List of mayors of Terre Haute, Indiana

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

Town of Terre Haute

# Name Term start Term end   Party
1 Elijah Tillotson
(1791–1857; aged 66) 		1838 1838
2 Dr. Marcus Hitchcock
(1781–1848; aged 66) 		1838 1839
3 Britton M. Harrison June 1839 1843

"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]

City of Terre Haute

# Name Term start Term end   Party
4 William Kirkpatrick Edwards
(1820–1878; aged 57) 		June 1853 May 1855[2] Whig
5 James Hook
(1815–1895; aged 80) 		1855 1856[3]
6 Chambers Y. Patterson
(1824–1881; aged 56–57) 		1856 1860 Democratic
7 William H. Stewart 1861 1863
8 Albert Lange
(1801–1869; aged 67–68) 		1863 1867 Republican
9 Grafton Fleener Cookerly
(1815–1885; aged 70) 		1867 1871 Democratic
10 Alexander Thomas 1871 1875
11 James B. Edmunds 1875 1877
12 Henry Fairbanks 1877 1878
13 Joseph M. Wildy 1878 1879 Democratic
14 Benjamin F. Havens
(1839–1914; aged 75) 		1879 1881[4]
15 James B. Lyne 1881 1883
16 William H. Armstrong 1883 1885
17 Jacob C. Kolsem 1885 1889 Republican
18 Frank C. Donaldson 1889 1891 Republican
19 James M. Allen 1891 1892
20 Henry M. Griswold 1892 1892 Republican
21 Frederick A. Ross 1892 1898
22 Henry C. Steeg 1898 1904 Democratic
23 Edwin H. Bidaman 1904 July 6, 1906[5] Republican
24 Frank M. Buckingham July 7, 1906[6] 1906 Republican
25 James Lyons 1906 1910 Democratic
26 Louis A. Gerhardt 1910 1914
27 Donn M. Roberts[7]
(1867–1936; aged 68) 		1914 May 1915 Democratic
28 James Murrell Gossom[8] 1915 1917 Democratic
29 Charles S. Hunter 1918 1922 Republican
30 Ora D. Davis 1922 1930 Republican
31 Wood J. Posey 1930 1935
32 Samuel E. Beecher Sr.
(1893–1973; aged 80) 		1935 1939
33 Joseph P. Duffy 1939 1943
34 Vernon R. McMillan
(1892–1968; aged 76) 		1943 1947 Republican
35 Ralph Tucker
(1906–1977; aged 71) 		January 1, 1948 1967 Democratic
36 Leland Larrison
(1907–1992; aged 85) 		1968 1972 Republican
37 William J. Brighton
(1929–1992; aged 63) 		1972 1979 Democratic
38 P. Pete Chalos
(1927–2006; aged 78) 		1980 1996 Democratic
39 Jim Jenkins 1996 1999 Democratic
40 Judy A. Anderson
(born in 1941; age 83–84) 		2000 2003 Democratic
41 Kevin D. Burke 2004 2008 Democratic
42 Duke Bennett January 2008 2024 Republican
43 Brandon Sakbun January 2024 Present Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ City of Terre Haute. "List of Mayors of Terre Haute, Indiana". Wabash Valley Visions & Voices. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  2. ^ "William Kirkpatrick Edwards". Wabash Valley Profiles. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  3. ^ "James Hook". Wabash Valley Profiles. April 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Benjamin F. Havens". Wabash Valley Profiles. September 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  5. ^ Impeached.
  6. ^ Completed Bidaman's term.
  7. ^ "Donn M. Roberts". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  8. ^ "Donn M. Roberts's Successor Is Charged with Being Corrupt". New York Times. September 24, 1915. Retrieved 2011-03-17. James G. Gossom declared today that he would fight the charges which were brought against him last night by the City Council which ..
  • "Mayors of Terre Haute, Indiana". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  • Terre Haute Mayors, 2006, retrieved 23 August 2020. "Photograph of a plaque containing the names, dates, and political parties of mayors of Terre Haute, Indiana through 2004." Covers 1838-2004.