mayors of mason

A “Mayors Wall” hangs in the Mason Municipal Center. It is a list of past mayors of Mason, with room to add new mayors as they are elected.

mason mayors

Term   Mayor’s Name
1840 – 1850   Mason Seward*
1850 – 1851   David W. VanDyke*
1851 – 1852   James Fugate*
1852 – 1854   David W. VanDyke
1854 – 1856   Thomas Crawford
1856 – 1858   Richard H. Cunningham*
1858   A.C. Bates*
1858 – 1859   David W. VanDyke
1859 – 1860   Ephriam L. Meighen
1860 – 1861   Elias Meighen*
1861 – 1865   David W. VanDyke
1865 – 1866   Thomas J. Blackburn
1866 – 1867   Felix S. Welton*
1867 – 1869   W. Felter
1869 – 1874   Robert Huston Bennett*
1874 – 1876   David W. VanDyke
1876 – 1878   Thomas J. Blackburn
1878 – 1880   Benjamin D. Welton*
1880 – 1882   David W. VanDyke
1882 – 1884   Robert Huston Bennett
1884 – 1890   Joseph P. Torbett*
1890 – 1892   Robert Huston Bennett
1892 – 1898   William C. Van Fossen*
1898 – 1903   John W. Lowe*
1903 – 1904   W. C. Ritter
1904   Walter W. Voorhis*
1904 – 1905   James Shurts*
1905 – 1909   Dr. John M. VanDyke*
1909 – 1913   John W. Lowe
1913 – 1917   Dr. Michael H. Houseworth*
1917 – 1919   W. Hoss
1919 – 1921   Dr. Michael H. Houseworth
1921 – 1925   Wilmer Littell*
1925 – 1927   William C. Van Fossen
1927 – 1935   Joseph L. Davis
1935   Harry Chesney*
1935 – 1947   William E. Bishop*
1947 – 1949   R. T. Cunningham*
1949 – 1951   Ronald Shurtz*
1951 – 1954   Loring D. “Barney” Lane*
1954   Carl Sanker*
1954 – 1957   Francis M. Girton*
1957 – 1965   Charles G. Anderson*
1965 – 1968   Russell “Chick” Houghton*
1968 – 1969   George Wilson*
1969 – 1971   Donald Mollman
1971 – 1973   Robert Ayer
1973 – 1975   Arlie Parke*
1975 – 1978   Louis Eves*
1978 – 1980   Rea Boone
1980 – 1993   Louis Eves
1993 – 1997   James “Dick” Staten
1997 – 1999   Betty Davis
1999 – 2003   John McCurley
2003 – 2005   Peter Beck
2005 – 2007   Charlene A. Pelfrey
2007 – 2009   Tom Grossmann
2009 – 2011   Don Prince
2011 – 2015   David F. Nichols
2015 – 2019   Victor Kidd
2019 – 2021   Kathy Grossmann
2021 – 2023   Barbara Spaeth
2023 – 2025   Diana K. Nelson
2025 – present   Josh Styrcula

* Interred at Rose Hill Cemetery