Mayor of Wooster, Ohio

Current Contact Information
Address	538 N Market St
City, State, Zip	Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone	Phone: (330) 263-5245
Contact Person	Dick Benson
Contact Title	Director
Last updated	2016-03-23

Wooster City Mayor

Type	Executive Offices Legislative Bodies
Industry	Public Administration
Founded	2007 (2007)
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	538 N Market St, Wooster, Ohio
Key people	Dick Benson Darrell Moser Bob Breneman Jon Ansel Eileen Bensen Jim Borton Roger Brenneman Ashley Brillhart Rob Eyler Matthew Fisher Robert Fowler Kevin Givins Susan Kelley Ken Kinney Rebecca Leitschuh Joel Montgomery Sheila Stanley Justin Starlin Stacey Thomas Jim Uhler Jon Ulbright Dan Yarnell
Website	http://woosteroh.com

In the United States, there are several distinct types of mayors, depending on the system of local government utilized. There are two well-known types of mayoralty: Council-Manager government and the Mayor-Council government. The City of Wooster utilizes the Mayor-Council type of government to operate. Wooster was incorporated as a town on October 13, 1817. After the population sufficiently increased the town was able to be chartered as a city of the second class, and divided into four wards in February of 1869.

During the early history of the community the town's head official was termed the "President," and served as the presiding officer over a governing board of "Trustees." The title changed from town "President" to "Mayor" in 1853. However, the city trustees were maintained until Wooster was deemed a city in 1869 and then the "Trustees" came to be known as "Councilmen."

List of Presidents and Mayors for Town of Wooster

#	Title	Image	Name (Birth–Death)	Term
1	President	Not Available	Isaiah Jones (b.1774–d.1853)	1818-1819
2	President	Not Available	William Naylor (b. - d.)	1820-1821
3	President		Samuel Quinby (b.1795-d.1874)	1822-1824
4	President	Not Available	Thomas Wilson (b. - d.)	1825
5	President	Not Available	John Smith (b. - d.)	1826
6	President	Not Available	Thomas Wilson (b. - d.)	1827
7	President	Not Available	Jacob M. Cooper (b. - d.)	1828
8	President		Benjamin Jones (b.1776 - d.1861)	1829
9	President	Not Available	Thomas Wilson (b. - d.)	1831
10	President	Not Available	Thomas Wilson (b. - d.)	1832
11	President	Not Available	Matthew Johnston (b-d)	1833
12	President	Not Available	Edward Avery-Mr. Avery, declined to serve so Mr. McConnahay was appointed for this year (b. - d.)	1834
13	President		John Larwill (b.-d.1875)	1835
14	President	Not Available	Lindoll Sprague (b.-d.1881)	1836
15	President	Not Available	Lindoll Sprague (b.-d.1881)	1837
16	President	Not Available	Henry Lehman (b. - d.)	1838
17	President	Not Available	Jacob W. Schuckers (b. - d.)	1839
18	President	Not Available	John H. Harris	1840
19	President	Not Available	Elias Eyster (b. - d.)	1841
20	President	Not Available	Kimball Porter (b. - d.)	1842
21	President	Not Available	Christian Eyster (b. - d.)	1843
22	President	Not Available	Charles E. Graeter (b. - d.)	1844
23	President	Not Available	Henry Lehman (b. - d.)	1845
24	President	Not Available	Evans Parker (b. - d.)	1846
25	President	Not Available	Thomas Williams (b. - d.)	1847
26	President	Not Available	Samuel L. Lorah (b. - d.)	1848
27	President	Not Available	Everett Howard (b. - d.)	1849
28	President		Angus McDonald (b.1818 - d.1894)	1850
29	President	Not Available	Christian Eyster (b. - d.)	1851
30	President	Not Available	Jacob Vanhouten (b. - d.)	1852
31	Mayor	Not Available	Solomon R. Bonewitz (b. - d.)	1853
32	Mayor	Not Available	Solomon R. Bonewitz (b. - d.)	1854
33	Mayor	Not Available	William Childs (b. - d.)	1855
34	Mayor		Isaac N. Jones (b.1818 - d.1878)	1856
35	Mayor	Not Available	Neal McCoy (b. - d.)	1857
36	Mayor	Not Available	Neal McCoy (b. - d.)	1858
37	Mayor	Not Available	Abraham Saybolt Jr. (b. - d.)	1859
38	Mayor		John H. Kauke (b. - d.)	1860
39	Mayor		John H. Kauke (b. - d.)	1861
40	Mayor	Not Available	George Rex (b.1817-d.1877)	1862
41	Mayor	Not Available	Robert R. Donnelly (b. - d.)	1863
42	Mayor	Not Available	Currently Unknown (b. - d.)	1864
43	Mayor	Not Available	George W. Henshaw (b. - d.)	1865
44	Mayor	Not Available	James Curry (b. - d.)	1866
45	Mayor	Not Available	Andrew Wright (b. - d.)	1867
46	Mayor	Not Available	Reasin B. Spink (b. - d.)	1868

List of Mayors for City of Wooster

#	Title	Image	Name (Birth–Death)	Term
47	Mayor		Charles S. Frost (b.1832–d.1904)	1869-1871
48	Mayor	Not Available	Joseph C. Plumer (b.1821–d.1895)	1871-1873
49	Mayor	Not Available	James Henry (b.–d.)	1873-1875
50	Mayor	Not Available	Owen A. Wilhelm (b. - d.)	1875-1877
51	Mayor		Hiram B. Swartz (b.1846- d.1939)	1877-1879
52	Mayor		Hiram B. Swartz (b.1846 - d.1939)	1879-1881
53	Mayor	Not Available	Dennis W. Kimber (b. - d.)	1881-1883
54	Mayor	Not Available	Dennis W. Kimber (b. - d.)	1883-1885
55	Mayor	Not Available	Lemuel Jeffries (b. - d.)	1885-1887
56	Mayor	Not Available	James R. Woodworth (b. - d.)	1887-1889
57	Mayor	Not Available	James R. Woodworth (b.-d.)	1889-1891
58	Mayor	Not Available	James R. Woodworth (b. - d.)	1891-1893
59	Mayor	Not Available	Lemuel Jeffries (b.-d.)	1893-1895
60	Mayor	Not Available	Lemuel Jeffries (b.-d.)	1895-1897
61	Mayor	Not Available	Lemuel Jeffries (b.-d.)	1897-1899
62	Mayor	Not Available	Robert J. Smith (b. - d.)	1899-1901
63	Mayor	Not Available	Robert J. Smith (b. - d.)	1901-1903
64	Mayor	Not Available	Robert J. Smith	1903-1905
65	Mayor		Marcus M. VanNest (b.–d.1937)	1905-1907
66	Mayor		Marcus M. VanNest (b.–d.1937)	1907-1909
67	Mayor		Marcus M. VanNest (b.–d.1937)	1909-1911
68	Mayor	Not Available	???? (b. - d.)	1911
69	Mayor	Not Available	???? (b. - d.)	1913
70	Mayor	Not Available	???? (b. - d.)	1915
71	Mayor	Not Available	George A. Fisher (b. - d.)	1917-1919
72	Mayor	Not Available	George A. Fisher (b. - d.)	1919-1921
73	Mayor	Not Available	Marcus R. Limb (b. - d.)	1921-1923
74	Mayor	Not Available	???? (b. - d.)	1923-1925
75	Mayor	Not Available	???? (b. - d.)	1925-1927
76	Mayor	Not Available	???? (b. - d.)	1927-1929
77	Mayor		Jesse W. Ebert (b.–d.1944)	1929-1931
78	Mayor		William L. Long (b.–d.1941)	1934-1939
79	Mayor		Ralph E. Fisher (b.–d.1995)	1940-1948
80	Mayor	Not Available	Francis W. Hillen (b.–d.1950.)	1949-NOV-16-1950
81	Mayor	Not Available	John P. Grassbaugh (b. - d.)	1950-1953
82	Mayor		J. Edwin Johnson (b.–d.1969)	1955-1960
83	Mayor	Not Available	William Lytle (b.-d.)	1961-1962
84	Mayor	Not Available	Jack Lester (b.-d.)	1961-1962
85	Mayor	Not Available	Raleigh E. Cuthbertson (b.1888–d.1974)	1965-1968
86	Mayor	Not Available	Paul Tilford (b.-d.)	1969-1971
87	Mayor	Not Available	Roy P. Stype (b.-d.)	1972- at least 1977
??	Mayor	Not Available	James A. Howey (b.1944 - d.2007)	1996-2007
??	Mayor		Robert F. Breneman (b. - d.)	2008-2018

Newspaper Gallery

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  1917 article, "No More Pies on Wednesday"

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  "new Mayor Gets on Job Today" article, .