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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.

Elections in Wisconsin
Federal government Presidential elections 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Presidential primaries Democratic 2000 2004 2008 2016 2020 2024 Republican 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 U.S. Senate elections Class 1 1848 1851 1857 1863 1869 1875 1881 1887 1893 1899 1905 1911 1916 1922 1925 sp 1928 1934 1940 1946 1952 1957 sp 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 2024 Class 3 1848 1849 1855 1861 1867 1872 1879 1881 sp 1885 1890 1891 1897 1903 1907 sp 1909 1914 1918 sp 1920 1926 1932 1938 1944 1950 1956 1962 1968 1974 1980 1982 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022 2028 U.S. House of Representatives elections 1848 1850 1852 1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1863 2nd sp 1864 1866 1868 1870 2nd sp 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 5th sp 1887 8th sp 1888 1890 1892 1893 4th sp 1894 7th sp 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 2nd sp 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 6th sp 11th sp 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 6th sp 1931 1st sp 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1941 1st sp 1942 1944 1946 1947 2nd sp 1948 1950 1952 1953 9th sp 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1969 7th sp 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1979 6th sp 1980 1982 1984 4th sp 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1st sp 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 7th sp 2022 2024 8th sp 2026
State government General elections 1995 2000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Gubernatorial elections 1848 1849 1851 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1863 1865 1867 1869 1871 1873 1875 1877 1879 1881 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 (recall) 2014 2018 2022 2026 Lieutenant Gubernatorial elections 1942 1968 2012 (recall) Secretary of State elections 1978 2014 2018 2022 2026 Attorney General elections 2014 2018 2022 Treasurer elections 2014 2022 Superintendent elections 2013 2017 2021 2025 State Senate elections 1934 1996 2008 2010 2011 (recall) 2012 (recall) 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 State Assembly elections 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Supreme Court elections 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2025
Ballot measures 2006 Referendum 1
Green Bay Mayoral elections 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Madison Mayoral elections 1997 sp 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Milwaukee Mayoral elections 1910 1912 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2022 sp 2024
Kenosha Mayoral elections 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
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List

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Sworn in	Left office	Comments
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

1. Jablonsky, Thomas J. "Non-Partisan Elections". Encyclopedia of Milwaukee. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

External links

• JS Online

• Mayors of Milwaukee
• Lists of mayors of places in Wisconsin
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