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Mayor of Fort Wayne
On the record
Mayor through the influenza emergency: on 14 December 1918 he issued the city’s influenza-emergency proclamation (Journal-Gazette, via ACGSI), and he accepted the Anthony Wayne statue for the city. His occupation is not recorded in the sources read for this entry.
The mayoral roster fixes his years: W. Sherman Cutshall (1868–1939), a Republican, held the office from 1918 to 1922, between two of William J. Hosey's terms. Beyond the roster, the readily available record of his life is sparse, and this profile is left at the documented facts rather than filled out.
The election is on the state record: he won in November 1917 by 6,439 votes to 3,934 for Niezer (Indiana Blue Book). The influenza proclamation ran as General Ordinance No. 865 (Journal Gazette, 15 December 1918), and the 1918 park board report credits his administration with 45 acres added to Swinney Park and work at Memorial and Lawton parks. Beyond that, the readily available record of his administration is genuinely sparse, and the profile stays at the documented facts.
Find them on this page
- § 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: Journal-Gazette proclamation via ACGSI; Wikipedia, "List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana" (dates 1868–1939). Further sources: Indiana Blue Book (1917 election returns); Journal Gazette, 15 December 1918.