List of mayors of Rockford, Illinois

This is a list of mayors of Rockford, Illinois, United States.

One-year terms: 1852–1881

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  • Willard Wheeler 1852–1853
  • Hiram R. Maynard 1853–1854
  • Ulysses M. Warner 1854–1855
  • Edward Vaughn 1855–1856
  • James L. Loop 1856–1857
  • William Brown 1857–1858
  • Seeley Perry 1858–1859
  • Charles Williams 1859–1864
  • Albert Fowler 1864–1866, 1867–1868
  • Edward H. Baker 1866–1867, 1868–1869
  • Seymour G. Bronson 1869–1873
  • Gilbert Woodruff 1873–1875
  • Robert H. Tinker 1875–1876
  • Levi Rhoades 1876–1877
  • Duncan Ferguson 1877–1878
  • William Watson 1878–1879
  • Sylvester B. Wilkins 1879–1881

Two-year terms: 1881–1937

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  • Samuel P. Crawford 1881–1883
  • Alfred Taggart 1883–1887
  • Horace C. Scovill 1887–1889
  • John H. Sherratt 1889–1891
  • Henry N. Starr 1891–1893
  • Amasa Hutchins 1893–1895, 1901–1903
  • Edward W. Brown 1895–1901
  • Charles E. Jackson 1903–1907
  • Mark Jardine 1907–1911
  • William Bennett 1911–1917
  • Robert Rew 1917–1921
  • J. Herman Hallstrom 1921–1927, 1929–1933
  • Burt M. Allen 1927–1929
  • C. Henry Bloom 1933–1937

Four-year terms 1937–

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Image Mayor Years Notes
Charles F. Brown 1937–1941
C. Henry Bloom 1941–1953
Milton A. Lundstrom 1953–1957
Benjamin T. Schleicher 1957–1973
Robert McGaw 1973–1981
John McNamara 1981–1989
Charles Box 1989–2001 first African American mayor of Rockford[1]
Douglas P. Scott 2001–2005
Lawrence J. "Larry" Morrissey 2005–2017
Thomas McNamara 2017–present

Notes

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  1. ^ "Black History Month 2017". Rockford Housing Authority. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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