Table
| Elections in Illinois |
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| Name of Mayor | Start of Term | End of Term | Time in Office | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin S. Clements | 1840 | |||
| William L. May | 1841 | |||
| David B. Campbell | 1842 | |||
| Daniel B. Hill | 1843 | |||
| Andrew McCormack | 1844 | |||
| James C. Conkling | 1845 | |||
| Eli Cook | 1846 | 1848 | ||
| John Calhoun | 1849 | 1851 | ||
| Willam Lavely | 1852 | |||
| Josiah Francis | 1853 | |||
| William Henry Herndon | 1854 | |||
| John Pope Cook | 1855 | |||
| John W. Priest | 1856 | 1858 | ||
| William Jayne | 1859 | 1860 | 1 year | |
| Goyn A. Sutton | 1860 | 1864 | 4 years | |
| George L. Huntington | 1861 | 1862 | ||
| John W. Smith | 1863 | |||
| John S. Vredenburg | 1864 | |||
| Thomas J. Dennis | 1865 | |||
| John S. Bradford | 1866 | |||
| Norman M. Broadwell | 1867 | |||
| William E. Shutt | 1868 | |||
| Norman M. Broadwell | 1869 | |||
| John W. Priest | 1870 | |||
| John W. Smith | 1871 | 1872 | 1 year | |
| Charles E. Hay | 1873 | |||
| Obed Lewis | 1874 | |||
| Charles E. Hay | 1875 | |||
| William Jayne | 1876 | 1877 | 1 year | |
| John A. Vincent | 1878 | |||
| R. L. McGuire | 1879 | |||
| Horace C. Irwin | 1880 | |||
| John McCreery | 1881 | |||
| A. N. J. Crook | 1882 | |||
| John McCreery | 1883 | 1884 | ||
| Jame Garland | 1885 | 1886 | ||
| Charles E. Hay | 1887 | 1890 | ||
| Rheuna Lawrence | 1891 | 1892 | 1 year | |
| Frank Kramer | 1893 | 1894 | ||
| Marion U. Woodruff | 1895 | 1896 | ||
| Loren Edgar Wheeler | 1897 | 1900 | ||
| John L. Phillips | 1901 | 1902 | ||
| Harry Devereux | 1903 | 1906 | ||
| David Griffiths | 1907 | |||
| Roy R. Reece | 1907 | 1908 | ||
| John Schnepp | 1909 | 1915 | ||
| Charles Baumann | 1915 | 1923 | ||
| Samuel A. Bullard | 1923 | 1926 | ||
| J. Emil Smith | 1926 | 1930 | ||
| Hal Smith | 1930 | 1931 | ||
| John W. Kapp, Jr. | 1931 | 1947 | ||
| Harry Eielson | 1947 | 1951 | ||
| John E. MacWherter | 1951 | 1955 | ||
| Nelson O. Howarth | 1955 | 1959 | ||
| Lester E. Collins | 1959 | 1963 | ||
| Nelson O. Howarth | 1963 | 1971 | ||
| William Telford | April 6, 1971 | April 8, 1979 | 8 years, 2 days | |
| J. Michael Houston | 1979 | 1987 | ||
| Ossie Langfelder | 1987 | 1995 | ||
| Karen Hasara | 1995 | April 2003 | ||
| Timothy Davlin | April 2003 | December 14, 2010 | ||
| Frank Kunz | December 14, 2010 | December 28, 2010 | 14 days | Mayor pro tempore |
| Frank Edwards | December 28, 2010 | April 29, 2011 | 4 months, 1 day | |
| J. Michael Houston | April 29, 2011 | May 7, 2015 | 4 years, 8 days | |
| Jim Langfelder | May 7, 2015 | May 5, 2023 | 7 years, 363 days | |
| Misty Buscher | May 5, 2023 | Present |