This is a list of people who have served as the mayor of the city of Racine, Wisconsin. A total of fifty-three individuals have served as the city's mayor, six of whom served multiple nonconsecutive terms that are counted separately. As a result, the city's current mayor, Dennis Wiser, is the 59th mayor in the city's history.
List
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Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reuben M. Norton (1796–1884) [4] |
1848 | 1849 | 1 (1848) | ||
| 2 | Henry Bryan (1792–1868) [5] |
1849 | 1850 | 2 (1849) | ||
| 3 | Eli R. Cooley (1813–1878) [6] |
1850 | 1851 | 3 (1850) | ||
| 4 | William H. Waterman (1813–1867) |
1851 | 1852 | 4 (1851) | ||
| 5 | William T. Richmond (1822–unknown) [1] |
1852 | 1853 | 5 (1852) | ||
| 6 | David McDonald (1807–unknown) [1] |
1853 | 1855 | 6 (1853) | ||
| 7 (1854) | ||||||
| 7 | George Wustum (1815–1892) [7] |
1855 | 1856 | 8 (1855) | ||
| 8 | Jerome Case (1819–1891) |
1856 | 1857 | Republican | 9 (1856) | |
| 9 | John W. Cary (1817–1895) |
1857 | 1858 | Democrat | 10 (1857) | |
| 10 | Jerome Case (1819–1891) |
1858 | 1859 | Republican | 11 (1858) | |
| 11 | W. W. Vaughan (1813–1879) [1] |
1859 | 1860 | 12 (1859) | ||
| 12 | Jerome Case (1819–1891) |
1860 | 1861 | Republican | 13 (1860) | |
| 13 | George C. Northrop (1819–1874) [1] |
1861 | 1862 | 14 (1861) | ||
| 14 | Alvin Raymond (1809–1893) [1] |
1862 | 1863 | 15 (1862) | ||
| 15 | George C. Northrop (1819–1874) [1] |
1863 | 1864 | 16 (1863) | ||
| 16 | Thomas Falvey (1828–1875) |
1864 | 1865 | Democrat | 17 (1864) | |
| 17 | John W. Hart [1] |
1865 | 1866 | 18 (1865) | ||
| 18 | George A. Thompson (1823–1900) [1] |
1866 | 1869 | 19 (1866) | ||
| 20 (1867) | ||||||
| 21 (1868) | ||||||
| 19 | Massena B. Erskine (1819-1894) [8] |
1869 | 1872 | 22 (1869) | ||
| 23 (1870) | ||||||
| 24 (1871) | ||||||
| 20 | Reuben G. Doud (1830-1877) |
1872 | 1874 | Republican | 25 (1872) | |
| 26 (1873) | ||||||
| 21 | Robert Hall Baker (1839–1882) |
1874 | 1875 | Republican | 27 (1874) | |
| 22 | Reuben G. Doud (1830-1877) |
1875 | 1876 | Republican | 28 (1875) | |
| 23 | John G. Meachem (1823-1896) [9] |
1876 | 1879 | 29 (1876) | ||
| 30 (1877) | ||||||
| 31 (1878) | ||||||
| 24 | Ernst J. Hueffner (1838–1922) |
1879 | 1880 | 32 (1879) | ||
| 25 | Massena B. Erskine (1819-1894) [10] |
1880 | 1881 | 33 (1880) | ||
| 24 | William P. Packard (1838–1899) |
1881 | 1883 | Democrat | 34 (1881) | |
| 35 (1882) | ||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Mayors of Racine, Wisconsin", The Political Graveyard.
- ^ Stone, Fanny. "History of Racine, Wisconsin", Racine, Belle City of the Lakes, 1916.
- ^ The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin, Western Historical Company, 1879.
- ^ "Reuben M. Norton, the first mayor of the city of Racine", Racine Journal Times, April 23, 1934.
- ^ Whitman, Mary. "Community newsletter: Racine's past remains a part", Racine Journal Times, June 2, 2001.
- ^ Anderson, Peggy. "Around Town: It's all about women this week", Racine Journal Times, February 5, 2001.
- ^ Leach, Eugene Walter. History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Racine, Wisconsin, Western Printing Co., 1912.
- ^ "Massena Berthier Erskine (1819-1894)", The Strangest Names In American Political History, July 13, 2014.
- ^ Transactions for the Year 1896, State Medical Society of Wisconsin.
- ^ "Massena Berthier Erskine (1819-1894)", The Strangest Names In American Political History, July 13, 2014.