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List of mayors of Milwaukee

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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.

List

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Sworn in
1	[[File:Solomon Juneau painting.jpg	100px]]	Solomon Juneau
(1793–1856)	Democrat	1846	1846
2	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]	Horatio Wells
(1808–1858)	Democrat	1847	1847
3	[[File:Byron Kilbourn photo.jpg	100px]]	Byron Kilbourn
(1801–1870)	Democrat	1848	1848
4	[[File:Upham DAJ.png	100px]]	Don A. J. Upham
(1809–1877)	Democrat	1849	1850
5	[[File:George H. Walker.jpg	100px]]	George H. Walker
(1811–1866)	Democrat	1851	1851
6	[[File:Hans Crocker.jpg	100px]]	Hans Crocker
(1815–1889)	Democrat	1852	1852
7	[[File:George H. Walker.jpg	100px]]	George H. Walker
(1811–1866)	Democrat	1853	1853	His second, nonconsecutive term
8	[[File:Byron Kilbourn photo.jpg	100px]]	Byron Kilbourn
(1801–1870)	Democrat	1854	1854	His second, nonconsecutive term
9	[[File:James B. Cross.jpg	100px]]	James B. Cross
(1819–1876)	Democrat	1855	1857
10	[[File:William A. Prentiss.jpg	100px]]	William A. Prentiss
(1799–1892)	Republican	1858	1859
11	[[File:Herman L. Page.jpg	100px]]	Herman L. Page
(1818–1873)	Democrat	1859	1859
12	[[File:William Pitt Lynde (Wisconsin Congressman).jpg	100px]]	William Pitt Lynde
(1817–1885)	Democrat	1860	1860
13	[[File:James Sproat Brown.png	100px]]	James S. Brown
(1824–1878)	Democrat	1861	1861	Elected without opposition.
Did not run for re-election.
14	[[File:Horace Chase.png	100px]]	Horace Chase
(1810–1886)	Democrat	1862	1862
15	[[File:Wisconsin politician Edward O'Neill.png	100px]]	Edward O'Neill
(1820–1890)	Democrat	1863	1863
16	[[File:Abner Kirby.png	100px]]	Abner Kirby
(1818–1893)	Democrat	1864	1864
17	[[File:Tallmadge John James 1865.png	100px]]	John J. Tallmadge
(1818–1873)	Democrat	1865	1866
18	[[File:Wisconsin politician Edward O'Neill.png	100px]]	Edward O'Neill
(1820–1890)	Democrat	1867	1870	His second, nonconsecutive term
19	[[File:Joseph Phillips (Wisconsin politician).jpg	100px]]	Joseph Phillips
(1825–1906)	Democrat	1870	1871
20	[[File:Harrison Ludington.jpg	100px]]	Harrison Ludington
(1812–1891)	Republican	1871	1872
21	[[File:David G. Hooker.jpg	100px]]	David G. Hooker
(1830–1888)	Democrat	1872	1873
22	[[File:Harrison Ludington.jpg	100px]]	Harrison Ludington
(1812–1891)	Republican	1873	1876	His second, nonconsecutive term
23	[[File:A. R. R. Butler.png	100px]]	Ammi R. R. Butler
(1821–1901)	Democrat	1876	1878
24	[[File:John Black (Milwaukee).png	100px]]	John Black
(1830–1899)	Democrat	1878	1880
25	[[File:Thomas H. Brown.png	100px]]	Thomas H. Brown
(1839–1908)	Republican	1880	1882
26	[[File:John M. Stowell.jpg	100px]]	John M. Stowell
(1824–1907)	Democrat	1882	1884
27	[[File:Emil Wallber.png	100px]]	Emil Wallber
(1841–1923)	Republican	1884	1888
28	[[File:Thomas H. Brown.png	100px]]	Thomas H. Brown
(1839–1908)	Republican	1888	1890	His second, nonconsecutive term
29	[[File:George W. Peck.jpg	100px]]	George W. Peck
(1840–1916)	Democrat	1890	November 11, 1890	Resigned to become Governor of Wisconsin
30	[[File:PeterJSomers.jpg	100px]]	Peter J. Somers
(1850–1924)	Democrat	December 6, 1890	June 5, 1893	Resigned after being elected to the House of Representatives
–	[[File:Henry Hase.png	100px]]	Henry Hase
(1847–1929)		June 5, 1893	July 1, 1893	Acting Mayor
31	[[File:John C. Koch (1841–1907).png	100px]]	John C. Koch
(1841–1907)	Republican	1893	1896
32	[[File:William G. Rauschenberger.jpg	100px]]	William C. Rauschenberger
(1855–1918)	Republican	1896	1898
33	[[File:David S. Rose.png	100px]]	David S. Rose
(1856–1932)	Democrat	1898	1906
34	[[File:Sherburn Merrill Becker (November 13, 1876 – February 5, 1949) in 1918.jpg	100px]]	Sherburn M. Becker
(1876–1949)	Republican	1906	1908
35	[[File:David S. Rose.png	100px]]	David S. Rose
(1856–1932)	Democrat	1908	1910	His second, nonconsecutive term
36	[[File:Seidell-Emil-1910.jpg	100px]]	Emil Seidel
(1864–1947)	Socialist	1910	1912
37	[[File:Bading 5285929306 496a236157 o.jpg	100px]]	Gerhard A. Bading
(1870–1946)	Republican-Democrat Fusion	1912	1916
38	[[File:Daniel Hoan.png	100px]]	Daniel Hoan
(1881–1961)	Socialist	1916	April 16, 1940
39	[[File:Carl Zeidler circa 1940.jpg	100px]]	Carl Zeidler
(1908–1942)	Democrat	April 16, 1940	April 8, 1942	Resigned to fight in World War II, in which he was killed
40	[[File:John Bohn (Milwaukee mayor) portrait (01721).jpg	100px]]	John Bohn
(1872–1955)	Nonpartisan	April 8, 1942	April 20, 1948	Interim mayor until being officially elected in 1944
41	[[File:Frank Zeidler circa 1961 B&W.jpg	100px]]	Frank Zeidler
(1912–2006)	Socialist	April 20, 1948	April 19, 1960
42	[[File:Henry Maier Wisconsin state portrait photograph, circa 1958.jpg	100px]]	Henry Maier
(1918–1994)	Democrat	April 19, 1960	April 19, 1988
43	[[File:John Norquist 2008 (1).jpg	100px]]	John Norquist
(born 1949)	Democrat	April 18, 1988	January 1, 2004	Resigned to head the Congress for the New Urbanism
	[[File:Marvin Pratt (February 3, 2017).jpg	100px]]	Marvin Pratt
(born 1944)	Democrat	January 1, 2004	April 20, 2004	Acting mayor, first African American mayor of Milwaukee
44	[[File:Tom Barrett (politician) (1).jpg	100px]]	Tom Barrett
(born 1953)	Democrat	April 20, 2004	December 22, 2021	Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg
45	[[File:Cavalier Johnson 2022 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Cavalier Johnson
(born 1986)	Democrat	December 22, 2021	present	First elected African American mayor of Milwaukee

References

Jablonsky, Thomas J.. "Non-Partisan Elections".

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