List of mayors of Rochester, Minnesota
This is a list of people who have served as mayor of Rochester, Minnesota. All mayors are officially non-partisan.
| No. | Image | Mayor | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moses W. Fay | 1858–1859 | |
| 2 | Frederick Augustus Olds | 1859–1860 | |
| 3 | William D. Hurlbut[1] | 1860–1861 | |
| 4 | John Clark | 1861–1862 | |
| 5 | Lowell B. Bliss[1] | 1862–1864, 1868–1869 | |
| 6 | Abram Ozmun | 1864–1865 | |
| 7 | John V. Daniels[1] | 1865–1866 | |
| 8 | Ozora P. Stearns | 1866–1868 | |
| 9 | Daniel Heaney | 1869–1870 | |
| 10 | Frederick Taft Olds | 1870–1871 | |
| 11 | Orlan P. Whitcomb | 1871–1872 | |
| 12 | George W. Van Dusen[1] | 1872–1873 | |
| 13 | Dennis H. Williams[1] | 1873–1875 | |
| 14 | Daniel A. Morrison[1] | 1875–1879 | |
| 15 | Lyman E. Cowdery | 1879–1880 | |
| 16 | Samuel Whitten | 1880–1882 | |
| 17 | Dr. William Worrall Mayo | 1882–1883 | |
| 18 | Samuel Whitten | 1883–1885 | |
| 19 | Orson Sage Porter[1] | 1885–1887 | |
| 20 | Andrew Nelson | 1887–1889 | |
| 21 | Orson Sage Porter[1] | 1889–1890 | |
| 22 | Delbert Darling[1] | 1890–1892 | |
| 23 | Dr. Horace H. Witherstine | 1892–1895 | |
| 24 | Dr. Wilson A. Allen[1] | 1895–1896 | |
| (23) | Dr. Horace H. Witherstine | 1896–189 | |
| 25 | Joseph H. Wagoner[1] | 1897–1898 | |
| 25 | Burt Winslow Eaton | 1898–1899 | |
| 27 | James Arthur Melone[1] | 1899–1900 | |
| 28 | Dr. E. L. Sinclair | 1900–1902 | |
| (23) | Dr. Horace H. Witherstine | 1902–1903 | |
| 29 | Archie C. Stevenson | 1903–1905 | |
| 30 | Martin Heffron | 1905–1907 | |
| 31 | Julius J. Reiter | 1907–1909 | |
| 32 | J. C. Thompson | 1909–1911 | |
| 33 | William B. Richardson | 1911–1917 | |
| (31) | Julius J. Reiter | 1917–1919 | |
| 34 | C. D. Brown | 1919–1923 | |
| (31) | Julius J. Reiter | 1923–1925 | |
| 35 | John T. Lemmon | 1925–1927, 1930–1931 | |
| (34) | C. D. Brown (died in office December 22, 1927) | 1927 | |
| 36 | Fred W. Haase | 1928–1929 | |
| (31) | Julius J. Reiter | 1931–1935 | |
| 37 | W. A. Moore | 1935–1939 | |
| 38 | Paul Grassle | 1939–1947 | |
| 39 | Claude H. McQuillan | 1947–1951 | |
| 40 | Glenn O. Amundsen | 1951–1953 | |
| (39) | Claude H. McQuillan (died in office November 16, 1957) | 1951–1957 | |
| 41 | Adolph M. Bach | 1957–1958 | |
| 42 | Alexander P. Smetka | 1958–1969 | |
| 43 | Dewey Day | 1969–1973 | |
| (42) | Alexander P. Smetka | 1973–1979 | |
| 44 | Chuck Hazama | 1979–1995 | |
| 45 | Chuck Canfield | 1995–2003 | |
| 46 | Ardell Brede | 2003–2019 | |
| 47 | Kim Norton | 2019–present |
References
- Mayors of Rochester, Minnesota. The Political Graveyard.
- Alexander P. Smetka Minnesota State University Alumni Association.
- STEARNS, Ozora Pierson infoplease.
- Obit of Paul Grassle Rochester Post Bulletin/rootsweb.
- Rear Platform Remarks in Minnesota and Wisconsin The Public Papers of Harry S. Truman.
- Born in a Storm Mayo Clinic
- Robert Olds of Windsor and Suffield, CT and his descendants Rootsweb/Dan W. Olds
- Olmsted County History The Minnesota GenWeb Project/Olmsted County Genealogy
- Rochester Police Department History City of Rochester, Minnesota
- The History Center of Olmsted County
- Images of America Rochester, MN by Ted St. Mane