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List of mayors of Rock Island, Illinois
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The office of Mayor of Rock Island, Illinois has existed since the Rock Island's incorporation in 1841 with Benjamin Barrett serving as the city's first mayor. Rock Island adopted a Mayor-Council form of government. It held that form of government for the next 110 years when in 1952 the city adopted a new popular form of city government, the council-manager form. Carl F. Bauer was elected as the first mayor under this form in 1953. This form of government still elected a mayor but the mayor is nothing more than a figurehead whereas the true power lay in the hands of the City Council and City Manager.
The Rock Island mayoralty is a ceremonial position that is often used as a stepping stone for higher political office. Most of Rock Island's mayors did not go far past the mayoralty but a few did, mostly running for State Representative, State Senator, and U.S. Congress. Rock Island held partisan elections throughout much of its history. For a brief time from 1911 to 1923, Rock Island's mayor served as a non-partisan mayor; then again in 1923 the City went back to partisan elections. The Republican Party has dominated the mayoralty, the city had more Republican mayors than Democratic mayors. In 1953 when the city adopted the Council-Manager form of government the city once again went to non-partisan elections and it continues to this day.
In 1984 a referendum appeared on the city ballot asking whether voters wanted to adopt partisan elections or continue with non-partisan elections, the referendum was defeated by an overwhelming margin.
Rock Island mayors
Rock Island's mayors since the city's first mayoral election in 1849:
| # | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Barrett | Whig Party (United States)}} | Whig | |||||
| 2 | 100px | Joshua Hatch | Whig Party (United States)}} | Whig | ||||
| 3 | Patrick Whitaker | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 4 | William Frizzell | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 5 | [[File:Benjamin harper-illinois-1902.png | 100px]] | Ben Harper | |||||
| (1817–1887; aged 70) | Whig Party (United States)}} | Whig | ||||||
| 6 | Benjamin Barrett | Whig Party (United States)}} | Whig | |||||
| 7 | William Bailey | Whig Party (United States)}} | Whig | |||||
| 8 | Patrick Gregg | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 9 | Thomas Bulford | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 10 | Calvin Truesdale | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 11 | Bailey Davenport | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 12 | Calvin Truesdale | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 13 | Benjamin H. Kimball | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 14 | William Eggleston | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 15 | Thomas Murdock | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 16 | James Buford | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 17 | Porter Skinner | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 18 | Elijah Carter | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 19 | Thomas Murdock | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 20 | Bailey Davenport | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 21 | Thomas Galt | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 22 | Bailey Davenport | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 23 | William Butler | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 24 | Elisha Reynolds | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 25 | Henry Carse | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 26 | James Z. Mott | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 27 | Thomas Murdock | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 28 | Virgil M. Blanding | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 29 | [[File:Mayor William McConochie, 1915.jpg | 100px]] | William McConochie | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||
| 30 | Thomas J. Medill, Jr. | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 31 | B. Frank Knox | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 32 | Thomas J. Medill, Jr. | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 33 | [[File:Mayor William McConochie, 1915.jpg | 100px]] | William McConochie | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||
| 34 | B. Frank Knox | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 35 | [[File:Mayor William McConochie, 1915.jpg | 100px]] | William McConochie | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||
| 36 | George W. McCaskrin | Independent politician}} | Independent Party | |||||
| 37 | Harry C. Schaffer | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 38 | George W. McCaskrin | Independent politician}} | Independent Party | |||||
| 39 | Harry M. Shriver | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 40 | [[File:Mayor William McConochie, 1915.jpg | 100px]] | William McConochie | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||
| 41 | Harry M. Shriver | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 42 | Walter A. Rosenfield | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 43 | [[File:Chester C. Thompson (Illinois Congressman).jpg | 100px]] | Chester C. Thompson | |||||
| (1893–1971; aged 77) | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | ||||||
| 44 | Clarence Hodson | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 45 | Herman Brown | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 46 | John Graham | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 47 | Charles Johnson | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 48 | John Bengston | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 49 | Robert P. Galbraith | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 50 | Melvin McKay | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 51 | Carl F. Bauer | Independent politician}} | Nonpartisan | |||||
| 52 | Warren Yerger | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 53 | Morris E. Muhleman | |||||||
| (1915–1998; aged 83) | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | ||||||
| 54 | James H. Haymaker | Independent politician}} | Nonpartisan | |||||
| 55 | [[File:Alan A. Campbell, mayor of Rock Island Illinois.png | 100px]] | Alan A. Campbell | Independent politician}} | Nonpartisan | |||
| 56 | [[File:Martin H. Galex, mayor of Rock Island.png | 100px]] | Martin Galex | Independent politician}} | Nonpartisan | |||
| 57 | [[File:James R. Davis, mayor of Rock Island.png | 100px]] | James R. Davis | Independent politician}} | Nonpartisan | |||
| 58 | Robert Millett | Republican Party (United States)}} | Republican | |||||
| 59 | Mark Schwiebert | |||||||
| (born in 1950; age ) | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | ||||||
| 60 | Dennis E. Pauley | Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic | |||||
| 61 | Mike Thoms | |||||||
| (born in 1958; age {{Age | 1958 | }}) | Republican Party (United States)}} | |||||
| 62 | Ashley Harris | |||||||
| (born in 1980; age {{Age | 1980 | }}) | Present | Democratic Party (United States)}} |
References
References
- (February 9, 1978). "Mayor Campbell, 36, Dies". [[The Rock Island Argus]].
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