# List of mayors of Sheboygan, Wisconsin

This is a list of mayors of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. Sheboygan was originally incorporated as a village in 1846 before Wisconsin statehood. Sheboygan was re-incorporated as a city in 1853. Since then, it has always utilized a mayor-council form of government. Mayors were initially elected every year; a two-year mayoral term was adopted in 1895, and a four-year term was implemented in 1961.
The first mayor of Sheboygan was Henry H. Conklin, a pioneer lawyer and land speculator who was also the first village president of Sheboygan. The current mayor is Ryan Sorenson, who was the youngest mayor in city history when elected.

## Village presidents (1846–1853)

| Order | President | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| 1 | Henry H. Conklin | 1846 | 1847 | Elected February 9, 1846. |
| 2 | Joseph F. Kirkland | 1847 | 1848 | |
| 3 | H. Smith | 1848 | 1849 | |
| 4 | Worthy W. McKillip | 1849 | 1850 | |
| 5 | W. Anable | 1850 | 1851 | |
| 6 | W. Smith | 1851 | 1852 | |
| 7 | W. Gossline | 1852 | 1853 | |

## Mayors with 1-year term (1853–1895)

Unless otherwise indicated, Wisconsin's mayoral elections have always taken place on the first Tuesday of April, with inauguration following within two weeks.
| Order | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| 1 | Henry H. Conklin | 1853 | 1853 | Elected 1853. Resigned August 9, 1853. |
| - | Francis R. Townsend | 1853 | 1854 | Interim mayor. |
| 2 | Joseph F. Kirkland | 1854 | 1855 | |
| 3 | Elijah Fox Cook | 1855 | 1857 | First two-term mayor. |
| 4 | Zebulon P. Mason | 1857 | 1858 | |
| 5 | William N. Shafter | 1858 | 1859 | |
| 6 | Zebulon P. Mason | 1859 | 1860 | |
| 7 | Bille Williams | 1860 | 1862 | |
| 8 | Godfrey Stamm | 1862 | 1863 | |
| 9 | Joseph L. Moore | 1863 | 1866 | Elected 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866. First three-term mayor. First four-term mayor. Died by suicide October 19, 1866. |
| 10 | Jonathan O. Thayer | 1866 | 1868 | Interim mayor until 1867 election. Elected 1867. |
| 11 | Francis Geele | 1868 | 1870 | Elected 1868, 1869. |
| 12 | Thomas M. Blackstock | 1870 | 1871 | Elected 1870. |
| 13 | William Elwell | 1871 | 1872 | Elected 1871. |
| 14 | Thomas M. Blackstock | 1872 | 1873 | Elected 1872. |
| 15 | James Bell | 1873 | 1874 | Elected 1873. |
| 16 | Bille Williams | 1874 | 1875 | Elected 1874. |
| 17 | George End | 1875 | 1876 | Elected 1875. |
| 18 | Francis Geele | 1876 | 1879 | Elected 1876, 1877, 1878. First five-term mayor. |
| 19 | George End | 1879 | 1880 | Elected 1879. |
| 20 | Francis Geele | 1880 | 1881 | Elected 1880. First six-term mayor. |
| 21 | William Henry Seaman | 1881 | 1882 | Elected 1881. |
| 22 | Michael Winter | 1882 | 1884 | Elected 1882, 1883. |
| 23 | Thomas M. Blackstock | 1884 | 1885 | Elected 1884. |
| 24 | James Bell | 1885 | 1889 | Elected 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888. |
| 25 | John M. Saeman | 1889 | 1891 | Elected 1889, 1890. |
| 26 | James Bell | 1891 | 1891 | Elected 1891. Died December 24, 1891. |
| - | Frederick C. Runge | 1891 | 1892 | Interim mayor. |
| 27 | John M. Kohler | 1892 | 1893 | Elected 1892. |
| 28 | Francis Geele | 1893 | 1895 | Elected 1893, 1894. First seven-term mayor. First eight-term mayor. |

## Mayors with 2-year term (1895–1961)

| Order | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| 29 | Charles A. Born | 1895 | 1901 | Elected 1895. |
| 30 | Fred A. Dennett | 1901 | 1903 | Elected 1901. |
| 31 | Charles A. Born | 1903 | 1905 | Elected 1903. |
| 32 | Theodore Dieckmann | 1905 | 1915 | Elected 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913. |
| 33 | Otto B. Joerns | 1915 | 1917 | Elected 1915. |
| 34 | Herman F. Albrecht | 1917 | 1921 | Elected 1917, 1919. |
| 35 | Herman Schuelke | 1921 | 1925 | Elected 1921, 1923. |
| 36 | Otto Geussenhainer | 1925 | 1927 | Elected 1925. |
| 37 | Herman Schuelke | 1927 | 1931 | Elected 1927, 1929. |
| 38 | Otto Geussenhainer | 1931 | 1933 | Elected 1931. |
| 39 | Willard M. Sonnenburg | 1933 | 1939 | Elected 1933, 1935, 1937. |
| 40 | Herman C. Runge | 1939 | 1941 | Elected 1939. |
| 41 | Charles Bau | 1941 | 1943 | Elected 1941. |
| 42 | Willard M. Sonnenburg | 1943 | 1951 | Elected 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949. Died March 13, 1951. |
| - | Leonard F. Anhalt | 1951 | 1951 | Interim mayor. |
| 43 | Edward C. Schmidt | 1951 | 1955 | Elected 1951, 1953. |
| 44 | Rudolph J. Ploetz | 1955 | 1957 | Elected 1955. |
| 45 | John Bolgert | 1957 | 1961 | Elected 1957, 1959. |

## Mayors with 4-year term (1961–present)

In 1960, the Sheboygan city council voted to double the mayoral term from two years to four years.
| Order | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| 46 | Emil C. A. Muuss | 1961 | 1965 | Elected 1961. |
| 47 | Joseph R. Browne | 1965 | 1969 | Elected 1965. |
| 48 | Roger D. Schneider | 1969 | 1973 | Elected 1969. |
| 49 | Richard Suscha | 1973 | 1985 | Elected 1973, 1977, 1981. Longest serving mayor (tied with Schneider) |
| 50 | Richard Schneider | 1985 | 1997 | Elected 1985, 1989, 1993. Longest serving mayor (tied with Suscha) |
| 51 | James Schramm | 1997 | 2005 | Elected 1997, 2001. |
| 52 | Juan Perez | 2005 | 2009 | Elected 2005. |
| 53 | Robert Ryan | 2009 | 2012 | Elected 2009. Recalled March 2012. |
| 54 | Terry Van Akkeren | 2012 | 2013 | Elected at February 21, 2012, recall election. |
| 55 | Mike Vandersteen | 2013 | 2021 | Elected 2013, 2017. |
| 56 | Ryan Sorenson | 2021 | present | Elected 2021. |