The Mayor is the highest elected official in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Elijah Tillotson (1791–1857) — 1838Dr. Marcus Hitchcock — 1838–39Britain M. Harrison — 1839–43"On Feb. 9, 1843, the office of Mayor was abolished by a special act of the Legislature... Under the new constitution of the State of Indiana, a General Law was approved on June 18, 1852, providing for the incorporation of cities."
William Kirkpatrick Edwards — 1853–55James Hook — 1855–1856 Chambers Y. Patterson — 1856–1860William H. Stewart — 1860–1863Albert Lange — 1863–67Grafton Fleener Cookerly — 1867–71Alexander Thomas — 1871–1875James B. Edmunds — 1875–1877Henry Fairbanks — 1877–1878Joseph M. Wildy —1878–1879Benjamin F. Havens — 1879–1881James B. Lyne —1881–1883William H. Armstrong — 1883–1885Jacob C. Kolsem — 1885–1889Frank C. Donaldson — 1889–1891James M. Allen — 1891–1892Henry Griswold —1892Frederick A. Ross — 1892–1898Henry C. Steeg — 1898–1904Edwin H. Bidaman — 1904–1906Frank M. Buckingham — 1906 (completed Bidaman's term)James Lyons — 1906–1910Louis A. Gerhardt — 1910–1914Donn M. Roberts (1867–1936) — 1914–15 James Murrell Gossom — 1915–1918 Charles R. Hunter — 1918–1930Ora D. Davis — 1922–1930Wood J. Posey — 1930–1935Samuel Beecher Sr. — 1935–1939Joseph P. Duffy — 1939–1943Vernon R. McMillan — 1943–48Ralph Tucker — 1948–1968Leland Larrison — 1968–1972William Brighton — 1972–1980P. Pete Chalos (1927–2006) — 1980–1996Jim Jenkins — 1996–2000Judy Anderson — 2000–2004Kevin Burke — 2004–2008Duke Bennett — 2008–present 