Cuyahoga Falls Mayors

Mayor Charles Gray, Fire Chief M. Harrington, and Safety Director Daniel Miller
Mayor Charles Gray, Fire Chief M. Harrington, and Safety Director Daniel Miller

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Past Mayors

Mayors elected to office during the first period of incorporation (1837-1853) were:

1837

Henry Newberry

1838

Charles W. Wetmore

1839

Hosea Paul

1840 – 1843

Charles W. Wetmore

1844 – 1845

Birdseye Booth

1846

Hosea Paul

1847 – 1848

Oliver B. Beebe

1849 – 1852

Charles W. Wetmore

When municipal government was resumed in 1868, an election of officers resulted in the following men being chosen:

Mayor: William A. Hanford
Treasurer: Henry C. Lockwood
Recorder: Peter G. Somers
Trustees: Theodore F. Heath, Charles Hunt, L. W. Loomis, W. M. Griswold, and John Hinde

Subsequent elections have chosen the following Mayors:

1869

Richard Blood

1870 – 1871

C. P. Humphrey

1872 – 1873

Joshua L’Hommidieu

1874 – 1875

Horace B. Camp

1876 – 1877

George W. Rice

1878 – 1879

John I Jones

1880 – 1881

William A. Hanford

1882 – 1883

J. C. Castle

1884

A. B. Curtis

1885

Samuel Higgs

1886

Thomas H. Walsh

1887 – 1889

John I. Jones

1890 – 1893

Samuel Higgs

1894 – 1899

D. F. Felmly

1900 – 1902

C. N. Russel

1903 – 1904

E. M. Young

1905 – 1908

Charles A. Davis

1909 – 1911

C. N. Russel

1912 – 1921

W. H. Taylor (Last Mayor of the Village of Cuyahoga Falls)

1922 – 1923

George Herdman (First Mayor of the City of Cuyahoga Falls)

1924 – 1927

Charles Gray

1928 – 1933

George Porter

1934 – 1943

J. W. Haines

1944 – 1949

Joseph W. Harding

1950 – 1951

George A. Anderson

1952 – 1953

Harding A. Wichert

1954 – 1955

Elmer Wolf

1956 – 1961

Emmet R. Wolfe

1962 – 1965

David Sanders

1966 – 1968

Delbert Ackerman (Died November 1968)

1968 – 1969

Bruce Thomas

1970 – 1973

William Coleman

1974 – 1985

Robert J. Quirk

1986 – 2013

Don L. Robart

2014 – Present

Don Walters

3 Comments

  1. Elizabeth Brown

    Why was Mayor Herdman’s seat as Mayor contested by Charles Gaylord? Who was Gaylord?

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