List of mayors of Rochester, Minnesota
People who have served as mayor of Rochester, Minnesota.
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Moses W. Fay | 1858–1859 |
| Frederick Augustus Olds | 1859–1860 |
| W. D. Hurlbut | 1860–1861 |
| John Clark | 1861–1862 |
| L. B. Bliss | 1862–1864, 1868–1969 |
| Abram Ozmun | 1864–1865 |
| J. V. Daniels | 1865–1866 |
| Ozora P. Stearns | 1866–1868 |
| Daniel Heaney | 1869–1870 |
| Frederick Taft Olds | 1870–1871 |
| Orlen P. Whitcomb | 1871–1872 |
| Geo. W. Van Dusen | 1872–1873 |
| D. H. Williams | 1873–1875 |
| D. A. Morrison | 1875–1879 |
| Lyman E. Cowdery | 1879–1880 |
| Samuel Whitten | 1880–1882, 1883–1885 |
| Dr. William Worrall Mayo | 1882–1883 |
| O. S. Porter | 1885–1887, 1889–1890 |
| Andrew Nelson | 1887–1889 |
| D. Darling | 1890–1892 |
| Dr. Horace H. Witherstine | 1892–1895, 1896–1897, 1902–1903 |
| Dr. W. A. Allen | 1895–1896 |
| J. W. Wagoner | 1897–1898 |
| B. W. Eaton | 1898–1899 |
| J. A. Melone | 1899–1900 |
| Dr. E. L. Sinclair | 1900–1902 |
| Archie C. Stevenson | 1903–1905 |
| Martin Heffron | 1905–1907 |
| Julius J. Reiter | 1907–1909, 1917–1919, 1923–1925, 1931–1935 |
| J. C. Thompson | 1909–1911 |
| William B. Richardson | 1911–1917 |
| C. D. Brown (Died in Office 12-22-1927) | 1919–1923, 1927 |
| John T. Lemmon | 1925–1927, 1930–1931 |
| Fred W. Haase | 1928–1929 |
| W. A. Moore | 1935–1939 |
| Paul Grassle | 1939–1947 |
| Claude H. McQuillan (Died in Office 11-16-1957) | 1947–1951, 1953–1957 |
| Glenn O. Amundsen | 1951–1953 |
| Adolph M. Bach | 1957–1958 |
| Alexander P. Smetka | 1958–1969, 1973–1979 |
| Dewey Day | 1969–1973 |
| Chuck Hazama | 1979–1995 |
| Chuck Canfield | 1995–2003 |
| Ardell Brede | 2003–2019 |
| Kim Norton | 2019–present |
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References
- Mayors of Rochester, Minnesota. The Political Graveyard.
- Alexander P. Smetka Minnesota State University Alumni Association.
- STEARNS, Ozora Pierson infoplease.
- Obit of Paul Grassle Rochester Post Bulletin/rootsweb.
- Rear Platform Remarks in Minnesota and Wisconsin The Public Papers of Harry S. Truman.
- Born in a Storm Mayo Clinic
- Robert Olds of Windsor and Suffield, CT and his descendants Rootsweb/Dan W. Olds
- Olmsted County History The Minnesota GenWeb Project/Olmsted County Genealogy
- Rochester Police Department History City of Rochester, Minnesota
- The History Center of Olmsted County
Images of America Rochester, MN by Ted St. Mane