Sangamon County Mayors of Springfield Submitted by Debbie Quinn Benjamin S. Clements 1840 William L. May 1841 David B. Campbell 1842 Daniel B. Hill 1843 Andrew McCormick 1843-1844 James C. Conkling 1845 Eli Cook 1846-1848 John Calhoun 1849-1950 William Lavely 1852 Josiah Francis 1853 William H. Herndon 1854 John Cook 1855 John W. Priest 1856 to 1858 William Jayne 1859 Goyn A. Sutton 1860 George L. Huntington 1861 to 1862 John W. Smith 1863 John S. Vredenburgh 1864 John J. Dennis 1865 John S. Bradford 1866 Norman M. Broadwell 1867 William E. Shutt 1868 Norman M. Broadwell 1869 John W. Priest 1870 John W. Smith 1871 to 1872 Charles E. Hay 1873 Obed Lewis 1874 Charles E. Hay 1875 William Jayne 1876 to1877 John A. Vincent 1878 R. L. McGuire 1879 Horace C. Irwin 1880 John McCreery 1881 A.N.J. Crook 1882 John McCreery 1883-1884 James M. Garland 1885-1886 Charles E. Hay 1887-1890 Rheuna D. Lawrence 1891-1892 Frank Kramer 1893-1894 Marion U. Woodruff 1895-1896 Loren E. Wheeler 1897-1900 John L. Phillips 1901-1902 Harry H. Devereux 1903-1906 Davis S. Griffiths 1907 Roy R. Reece 1907-1908 John S. Schnepp 1909-1915 Charles T. Baumann 1915-1923 Samuel Bulard 1923-1926 J. Emil Smith 1926-1930 Hal M. Smith 1930-1931 John W. Kapp, Jr. 1931-1947 Harry Eielson 1947-1951 John E. MacWherter 1951-1955 Nelson O. Howarth 1955-1959 Lester E. Collins 1959-1963 Nelson O. Howarth 1963-1971 William Telford 1971-1979 J. Michael Houston 1979-1987 Ossie Langfelder 1987-1995 Karen Hasara 1995-April 2003 Timothy Davlin April 2003 - Current BACK -- HOME © Genealogy Trails