56–57)
18561860 Democratic
7William H. Stewart18611863
8Albert Lange
(1801–1869; aged 67–68)
18631867 Republican
9Grafton Fleener Cookerly
(1815–1885; aged 70)
18671871 Democratic
10Alexander Thomas18711875
11James B. Edmunds18751877
12Henry Fairbanks18771878
13Joseph M. Wildy18781879 Democratic
14Benjamin F. Havens
(1839–1914; aged 75)
18791881 [4]
15James B. Lyne18811883
16William H. Armstrong18831885
17Jacob C. Kolsem18851889 Republican
18Frank C. Donaldson18891891 Republican
19James M. Allen18911892
20Henry M. Griswold18921892 Republican
21Frederick A. Ross18921898
22Henry C. Steeg18981904 Democratic
23Edwin H. Bidaman1904July 6, 1906 [5] Republican
24Frank M. BuckinghamJuly 7, 1906 [6] 1906 Republican
25James Lyons19061910 Democratic
26Louis A. Gerhardt19101914
27 Donn M. Roberts [7]
(1867–1936; aged 68)
1914May 1915 Democratic
28James Murrell Gossom [8] 19151917 Democratic
29Charles S. Hunter19181922 Republican
30Ora D. Davis19221930 Republican
31Wood J. Posey19301935
32Samuel E. Beecher Sr.
(1893–1973; aged 80)
19351939
33Joseph P. Duffy19391943
34Vernon R. McMillan
(1892–1968; aged 76)
19431947 Republican
35 Ralph Tucker
(1906–1977; aged 71)
January 1, 19481967 Democratic
36Leland Larrison
(1907–1992; aged 85)
19681972 Republican
37William J. Brighton
(1929–1992; aged 63)
19721979 Democratic
38 P. Pete Chalos
(1927–2006; aged 78)
19801996 Democratic
39Jim Jenkins19961999 Democratic
40Judy A. Anderson
(born in 1941; age 83–84)
20002003 Democratic
41Kevin D. Burke20042008 Democratic
42Duke BennettJanuary 20082024 Republican
43 Brandon Sakbun January 2024Present Democratic

See also

References

  1. City of Terre Haute. "List of Mayors of Terre Haute, Indiana". Wabash Valley Visions & Voices. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  2. "William Kirkpatrick Edwards". Wabash Valley Profiles. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  3. "James Hook". Wabash Valley Profiles. April 2001. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  4. "Benjamin F. Havens". Wabash Valley Profiles. September 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  5. Impeached.
  6. Completed Bidaman's term.
  7. "Donn M. Roberts". Political Graveyard . Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  8. "Donn M. Roberts's Successor Is Charged with Being Corrupt". New York Times . September 24, 1915. Retrieved March 17, 2011. James G. Gossom declared today that he would fight the charges which were brought against him last night by the City Council which ..