List of mayors of Ithaca, New York
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Ithaca, New York, United States.
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- David Barnes Stewart, 1888-1889 [1]
- John Barden, 1890-1891 [1]
- Henry Ancel St. John, 1892-1893 [1]
- Clinton Duane Bouton, 1894-1895 [1]
- Leroy G. Todd, 1896-1897 [1]
- John Barr Lang, 1898-1899 [1]
- William C. Elmendorf, 1900-1901 [1][2]
- William R. Gunderman, 1902-1903 [1]
- George W. Miller, c.1903-1904 [3][4]
- Bradford Almy, c.1905-1906 [3]
- Jared T. Newman, c.1907-1908 [3]
- Randolph Horton, c.1909-1911 [3]
- John Reamer, c.1912 [5]
- John W. Presswick, c.1913 [6]
- Thomas Tree, c.1915 [3]
- Frederick E. Bates, c.1916-1917 [3][7]
- Edwin C. Stewart, 1920-1921 [8]
- Louis P. Smith, c.1922 [3][9]
- W. M. Sawdon, c.1925 [3]
- Fred B. Howe, c.1926-1929 [3][10]
- Herman Bergholtz, 1930-1934 [11]
- Louis P. Smith, c.1934-1935 [3]
- Joseph B. Myers, c.1936-1939 [3]
- Joseph Campbell, c.1940-1941 [3]
- Melvin G. Comfort, c.1942-1944 [3]
- James Conley, c.1946 [3]
- Arthur N. Gibb, c.1946-1947 [3]
- Bert T. Baker, c.1948-1949 [3]
- Ivan E. Cook, c.1952-1955 [3]
- John F. Ryan, c.1956-1959 [3]
- Hunna Johns, c.1965-1966 [12]
- Ed Conley, 1972-1979 [13]
- Raymond Bordoni, 1980-1981
- William Shaw, 1982-1983
- John Gutenberger, 1984-1989 [13]
- Benjamin Nichols, 1989-1995[14]
- Alan J. Cohen, 1996-2003 [15]
- Carolyn K. Peterson, 2004-2011
- Svante Myrick, 2012-2022
- Laura Lewis, 2022-2023 [16]
- Robert Cantelmo, 2024-present [16]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Ithaca Chronological Historical Events...1789 to 1939", Manning's Ithaca Directory (PDF), 1939 – via Tompkins County Public Library
- ^ Annual reports to the Common Council of the City of Ithaca, N.Y. ...for the fiscal year 1899-1900 – via HathiTrust
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Ithaca, New York", Political Graveyard, retrieved June 1, 2025
- ^ Annual reports to the Common Council of the City of Ithaca, New York ...for the fiscal year 1903 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Easy Job for Ithaca Democrats", The Sun, New York, NY, November 8, 1911 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
- ^ "Fusion Mayor in Ithaca", The Sun, New York, NY, November 5, 1913 – via Chronicling America
- ^ Norton & Goodhue's Ithaca City Directory for 1917-18 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Republicans win big up-state cities", The Sun, New York, NY, November 5, 1919 – via Chronicling America
- ^ New-York Tribune, New York, NY, November 9, 1921 – via Chronicling America
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Manning's Ithaca (New York) Directory, 1929 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Herman Bergholtz, Ex-Mayor of Ithaca; Engineer Who Organized City's Utilities Is Dead at 74", New York Times, November 17, 1938
- ^ "Mayor Johns Wins in Ithaca", New York Times, November 3, 1965
- ^ a b Joseph Murtagh (March 10, 2011), "Mayor versus manager: What's the right choice for the City of Ithaca?", ithaca.com
- ^ "Ben Nichols, professor emeritus, former mayor of Ithaca and lifelong activist, dies at 87", Cornell Chronicle, November 26, 2007
- ^ "City of Ithaca Common Council", www.ci.ithaca.ny.us, archived from the original on July 8, 1997 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Cantelmo Sworn in as 46th Mayor of Ithaca Amid Role Transformation", cornellsun.com, January 22, 2024
Further reading
- Charter and ordinances of the City of Ithaca, New York, as amended and in force on July 1, 1897 – via HathiTrust
- Thomas W. Burns (1904), Initial Ithacans: comprising sketches and portraits of the forty-four presidents of the village of Ithaca (1821 to 1888) and the first eight mayors of the city of Ithaca (1888 to 1903), Press of the Ithaca Journal – via HathiTrust
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