Mayor of Cumberland, Maryland

Mayor of the City of Cumberland
Flag of Cumberland
Incumbent
Raymond M. Morriss
since January 1, 2019
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderJohn Scott
FormationJanuary 23, 1815 (1815-01-23)
Salary$7,200
Websitewww.cumberlandmd.gov

The Mayor of Cumberland, Maryland is the chief executive of the government of Cumberland, as stipulated by the city Charter.

List of mayors

Mayors of Cumberland, Maryland (1816–present):

  • (01) 1816–1823: John Scott
  • (02) 1823–1824: Samuel Magill established the first newspaper in Cumberland the Allegany Freeman published weekly from 1813 to 1816 (See, Lowdermilk, page 301)
  • (03) 1824–1835: Roger Perry
  • (04) 1835–1836: John Gephart
  • (05) 1836–1837: John Write
  • (06) 1837–1838: Gustavus Beall
  • (07) 1838–1839: Frederick Deems
  • (08) 1839–1841: Samuel Charles
  • (09) 1841–1842: James Smith
  • (10) 1842–1843: John Gephart
  • (11) 1843–1849: Thomas Shriver
  • (12) 1849–1850: Thomas F. White
  • (13) 1850–1851: Thomas Shriver
  • (14) 1851–1852: Daniel Saylor
  • (15) 1852–1853: John Hayes
  • (16) 1853–1854: Fayette Bartholomew Tower
  • (17) 1854–1855: A. L. Withers
  • (18) 1855–1856: William Wallace McKaig
  • (19) 1856–1857: Joseph H. Tucker
  • (20) 1857–1858: James W. Jones
  • (21) 1858–1860: D. W. McCleary
  • (22) 1860–1861: John Humbird
  • (23) 1861–1862: Charles Mynn Thruston
  • (24) 1862–1863: Charles H. Ohr
  • (25) 1863–1864: James Smith
  • (26) 1864–1865: Charles H. Ohr
  • (27) 1865–1866: George Harrison
  • (28) 1866–1869: John Humbird
  • (29) 1869–1871: Lloyd Lowe
  • (30) 1871–1872: William Piatt
  • (31) 1872–1873: John B. Widener
  • (32) 1873–1874: William A. Withers
  • (33) 1874–1874: William R. McCulley
  • (34) 1874–1876: John Humbird
  • (35) 1876–1877: William A. Withers
  • (36) 1890–1890: William McMahon McKaig
  • (37) 1891–1891: David J. Blackiston
  • (38) 1900–1904: Warren C. White
  • (39) 1904–1905: Clarence M. King
  • (40) 1905–1906: William A. Cromwell
  • (41) 1906–1908: Clarence M. King
  • (42) 1908–1910: George A. Kean
  • (43) 1910–1914: George A. Young
  • (44) 1914–1932: Thomas W. Koon
  • (45) 1932–1934: George Henderson
  • (46) 1934–1936: George W. Legge
  • (47) 1936–1939: Thomas W. Koon
  • (48) 1939–1942: Harry Irvine
  • (49) 1942–1944: Thomas F. Conlon
  • (50) 1944–1952: Thomas S. Post
  • (51) 1952–1958: Roy W. Eves
  • (52) 1958–1962: J. Edwin Keech
  • (53) 1962–1966: Earl D. Chaney
  • (54) 1966–1974: Thomas F. Conlon Jr.
  • (55) 1974–1978: F. Perry Smith, Jr.
  • (56) 1978–1982: Frank K. Nethken
  • (57) 1982–1988: George M. Wyckoff Jr.
  • (58) 1988–1992: Harry Stern
  • (59) 1992–2000: Edward C. Athey
  • (60) 2000–2011: Lee N. Fiedler
  • (61) 2011-2019: Brian K. Grim
  • (62) 2019–present: Raymond Morriss