List of mayors of Rockford, Illinois
This is a list of mayors of Rockford, Illinois, United States.
One-year terms: 1852–1881
- Willard Wheeler 1852–1853
- Hiram R. Maynard 1853–1854
- Ulysses M. Warner 1854–1855
- Edward Vaughn 1855–1856
- James L. Loop 1856–1857
- William Brown 1857–1858
- Seeley Perry 1858–1859
- Charles Williams 1859–1864
- Albert Fowler 1864–1866, 1867–1868
- Edward H. Baker 1866–1867, 1868–1869
- Seymour G. Bronson 1869–1873
- Gilbert Woodruff 1873–1875
- Robert H. Tinker 1875–1876
- Levi Rhoades 1876–1877
- Duncan Ferguson 1877–1878
- William Watson 1878–1879
- Sylvester B. Wilkins 1879–1881
Two-year terms: 1881–1937
- Samuel P. Crawford 1881–1883
- Alfred Taggart 1883–1887
- Horace C. Scovill 1887–1889
- John H. Sherratt 1889–1891
- Henry N. Starr 1891–1893
- Amasa Hutchins 1893–1895, 1901–1903
- Edward W. Brown 1895–1901
- Charles E. Jackson 1903–1907
- Mark Jardine 1907–1911
- William Bennett 1911–1917
- Robert Rew 1917–1921
- J. Herman Hallstrom 1921–1927, 1929–1933
- Burt M. Allen 1927–1929
- C. Henry Bloom 1933–1937
Four-year terms 1937–
Image | Mayor | Years | Notes |
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Charles F. Brown | 1937–1941 | ||
C. Henry Bloom | 1941–1953 | ||
Milton A. Lundstrom | 1953–1957 | ||
Benjamin T. Schleicher | 1957–1973 | ||
Robert McGaw | 1973–1981 | ||
John McNamara | 1981–1989 | ||
![]() | Charles Box | 1989–2001 | first African American mayor of Rockford[1] |
Douglas P. Scott | 2001–2005 | ||
![]() | Lawrence J. "Larry" Morrissey | 2005–2017 | |
![]() | Thomas McNamara | 2017–present |
Notes
- ^ "Black History Month 2017". Rockford Housing Authority. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
External links
- Haight Village History
- Office of the Mayor, City of Rockford, Illinois