List of mayors of Green Bay, Wisconsin
This is a list of mayors of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The current mayor is Eric Genrich, who was officially sworn into office on April 15, 2019.
Originally, the mayoral term in Green Bay was one year. In 1904, the mayoral term was changed to two years. In 1967, the mayoral term was changed to four years.
Jim Schmitt is currently the longest-serving mayor in Green Bay's history, at 17 years.
List of mayors
# | Mayor | Sworn In | Left Office | Terms | Comments |
1 | W. C. E. Thomas | 1854 | 1854 | 1 | |
2 | Francis X. Desnoyers | 1855 | 1855 | 1 | |
3 | H. E. Eastman | 1856 | 1857 | 2 | |
4 | Burley Follett | 1858 | 1858 | 1 | |
5 | Nathan Goodell | 1859 | 1859 | 1 | |
6 | E. H. Ellis | 1860 | 1860 | 1 | |
7 | Henry S. Baird | 1861 | 1862 | 2 | |
8 | Burley Follett | 1863 | 1863 | 1 | Second non-consecutive term. |
9 | Nathan Goodell | 1864 | 1864 | 1 | Second non-consecutive term. |
10 | M. P. Lindsley | 1865 | 1865 | 1 | |
11 | Charles D. Robinson | 1866 | 1866 | 1 | |
12 | James S. Marshall | 1867 | 1867 | 1 | |
13 | Anton Klaus | 1868 | 1870 | 3 | |
14 | Alonzo Kimball | 1871 | 1871 | 1 | |
15 | Charles D. Robinson | 1872 | 1872 | 1 | Second non-consecutive term. |
16 | Alonzo Kimball | 1873 | 1873 | 1 | Second non-consecutive term. |
17 | Dr. C. E. Crane | 1874 | 1875 | 2 | |
18 | Frederick S. Ellis | 1876 | 1876 | 1 | |
19 | Dr. C. E. Crane | 1877 | 1879 | 3 | Second non-consecutive term. |
20 | J. C. Neville | 1880 | 1880 | 1 | |
21 | W. J. Abrams | 1881 | 1881 | 1 | |
22 | J. H. M. Wigman | 1882 | 1882 | 1 | |
23 | W. J. Abrams | 1883 | 1884 | 2 | Second non-consecutive term. |
24 | Charles Hartung | 1885 | 1887 | 3 | |
25 | Arthur C. Neville | 1888 | 1889 | 2 | |
26 | James H. Elmore | 1890 | 1895 | 6 | |
27 | Frank B. Desnoyers | 1896 | 1898 | 3 | |
28 | Simon J. Murphy, Jr. | 1899 | 1901 | 3 | |
29 | J. H. Tayler | 1902 | 1903 | 2 | |
30 | Robert E. Minahan | 1904 | 1907 | 2 | Mayor's term changed to two years. |
31 | Winford Abrams | 1908 | 1916 | 4 | |
32 | Elmer S. Hall | 1916 | 1920 | 2 | |
33 | Wenzel Wiesner | 1921 | 1927 | 5 | |
34 | James H. McGillan | 1927 | 1929 | 1 | |
35 | John V. Diener | 1929 | 1937 | 4 | |
36 | John S. Farrell | 1937 | 1938 | 1 | |
37 | Alex Biemeret | 1939 | 1945 | 3 | |
38 | Dominic Olejniczak | 1945 | 1955 | 5 | |
39 | Otto Rachals | 1955 | 1959 | 2 | |
40 | Roman Denissen | 1959 | 1965 | 3 | |
41 | Donald Tilleman | 1965 | 1972 | 2 1/2 | Mayor's term changed to four years before the 1967 election. Died in office. |
42 | Harris Burgoyne | 1972 | 1973 | 1/2 | Served as mayor until a special election was held. |
43 | Thomas Atkinson | 1973 | 1975 | 1/2 | Served until the regular election in 1975. |
44 | Michael Monfils | 1975 | 1979 | 1 | |
45 | Samuel J. Halloin | 1979 | 1995 | 4 | |
46 | Paul Jadin | 1995 | 2003 | 2 | |
47 | Jim Schmitt | 2003 | 2019 | 4 | |
48 | Eric Genrich | 2019 | present | 1 | Incumbent |