Mayoral History

On January 19, 1895 at John Miller’s barbershop, residents of Romeo voted 42-20 to incorporate as a village and change their town name. The results were certified by Will County Judge Albert O. Marshall on January 21 and Romeoville was officially incorporated that day.

On February 16, 1895, another election was held at John Miller's barbershop, this time to choose Romeoville's officials. Louis Hamann was elected the first village president. The original term for a village president was two years until possibly 1929 when the term was extended to four years. 

Romeoville has elected 19 village presidents during its history. They are listed below.

Hamann

Louis Hamann1895-1899

03 Keig 2

John J. Keig1899-1903

Brockman

Herman F. "Henry" Brockman1903-1905

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George Garden1905-1907

03 Farrell

George E. Farrell1907-1910

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Edward T. Swanson1910-1915

03 Startz J 2

Joseph J. Startz1915-1919

03 Mitchell

John Mitchell1919-1921

03 Boehme

Fred Boehme, Sr.1921-1927

03 Startz A

Anthony A. Startz1927-1929

03 Murphy

Cornelius J. "Neal" Murphy1929-1969

03 OHara 2

John F. "Jack" O’Hara1969-1973

Chambers 2

Dewey H. “Red” Chambers1973-1977

03 Kennedy

Donald J. Kennedy1977-1981

Trippett

Howard L. Trippett1981-1985

03 Strobbe

John E. Strobbe1985-1993

03 Gulden

Sandra K. Gulden1993-1997

03 Dewald

Fred P. Dewald, Jr.1997-2008

03 Noak

John D. Noak2008-Present