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
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!!!Portrait!!Mayor!!Party!!Sworn in!!Left office!!Comments
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|1
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|Solomon Juneau<br />
|Democrat
|1846
|1846
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|2
|100px
|Horatio Wells<br />
|Democrat
|1847
|1847
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|3
|100px
|Byron Kilbourn<br />
|Democrat
|1848
|1848
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|4
|100px
|Don A. J. Upham<br />
|Democrat
|1849
|1850
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|5
|100px
|George H. Walker<br />
|Democrat
|1851
|1851
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|6
|100px
|Hans Crocker<br />
|Democrat
|1852
|1852
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|7
|100px
|George H. Walker<br />
|Democrat
|1853
|1853
|His second, nonconsecutive term
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|8
|100px
|Byron Kilbourn<br />
|Democrat
|1854
|1854
|His second, nonconsecutive term
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|9
|100px
|James B. Cross<br />
|Democrat
|1855
|1857
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|10
|100px
|William A. Prentiss<br />
|Republican
|1858
|1859
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|11
|100px
|Herman L. Page<br />
|Democrat
|1859
|1859
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|12
|100px
|William Pitt Lynde<br />
|Democrat
|1860
|1860
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|13
|100px
|James S. Brown<br />
|Democrat
|1861
|1861
|Elected without opposition.<br />Did not run for re-election.
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|14
|100px
|Horace Chase<br />
|Democrat
|1862
|1862
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|15
|100px
|Edward O'Neill<br />
|Democrat
|1863
|1863
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|16
|100px
|Abner Kirby<br />
|Democrat
|1864
|1864
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|17
|100px
|John J. Tallmadge<br />
|Democrat
|1865
|1866
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|18
|100px
|Edward O'Neill<br />
|Democrat
|1867
|1870
|His second, nonconsecutive term
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|19
|100px
|Joseph Phillips<br />
|Democrat
|1870
|1871
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|20
|100px
|Harrison Ludington<br />
|Republican
|1871
|1872
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|21
|100px
|David G. Hooker<br />
|Democrat
|1872
|1873
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|22
|100px
|Harrison Ludington<br />
|Republican
|1873
|1876
|His second, nonconsecutive term
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|23
|100px
|Ammi R. R. Butler<br />
|Democrat
|1876
|1878
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|24
|100px
|John Black<br />
|Democrat
|1878
|1880
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|25
|100px
|Thomas H. Brown<br />
|Republican
|1880
|1882
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|26
|100px
|John M. Stowell<br />
|Democrat
|1882
|1884
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|27
|100px
|Emil Wallber<br />
|Republican
|1884
|1888
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|28
|100px
|Thomas H. Brown<br />
|Republican
|1888
|1890
|His second, nonconsecutive term
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|29
|100px
|George W. Peck<br />
|Democrat
|1890
|November 11, 1890
|Resigned to become Governor of Wisconsin
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|30
|100px
|Peter J. Somers<br />
|Democrat
|December 6, 1890
|June 5, 1893
|Resigned after being elected to the House of Representatives
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|100px
|Henry Hase<br />
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|June 5, 1893
|July 1, 1893
|Acting Mayor
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|31
|100px
|John C. Koch<br />
|Republican
|1893
|1896
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|32
|100px
|William C. Rauschenberger<br />
|Republican
|1896
|1898
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|33
|100px
|David S. Rose<br />
|Democrat
|1898
|1906
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|34
|100px
|Sherburn M. Becker<br />
|Republican
|1906
|1908
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|35
|100px
|David S. Rose<br />
|Democrat
|1908
|1910
|His second, nonconsecutive term
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|36
|100px
|Emil Seidel<br />
|Socialist
|1910
|1912
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|37
|100px
|Gerhard A. Bading<br />
|Republican-Democrat Fusion
|1912
|1916
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|38
|100px
|Daniel Hoan<br />
|Socialist
|1916
|April 16, 1940
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|39
|100px
|Carl Zeidler<br />
|Democrat
|April 16, 1940
|April 8, 1942
|Resigned to fight in World War II, in which he was killed
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|40
|100px
|John Bohn<br />
|Nonpartisan
|April 8, 1942
|April 20, 1948
|Interim mayor until being officially elected in 1944
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|41
|100px
|Frank Zeidler<br />
|Socialist
|April 20, 1948
|April 19, 1960
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|42
|100px
|Henry Maier<br />
|Democrat
|April 19, 1960
|April 19, 1988
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|43
|100px
|John Norquist<br />
|Democrat
|April 18, 1988
|January 1, 2004
|Resigned to head the Congress for the New Urbanism
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| 100px
|Marvin Pratt<br />
|Democrat
|January 1, 2004
|April 20, 2004
|Acting mayor, first African American mayor of Milwaukee
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|44
|100px
|Tom Barrett<br />
|Democrat
|April 20, 2004
|December 22, 2021
|Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg
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|45
|100px
|Cavalier Johnson<br />
|Democrat
|December 22, 2021
|present
|First elected African American mayor of Milwaukee
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References
External links
- JS Online