List of mayors of Lawton, Oklahoma

Old Lawton High School will be the site of new City Hall

This is a complete list of the people who have served as mayor of the city of Lawton in southwest Oklahoma.

Lawton's city government uses a council-manager model of municipal government where most of the authority resides in the City Council. The mayor presides and sets the agenda over the City Council whereas most of the day-to-day operations is handled by the City Manager.^[1][2] The mayor is elected every three years. The position is currently held by Fred L. Fitch.^[3]

Mayor	Term Began	Term Ended	Political Party
Colonel Leslie P. Ross	1901	1903
Dr. W.M. Turner	1903	1908
Richard A. Jones	1908	1909
Henry Boyle	1909	1911
G.H. Block	1911	1911
George Short	1911	1913
R. Henry Warren	1913	1915
Sim Sheppard	1918	1919
George Short	1919	1921
F.A. Parkinson	1921	1922
J.A. Johnson	1922	1923
John D. Kennard	1923	1924
G.S. Holman (acting mayor)	1924	1925
Charles S. Powell	1925	1929
Fred Larrance	1929	1931
Jackson Broshears	1931	1935
Walker Fuller	1933	1935
Richard A. Jones	1935	1941
Everett Glenn	1941	1947
George Hutchins	1947	1949
R Everett Glenn	1949	1953
Joe McCain	1953	1955
C.R. Ellsworth	1955	1961
Wayne Gilley	1961	1971
Don Whitaker	1971	1975
Wayne Gilley	1975	1989
Robert L. Shanklin	1989	1991
John T. "Ted" Marley	1991	1998
Cecil E. Powell	1998	2004
John P. Purcell, Jr.	2004	2010
Fred L. Fitch	2010	present

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References

1. Lawton, Oklahoma, Municipal Code art. C-2-2 (accessed 2011-03-30)
2. Lawton, Oklahoma, Municipal Code art. C-3-2(accessed 2011-03-30)
3. City of Lawton Oklahoma. "Mayor/Council". Retrieved 2011-03-30.
4. Kutchta, Howard (2001). Lawton, A Centennial History, 1901–2001. Bell Books. p. 131.