The following is a list of mayors of the city of Canton, Ohio, United States.
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Presidents
Mayors
- John Myers, 1838-1839 [1][2]
- Jacob Rex, 1839-1840 [2]
- John Myers, 1840-1841 [2]
- William Bryce, 1841-1842 [2]
- Lewis Vail, 1842-1844 [2]
- Geo. Dunbar Sr., 1844-1845 [2]
- Z. Snow, 1845-1846 [2]
- C. C. A. Witting, 1846-1847, 1848-1849 [2]
- Daniel Gotshall, 1847-1848 [2]
- D. H. Harmann, 1849-1850 [2]
- J. G. Lester, 1850-1852 [2]
- Benjamin F. Leiter, 1852-1853, 1854-1855 [2]
- John Lahm, 1853-1854 [2]
- Peter Chance, 1855-1859 [2]
- J. C. Bockius, 1859 [2]
- H. P. Dunbar, 1860-1862 [2]
- Seraphim Meyer, 1862 [2]
- J. Crevoisie, 1863-1865 [2]
- W. W. Clark, 1865-1867 [2]
- Daniel Sayler, 1867-1871 [2]
- Robert S. Shields, 1871-1875 [2][3]
- A. D. Braden, 1875-1877 [2]
- John Shimp, 1877-1879 [2]
- James Vallely, 1879-1881 [2]
- William J. Piero, 1881-1885 [2][4]
- George Rex, 1885-1887 [2]
- John F. Blake, 1887-1893 [2]
- Robt. A. Cassidy, 1893-1895 [2]
- James Allen Rice, 1895-1899 [2][5]
- James H. Robertson, 1899-1903 [2]
- W. H. Smith, 1903-1906 [2][6]
- A. R. Turnbull, 1906-1914 [1][2]
- Chas. A. Stolberg, 1914-1917 [1]
- Henry A. Schrantz, 1917, 1919 [1]
- Chas. E. Poorman, 1918-1919 [1]
- Herman R. Witter, 1920-1922, 1930-1931 [1]
- C. C. Curtis, 1922-1924, 1928-1930 [1]
- Chas. M. Ball, 1924-1926 [1]
- Stanford M. Swarts, 1926-1928 [1]
- James Seccombe, 1932-1933, 1936-1939 [1]
- Arthur Turnbull, 1934-1935 [1]
- Edward Folk, 1939-1943 [1]
- Albert Fromm, 1943 [1]
- Carl Klein, 1944-1949 [1]
- Thomas H. Nichols, 1950-1951 [1]
- Carl F. Wise, 1952-1958 [1]
- Charles L. Babcock, 1958-1961 [1]
- James Lawhun, 1962-1963 [1]
- Stanley Cmich, 1964-1983 [1]
- Sam Purses, 1984-1991 [1]
- Richard D. Watkins, 1992-2003 [1][7]
- Janet Weir Creighton, 2004-2007 [1]
- William J. Healy II, 2008-2015 [1]
- Thomas M. Bernabei, 2016-2023 [1]
- William V. Sherer II, 2024-present [1]
See also
References
- "Previous Mayors", cantonohio.gov, City of Canton, Ohio, retrieved April 30, 2025
- Revised ordinances of the city of Canton, Council of the City of Canton, Ohio, 1916, p. 533+ – via HathiTrust
- Standard history of Stark County, Ohio, vol. 3, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1916 – via HathiTrust
- Progressive men of Northern Ohio, Cleveland: Plain Dealer Publishing Co., 1906 – via HathiTrust
- C. S. Van Tassel, ed. (1917), Ohio blue book; or, Who's who in the Buckeye state – via HathiTrust
- Canton official city directory...1903, Akron, Ohio: Burch Directory Co. – via HathiTrust
- www.ci.canton.oh.us, City of Canton Ohio, archived from the original on December 18, 2001 – via Wayback Machine