The Mayor of Muncie is the leader of the municipal government of
Muncie, Indiana
Muncie ( ) is a city in Delaware County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. It is located in East Central Indiana about northeast of Indianapolis. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 65,195, down from 70,085 in the 2010 c ...
. The first mayor was
John Brady in 1865.
["Muncie mayors: Profiles of every one, from Brady to Tyler"](_blank)
''The Star Press
''The Star Press'' is a morning edition newspaper for Muncie, Indiana, and surrounding areas.
History
In 1860, Nathaniel Fuller Ethell founded the weekly newspaper ''Delaware County Times''. The paper sometime around 1865 was renamed to ''Mun ...
'', March 20, 2015. The
term of office
A term of office, electoral term, or parliamentary term is the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office. In many jurisdictions there is a defined limit on how long terms of office may be before the officeholder must be subjec ...
is four years. Prior to
Edward Tuhey in 1910, the term was two years.
served five years as a result of the "skip election" law, passed by the
Indiana General Assembly
The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house, the Indiana House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Indiana Sena ...
in March 1933, delaying elections by twelve months.
Some mayors have been related to others: John Brady was the grandfather of
Arthur W. Brady, Edward Tuhey was the father of
H. Arthur Tuhey,
John C. Hampton was the father of
John V. Hampton, George R. Dale was the father-in-law of
Lester E. Holloway. The youngest mayor, , was
Charles W. Kilgore.
Mayors
References
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