The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Rock Island, Illinois

Mayors of Rock Island, Illinois

Mayors of Rock Island, 1849-2006 (may be incomplete!)
Benjamin Barrett 1849-50 Benjamin Barrett 1855-56 Thomas Jefferson Buford 186? James Monroe Buford 187? Henry Carse 1880-83 James Z. Mott 1883-85 Thomas Murdock 1885-87 Virgil M. Blanding 1887-89 William McConochie 1889-93 Thomas J. Medill, Jr. 1893-95 B. Frank Knox 1895-97 Thomas J. Medill, Jr. 1897-99 William McConochie 1899-1901 B. Frank Knox 1901-03 William McConochie 1903-05 George W. McCaskrin 1905-07 Harry C. Schaffer 1907-09 George W. McCaskrin 1909-11 Harry M. Schriver 1911-15 William McConochie 1915-19 Harry M. Schriver 1919-23 Walter A. Rosenfield 1923-27 Chester Thompson 1927-32 Clarence Hodson 1932-34 John Graham 1934-35 John A. Bengston 1935-37 Robert P. Galbraith 1937-45 Melvin McKay 1945-53 Carl F. Bauer 1953-57 Warren Yerger 1957-61 Morris E. Muhleman 1961-65 James H. Haymaker 1965-77 Alan A. Campbell 1977-78 James R. Davis 1979-85 Robert Millett 1985-89 Mark Schwiebert 1989-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1926: Chester Thompson (Dem), elected.

1964: Chester Thompson, defeated.

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