Battle of Honey Springs

Following is a list of mayors of Robbins, Illinois, founded December 14, 1917, the first municipality in the north that was entirely governed by African-Americans.^[1] The first election was held on January 15, 1918 with Thomas J. Kellar elected as the mayor and six trustees empaneled (Richard Flowers, Leroy P. Thomas, R. H. Bryant, Jerry Taylor, Edward Brown, George Winburn).^[2]

Number	Image	Mayor	Years	Notes/Citation
1		Thomas J. Kellar (1st term)	Jan 1918 1919–1920	[3]
2		R. H. Bryant	1921–1922	[4][5]
3		Richard Flowers (1st term)	1923–1924	[6][7]
(1)		Thomas J. Kellar (2nd term)	1925–1926	[8]
(3)		Richard Flowers (2nd term)	1927–1928	[9]
4		Samuel E. Nichols	1929–1930	[10][11][12]
(1)		Thomas J. Kellar (3rd term)	1931–1932	[13]
5		John S. Richardson (1st term)	1933–1940	[14][15][16][17]
6		Hollis L. Reeves	1941–1950	[18][19][20][21][22]
(5)		John S. Richardson (2nd term)	1951–1952	[23]
7		Theodore Hendricks	1953–1956	[24][25]
8		Ernest Maxey	1957–1969	[26][27]
9		Marion L. Smith	1969–1981	[28]
10		Richard Ballantine	1981–1985
11		John W. Hamilton	1985–1989	[29]
12		Irene Brodie	1989–2013	[30]
13		Tyrone Ward	2013–2021	[31]
14		Darren E. Bryant	2021–	[32]

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