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Mayor of Fort Wayne
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First Republican mayor.
Sharp was an Albany-born hat manufacturer who had been in Fort Wayne since 1837. In the election of 7 May 1867 he beat B. H. Tower by 693 votes, running on a citizens' ticket, and became the first Republican elected mayor of Fort Wayne. His single term was a hard one: 1867 brought what the record calls a reign of lawlessness, and a flood in the same year. His administration began voter registration in the city and constituted the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth wards in May 1867.
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- § 04 — the mayoral roster
Roster cross-checked between the City of Fort Wayne’s official mayors page and the full dated list — sources printed under the roster in § 04. Further sources: Peggy Seigel, 'Fort Wayne's Mayors 1840–1940: A Study in Civic Leadership'; Peggy Seigel, Journal of Fort Wayne History.