List of mayors of Rockford, Illinois explained

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

One-year terms: 1852–1881

• 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

• 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–

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
		1989–2001	first African American mayor of Rockford^[1]
	Douglas P. Scott	2001–2005
	Lawrence J. "Larry" Morrissey	2005–2017
	Thomas McNamara	2017–present

External links

• Haight Village History
• Office of the Mayor, City of Rockford, Illinois

Notes and References

1. Web site: Black History Month 2017. Rockford Housing Authority. 17 February 2017. 12 September 2019.