List of mayors of Gary, Indiana

This is a list of mayors of Gary, Indiana. The first mayor, Thomas Knotts, served as Town Board president from 1906 to 1909, when Gary officially became a city.

Portrait Mayor Term start Term end   Party
1 Thomas Knotts
(1861–1921; aged 60)
1906[1] 1914 Democratic[2]
2 Roswell O. Johnson (1st)
(1872–1938; aged 66)
1914 1918 Republican
3 William F. Hodges 1918 1922 Republican
4 Roswell O. Johnson (2nd) 1922 March 1925[3] Republican
5 William J. Fulton March 1925 1926 Republican
6 Floyd E. Williams 1926 1930 Republican
7 Roswell O. Johnson (3rd) 1930 1935 Republican
8 Lee B. Clayton 1935 1939 Democratic
9 Ernst Schaible
(1879–?)
1939 1943 Republican
10 Joseph E. Finerty
(1905–07.11.1992; aged 87)
1943 1948 Democratic
11 Eugene Swartz 1948 1952 Democratic
12 Peter Mandich 1952 July 15, 1958[4] Democratic
13 George Chacharis
(11.02.1908–17.08.1983; aged 75)
July 16, 1958 December 12, 1962[4] Democratic
14 John S. Visclosky
(26.12.1915–01.04.2017; aged 101)
December 13, 1962 1963 Democratic
15 A. Martin Katz
(1917–1995; aged 78)
1964 1968 Democratic
16 Richard Hatcher
(1933–2019; aged 86)
January 1, 1968 December 31, 1987 Democratic
17 Thomas V. Barnes
(born in 1936; age 85)
January 1, 1988 December 31, 1995 Democratic
18 Scott L. King
(born in 1951; age 70)
January 1, 1996 March 23, 2006[4] Democratic
Dozier Allen Jr.
(born in 1931; age 90)
March 24, 2006[5] April 6, 2006 Democratic
19 Rudy Clay
(1935–2014; aged 78)
April 7, 2006 December 31, 2011 Democratic
20 Karen Freeman-Wilson
(born in 1960; age 60)
January 1, 2012 December 31, 2019 Democratic
21 Jerome Prince
(born in 1964; age 56)
January 1, 2020 Democratic

References

  1. President of the Town Board until 1909.
  2. John C. Trafny & Stephen G. McShane (2002). Gary's East Side. p. 60. ISBN 0-7385-1953-7.
  3. Robert A. Hill (1991). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. VII. p. 65. ISBN 0-520-07208-1.
  4. Resigned.
  5. Interim.
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