This is a list of mayors of Madison, Wisconsin.[1]
| President | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas W. Sutherland | 1846 | |
| Alexander L. Collins | 1847–1849 | |
| William N. Seymour | 1850 | |
| Simeon Mills | 1851 | |
| Chauncey Abbott | 1852 | |
| Horace A. Tenney | 1853 | |
| Simeon Mills | 1854 | |
| Peter Van Bergen | 1855 |
| Order | Mayor | Sworn In | Left Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jairus C. Fairchild | 1856 | 1856 | |
| 2 | Augustus A. Bird | 1857 | 1857 | |
| 3 | George Baldwin Smith | 1858 | 1860 | |
| 4 | Levi Baker Vilas | 1861 | 1861 | |
| 5 | William T. Leitch | 1860 | 1864 | |
| 6 | Elisha W. Keyes | 1865 | 1866 | |
| 7 | Alden Sprague Sanborn | 1867 | 1868 | |
| 8 | David Atwood | 1868 | 1868 | |
| 9 | Andrew Proudfit | 1869 | 1870 | |
| 10 | James Barton Bowen | 1871 | 1871 | |
| 11 | James L. Hill | 1872 | 1872 | |
| 12 | Jared Comstock Gregory | 1873 | 1873 | |
| 13 | Silas U. Pinney | 1874 | 1875 | |
| 14 | John N. Jones | 1876 | 1876 | |
| 15 | Harlow S. Orton | 1877 | 1877 | |
| 16 | George Baldwin Smith | 1878 | 1878 | |
| 17 | John R. Baltzell | 1879 | 1879 | |
| 18 | Philip L. Spooner, Jr. | 1880 | 1880 | |
| 19 | James Conklin | 1881 | 1883 | |
| 20 | Breese J. Stevens | 1884 | 1884 | |
| 21 | Hiram N. Moulton | 1885 | 1885 | |
| 22 | Elisha W. Keyes | 1886 | 1886 | |
| 23 | James Conklin | 1887 | 1887 | |
| 24 | Moses Ransom Doyon | 1888 | 1889 | |
| 25 | Robert McKee Bashford | 1890 | 1890 | |
| 26 | William H. Rogers | 1891 | 1892 | |
| 27 | John H. Corscot | 1893 | 1894 | |
| 28 | Jabe B. Alford | 1895 | 1895 | |
| 29 | Albert A. Dye | 1896 | 1896 | |
| 30 | Mathias J. Hoven | 1897 | 1897 | |
| 31 | Charles Elbert Whelan | 1898 | 1898 | |
| 32 | Mathias J. Hoven | 1899 | 1900 | |
| 33 | Storm Bull | 1901 | 1901 | |
| 34 | John W. Groves | 1902 | 1903 | |
| 35 | William Dexter Curtis (D.) | 1904 | 1905 | |
| 36 | Joseph C. Schubert (D.) | 1906 | 1911 | |
| 37 | John B. Heim (D.) | 1912 | 1913 | |
| 38 | Adolph H. Kayser | 1914 | 1915 | |
| 39 | George C. Sayle | 1916 | 1919 | |
| 40 | Isaac Milo Kittleson | 1920 | 1925 | |
| 41 | Albert G. Schmedeman | 1926 | 1932 | |
| 42 | James R. Law, Jr. | 1932 | December 1943 | |
| 43 | Fred Halsey Kraege | December 1943 | 1947 | |
| 44 | Leonard G. Howell | 1947 | 1950 | |
| 45 | George J. Forster | 1950 | April 1955 | |
| — | Alfred W. Bareis | April 1955 | 1956 Interim | |
| 46 | Ivan A. Nestingen (D.) | 1956 | 1961 | |
| — | Harold E. Hanson | 1961 | 1961 Interim | |
| 47 | Henry Edward Reynolds (R.) | 1961 | 1965 | |
| 48 | Otto Festge (D.) | April 1965 | April 1969 | |
| 49 | William Dyke (R.) | April 1969 | April 17, 1973 | |
| 50 | Paul Soglin (D.) | April 17, 1973 | April 17, 1979 | |
| 51 | Joel Skornicka (D.) | April 18, 1979 | April 17, 1983 | |
| 52 | F. Joseph Sensenbrenner Jr. (D.) | April 17, 1983 | April 18, 1989 | |
| 53 | Paul Soglin (D.) | April 18, 1989 | April 15, 1997 | |
| 54 | Susan J. M. Bauman (D.) | April 15, 1997 | April 22, 2003 | |
| 55 | Dave Cieslewicz (I.) | April 22, 2003 | April 19, 2011 | |
| 56 | Paul Soglin (D.) | April 19, 2011 | April 16, 2019 | |
| 57 | Satya Rhodes-Conway (D.) | April 16, 2019 | present |