List of mayors of Laurel, Maryland

This is a list of mayors of Laurel, Maryland,[1][2][3] a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland. Before the city's (nonpartisan) office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of President of the Board of Commissioners. Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names. The term length changed from one year to two years in 1904, and from two years to four years in 1974.

Presidents of the Laurel Board of Commissioners

OrderPresidentServedNotes
1James Curley1870–1872grandfather of James P. Curley[3]
2James A. Crandle1872–1873
3Walter Brown1873–1874
4William H. Diven1874–1875
5John A. Talbott1875–1876
6Edward J. Phelps (2)1876–1878father of Edward Phelps[3]
7John Haslup1878–1879
8John W. Whitesides (2)1879–1881
9Lawrence A. Ellis1881–1882
10Dr. John Cronmiller (4)1882–1886
11A.M. Bond (2)1886–1888
12Jesse Smallwood1888–1889

Mayors of Laurel

OrderMayorServedNotes
1Judson T. Cull1890–1891
2Charles H. Stanley (2)1891–1893
3J.R. Huntt1893–1894
4Gustavus B. Timanus1894–1895
5Edward Phelps (7)1895–1902Son of Edward J. Phelps[3]
6Gustavus Timanus (3)1902–19053rd term had a two-year length
7T. Watts Byerly1905–1906July 1905, completed Timanus' 3rd term
8William E. Gilbert (3)1906–1910
9George McCeney1910–1912December 1910, completed Gilbert's 3rd term
10George W. Waters, Jr. (3)1912–1918
11George P. McCeney1918–1920
12William E. Gilbert1920
13Edward F. Tolson1920–1922December 1920, completed Gilbert's term
14Charles E. Little1922–1924
15Thomas D. Roberts1924–1925
16DeWilton H. Donaldson1925–1928October 1925, completed Roberts' term
17James P. Curley[4]1928–1930Grandson of James Curley[3]
18John H. Fetty1930–1934
19Julian B. Anderson1934–1936
20Everard E. Hatch (2)1936–1940
21Edward F. Tolson (3)1940–1946
22John H. Fetty1946–1948
23Merrill L. Harrison (3)1948–1954
24Harry Hardingham, Jr. (2)1954–1958
25Hiram J. Soper (2)1958–1962
26P.G. Melbourne, III1962–1964
27Merrill L. Harrison (4)1964–1972
28Leo E. Wilson (2)1972–19782nd term had a four-year length
29Robert J. DiPietro (2)1978–1986
30Doris A. (Dani) Duniho1986–1990Laurel's first woman mayor[5][6]
31Joseph R. Robison1990–1994
32Frank P. Casula (2)1994–2001Died in office[7]
33Michael R. Leszcz2001–2002October 2001, completed Casula's 2nd term[8]
34Craig A. Moe (5)2002–presentElection moved to odd years (starting 2011)[9]

References

  1. "History of the City of Laurel, Maryland". www.laurel.md.us. City of Laurel, Maryland. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  2. "Laurel Mayors, Prince George's County, Maryland". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  3. "About Laurel/History of Laurel". www.cityoflaurel.org. City of Laurel, Maryland. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  4. Wotanis, Lindsey Lee (2011). Community journalism as ritual: A case study of community and weekly newspapers in Laurel, Maryland (PDF) (Ph.D.). University Microfilms International. pp. 199–200. 3461429. Retrieved January 1, 2013. [Curley] became Laurel's mayor in 1928
  5. "Former Ocalan Elected Mayor of Laurel, Md". Ocala Star-Banner. Ocala, Florida. March 20, 1986. Retrieved January 1, 2013. [Duniho] will be Laurel's first woman mayor.
  6. "FY2010 Adopted Operating Budget" (PDF). City of Laurel, Maryland. 2009. p. 141. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2013. The park was renamed ... after Laurel's first woman mayor, Dani Duniho
  7. Scarcella, Michael (October 23, 2001). "Laurel Mayor Frank P. Casula, respected politician, dies at 81". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 1, 2013. [Casula] was elected mayor in 1994 and reelected in 1998.
  8. Glenn, Gwendolyn (October 12, 2011). "Leszcz seeks eighth term on Laurel City Council". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Leszcz ... served for five months as Laurel's mayor after Mayor Frank Casula died in 2001.
  9. "Laurel: Candidate Endorsements". Baltimore Sun. October 19, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2013. The current mayor and council members had 14 months added to their four- and two-year terms when Laurel's election day was moved to the first November in odd-numbered years
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