List of mayors of Evanston, Illinois

This is a list of mayors of the city of Evanston, Illinois.

Mayors of the city of Evanston, Illinois

Order	Image	Name	Tenure	Notes	Cite
1		Oscar Henry Mann	1892 – March 31, 1895		[1]
2		William Andrew Dyche	March 31, 1895 – April 25, 1899		[2][3][4]
3		Thomas Bates	April 25, 1899 – April 23, 1901		[4][5]
4		James A. Patten	April 23, 1901 – 1903		[6]
5		John Thomas Barker	1903–1907
6		Joseph Everett Paden	1907–1913
7		James R. Smart	1913–1915
8		Harry Putnam Pearsons	1915–1925
9		Charles Henry Bartlett	1925–1937
10		Henry Day Penfield	1937–1941		[7]
11		Samuel Gilbert Ingraham	1941–1953		[8]
12		John R. Kimbark	April 20, 1953 – August 1, 1962	Resigned due to illness	[9][10][11]
13		Otto R. Hills	1962–1962	Acting mayor	[11]
14		John D. Emery	1962–1970		[11]
15		Peter D. Jans	1970	Acting mayor	[11]
16		Edgar Vanneman Jr.	1970–1977		[11]
17		James C. Lytle	1977–1985		[11]
18		Joan Barr	1985–1993	First female mayor	[11][12]
19		Lorraine H. Morton	1993 – May 11, 2009	First African-American mayor and first Democratic mayor	[11][13][14][15]
20		Elizabeth Tisdahl	May 11, 2009 – May 8, 2017		[13][16]
21		Steve Hagerty	May 8, 2017 – May 10, 2021		[16]
22		Daniel Biss	May 10, 2021–present		[17]

See also

• Evanston history