Samuel Henderson (Indianapolis mayor)

Samuel Henderson

1st Mayor of Indianapolis
In office 1847–1849
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Horatio C. Newcomb
Personal details
Political party	Whig

Samuel Henderson (b c.1800 – d. 1883) was the first mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana. The first mayoral election was held on April 24, 1847 and Henderson, a member of the Whig Party, took office on May 1. He served a two-year term.^[1]

References

↑ William Robeson Holloway (1870). Indianapolis: A historical and statistical sketch of the railroad city, a chronicle of its social, municipal, commercial and manufacturing progress, with full statistical tables. Indianapolis Journal Print. p. 85.

Preceded by Position created	Mayor of Indianapolis 1847–1849	Succeeded by Horatio C. Newcomb

Mayors of Indianapolis

Henderson Newcomb Scudder McCready West Coulon Wallace (William J.) Maxwell Caven McCauley Mitchell Caven Grubbs McMaster Denny Sullivan (Thomas L.) Denny Taggart Bookwalter Holtzman Bookwalter Shank Wallace (Henry R.) Bell Jewett Shank Duvall Negley Slack Sullivan (Reginald H.) Kern Jr. Boetcher Sullivan (Reginald H.) Tyndall Denny Feeney Bayt Jr. Emhardt Clark Bayt Jr. Boswell Losche Barton Lugar Hudnut III Goldsmith Peterson Ballard Hogsett

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