List of mayors of Evanston, Illinois

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