List of mayors of Jeffersonville, Indiana

List of mayors of Jeffersonville, Indiana is a list from the first mayor to the current mayor of the city.

History

Jeffersonville was founded in 1802 and was run by trustees until 1839 in which Dr. Nathaniel Field, a state legislator and trustee of Jeffersonville, secured legislation to make Jeffersonville a city.^[1] In April of that year the first mayor would be elected. The position would be a part-time position until 1964 with Mayor Richard Vissing becoming the first full-time mayor.

List

Mayor	Term Began	Term Ended	Political Party
Isaac Heiskell	1839	1843
Christopher Peasley	1843	1845
William Cross	1845	1848
William F. Collum	1848	1854
John Shyer	1854	1855
Uriah Damron	1855	1856
Thomas Downs	1856	1857
William Lackey	1857	1858
John Shyer	1858	1861
O.C. Woolley	1861	1865	Democrat
John Ware	1865	1867
Gabriel Poindexter	1867	1869	Republican
Levi Sparks	1869	1873	Democrat
Burdet Pile	1873	1875	Democrat
Luther Warder	1875	1883	Democrat
John M. Glass	1883	1885	Republican
Herman Preafer	1885	1887	Democrat
Luther Warder	1887	1891	Democrat
Benjamin H. Robinson	1891	1894	Republican
Isaac Whiteside	1894	1898	Republican
Thomas Rader	1898	1902	Democrat
Abraham Shwaninger	1902	1904	Republican
Henry Burts	1904	1906	Democrat
Edward N. Flynn	1906	1909	Republican
James E. Burke	1910	1912	Democrat
Jonas Howard, Jr	1913	1913	Democrat
Earnest Rauth	1914	1917	Democrat
Newton Meyers	1918	1921	Republican
Joseph Warder	1922	1925	Democrat
Harry Poindexter	1926	1929	Republican
Allen Jacobs	1930	1938	Republican
Homer Vawter	1939	1942	Republican
Samuel Shannon	1942	1951	Republican
Charles Hoodenpyl	1952	1963	Democrat
Richard Vissing	1964	1983	Democrat
Dale Orem	1984	1991	Republican
Raymond Parker	1992	1995	Democrat
Thomas Galligan	1996	2003	Democrat
Rob Waiz	2004	2007	Democrat
Thomas Galligan	2008	2011	Democrat
Mike Moore	2011	Present	Republican

Referenced from the Encyclopedia of Louisville.^[1]

References

1. The Encyclopedia of Louisville by John E. Kleber pg.443