Mayors of Madison
Village Presidents
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1846 Sutherland, Thomas
1847-1849 Collins, A.L.
1850 Seymour, William N. (1808-1886)
1851 Mills, Simeon (1810-6/1/1895)
1852 Abbott, Chauncey (9/16/1815-1/30/1872)
1853 Tenney, Horace A. (2/22/1820-3/13/1906)
1854 Mills, Simeon (1810-6/1/1895)
1855 Van Bergen, Peter (1809-1/22/1879)
Mayors
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1856 Fairchild, Jairus C. (12/27/1801-7/18/1862)
1857 Bird, Augustus A. (1802-1870)
1858-1860 Smith, George B. (5/22/1823-9/18/1879)
1861 Vilas, Levi B. (2/25/1811-2/6/1879)
1862-1865 Leitch, William T. (10/1808-1/28/1897)
1865-1866 Keyes, Elisha W. (1/23/1828-11/29/1910)
1867 Sanborn, Alden Sprague (10/21/1820-11/17/1885)
1868 Atwood, David (12/15/1815-12/11/1889)
1869-1870 Proudfit, Andrew (8/3/1820-11/12/1883)
1871 Bowen, James Barton (8/19/1815-8/27/1881)
1872 Hill, James L. (1834-1888)
1873 Gregory, Jared Comstock (1/13/1828-2/17/1892)
1874-1875 Pinney, Silas U. (3/3/1833-4/1/1899)
1876 Jones, John N. (1817-1898)
1877 Orton, Harlow S. (11/23/1817-7/4/1895)
1878 Smith, George B. (5/22/1823-9/18/1879)
1879 Baltzell, John R. (7/2/1827-7/18/1893)
1880 Spooner, Jr., Philip L. (1/13/1847-1/2/1918)
1881-1883 Conklin, James (6/12/1831-2/27/1899)
1884 Stevens, Breese J. (1834-10/28/1903)
1885 Moulton, Hiram N. (8/14/1818-8/28/1899)
1886 Keyes, Elisha W. (1/23/1828-11/29/1910)
1887 Conklin, James (6/12/1831-2/27/1899)
1888-1889 Doyon, Moses Ransom (12/18/1845-8/12/1933)
1890 Bashford, Robert McKee (12/31/1845-1/29/1911)
1891-1892 Rogers, William H. (3/15/1850-11/26/1935)
1893-1894Corscot, John H. (9/12/1839-5/13/1926)
1895 Alford, Jabe B. (9/21/1850-9/10/1927)
1896 Dye, Albert A. (1845-1934)
1897 Hoven, Mathias J. (7/9/1850-10/1/1901)
1898 Whelan, Charles Elbert (8/26/1862-11/29/1928)
1899-1900 Hoven, Mathias J. (7/9/1850-10/1/1901)
1901 Bull, Storm (10/20/1856-11/17/1907)
1902-1903 Goves, John W. (1844-12/4/1921)
1904-1905 Curtis, William Dexter (7/4/1857-12/19/1935)
1906-1911 Schubert, Joseph C. (1/9/1871-11/10/1959)
1912-1913 Heim, John B. (7/15/1848-11/2/1919)
1914-1915 Kayser, Adolph H. (1/28/1851-1/26/1925)
1916-1919 Sayle, George C. (1864-1951)
1920-1925 Kittleson, Isaac Milo (11/17/1874-4/2/1958)
1926-1932 Schmedeman, Sr., Albert G. (11/25/1864-11/26/1946)
1932-1943 Law, Jr., James R. (4/1/1885-3/14/1952)
1943-1947 Kraege, Fred Halsey (5/3/1899-5/12/1982)*
1947-1950 Howell, Leonard G. (1894-1980)**
1950-1955 Forster, George J. (7/26/1905-11/17/1988)
1955-1956 Bareis, Alfred W. (5/17/1893-8/7/1976)
1956-1961 Nestingen, Ivan A. (9/9/1921-4/24/1978)
1961 interim Hanson, Harol E. (1895-11/29/1978)
1961-1965 Reynolds, Henry Edward (12/5/1905-11/2/1980)
1965-1969 Festge, Otto (1921-2007)
1969-1973 Dyke, William (1931- )
1973-1979 Soglin, Paul R. (1945 - )
1979-1983 Skornicka, Joel (1937 - )
1983-1989 Sensenbrenner, Jr., F. Joseph (1949 - )
1989-1997 Soglin, Paul R. (1945 - )
1997-2003 Baumann, Susan J.M. (1945 - )
2003-2011 Cieslewicz, Dave (1959 - )
2011-2019 Soglin, Paul R. (1945 - )
2019-present Rhodes-Conway, Satya (1971 - )
*Mayor, Acting City Manager
**City Manager