Harry W. Kessler

Harry W. Kessler ( born August 15, 1927 in Toledo, Ohio; † January 2, 2007 in Perrysburg, Ohio ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party.

Biography

Kessler began his political career when, as a candidate of the Democratic Party for the first time unsuccessful candidate in 1961 for a seat on the city council of his hometown of Toledo. His candidacy for a seat in the House of Representatives from Ohio in 1962 as unsuccessful as a renewed candidacy for the City Council of Toledo in 1963. 1965 he was finally for the first time elected a member of the City Council and confirmed in the next election in 1967. In 1969 he was elected vice-mayor of his native town.

After both the former mayor William J. Ensign and the Municipal Administrative Director ( City Manager) William Gross had resigned because of the stagnant economy and standing on shaky finances, he sat down with a small majority of votes in the Executive Committee of the Democratic 13:11 party against its internal counter party candidate Carol Pietrykowski and therefore as a candidate of his party for mayor elections. In the following the first round he was defeated as underdogs to the candidate of the Republican Party, Howard Cook, with 7,000 votes. However, in the necessary second round he won against Cook and was thus on January 27 In 1971, under these exceptional circumstances, the first mayor ( Mayor ) of Toledo for a two year term. Both in 1973 and 1975, he was re-elected as Mayor and headed into his tenure, the development of the transformation of the inner city. Politically he joined in appearance than he for Bill Boyle, the former chairman of the Democratic Party campaigned in Lucas County, have been charged against the accusations of nepotism. In 1977, he did not run again for the office of mayor, and gave as a reason to overwork after him were at the previous election in 1975 to close connections to the editor of the " Toledo Blade", Paul Block, Jr., reputed. Successor as mayor was Douglas DeGood.

However, in November 1977, he ran successfully as registrar ( Clerk ) of the Munizipalgerichts and held that office until 1992. Most recently as 1979-1998 Board Member of the Public Library of Toledo and Lucas County, and in 1992 and 1995, a board member of the school board ( Board of Education ) of Toledo.