List of mayors of Milwaukee
This is a list of mayors of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Following the election of Socialist Emil Seidel as mayor of Milwaukee in 1910, Wisconsin legislators passed a bill in 1912 to declare most local offices across the state as officially non-partisan.[1]
List
No. | Portrait | Mayor | Party | Sworn in | Left office | Comments |
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1 | ![]() | Solomon Juneau (1793–1856) | Democrat | 1846 | 1846 | |
2 | ![]() | Horatio Wells (1808–1858) | Democrat | 1847 | 1847 | |
3 | ![]() | Byron Kilbourn (1801–1870) | Democrat | 1848 | 1848 | |
4 | ![]() | Don A. J. Upham (1809–1877) | Democrat | 1849 | 1850 | |
5 | ![]() | George H. Walker (1811–1866) | Democrat | 1851 | 1851 | |
6 | ![]() | Hans Crocker (1815–1889) | Democrat | 1852 | 1852 | |
7 | ![]() | George H. Walker (1811–1866) | Democrat | 1853 | 1853 | His second, nonconsecutive term |
8 | ![]() | Byron Kilbourn (1801–1870) | Democrat | 1854 | 1854 | His second, nonconsecutive term |
9 | ![]() | James B. Cross (1819–1876) | Democrat | 1855 | 1857 | |
10 | ![]() | William A. Prentiss (1799–1892) | Republican | 1858 | 1859 | |
11 | ![]() | Herman L. Page (1818–1873) | Democrat | 1859 | 1859 | |
12 | ![]() | William Pitt Lynde (1817–1885) | Democrat | 1860 | 1860 | |
13 | ![]() | James S. Brown (1824–1878) | Democrat | 1861 | 1861 | Elected without opposition. Did not run for re-election. |
14 | ![]() | Horace Chase (1810–1886) | Democrat | 1862 | 1862 | |
15 | ![]() | Edward O'Neill (1820–1890) | Democrat | 1863 | 1863 | |
16 | ![]() | Abner Kirby (1818–1893) | Democrat | 1864 | 1864 | |
17 | ![]() | John J. Tallmadge (1818–1873) | Democrat | 1865 | 1866 | |
18 | ![]() | Edward O'Neill (1820–1890) | Democrat | 1867 | 1870 | His second, nonconsecutive term |
19 | ![]() | Joseph Phillips (1825–1906) | Democrat | 1870 | 1871 | |
20 | ![]() | Harrison Ludington (1812–1891) | Republican | 1871 | 1872 | |
21 | ![]() | David G. Hooker (1830–1888) | Democrat | 1872 | 1873 | |
22 | ![]() | Harrison Ludington (1812–1891) | Republican | 1873 | 1876 | His second, nonconsecutive term |
23 | ![]() | Ammi R. R. Butler (1821–1901) | Democrat | 1876 | 1878 | |
24 | ![]() | John Black (1830–1899) | Democrat | 1878 | 1880 | |
25 | ![]() | Thomas H. Brown (1839–1908) | Republican | 1880 | 1882 | |
26 | ![]() | John M. Stowell (1824–1907) | Democrat | 1882 | 1884 | |
27 | ![]() | Emil Wallber (1841–1923) | Republican | 1884 | 1888 | |
28 | ![]() | Thomas H. Brown (1839–1908) | Republican | 1888 | 1890 | His second, nonconsecutive term |
29 | ![]() | George W. Peck (1840–1916) | Democrat | 1890 | November 11, 1890 | Resigned to become Governor of Wisconsin |
30 | ![]() | Peter J. Somers (1850–1924) | Democrat | December 6, 1890 | June 5, 1893 | Resigned after being elected to the House of Representatives |
– | ![]() | Henry Hase (1847–1929) | June 5, 1893 | July 1, 1893 | Acting Mayor | |
31 | ![]() | John C. Koch (1841–1907) | Republican | 1893 | 1896 | |
32 | ![]() | William C. Rauschenberger (1855–1918) | Republican | 1896 | 1898 | |
33 | ![]() | David S. Rose (1856–1932) | Democrat | 1898 | 1906 | |
34 | ![]() | Sherburn M. Becker (1876–1949) | Republican | 1906 | 1908 | |
35 | ![]() | David S. Rose (1856–1932) | Democrat | 1908 | 1910 | His second, nonconsecutive term |
36 | ![]() | Emil Seidel (1864–1947) | Socialist | 1910 | 1912 | |
37 | ![]() | Gerhard A. Bading (1870–1946) | Republican-Democrat Fusion | 1912 | 1916 | |
38 | ![]() | Daniel Hoan (1881–1961) | Socialist | 1916 | April 16, 1940 | |
39 | ![]() | Carl Zeidler (1908–1942) | Democrat | April 16, 1940 | April 8, 1942 | Resigned to fight in World War II, in which he was killed |
40 | ![]() | John Bohn (1872–1955) | Nonpartisan | April 8, 1942 | April 20, 1948 | Interim mayor until being officially elected in 1944 |
41 | Frank Zeidler (1912–2006) | Socialist | April 20, 1948 | April 19, 1960 | ||
42 | ![]() | Henry Maier (1918–1994) | Democrat | April 19, 1960 | April 19, 1988 | |
43 | ![]() | John Norquist (born 1949) | Democrat | April 18, 1988 | January 1, 2004 | Resigned to head the Congress for the New Urbanism |
![]() | Marvin Pratt (born 1944) | Democrat | January 1, 2004 | April 20, 2004 | Acting mayor, first African American mayor of Milwaukee | |
44 | ![]() | Tom Barrett (born 1953) | Democrat | April 20, 2004 | December 22, 2021 | Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg |
45 | ![]() | Cavalier Johnson (born 1986) | Democrat | December 22, 2021 | present | First elected African American mayor of Milwaukee |
References
- ^ Jablonsky, Thomas J. "Non-Partisan Elections". Encyclopedia of Milwaukee. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
External links
- JS Online