List of mayors of Toledo, Ohio

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This is a list of mayors of Toledo, Ohio . [1] [2] [3]

Term of serviceImageNameLife datesParty
1837–1839 Men of northwestern Ohio. A collection of portraits and biographies of well known men in this section of the professionall, business and commercial world - DPLA - 7162328a5e9311f132900df8cdd64dd6 (page 195) (cropped).jpg John Berdan 1798–1841Whig
1839–1840 Hezekiah D. Mason  Whig
1840–1843 Myron H. Tilden 1812–1888Whig
1843–1844 James Myers 1795–1864Democratic
1844–1845 George B. Way 1811–1868Whig
1845–1846 Richard Mott.jpg Richard Mott 1804–1888Republican
1846–1849 Emery D. Potter-1872.jpg Emery Davis Potter 1804–1896Democratic
1849–1850 Daniel O. Morton (Toledo, Ohio Mayor).jpg Daniel O. Morton 1815–1859Democratic
1850–1851 Caleb F. Abbott 1811–1855Whig
1851–1852 Charles M. Dorr 1816–1870 
1852 (resigned) Daniel McBain 1820–1889 
1852 (resigned) Egbertbrown.jpg Egbert B. Brown 1816–1902 
1852–1853 Ira L. Clark 1810–1885 
1853 Mavor Brigham 1806–1897 
1853–1857 (2 terms) Charles M. Dorr 1816–1870 
1857–1860 (resigned) Alexander Brownlee 1806–1872 
1860–1861 Alexander H. Newcomb 1824–1888Republican
1861 Isaac R. Sherwood from Ohio in the War.png Isaac R. Sherwood 1835–1925Democratic
1861–1863 John Manor 1829–1888 
1863–1867 (3 terms) Charles M. Dorr 1816–1870 
1867–1869 Charles A. King 1817–1893Republican
1869–1871 William Kraus 1813–1883Republican
1871–1875 William W. Jones, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1870) - DPLA - 82f4f7201c92b5872c299b9fd571f85e.jpg William W. Jones 1819–1892Democratic
1875–1877 Guido Marx, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1880) - DPLA - bf0dab454853c89376a49683d501bb8e.jpg Guido Marx 1827–1899Republican
1877–1879 (2 terms) William W. Jones, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1870) - DPLA - 82f4f7201c92b5872c299b9fd571f85e.jpg William W. Jones 1819–1892Democratic
1879–1885 Jacob Romeis.jpg Jacob Romeis 1835–1904Republican
1885 George Scheets, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1880) - DPLA - 349403776ed916e0bf3b0eb8640e46dc.jpg George W. Scheets 1842–1929Republican
1885–1887 Samuel F. Forbes 1830–1897Republican
1887–1891 James Kent Hamilton.jpg James Kent Hamilton 1839–1918Republican
1891–1893 Vincent J. Emmick 1846–1917Republican
1893–1897 Guy G. Major 1896.jpg Guy G. Major 1859–1912Republican
1897–1904 (died in office) Samuel M Jones.png Samuel M. Jones 1846–1904Republican
1904–1905 Robert H. Finch, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1890) - DPLA - da84e46ef689f40f54ea4a93bf5022eb.jpg Robert H. Finch 1856–1915Republican
1906–1913 Brand Whitlock1.jpg Brand Whitlock 1869–1934Democratic
1914–1915 Kellar 5285930496 59ba09382b o.jpg Carl Henry Keller 1875–1952Republican
1916–1917 Charles M. Milroy 1867–1931Republican
1918–1921 Cornell Schreiber 1881–1945Democratic
1922–1925 Bernard F. Brough.png Bernard F. Brough 1871–1926Republican
1926–1927 Fred J. Mery 1876–1949Republican
1928–1931 William Trayton Jackson 1876–1933Republican
1932–1933 Addison Q. Thacher 1876–1963Republican
1934–1935 Solon T. Klotz 1866–1948 
1936–1939 Roy C. Start 1877–1956Republican
1940–1942 (resigned) John Q. Carey 1905–1958 
1943–1947 Lloyd Emerson Roulet 1891–1985Republican
1948–1950 Governor DiSalle.png Michael DiSalle 1908–1981Democratic
1950–1951 Ollie Czelusta 1896–1981Republican
1952–1953 (2 terms) Lloyd Emerson Roulet 1891–1985Republican
1954–1957 (2 terms) Ollie Czelusta 1896–1981Republican
1957–1959 John W. Yager 1920–2000Democratic
1959–1961 Michael J. Damas 1912–2003Democratic
1961–1967 John William Potter.jpg John William Potter 1918–2013Republican
1967–1971 William J. Ensign 1924–2011Democratic
1971–1976 Harry W. Kessler 1927–2007Democratic
1977–1983 Douglas DeGood 1947–2019Democratic
1983–1989 Donna Owens 1937–Republican
1990–1993 John McHugh 1930–2015Democratic
1994–2002 CartyFinkbeiner (cropped).jpg Carleton S. Finkbeiner 1939–Republican
2002–2006 Jack Ford 1947–2015Democratic
2006–2010 (2 terms) CartyFinkbeiner (cropped).jpg Carleton S. Finkbeiner 1939–Democratic
2010–2014 Old West End Festival 2010 DSC05490 (4673766795) (cropped).jpg Michael P. Bell 1955–Independent
2014–2015 (died in office) D. Michael Collins 1944–2015Independent
2015–2018 Paula Hicks-Hudson.jpg Paula Hicks-Hudson 1951–Democratic
2018–present Centered Mayor Outside Pic (1).jpg Wade Kapszukiewicz 1972–Democratic

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References

  1. Porter, Tana Mosier (1987). "Appendix". Toledo Profile: A Sesquicentennial History. Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Sesquicentennial Commission. pp. IV–V. ISBN   9780961821012.
  2. Gedert, Roberta (2017-01-04). "Historical look at the faces of Toledo's mayors". The Blade . Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  3. "Toledo Mayoral Papers, [1920]-1982". The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections. University of Toledo. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2020-02-20.