The mayor of Springfield is the highest ranking elected official in the city of

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. Mayoral elections in Springfield are nonpartisan, and though the candidate may personally affiliate with a party, they do not appear on the ticket as a particular party's candidate. Since 1953 all mayoral elections have been voted on by the public, before then having been appointed by the city council. From 1861 to 1865, Springfield was ruled under martial law by Union and

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leaders during the

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List of Mayors

Mayors of Note

* Sempronius H. Boyd served as mayor of Springfield from 1858 to 1860, he became a member of the

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representing

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and was later Minister of the United States to Siam. * Homer F. Fellows served as the city's only Whig mayor, later becoming an

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, then becoming a Republican. * Bob Stephens served as the city's only Libertarian mayor, though elections are non-partisan. * Elected as a Republican, W. E. Gilmore ran for congress as a Liberal Republican in 1870. * Nathan Karchmer was the first and so far only

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mayor of Springfield. * Thomas Carlson, having served seven terms, is the longest serving mayor in the city's history.{{Cite web, url=https://sbj.net/stories/former-mayor-carlson-named-2014-springfieldian,15046, title=Former Mayor Carlson named 2014 Springfieldian, website=Springfield Business Journal, language=en, access-date=2020-03-21

References

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