List of mayors of Rochester, Minnesota

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Current Mayor Kim Norton in 2019 KimNorton.jpg
Current Mayor Kim Norton in 2019

People who have served as mayor of Rochester, Minnesota.

MayorTerm
Moses W. Fay 18581859
Frederick Augustus Olds 18591860
William D. Hurlbut [1] 18601861
John Clark 18611862
Lowell B. Bliss [1] 18621864, 18681969
Abram Ozmun 18641865
John V. Daniels [1] 18651866
Ozora P. Stearns 18661868
Daniel Heaney 18691870
Frederick Taft Olds 18701871
Orlen P. Whitcomb 18711872
George W. Van Dusen [1] 18721873
Dennis H. Williams [1] 18731875
Daniel A. Morrison [1] 18751879
Lyman E. Cowdery 18791880
Samuel Whitten 18801882, 18831885
Dr. William Worrall Mayo 18821883
Orson Sage Porter [1] 18851887, 18891890
Andrew Nelson 18871889
Delbert Darling [1] 18901892
Dr. Horace H. Witherstine 18921895, 18961897, 19021903
Dr. Wilson A. Allen [1] 18951896
Joseph H. Wagoner [1] 18971898
Burt Winslow Eaton 18981899
James Arthur Melone [1] 18991900
Dr. E. L. Sinclair 19001902
Archie C. Stevenson 19031905
Martin Heffron 19051907
Julius J. Reiter 19071909, 19171919, 19231925, 19311935
J. C. Thompson 19091911
William B. Richardson 19111917
C. D. Brown (Died in Office 12-22-1927)19191923, 1927
John T. Lemmon 19251927, 19301931
Fred W. Haase 19281929
W. A. Moore 19351939
Paul Grassle 19391947
Claude H. McQuillan (Died in Office 11-16-1957)19471951, 19531957
Glenn O. Amundsen 19511953
Adolph M. Bach 19571958
Alexander P. Smetka 19581969, 19731979
Dewey Day 19691973
Chuck Hazama 19791995
Chuck Canfield 19952003
Ardell Brede 20032019
Kim Norton 2019present

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Leonard, Joseph Alexander (1910). "History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: Together with Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers, Citizens, Families and Institutions".

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