List of mayors of Wheeling, West Virginia

This is a list of mayors of Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America.

Mayors

Name Term start Term end
George Miller[1] 1806 1807
Moses Chapline[1] 1807 1809
William Irwin[1] 1809 1810
Noah Linsly[1] 1810 1814
William Irwin[2] March 1814 September 1814
George Knox[2] 1815 1816
William Irwin[2] 1816 1817
Peter Yarnall[2] 1817 1819
Moses Chapline[2] 1819 1824
Z. Jacobs[2] 1824 1828
Samuel Sprigg[2] March 1828 September 1828
John McLure[2] September 1828 March 1830
Moses W. Chapline[2] 1830 1834
Z. Jacobs[2] 1834 1836
Moses W. Chapline[3][4] May 1836 January 1840
George Dulty[3] January 1840 January 1846
Moses C. Good January 1846 January 1847
William W. Shriver January 1847 June 1848
Sobieski Brady[5] June 1848 January 1850
Alfred Caldwell[6] January 1850 January 1852
Morgan Nelson January 1852 January 1853
Sobieski Brady January 1853 January 1855
]James Paull January 1855 January 1856
Alfred Caldwell January 1856 January 1858
James Tanner January 1858 January 1859
Andrew Wilson January 1859 January 1861
Andrew J. Sweeney[7] January 1861 January 1863
George Baird January 1863 January 1864
Henry Crangle January 1864 January 1865
Andrew J. Sweeney January 1865 January 1868
Sobieski Brady January 1868 January 1869
Samuel McClellan Jr. January 1869 January 1871
George W. Jeffers January 1871 January 1875
Andrew J. Sweeney January 1875 January 1881
Alfred Egerter January 1881 January 1883
Jeremiah A. Miller January 1883 January 1885
Jacob W. Grubb[5] January 1885 January 1887
Charles W. Seabright January 1887 January 1893
Benjamin F. Caldwell January 1893 January 1897
John R. Butts January 1897 January 1899
Andrew T. Sweeney January 1899 1905[8]
Charles C. Schmidt[8][6] 1905 August 1912 (died in office)
William O. Alexander (acting mayor)[8] August 1912 1912
Harvey L. Kirk[8][6] October 1912 1917
Clifford M. Vester[8] 1917 1918
Thomas F. Thoner[8] 1919 1925
William J. Steen[8] 1925 1928
Thomas Y. Beckett[8] 1929 1932
Gordon P. Fought[8] 1932 1934
Charles F. Schultze[8] May 1935 (died in office) 1938
John J. Mathison[8] May 1938 1943
Russell S. Goodwin[8] 1943 1947
Carl G. Bachmann[8] 1947 1951
Charles J. Schuck[8] 1951 1955
Jack R. Adams[8] 1955 1959
John J. Gast[8] 1959 1963
Charles L. Ihlenfeld[7] 1964 1967
James L. Rogers[8] 1967 1971
James J. Haranzo[8] 1971 1975
John E. Fahey[8] 1975 1979
Cuyler E. Ewing[8] 1979 1981
William H. Muegge[8] 1981 1984
John W. Lipphardt[8] 1984 1985
Stella C. Koerner[8] 1985 1988
Thomas J. Baller[8] 1988 1992
John W. Lipphardt[8] 1992 2000
Nicholas A. Sparachane[9] 2000 2008[10]
Andy McKenzie[11] 2008 2016
Glenn Elliott[12] 2016

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d White & Allen, ed. (1891). "Mayors". Laws and Ordinances for the Government of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia. Printed by the West Virginia Printing Company. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j J.H. Newton; G.G. Nichols; A.G. Sprankle (1879). "Wheeling: Past and Present". History of the Pan-handle: Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia. Wheeling: J.A. Caldwell. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018.
  3. ^ a b John J. Coniff, ed. (1901). "Mayors of the City of Wheeling". Laws and Ordinances for the Government of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ J.B. Bowen (1839), "City Authorities of 1839", Wheeling Directory and Advertiser, Wheeling: John M. M'Creary, Printer, OCLC 3456530 – via Internet Archive
  5. ^ a b History of the Upper Ohio Valley, with Family History and Biographical Sketches. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. 1890.
  6. ^ a b c Thomas Condit Miller; Hu Maxwell (1913). West Virginia and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Wheeling History: Wheeling Hall of Fame". Ohio County Public Library. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Charles A. Julian (2009), Wheeling Mayors (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on April 7, 2017 – via wvgenweb.org (list)
  9. ^ "Office of the Mayor". City of Wheeling. Archived from the original on April 7, 2003.
  10. ^ "Office of the Mayor". City of Wheeling. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
  11. ^ "Mayor of Wheeling". City of Wheeling, West Virginia. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016.
  12. ^ "Mayor-Elect Glenn Elliott Leads Fresh Faces For Wheeling", The Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV, May 11, 2016, archived from the original on July 4, 2016