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| 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 | 1862 | 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
(1817–1898) | 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
(1864–1951) | 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 | September 15, 1947[a] |
| 44 |
Leonard G. Howell (City Manager)
(1894–1980) | September 15, 1947 | July 31, 1950 |
| 45 |
George J. Forster | August 1, 1950 | April 1955[b] |
| — |
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.)
(1921–2007) | 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 |
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In a November 1946 referendum, Madison switched to a City Manager form of government, effective after the following April election. On April 15th 1947 Kraege was appointed Acting City Manager[2] until the appointment of a permanent city manager.[3][4] Forster was appointed Acting City Manager after Howell resigned to become the city manager of Des Moines, Iowa.[5][6] A November 1950 referendum returned Madison to a Mayor-Aldermanic form of government, and Forster was elected Mayor in the spring election and took office on April 17th 1951[7]
