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.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Knotts, ThomasThomas Knotts	000000001906-01-01-00001906	000000001914-01-01-00001914	Democratic^[1]
2	Johnson, R.O.R.O. Johnson	000000001914-01-01-00001914	000000001918-01-01-00001918	Republican
3	Hodges, William F.William F. Hodges	000000001918-01-01-00001918	000000001922-01-01-00001922	Republican
4	Johnson, R.O.R.O. Johnson	000000001922-01-01-00001922	000000001925-03-01-0000March 1925^[2]	Republican
5	Fulton, William J.William J. Fulton	000000001925-03-01-0000March 1925	000000001926-01-01-00001926	Republican
6	Williams, Floyd E.Floyd E. Williams	000000001926-01-01-00001926	000000001930-01-01-00001930	Republican
7	Johnson, R.O.R.O. Johnson	000000001930-01-01-00001930	000000001935-01-01-00001935	Republican
8	Clayton, Lee B.Lee B. Clayton	000000001935-01-01-00001935	000000001939-01-01-00001939	Democratic
9	Schaible, ErnstErnst Schaible	000000001939-01-01-00001939	000000001943-01-01-00001943	Republican
10	Finerty, Joseph E.Joseph E. Finerty	000000001943-01-01-00001943	000000001948-01-01-00001948	Democratic
11	Swartz, EugeneEugene Swartz	000000001948-01-01-00001948	000000001952-01-01-00001952	Democratic
12	Mandich, PeterPeter Mandich	000000001952-01-01-00001952	000000001958-01-01-00001958	Democratic
13	Chacharis, GeorgeGeorge Chacharis	000000001958-01-01-00001958	000000001962-01-01-00001962	Democratic
14	Visclosky, JohnJohn Visclosky	000000001962-01-01-00001962	000000001963-01-01-00001963
15	Katz, A. MartinA. Martin Katz	000000001964-01-01-00001964	000000001968-01-01-00001968	Democratic
16	Hatcher, RichardRichard Hatcher	000000001968-01-01-00001968	000000001987-01-01-00001987	Democratic
17	Barnes, Thomas V.Thomas V. Barnes	000000001988-01-01-00001988	000000001995-01-01-00001995	Democratic
18	King, Scott L.Scott L. King	000000001995-01-01-00001995	000000002006-01-01-00002006	Democratic
19	Rudolph M. Clay	000000002006-01-01-00002006	000000002012-01-01-00002012	Democratic
20	Freeman-Wilson, KarenKaren Freeman-Wilson	000000002012-01-01-00002012	Present	Democratic

References

↑ John C. Trafny & Stephen G. McShane (2002). Gary's East Side. p. 60. ISBN 0-7385-1953-7.
↑ Robert A. Hill (1991). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. VII. p. 65. ISBN 0-520-07208-1.

External links

List of mayors by G. David Yaros

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