List of mayors of Gary, Indiana
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This is a list of mayors of Gary, Indiana. The first mayor, Thomas Knotts, served as Town Board president from 1906 to 1909, when Gary officially became a city. Every mayor since 1943 has served as a member of the Democratic Party.
| Portrait | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Knotts (1861–1921; aged 60) | 1906 | 1914 | Democratic | ||
| 2 | Roswell O. Johnson (1st) (1872–1938; aged 66) | 1914 | 1918 | Republican | ||
| 3 | William F. Hodges | 1918 | 1922 | Republican | ||
| 4 | Roswell O. Johnson (2nd) | 1922 | March 1925 | Republican | ||
| 5 | William J. Fulton | March 1925 | 1926 | Republican | ||
| 6 | Floyd E. Williams | 1926 | 1930 | Republican | ||
| 7 | Roswell O. Johnson (3rd) | 1930 | 1935 | Republican | ||
| 8 | Lee B. Clayton | 1935 | 1939 | Democratic | ||
| 9 | Ernst Schaible (1879–1954) | 1939 | 1943 | Republican | ||
| 10 | Joseph E. Finerty (1905–07.11.1992; aged 87) | 1943 | 1948 | Democratic | ||
| 11 | Eugene Swartz | 1948 | 1952 | Democratic | ||
| 12 | Peter Mandich | 1952 | July 15, 1958 | Democratic | ||
| 13 | George Chacharis (11.02.1908–17.08.1983; aged 75) | July 16, 1958 | December 12, 1962 | Democratic | ||
| 14 | John S. Visclosky (26.12.1915–01.04.2017; aged 101) | December 13, 1962 | 1963 | Democratic | ||
| 15 | A. Martin Katz (1917–1995; aged 78) | 1964 | 1968 | Democratic | ||
| 16 | Richard Hatcher (1933–2019; aged 86) | January 1, 1968 | December 31, 1987 | Democratic | ||
| 17 | Thomas V. Barnes (born in 1936; age 89–90) | January 1, 1988 | December 31, 1995 | Democratic | ||
| 18 | Scott L. King (born in 1951; age 74–75) | January 1, 1996 | March 23, 2006 | Democratic | ||
| – | Dozier Allen Jr. (born in 1931; age 94–95) | March 24, 2006 | April 6, 2006 | Democratic | ||
| 19 | Rudy Clay (1935–2014; aged 78) | April 7, 2006 | December 31, 2011 | Democratic | ||
| 20 | Karen Freeman-Wilson (born in 1960; age 65) | January 1, 2012 | December 31, 2019 | Democratic | ||
| 21 | Jerome A. Prince (born in 1964; age 61) | January 1, 2020 | December 31, 2023 | Democratic | ||
| 22 | Eddie Melton (born in 1980; age 46) | January 1, 2024 | incumbent | Democratic |