Mayors of Evansville, Indiana

Mayors were appointed for a 3-year term by the Evansville City Council until 1870.
The new city charters of March 3, 1893 & March 11, 1895 made the Mayor
responsible for the administration of city affairs and to appoint the heads of
different departments.
4-year terms began - ???
City elections were held in the Spring until the early 1900's

Term	Mayor (Click for Biography)	Party	Comments
1847 - 1853	James G. Jones		Appointed Mayor by the City Council
1853 - 1856	John S. Hopkins		Appointed Mayor by the City Council
1856 - 1859	John Hewson		Appointed Mayor by the City Council
1859 - 1868	William Baker		[View a Portrait] Appointed Mayor by the City Council
1868 - 1870	William Hall Walker	Democrat	Appointed Mayor by the City Council. Died in Office, September 9, 1870
1870 - 1870	Eccles G. Van Riper	Democrat	Appointed Mayor by the City Council.
1870 - 1872	William Baker	Republican	[View a Portrait] Elected Mayor by Special Election. Died in Office, May 23, 1872
1872 - 1874	Charles H. Butterfield	Republican	[View a Portrait]
1874 - 1880	John Jay Kleiner	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry] Elected to the 48th and 49th Congresses (March 4, 1883 - March 3,1887)
1880 - 1886	Thomas C. Bridwell	Democrat
1886 - 1889	John H. Dannettell	Republican	First German-Speaking Republican Mayor
1889 - 1892	Nicholas Miner Goodlett	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry]
1892 - 1897	Anthony C. Hawkins	Republican
1897 - 1901	William M. Akin Jr.		[View a Portrait]
1901 - 1906	Charles G. Covert	Republican	[Browning Obit Entry]
1906 - 1909	John William Boehne, Sr.	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry] Resigned March 1, 1909 - Elected to the 61st and 62nd Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1913)
1909 - 1910	John J. Nolan	Democrat	[Photo cir. 1917] [Browning Obit Entry] First Roman Catholic Mayor
1910 - 1914	Charles F. Heilman	Republican	[Browning Obit Entry]
1914 - 1922	Benjamin Bosse	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry] Died in Office, April 1922
1922 - 1926	William H. Elmendorf	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry]
1926 - 1930	Herbert Males	Republican	[Browning Obit Entry]
1930 - 1935	Frank W. Griese	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry]
1935 - 1943	William H. Dress	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry]
1943 - 1948	Manson Reichert	Republican	[Browning Obit Entry]
1948 - 1949	William H. Dress	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry] Died in Office, November 10, 1949
1949 - 1952	Edwin F. Diekmann	Democrat	[Photo] [Browning Obit Entry]
1952 - 1956	Henry O. Roberts	Republican	[Browning Obit Entry]
1956 - 1958	Rupert Vance Hartke	Democrat	[Photo] Resigned 1958. Elected to the U.S. Senate 1959 - 1977 [Browning Obit Entry]
1958 - 1960	J. William Davidson	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry]
1960 - 1972	Frank F. McDonald	Democrat	[Browning Obit Entry]
1972 - 1980	Russell G. Lloyd, Sr.	Republican	[Browning Obit Entry] Only Republican Mayor Elected Twice. Died from gunshot wound, March 21, 1980
1980 - 1987	Michael Vandeveer	Democrat	Resigned May 1987
1987 - 1999	Frank F. McDonald, II	Democrat
2000 - 2003	Russell G. Lloyd, Jr.	Republican
2004 - 2011	Jonathan Weinzapfel	Democrat
2012 -	Lloyd Winnecke	Republican

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