Irvine U. Masters

Biography:

Irvine U. Masters was the mayor of Cleveland Ohio from 1863–1864. Masters was born in New York and moved to Cleveland with his first wife Naomi in 1851. Masters became a trustee of Ohio City. He later helped William B. Castle negotiate the merger between Cleveland and Ohio City. Masters was a member of the Cleveland City Council and was the president of the City Council three times and officially welcomed Abraham Lincoln when he visited Cleveland in 1861.