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Mayors of Norwood, Ohio.
with their home addresses and some quick facts.
(some have biographical pages - click on their name)

  1. John C. Weyer (1838-1918) ... (R) Sept. 10, 1888-April 1, 1891
    • Wife: Margaret A. (nee Kelly)
    • Home: 2266 Harris Avenue, East Norwood

    • Occupation: pharmacistll he operated the "John Weyer & Warren W. Ford, Druggist" business at 4th and Smith, Cincinnati, while he was Mayor of Norwood.

    • Special Notes:
      • Although he was a Republican, he ran as a "Regular."
      • The street next to the Norwood Library is name after him.
      • His last name is pronouced "weir."
      • Before moving to Norwood, he served with the 25th Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War.
  2. Aaron McNeill ... (D) April 1, 1891-Dec. 31, 1894
    • Home: 1934 Hopkins Avenue
    • Special Note: He resigned before the end of his term to serve as a Judge.
  3. David Davis (1851-1933) ... (R) Jan 1, 1895-Dec 31, 1896
    • Wife: Alice (nee Sutherland)
    • Home: 1911 Mentor Avenue
    • Birth: February 27, 1851, Gallia County, Ohio
    • Death: March 23, 1933, at home
    • Parents: Daniel L. and Elizabeth Morgan Davis, both of Cardiganshire, Wales
    • Occupation: Lawyer
    • Religion: Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
    • Organizations: Republican Party, Masons, Knights of Pythias, Royal Aracanum and National Union, several Welsh organizations, and was an associate member of E. F. Noyes-R. L. McCook Post, No. 30, G. A. R.
    • Special Note: He completed the remainder of McNeill's term and then was elected for a full term.
  4. T. V. Fitzpatrick (1855-1934) ... (R) Jan 1, 1897-April 1, 1899
    • 1921 Hopkins Avenue
  5. Charles E. Prior (1861?-?) ... (R) April 1, 1899-April 1, 1901
    • Wife: Sophia M. Roever
    • Home: 1938 Hudson Avenue
    • Birth: July 16, 1861, January 16, 1861, and July 1862, Cincinnati, Ohio (various sources)
    • Death: ?
    • Parents: ?, born in Ohio
    • Occupation: Lawyer
    • Religion: M. E. Church
    • Organizations:
    • Special Note: From 1886 to 1890 he was the Executive Clerk of Governor Joseph B. Foraker, and ex-officio secretary of the State Board of Pardons. On January 1, 1895, he formed a law partnership with Foraker under the name of Foraker & Prior. Later, the firm was renamed Foraker, Outcalt, Granger & Prior.
  6. George Edward Mills (1869-1939) ... (D) April 1, 1901-Dec 1, 1905
    • Home: 4301 Montgomery Road
    • Special Note: The only person to be Mayor of the Village of Norwood and Mayor of the City of Norwood.
  7. Charles Herbert Jones (1869-?) ... (R) Jan 1, 1906-Dec 31, 1909
    • Wife:
    • Home: 2428 Jefferson Avenue
    • Birth: Feb. 10, 1869, Cincinnati,
    • Moved to a farm near Oak Hill, Jackson Co., Ohio at age 3
        Education:
      • Jackson County school
      • Oak Hill Academy
      • Rio Grande College
      • National Normal University
    • Moved to Cincinnati at age 17
    • Work:
      • Railway Mail Service
      • private secretary to expert accountant S. T. Williams
      • American Cotton Oil Company
      • formed law partnershop with Major L. M. Hosea and Walter Knight (later Knight & Jones)
  8. Orville F. Dwyer (1866?-1934) ... (R) Jan 1, 1910-Dec 31, 1911
    • Home: 2210 Madison Avenue
  9. William M. Fridman (1863-1952) ... (D) Jan 1, 1912-Dec 31, 1913 William M. Fridman
    • Wife: Stella Sutton
    • Home: 2256 Jefferson Avenue
    • Birth: 1863, Clemontville, Ohio
    • Death: September 26, 1952, at Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati
    • Parents: ?
    • Occupation: Lawyer
    • Religion: Norwood Presbyterian
    • Organizations: Vattier Lodge, F.&A.M. ; Ohio Bar Association
    • Special Note:
  10. Harry E. Engelhardt ... (R) Jan 1, 1914-Dec 31, 1919
    • 4319 Floral Avenue
  11. Louis E. Nolte (1875-1950) ... (R) Jan 1, 1920-Dec 31, 1925
    • 3835 Burwood Avenue
  12. Harry H. Baker (1888?-1960) ... (R) Jan 1, 1926-Dec 31, 1933
    • Wife: Edna Haas
    • Home: 2419 Jefferson Avenue
    • Birth: October 1, 1888, St. Louis, Mo.
    • Parents: Christian Edward and Mary Catherine Baker
    • Occupation: Lawyer
    • Religion: Methodist
    • Organizations: Junior Order of United American Mechanics
  13. Allen C. Roudebush (1884-1960) ... (D) Jan 1, 1934-Dec 1, 1937
    • Home: 2224 Williams Avenue
    • Special Note: He left the Mayor's office early to serve as a Judge.
  14. Amos L. Eyler ... (D) Dec 1, 1937-Dec 31, 1939
    • Home:
    • Special Notes:
      • He completed the rest of Roudebush's term.
      • For 1 week, April 19-26, 1938, after Eyler's brain hemorrahage, another person was acting mayor.
  15. Allen C. Roudebush (1883-1960) ... (D) Jan 1, 1940-Dec 31, 1943
    • 2224 Williams Avenue
  16. Frank J. Ward (?-1958) ... (R) Jan 1, 1944-Dec 31, 1947
  17. R. Edward Tepe (?-1957) .. (D) Jan 1, 1948-1957
    • Special Note: The only Mayor to die in office.
  18. George P. Kleb (?-1975) ... (D) 1957- Dec 31,1957
    • Home: 2018 Delaware Avenue
    • Special Note: He was acting mayor, after the death of Tepe.
  19. Joseph W. Shea, Jr. (?-1998) ... (D) Jan 1, 1958-Dec 31, 1975 ?
    • Home: 5040 Stewart Avenue
  20. Donald E. Prues (?-1988) ... (R) Jan 1, 1976-Dec 31, 1982
  21. Joseph E. Sanker (1919-2006) ... (D) Jan 1, 1983-Dec 31, 1994
  22. Joseph Hochbein ... (R) Jan 1, 1995-2003
    • Special Note: Resigned before end of term.
  23. Victor Schneider ... (R) 2003- Dec 31, 2003
    • Special Note: Served for the remainder of Hochbein's term.
  24. Thomas Williams, Sr. ... (D) Jan 1, 2004-

NOTE: Dates are not verified and may differ from other sources.


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