List of mayors of Elgin, Illinois
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Elgin, Illinois, United States.
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- Joseph Tefft, 1854-1855, 1863, 1866, 1868 [1][1][2]
- Sam’l J. Kimball, 1856-1857 [1]
- John Hill, 1858 [1]
- Andrew J. Waldron, 1859-18560 [1][2]
- Edward S. Joslyn, 1861, 1865 [1][3]
- Walter L. Pease, 1862, 1864 [1]
- John Shuler Wilcox, 1867 [1][2]
- Melvin B. Baldwin, 1869-1870 [1]
- William C. Kimball, 1871 [1][3]
- Geo. S. Bowen, 1872-1873 [1]
- David F. Barclay, 1874-1876, 1883-1884 [1]
- Edward Coultas Lovell, 1877 [1][2]
- Ed. F. Reeves, 1878 [1]
- Geo. P. Lord, 1879 [1]
- Franklin S. Bosworth, 1880-1882 [1][3]
- Henry B. Willis, 1885-1887 [1][3][2]
- Vincent C. Lovell, 1887-1889 [1]
- Arwin E. Price, 1889-1890, 1898-1902 [1]
- Wm. Grote, 1891-1895 [1][2]
- Charles Harley Wayne, 1896-1897 [4][1]
- Augustine (“Gus”) Hamilton Hubbard, c.1903-1905 [1][2][3]
- Arwin E. Price, c.1922-1923 [5]
- Earle R. Kelley, c.1923-1925 [5]
- Myron M. Lehman, c.1931-1943, 1951-1955 [5]
- Walter E. Miller, c.1945-1951 [5]
- Myron M. Lehman, 1951-1955 [4]
- Elmer Charles "Mike" Alft Jr., 1967-1971
- Kevin Kelly, c.1998
- Ed Schock, 1999-2011 [6]
- Dave Kaptain, 2011–present [7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Elgin today: historical, descriptive, biographical, Elgin, Ill.: Lowrie & Black, 1903 – via Internet Archive
- ^ a b c d e f Newton Bateman; Paul Selby, eds. (1906), Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co. – via HathiTrust
- ^ a b c d Biographical record of Kane County, Illinois, Chicago: S.J. Clarke, 1898 – via HathiTrust
- ^ Linda Farroh Eder (November 2021), "Charles Harley Wayne, Elgin Mayor and Trial Attorney" (PDF), The Crackerbarrel, Elgin History Museum
- ^ a b c d Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Elgin, Illinois", Political Graveyard, retrieved April 23, 2025
- ^ "Mayor & City Council", cityofelgin.org, archived from the original on December 5, 2004 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kaptain wins fourth term as Elgin mayor", chicagotribune.com, April 5, 2023
Further reading
- "Mayors of Elgin", Elgin Daily Courier, March 25, 1905 – via Gail Borden Public Library District
- "Early Mayors of Elgin", The Crackerbarrel, Elgin History Museum, March 2004