List of mayors of Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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Sheboygan City Hall in 2019

This is a list of mayors of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. Sheboygan was originally incorporated as a village in 1846 before Wisconsin statehood. Sheboygan was re-incorporated as a city in 1853. Since then, it has always utilized a mayor-council form of government.[1] Mayors were initially elected every year; a two-year mayoral term was adopted in 1895, and a four-year term was implemented in 1961.

The first mayor of Sheboygan was Henry H. Conklin, a pioneer lawyer and land speculator who was also the first village president of Sheboygan. The current mayor is Ryan Sorenson, who was the youngest mayor in city history when elected.

OrderPresidentTerm startTerm endNotes
1Henry H. Conklin18461847Elected February 9, 1846.[1]
2Joseph F. Kirkland18471848[2]
3H. Smith[a]18481849[2]
4Worthy W. McKillip18491850[2]
5W. Anable[b]18501851[2]
6W. Smith[c]18511852[2]
7W. Gossline[d]18521853[2]

Mayors with 1-year term (1853–1895)

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

Thomas M. Blackstock, 12th, 14th, and 23rd mayor of Sheboygan
William Henry Seaman, 21st mayor of Sheboygan, later a federal judge
OrderMayorTerm startTerm endNotes
1Henry H. Conklin18531853Elected 1853.[1][3]
Resigned August 9, 1853.
-Francis R. Townsend18531854Interim mayor.
2Joseph F. Kirkland18541855[1]
3Elijah Fox Cook18551857First two-term mayor.[1]
4Zebulon P. Mason18571858[1]
5William N. Shafter18581859[1]
6Zebulon P. Mason18591860[1]
7Bille Williams18601862[1]
8Godfrey Stamm18621863[1]
9Joseph L. Moore18631866Elected 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866.[1]
First three-term mayor.
First four-term mayor.
Died by suicide October 19, 1866.
10Jonathan O. Thayer18661868Interim mayor until 1867 election.
Elected 1867.
11Francis Geele18681870Elected 1868, 1869.
12Thomas M. Blackstock18701871Elected 1870.
13William Elwell18711872Elected 1871.
14Thomas M. Blackstock18721873Elected 1872.
15James Bell18731874Elected 1873.
16Bille Williams18741875Elected 1874.
17George End18751876Elected 1875.
18Francis Geele18761879Elected 1876, 1877, 1878.
First five-term mayor.
19George End18791880Elected 1879.
20Francis Geele18801881Elected 1880.
First six-term mayor.
21William Henry Seaman18811882Elected 1881.
22Michael Winter18821884Elected 1882, 1883.
23Thomas M. Blackstock18841885Elected 1884.
24James Bell18851889Elected 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888.
25John M. Saeman18891891Elected 1889, 1890.
26James Bell18911891Elected 1891.
Died December 24, 1891.[4]
-Frederick C. Runge18911892Interim mayor.
27John M. Kohler18921893Elected 1892.
28Francis Geele18931895Elected 1893, 1894.
First seven-term mayor.
First eight-term mayor.[5]

Mayors with 2-year term (1895–1961)

OrderMayorTerm startTerm endNotes
29Charles A. Born18951901Elected 1895.
30Fred A. Dennett19011903Elected 1901.
31Charles A. Born19031905Elected 1903.[6]
32Theodore Dieckmann19051915Elected 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.
33Otto B. Joerns19151917Elected 1915.
34Herman F. Albrecht19171921Elected 1917, 1919.[7]
35Herman Schuelke19211925Elected 1921, 1923.
36Otto Geussenhainer19251927Elected 1925.
37Herman Schuelke19271931Elected 1927, 1929.
38Otto Geussenhainer19311933Elected 1931.
39Willard M. Sonnenburg19331939Elected 1933, 1935, 1937.
40Herman C. Runge19391941Elected 1939.
41Charles Bau19411943Elected 1941.
42Willard M. Sonnenburg19431951Elected 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949.
Died March 13, 1951.
-Leonard F. Anhalt19511951Interim mayor.
43Edward C. Schmidt19511955Elected 1951, 1953.
44Rudolph J. Ploetz19551957Elected 1955.
45John Bolgert19571961Elected 1957, 1959.

Mayors with 4-year term (1961–present)

In 1960, the Sheboygan city council voted to double the mayoral term from two years to four years.[8]

OrderMayorTerm startTerm endNotes
46Emil C. A. Muuss19611965Elected 1961.
47Joseph R. Browne19651969Elected 1965.
48Roger D. Schneider19691973Elected 1969.
49Richard Suscha19731985Elected 1973, 1977, 1981.
Longest serving mayor (tied with Schneider)
50Richard Schneider19851997Elected 1985, 1989, 1993.
Longest serving mayor (tied with Suscha)
51James Schramm19972005Elected 1997, 2001.[9]
52Juan Perez20052009Elected 2005.
53Robert Ryan20092012Elected 2009. Recalled March 2012.
54Terry Van Akkeren20122013Elected at February 21, 2012, recall election.
55Mike Vandersteen20132021Elected 2013, 2017.
56Ryan Sorenson2021presentElected 2021.[10]

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