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Mayor of Fort Wayne
On the record
A lawyer (Political Graveyard). A 1926 News-Sentinel photograph shows him advancing the “Circumurban Way” ring-road plan for the growing city, and he accepted the permanent First World War memorial at Memorial Park.
The roster and election record add his years and his path in: William C. Geake (1874–1965), a Republican, won the November 1925 election against the incumbent Democrat William J. Hosey and served as mayor from 4 January 1926 to 1930. Beyond that, the readily available record of his life is sparse, and this profile is left at the documented facts rather than filled out.
The photograph’s particulars are on the record: Geake sits with the Planning Commission watching city engineer Frank M. Randall demonstrate the proposed Circumurban Way where the belt line would cross the Maumee at Meyer Road — the survey itself a Kiwanis donation. He appointed Angus C. McCoy city comptroller (1926–1929), and his path in began in the primaries: he won the May 1925 Republican primary over four rivals before beating Hosey in November.
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: Political Graveyard lawyer index; News-Sentinel, 1926; Wikipedia, "List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana" (dates 1874–1965); The Political Graveyard, Fort Wayne page (1925 election). Further sources: News-Sentinel planning photograph, 1926, via ACGSI / INGenWeb; Political Graveyard.