February 21, 2025 – Forty years after Irving Weber’s ‘Mayors of Iowa City’ articles are printed, OIH publishes an updated 7-page overview of Iowa City’s Mayors – 1853 to 2025.
The Iowa City Story: After fourteen years as an independent community with no ties to Territorial or State government, in 1853, the people of Iowa City voted to officially become an incorporated city. With that decision, came city government and our first city mayor and city council. Since then – over our 172-year-history as an incorporated city – Iowa City has had 65 different mayors serving 73 separate terms!
In March 1985, Iowa City historian Irving Weber published three informative articles that covered the history of Iowa City’s mayors from 1853 to 1985. Now, forty years later, we are proud to publish an updated 7-page overview of Iowa City’s Mayors – 1853 to 2025.
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Thank you for the great history lesson!!
U R certainly welcome!