Editing Wheeling, West Virginia (section)

==Government==
[[File:New courthouse, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West Virginia LCCN2010718820.tif|thumb|[[United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia]]]]
Under West Virginia law, cities may adopt a form of government called the Manager-Mayor Plan, under which Wheeling operates. The elected mayor presides over meetings of the Wheeling City Council, which has six members elected from geographic wards. City Council members serve four-year terms. The City Council also confirms executive nominations for members to various boards, which have limited regulatory authority, including the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, and the Traffic Commission.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofwheelingwv.org/council.htm#top |title=City of Wheeling - City Council |website=www.cityofwheelingwv.org |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030221045735/http://www.cityofwheelingwv.org/council.htm#top |archive-date=February 21, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The City Manager serves as Chief Executive and Administrative Officer for the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofwheelingwv.org/cmngr1.htm#top |title=City of Wheeling - City Departments - Office of the City Manager Page 1 |website=www.cityofwheelingwv.org |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030530064306/http://www.cityofwheelingwv.org/cmngr1.htm#top |archive-date=May 30, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The current mayor of Wheeling is Denny Magruder, and the current city manager is Robert Herron. The current members of the City Council are Tony Assarro (1st Ward), Ben Seidler (2nd Ward), Connie Cain (3rd Ward), Vice-Mayor Jerry Sklavounakis (4th Ward), Ty Thorngate (5th Ward), and Dave Palmer (6th Ward).<ref name="autogenerated1" /> City elections were held on May 14, 2024, and the current term began on July 1, 2024. City elections will be held again on May 14, 2028.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Name
! Portrait
! Term start
! Term end
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| George Miller<ref name=white1891>{{cite book |editor=White & Allen |title=Laws and Ordinances for the Government of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia |chapter=Mayors |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C09GAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR170 |year=1891 |publisher=Printed by the West Virginia Printing Company |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105053239/https://books.google.com/books?id=C09GAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR170 |archive-date=January 5, 2018 }}</ref>
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| 1806
| 1807
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| Moses Chapline<ref name=white1891 />
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| 1807
| 1809
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| William Irwin<ref name=white1891 />
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| 1809
| 1810
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| Noah Linsly<ref name=white1891 />
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| 1810
| 1814
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| William Irwin<ref name=newton1879>{{cite book |title=History of the Pan-handle: Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia |year=1879 |publisher=J.A. Caldwell |author1=J.H. Newton |author2=G.G. Nichols |author3=A.G. Sprankle |location=Wheeling |chapter=Wheeling: Past and Present |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuA4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA180 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105053239/https://books.google.com/books?id=cuA4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA180 |archive-date=January 5, 2018 }}</ref>
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| March 1814
| September 1814
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| George Knox<ref name=newton1879 />
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| 1815
| 1816
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| William Irwin<ref name=newton1879 />
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| 1816
| 1817
|-
| Peter Yarnall<ref name=newton1879 />
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| 1817
| 1819
|-
| Moses Chapline<ref name=newton1879 />
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| 1819
| 1824
|-
| Z. Jacobs<ref name=newton1879 />
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| 1824
| 1828
|-
| Samuel Sprigg<ref name=newton1879 />
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| March 1828
| September 1828
|-
| John McLure<ref name=newton1879 />
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| September 1828
| March 1830
|-
| Moses W. Chapline<ref name=newton1879 />
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| 1830
| 1834
|-
| Z. Jacobs<ref name=newton1879 />
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| 1834
| 1836
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| Moses W. Chapline<ref name=coniff1901>{{cite book |title=Laws and Ordinances for the Government of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DBGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA771 |via=Google Books |year=1901 |editor=John J. Coniff |chapter=Mayors of the City of Wheeling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105053239/https://books.google.com/books?id=3DBGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA771 |archive-date=January 5, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |publisher = John M. M'Creary, Printer |location = Wheeling |title = Wheeling Directory and Advertiser |via=Internet Archive |author = J.B. Bowen |year= 1839 |oclc = 3456530 |chapter=City Authorities of 1839 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/wheelingdirector00bowe#page/n37/mode/2up/search/moses}}</ref>
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| May 1836
| January 1840
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| George Dulty<ref name=coniff1901 />
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| January 1840
| January 1846
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| Moses C. Good
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| January 1846
| January 1847
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| William W. Shriver
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| January 1847
| June 1848
|-
| Sobieski Brady<ref name=brant1890>{{cite book |title=History of the Upper Ohio Valley, with Family History and Biographical Sketches |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofupperoh01madi |year=1890 |publisher=Brant & Fuller |location=Madison, Wisconsin }}</ref>
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| June 1848
| January 1850
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| Alfred Caldwell<ref name=miller1913 />
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| January 1850
| January 1852
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| Morgan Nelson
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| January 1852
| January 1853
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| Sobieski Brady
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| January 1853
| January 1855
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| James Paull
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| January 1855
| January 1856
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| Alfred Caldwell
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| January 1856
| January 1858
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| James Tanner
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| January 1858
| January 1859
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| Andrew Wilson
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| January 1859
| January 1861
|-
| Andrew J. Sweeney<ref name=Fame>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/-wheeling-hall-of-fame-/4192 |title=Wheeling History: Wheeling Hall of Fame |publisher=Ohio County Public Library |access-date=June 30, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703141937/http://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/-wheeling-hall-of-fame-/4192 |archive-date=July 3, 2016 }}</ref>
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| January 1861
| January 1863
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| George Baird
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| January 1863
| January 1864
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| Henry Crangle
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| January 1864
| January 1865
|-
| Andrew J. Sweeney
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| January 1865
| January 1868
|-
| Sobieski Brady
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| January 1868
| January 1869
|-
| Samuel McClellan Jr.
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| January 1869
| January 1871
|-
| George W. Jeffers
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| January 1871
| January 1875
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| Andrew J. Sweeney
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| January 1875
| January 1881
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| Alfred Egerter
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| January 1881
| January 1883
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| Jeremiah A. Miller
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| January 1883
| January 1885
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| Jacob W. Grubb<ref name=brant1890 />
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| January 1885
| January 1887
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| Charles W. Seabright
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| January 1887
| January 1893
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| Benjamin F. Caldwell
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| January 1893
| January 1897
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| John R. Butts
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| January 1897
| January 1899
|-
| Andrew T. Sweeney
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| January 1899
| 1905<ref name=julian2009>{{citation |title=Wheeling Mayors |author=Charles A. Julian |url=http://www.wvgenweb.org/ohio/wheelingmayors.pdf |year=2009 |via=wvgenweb.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407043930/http://www.wvgenweb.org/ohio/wheelingmayors.pdf |archive-date=April 7, 2017 }} (list)</ref>
|-
| Charles C. Schmidt<ref name=julian2009 /><ref name=miller1913>{{cite book |author1=Thomas Condit Miller |author2=Hu Maxwell |title=West Virginia and Its People |year=1913 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/stream/westvirginiaitsp02mill/westvirginiaitsp02mill#page/493/mode/1up |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411175012/https://archive.org/stream/westvirginiaitsp02mill/westvirginiaitsp02mill#page/493/mode/1up |archive-date=April 11, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[File:Charles C. Schmidt portrait in Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling, West Virginia.png|50px]]
| 1905
| August 1912 (died in office)
|-
| William O. Alexander (acting mayor)<ref name=julian2009 />
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| August 1912
| 1912
|-
| Harvey L. Kirk<ref name=julian2009 /><ref name=miller1913 />
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| October 1912
| 1917
|-
| Clifford M. Vester<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1917
| 1918
|-
| Thomas F. Thoner<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1919
| 1925
|-
| William J. Steen<ref name=julian2009 />
| <!-- PORTRAIT -->
| 1925
| 1928
|-
| Thomas Y. Beckett<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1929
| 1932
|-
| Gordon P. Fought<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1932
| 1934
|-
| Charles F. Schultze<ref name=julian2009 />
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| May 1935 (died in office)
| 1938
|-
| John J. Mathison<ref name=julian2009 />
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| May 1938
| 1943
|-
| Russell S. Goodwin<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1943
| 1947
|-
| Carl G. Bachmann<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1947
| 1951
|-
| Charles J. Schuck<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1951
| 1955
|-
| Jack R. Adams<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1955
| 1959
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| John J. Gast<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1959
| 1963
|-
| Charles L. Ihlenfeld<ref name=Fame />
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| 1964
| 1967
|-
| James L. Rogers<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1967
| 1971
|-
| James J. Haranzo<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1971
| 1975
|-
| John E. Fahey<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1975
| 1979
|-
| Cuyler E. Ewing<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1979
| 1981
|-
| William H. Muegge<ref name=julian2009 />
| <!-- PORTRAIT -->
| 1981
| 1984
|-
| John W. Lipphardt<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1984
| 1985
|-
| Stella C. Koerner<ref name=julian2009 />
| <!-- PORTRAIT -->
| 1985
| 1988
|-
| Thomas J. Baller<ref name=julian2009 />
| <!-- PORTRAIT -->
| 1988
| 1992
|-
| John W. Lipphardt<ref name=julian2009 />
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| 1992
| 2000
|-
| Nicholas A. Sparachane<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030407212330/http://www.cityofwheelingwv.org/cmayor1.htm#top |url= http://www.cityofwheelingwv.org/cmayor1.htm |archive-date= April 7, 2003 |title=Office of the Mayor |publisher=City of Wheeling |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| 2000
| 2008<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080513152242/http://www.cityofwheelingwv.org/cmayor1.htm |url= http://www.cityofwheelingwv.org/cmayor1.htm |archive-date= May 13, 2008 |title=Office of the Mayor |publisher=City of Wheeling |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Andy McKenzie<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519101808/http://www.wheelingwv.gov/citygovernment.php?id=69 |url= http://www.wheelingwv.gov/citygovernment.php?id=69 |archive-date=May 19, 2016 |title=Mayor of Wheeling |publisher=City of Wheeling, West Virginia |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| 2008
| 2016
|-
| Glenn F. Elliott, Jr.<ref>{{citation |title=Mayor-Elect Glenn Elliott Leads Fresh Faces For Wheeling |date=May 11, 2016 |work=[[The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register|The Intelligencer]] |location=Wheeling, WV |url=http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2016/05/mayor-elect-glenn-elliott-leads-fresh-faces-for-wheeling/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704072329/http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2016/05/mayor-elect-glenn-elliott-leads-fresh-faces-for-wheeling/ |archive-date=July 4, 2016 }}</ref>
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| 2016
| 2024
|-
| Denny Magruder<ref name=julian2009 />
| <!-- PORTRAIT -->
| 2024
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|}
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===City flag===
[[File:Flag of Wheeling, West Virginia.svg|thumb|150px|City of Wheeling flag as of September 2018]]
The current flag for the city was adopted on September 4, 2018, in conjunction with the celebration of the city's 250th anniversary the following year.<ref>{{citation |title=Wheeling Leaders Adopt New Municipal Flag |date=September 5, 2018 |work=[[The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register|The Intelligencer]] |location=Wheeling, WV |url=https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2018/09/wheeling-leaders-adopt-new-municipal-flag/ }}</ref> Its design and symbolism are credited to the Wheeling Committee on Retention and the Wheeling 250 subcommittee.

The flag features two horizontal blue bars to represent Wheeling Creek and the Ohio River, with a white bar in between. The three bars also symbolize the three major modes of transportation found in Wheeling history: river, road, and rail. Representing five distinct eras of Wheeling history, five stars are centered in a row in the white bar: The Indigenous Star, The Frontier Star, The Transportation Star, The Statehood Star, and The Industrial Star.<ref>{{citation |title=City Seal & Flag |work=[[Official Website of Wheeling West Virginia]] |location=Wheeling, WV |url=https://www.wheelingwv.gov/city-seal-flag }}</ref>