James V. Brown Library - Lycoming County Digital Photo Archive

Gallery of Mayors--No. 19: Jonas Fischer, 1916–1917. Caption reads: "Jonas Fischer, industrialist and utility owner, assumed office in 1916. In a nonpartisan primary he led the field of candidates, amassing more than 50 per cent of the vote cast, making his victory at the general election an assured fact. He resigned in 1917, in the second year of the four-year term to which he was elected."

Gallery of Mayors--No. 20: Archibald M. Hoagland, 1917–1924. Caption reads: "Chosen by City Council to fill the vacancy in the mayoral office created by the resignation of Mayor Fischer, Archibald M. Hoagland was subsequently elected to a four-year term, making his service in City Hall cover a period from 1917 to 1924. He was mayor during the World War period and one of his conspicuous activities was the direction of the sale of great quantities of surplus army food supplies here. A lawyer by profession, he served a term as Lycoming County district attorney."

Gallery of Mayors--No. 21: Hugh Gilmore, 1924–1928. Caption reads: "Hugh Gilmore, who assumed the office in 1924 and held it until 1928, also served Williamsport as its postmaster. He was appointed to this position by President Wilson. He had previously been a law clerk and was alderman in the Second Ward at the time he became a candidate for the mayoralty. He was the Democratic nominee for mayor in the 1939 election and is currently his party's candidate for Congress in the Sixteenth District."

Gallery of Mayors--No. 22: Herbert T. Ames, 1928–1932. Caption reads: "Oldest man ever elected to the office of mayor in Williamsport and victor in one of the most surprising election results in the history of the community, was Herbert T. Ames, veteran lawyer. Nominated by the Prohibition Party, he was considered a minor figure in the campaign until it neared its close. A brief period of activity in his behalf made him the winner in a triangular contest. He assumed the position at the age of 84 years in 1928 and occupied it until 1932. He was for many years a leader among the county's lawyers and was nationally prominent in church affairs."

Peter Herdic

Samuel Norris Williams

Samuel Norris Williams

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