This is a list of mayors of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA. was originally incorporated as a village in 1847 before Wisconsin statehood. was re-incorporated as a city in 1852. In 1915, switched to a city commission form of government with a mayor and two at-large commissioners. The office of mayor was abolished in 1958 when adopted the council–manager form of government.

Village presidents (1848–1852) Order President Term start Term end Notes 1 Mason C. Darling 1847 1848 Elected March 1, 1847. 2 George McWilliams 1848 1849 3 John Bannister 1849 1851 No election was held in 1850. 4 Isaac Brown 1851 1852 5 D. R. Curran 1852 1853

Mayors with 1-year term (1852–1911)

Unless otherwise indicated, Wisconsin's mayoral elections have always taken place on the first Tuesday of April, with inauguration following within two weeks.

Order Mayor Term start Term end Notes 1 Mason C. Darling 1852 1853 Elected April 6, 1852 2 George McWilliams 1853 1854 3 Isaac Brown 1854 1855 4 Mason C. Darling 1855 1856 5 Dexter E. Hoskins 1856 1857 6 Isaac S. Sherwood 1857 1858 7 John Bannister 1858 1859 8 John Potter 1859 1860 9 Edwin H. Galloway 1860 1861 10 Jared M. Taylor 1861 1862 11 A. D. Bonesteel 1862 1864 12 Jared M. Taylor 1864 1865 Died October 1865. - William Hiner 1865 1866 Interim mayor. 13 James Sawyer 1866 1867 14 William Hiner 1867 1868 15 C. J. L. Meyer 1868 1869 16 John Nichols 1869 1870 17 T. J. Patchin 1870 1871 18 E. N. Foster 1871 1873 19 Alexander McDonald 1873 1874 20 Harrison H. Dodd 1874 1875 21 George W. Lusk 1875 1877 22 C. A. Galloway 1877 1878 23 Orin Hatch 1878 1879 24 Samuel S. Bowers 1879 1882 25 Thomas F. Mayham 1882 1885 26 John Hughes 1885 1886 27 Thomas F. Mayham 1886 1887 28 Charles R. Harrison 1887 1888 29 Alexander McDonald 1888 1889 30 Benjamin F. Sweet 1889 1891 31 Thomas F. Mayham 1891 1892 Fifth term. 32 Samuel S. Bowers 1892 1893 33 Thomas F. Mayham 1893 1895 34 E. E. Atkins 1895 1896 35 Benjamin F. Sweet 1896 1897 36 L. A. Ehrhart 1897 1898 37 Thomas F. Mayham 1898 1899 First eight-term mayor. 38 Frank B. Hoskins 1899 1902 39 L. A. Bishop 1902 1904 40 John Hughes 1904 1906 41 T. L. Doyle 1906 1908 42 Edward W. Clark 1908 1911

Mayors with 2-year term (1911–1958) In 1911, Fond du Lac adopted two-year terms for mayors. In 1915, they embraced the city commission form of government with a mayor and two at-large commissioners.

Order Mayor Term start Term end Notes 43 Frank J. Wolff 1911 1915 44 Robert Haentze 1915 1916 Elected 1915.Died May 5, 1916. - Louis P. Peek 1916 1917 Interim mayor 45 John P. Hohensee 1917 1921 46 Richard D. Haentze 1921 1927 47 George W. Watson 1927 1933 48 A. J. Rosenthal 1933 1939 49 Leo J. Promen 1939 1945 50 Edwin F. Weis 1945 1957 51 Victor P. Capelle 1957 1958

City managers (1958–present) In 1957, Fond du Lac voters elected to switch to a council–manager form of government, abolishing the office of mayor.

Order Mayor Term start Term end Notes 1 Robert H. McManus 1958 1965 Elected by city council August 15, 1958.Resigned November 19, 1965. - Elmer Bray 1965 1966 Acting manager. 2 Henry B. Buslee 1966 1967 Elected by city council February 1966.Took office March 1, 1966.Resigned September 1967. 3 Myron J. Medin Jr. 1967 1983 Elected by city council September 1967.Resigned September 1983. 4 Dan Thompson 1983 1989 Acting manager from September 1983.Elected by city council December 1983.Resigned March 10, 1989. - Bill Roemer 1989 1989 Acting manager. 5 Jack Howley 1989 1994 Elected by city council June 1989. Took office August 14, 1989.Asked to resign by city council September 1994. - Tom W. Ahrens 1994 1995 Acting manager. 6 Stephen T. Nenonen 1995 2003 Elected by city council March 1995.Took office June 1995.Retired December 2003. 7 Tom W. Ahrens 2003 2005 Acting manager until January 2005.Resigned April 27, 2005. - Wayne Rollin 2005 2005 Acting manager. 8 Tom Herre 2005 2012 Elected by city council July 13, 2005.Took office August 2005.Retired August 2012. 9 Joseph P. Moore 2012 Current Elected by city council June 2012.Took office September 2012.

City council presidents Rick Gudex, ca.2012 Karyn Merkel, 2017-2019 Brian Kolstad, 2019-2020 Kay Miller, 2020-2022 Patrick Mullen, 2022-2023 Keith Heisler, 2023-2024 Tiffany Brault, ca.2024-2026

See also Fond du Lac history

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