Editing West Lafayette, Indiana (section)

==Government==
The city's elected officials consist of the [[mayor]], a clerk, and a nine-member Common Council.

The nine-member Common Council holds the city's [[legislative]] authority and makes the laws through ordinances, orders, resolutions and motions. The city is divided into 6 districts, and the Common Council consists of one council member from each district, plus three at-large council members. Elected by the council members, the president of the Common Council presides over the council meetings and is first in the line of succession should the mayor not finish his or her term of office.

All city elected officials have a term of office of four years with no limit on the number of terms. Regular elections for all offices are held at the same time in the odd year preceding the presidential election year.<ref>{{cite web | title=West Lafayette City Code | url=http://ordlink.com/codes/westlaf/index.htm | access-date=2006-09-12}}</ref>

The following is a list of all mayors of West Lafayette since the position began in 1924.<ref name="citytime">Kriebel, Robert C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uph7dDujN7IC&pg=PA166 Ross-Ade: Their Purdue Stories, Stadium, and Legacies], p. 166 (2009)</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Term !! Name !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 1924 – 1938 || Myron B. Morgan<ref name="morgan1">(22 February 1946). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19167604/journal_and_courier/ Myron B. Morgan Called By Death], ''[[Journal & Courier]]'' (Lafayette, Indiana)</ref> ||Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 1939 – 1942 || Dwight S. Keim<ref name="keim1">(2 November 1963). [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/105455063/ Arrangements and Funeral Arrangements for Explosion Victims], ''[[Indianapolis Star]]''</ref>||Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 1943 – 1955 || Charles R. Burnham ||Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 1956 – 1963 || Fred L. Willis<ref name="willis1">(30 May 1994). [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107430490/ Obituaries (Fred L. Willis)], ''[[Indianapolis Star]]'' (paywall)</ref>||Republican
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 1964 – 1971 || James R. Williamson<ref name="williamone">(24 May 1997). [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/106977767/ James William was ex-West Lafayette Mayor (obituary)], ''[[Indianapolis Star]]'' (paywall)</ref> ||Democratic
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 1972 – 1979 || Joe S. Dienhart<ref name="dienhart1">[http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/110 Dienhart, Joe S.], [[Indiana Football Hall of Fame]], Retrieved 20 April 2018</ref>||Republican
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 1980 – 2003 || Sonya L. Margerum<ref name="magwont">Esposito, Kurt (13 January 2003). [https://www.purdueexponent.org/city/article_127f93ec-0d16-5473-b834-fc77d2e77668.html Mayor won't seek seventh term ], ''[[Purdue Exponent]]''</ref><ref name="mag1">(2 December 2003). [https://www.purdueexponent.org/opinions/edit/article_e19b7070-9bf0-5f18-a137-33fe4cff2cf0.html Mayor Sonya Margerum thanks citizens, notes accomplishments in State of the City address], ''[[Purdue Exponent]]''</ref> || Democratic
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 2004 – 2007 || Jan Mills<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anthony |first1=Amanda |title=Mayor-elect hopes to keep business politics out of city office |url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/city/article_cba4fcbf-707d-5c19-ba1f-44f39e36d0c0.html |access-date=March 28, 2019 |work=Purdue Exponent |date=November 5, 2003}}</ref><ref name="dennis-mills1"/> || Democratic
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 2008 – 2024 || [[John Dennis (mayor)|John Dennis]]<ref name="dennis-mills1">Westervelt, Mike (18 February 2008). [https://www.purdueexponent.org/city/article_e391cb3d-9737-52e1-8f0d-f657f815fb4c.html Dennis succeeds over Mills as West Lafayette mayor], ''[[Purdue Exponent]]''</ref> ||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 2024 – Present || [[Erin Easter]]<ref name="Erin-Easter">Chew, Ella (14 February 2024). [https://www.wlfi.com/news/local/erin-easter-sworn-in-as-west-lafayette-mayor/article_1e38d4fe-a699-11ee-a359-af4ebc531ff8.html Erin Easter Sworn In as West Lafayette Mayor], ''[[wlfi]]''</ref> ||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|}