Encyclopedia Dubuque
"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best.”
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Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
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MAYOR. The mayors of Dubuque and their terms of office are:
Caleb BOOTH 1841
Samuel D. DIXON 1842
James FANNING 1843
F. K. O'Ferrall 1844-1846
P. A. LORIMIER 1847
George I. NIGHTINGALE 1848
Warner LEWIS 1849
J. H. EMERSON 1850
P. A. LORIMIER 1851
Jesse P. FARLEY 1852-1854
John G. SHIELDS 1855
David S. WILSON 1856
David S. Wilson and George I. Nightingale 1857
Henry S. Hetherington 1858
John HODGDON 1859
Henry L. STOUT 1860-1861
J. H. THEDINGA 1862-1863
John THOMPSON 1864-1866
J. K. GRAVES 1867
Solomon TURCK 1868
W. J. KNIGHT 1869-1870
James BURT 1871
Solomon Turck and A. F. JAEGER 1872
A. H. Peaslee 1873-1874
James CUSHING 1875
George B. BURCH 1876-1877
W. J. Knight 1878
John D. BUSH 1879-1880
John J. LINEHAN 1881-1882
Frederick O'Donnell 1883-1884
John GLAB 1885-1886
C. A. VOELKER 1887
George B. BURCH 1888
R. W. Stewart 1889-1890
R. W. Stewart and Charles J. W. SAUNDERS 1891
Charles J. W. Saunders 1892
A. W. DAUGHTERY 1893
Peter OLINGER 1894-1895
T. T. DUFFY 1896-1897
C. H. BERG 1898-1905
H. A. SCHUNK 1906-1909
D. J. HAAS 1910—1911
M. E. LYONS 1912-1913
James SAUL 1914-1919
James ALDERSON 1920--1925
Harlan G. Melchior 1926-1927
John H. MACLAY 1928
M. B. Andelfinger 1929
William H. MEUSER 1930--1931
M. B. Andelfinger 1932
M. R. KANE 1933-1935
F. M. JAEGER 1936
John K. CHALMERS 1937
Carl A Clark 1938
George R. MURPHY 1939
F. W. Thompson 1940
Frank VAN DUELMAN 1941
Albert WHARTON 1942
George R. Murphy 1943 W. W. MOFFAHT 1944
F. W. Thompson 1945
Albert Wharton 1946
George R. Murphy 1947
Frank Van Duelman 1948
Albert Wharton 1949
Clarence P. WELU 1950
Romolo Russo 1951
Ray F. KOLB 1952
Ruben V. AUSTIN 1953
Leo N. SCHUELLER 1954
Charles A. KINTZINGER 1955
Clarence P. Welu 1956
Charles DOVE 1957
Clarence P. Welu 1958
Charles A. Kintzinger 1959
Peter J. TAKOS 1960
John P. Schreiber 1961
Louis Schaller 1962
James J. Kean 1963
Robert J. Horgan 1964-1965
Walter A. PREGLER 1966
Richard Ludwig 1967
Sylvester McCauley 1968
Walter A. Pregler 1969
Donald R. MEYER 1970
Gaylord M. COUCHMAN 1971
Wayne MOLDENHAUER 1972
Joseph BITTER 1973
Allan THOMS 1974
C. Robert JUSTMANN 1975
Alvin E. LUNDH 1976
Emil "Mike" STACKIS 1977
Thomas A. TULLY, Jr. 1978
Richard WERTZBERGER 1979
Carolyn FARRELL BVM 1980
D. Michael KING 1981
James BRADY 1982
Terry DUGGAN 1994
Roy D. BUOL 2005