List of mayors of Milwaukee

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Elections in Wisconsin sidebar

List

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Sworn in	Left office	Comments
1	File:Solomon Juneau painting.jpg	Solomon Juneau Template:Small	Democrat	1846	1846
2	File:No image.svg	Horatio Wells Template:Small	Democrat	1847	1847
3	File:Byron Kilbourn photo.jpg	Byron Kilbourn Template:Small	Democrat	1848	1848
4	File:Upham DAJ.png	Don A. J. Upham Template:Small	Democrat	1849	1850
5	File:George H. Walker.jpg	George H. Walker Template:Small	Democrat	1851	1851
6	File:No image.svg	Hans Crocker Template:Small	Democrat	1852	1852
7	File:George H. Walker.jpg	George H. Walker Template:Small	Democrat	1853	1853	His second, nonconsecutive term
8	File:Byron Kilbourn photo.jpg	Byron Kilbourn Template:Small	Democrat	1854	1854	His second, nonconsecutive term
9	File:James B. Cross.jpg	James B. Cross Template:Small	Democrat	1855	1857
10	File:William A. Prentiss.jpg	William A. Prentiss Template:Small	Republican	1858	1859
11	File:No image.svg	Herman L. Page Template:Small	Democrat	1859	1859
12	File:William Pitt Lynde (Wisconsin Congressman).jpg	William Pitt Lynde Template:Small	Democrat	1860	1860
13	File:James Sproat Brown.png	James S. Brown Template:Small	Democrat	1861	1861	Elected without opposition. Did not run for re-election.
14	File:Horace Chase.png	Horace Chase Template:Small	Democrat	1862	1862
15	File:Wisconsin politician Edward O'Neill.png	Edward O'Neill Template:Small	Democrat	1863	1863
16	File:Abner Kirby.png	Abner Kirby Template:Small	Democrat	1864	1864
17	File:Tallmadge John James 1865.png	John J. Tallmadge Template:Small	Democrat	1865	1866
18	File:Wisconsin politician Edward O'Neill.png	Edward O'Neill Template:Small	Democrat	1867	1870	His second, nonconsecutive term
19	File:No image.svg	Joseph Phillips Template:Small	Democrat	1870	1871
20	File:Harrison Ludington.jpg	Harrison Ludington Template:Small	Republican	1871	1872
21	File:No image.svg	David G. Hooker Template:Small	Democrat	1872	1873
22	File:Harrison Ludington.jpg	Harrison Ludington Template:Small	Republican	1873	1876	His second, nonconsecutive term
23	File:A. R. R. Butler.png	Ammi R. R. Butler Template:Small	Democrat	1876	1878
24	File:John Black (Milwaukee).png	John Black Template:Small	Democrat	1878	1880
25	File:Thomas H. Brown.png	Thomas H. Brown Template:Small	Republican	1880	1882
26	File:No image.svg	John M. Stowell Template:Small	Democrat	1882	1884
27	File:Emil Wallber.png	Emil Wallber Template:Small	Republican	1884	1888
28	File:Thomas H. Brown.png	Thomas H. Brown Template:Small	Republican	1888	1890	His second, nonconsecutive term
29	File:George W. Peck.jpg	George W. Peck Template:Small	Democrat	1890	November 11, 1890	Resigned to become Governor of Wisconsin
30	File:PeterJSomers.jpg	Peter J. Somers Template:Small	Democrat	December 6, 1890	June 5, 1893	Resigned after being elected to the House of Representatives
–	File:No image.svg	Henry Hase Template:Small		June 5, 1893	July 1, 1893	Acting Mayor
31	File:John C. Koch (1841–1907).png	John C. Koch Template:Small	Republican	1893	1896
32	File:No image.svg	William C. Rauschenberger Template:Small	Republican	1896	1898
33	File:David S. Rose.png	David S. Rose Template:Small	Democrat	1898	1906
34	File:Sherburn Merrill Becker (November 13, 1876 – February 5, 1949) in 1918.jpg	Sherburn M. Becker Template:Small	Republican	1906	1908
35	File:David S. Rose.png	David S. Rose Template:Small	Democrat	1908	1910	His second, nonconsecutive term
36	File:Seidell-Emil-1910.jpg	Emil Seidel Template:Small	Socialist	1910	1912
37	File:Bading 5285929306 496a236157 o.jpg	Gerhard A. Bading Template:Small	Republican-Democrat Fusion	1912	1916
38	File:Daniel Hoan.png	Daniel Hoan Template:Small	Socialist	1916	April 16, 1940
39	File:Carl Zeidler circa 1940.jpg	Carl Zeidler Template:Small	Democrat	April 16, 1940	April 8, 1942	Resigned to fight in World War II, in which he was killed
40	File:7559fa466c 533px Politics 14 MCHS 01721.jpg	John Bohn Template:Small	Nonpartisan	April 8, 1942	April 20, 1948	Interim mayor until being officially elected in 1944
41	File:Mayor Frank Zeidler 1956.jpg	Frank Zeidler Template:Small	Socialist	April 20, 1948	April 19, 1960
42	File:Henry Maier (12932052063) (3).jpg	Henry Maier Template:Small	Democrat	April 19, 1960	April 19, 1988
43	File:John Norquist 2008 (1).jpg	John Norquist Template:Small	Democrat	April 18, 1988	January 1, 2004	Resigned to head the Congress for the New Urbanism
	File:Marvin Pratt (February 3, 2017).jpg	Marvin Pratt Template:Small	Democrat	January 1, 2004	April 20, 2004	Acting mayor, first African American mayor of Milwaukee
44	File:Tom Barrett (politician) (1).jpg	Tom Barrett Template:Small	Democrat	April 20, 2004	December 22, 2021	Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg
45	File:Cavalier Johnson 2022 (cropped).jpg	Cavalier Johnson Template:Small	Democrat	December 22, 2021	present	First elected African American mayor of Milwaukee

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