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–present 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 Douglas P. Scott 2001–2005 Lawrence J. "Larry" Morrissey 2005–2017 Thomas McNamara 2017–2026Janessa Neal2026-presentActing mayor

See also Rockford history

References

External links Haight Village History Office of the Mayor, City of Rockford, Illinois