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List of mayors of Madison, Wisconsin

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This is a list of mayors of Madison, Wisconsin.[1]

Village presidents

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PresidentTenure
Thomas W. Sutherland1846
Alexander L. Collins1847–1849
William N. Seymour
(1808–1886)		1850
Simeon Mills1851
Chauncey Abbott1852
Horace A. Tenney1853
Simeon Mills1854
Peter Van Bergen
(1809–1879)		1855

Mayors

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No. Image Mayor Sworn In Left office
1 Jairus C. Fairchild18561856
2 Augustus A. Bird18571857
3 George Baldwin Smith18581860
4 Levi Baker Vilas18611861
5 William T. Leitch18621864
6 Elisha W. Keyes18651866
7 Alden Sprague Sanborn18671868
8 David Atwood18681868
9 Andrew Proudfit18691870
10 James Barton Bowen18711871
11 James L. Hill18721872
12 Jared Comstock Gregory18731873
13 Silas U. Pinney18741875
14 John N. Jones
(1817–1898)		18761876
15 Harlow S. Orton18771877
16 George Baldwin Smith18781878
17 John R. Baltzell18791879
18 Philip L. Spooner, Jr.18801880
19 James Conklin18811883
20 Breese J. Stevens18841884
21 Hiram N. Moulton18851885
22 Elisha W. Keyes18861886
23 James Conklin18871887
24 Moses Ransom Doyon18881889
25 Robert McKee Bashford18901890
26 William H. Rogers18911892
27 John H. Corscot18931894
28 Jabe B. Alford18951895
29 Albert A. Dye18961896
30 Mathias J. Hoven18971897
31 Charles Elbert Whelan18981898
32 Mathias J. Hoven18991900
33 Storm Bull19011901
34 John W. Groves19021903
35 William Dexter Curtis (D.)19041905
36 Joseph C. Schubert (D.)19061911
37 John B. Heim (D.)19121913
38 Adolph H. Kayser19141915
39 George C. Sayle
(1864–1951)		19161919
40 Isaac Milo Kittleson19201925
41 Albert G. Schmedeman19261932
42 James R. Law, Jr.1932December 1943
43 Fred Halsey KraegeDecember 1943September 15, 1947[a]
44 Leonard G. Howell (City Manager)
(1894–1980)		September 15, 1947July 31, 1950
45 George J. ForsterAugust 1, 1950April 1955[b]
— Alfred W. BareisApril 19551956 Interim
46 Ivan A. Nestingen (D.)19561961
— Harold E. Hanson19611961 Interim
47 Henry Edward Reynolds (R.)19611965
48 Otto Festge (D.)
(1921–2007)		April 1965April 1969
49 William Dyke (R.)April 1969April 17, 1973
50 Paul Soglin (D.)April 17, 1973April 17, 1979
51 Joel Skornicka (D.)April 18, 1979April 17, 1983
52 F. Joseph Sensenbrenner Jr. (D.)April 17, 1983April 18, 1989
53 Paul Soglin (D.)April 18, 1989April 15, 1997
54 Susan J. M. Bauman (D.)April 15, 1997April 22, 2003
55 Dave Cieslewicz (I.)April 22, 2003April 19, 2011
56 Paul Soglin (D.)April 19, 2011April 16, 2019
57 Satya Rhodes-Conway (D.)April 16, 2019present
  1. ↑ In a November 1946 referendum, Madison switched to a City Manager form of government, effective after the following April election. On April 15th 1947 Kraege was appointed Acting City Manager[2] until the appointment of a permanent city manager.[3][4]
  2. ↑ Forster was appointed Acting City Manager after Howell resigned to become the city manager of Des Moines, Iowa.[5][6] A November 1950 referendum returned Madison to a Mayor-Aldermanic form of government, and Forster was elected Mayor in the spring election and took office on April 17th 1951[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "HMI template".
  2. ↑ Pyre, Russell (April 15, 1947). "Acting Manager Post Given to Kraege, 5-2". Wisconsin State Journal – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Matheson, Helen (August 6, 1947). "Council Picks Howell for Manager of City". Wisconsin State Journal – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "City Manager Ceremony Set for Monday". Wisconsin State Journal. September 11, 1947 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Pyre, Russel (June 21, 1950). "Forster Acting City Manager". Wisconsin State Journal – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Forster Is Briefed on City's Problems". Wisconsin State Journal. July 18, 1950 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Pyre, Russell (April 4, 1951). "Forster Elected Mayor by Over 3-1" – via Newspapers.com.
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