List of mayors of Springfield, Illinois

This is a list of mayors of Springfield, Illinois, United States.

Table

Image	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

See also

• Springfield history

References

• Springfield Through Our Eyes: The 1800s to Today, Presented by The State Journal-Register. The State Journal-Register. 2011. ISBN 978-1-59725-317-8.

External links

• Genealogy Trails - Mayors of Springfield, IL
• William Jayne's Bio
• Political Graveyard
• Info on Nelson O. Howarth^{[link removed]}
• J. Michael Houston
• Roy Reece
• Info on David Griffiths, Samuel Bullard and John Schnepp
• Bio of Marion U. Woodruff