William J. Wallace (Indianapolis mayor)

William J. Wallace was the seventh mayor of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana and the first Republican to hold that office. Wallace won a special election in 1856 following the death of mayor Henry F. West and the short interim of Charles G. Coulon. Wallace resigned his post in May 1858. His son Henry R. Wallace was also mayor (1913–1914).[1]

References

David J. Bodenhamer; Robert Graham Barrows; David Gordon Vanderstel (1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. p. 1407. ISBN 978-0-253-31222-8.

Mayors of Indianapolis
1 Henderson 2 Newcomb 3 Scudder 4 McCready 5 West 6 Coulon 7 W. Wallace 8 Maxwell 9 & 12 Caven 10 McCauley 11 Mitchell 13 Grubbs 14 McMaster 15 & 17 C. Denny 16 T. Sullivan 18 Taggart 19 & 21 Bookwalter 20 Holtzman 22 & 26 Shank 23 H. Wallace 24 Bell 25 Jewett 27 Duvall 28 Negley 29 Slack 30 & 33 R. Sullivan 31 Kern Jr. 32 Boetcher 34 Tyndall 35 G. Denny 36 Feeney 37 & 40 Bayt Jr. 38 Emhardt 39 Clark 41 Boswell 42 Losche 43 Barton 44 Lugar 45 Hudnut III 46 Goldsmith 47 Peterson 48 Ballard 49 Hogsett

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