Mayor of Robbins | |
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Incumbent since 2021Darren E. Bryant | |
Formation | 1921 |
First holder | Thomas J Kellar |
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 |
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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][30] | |
12 | Irene Brodie | 1989–2013 | [31] | |
13 | Tyrone Ward | 2013–2021 | [32] | |
14 | Darren E. Bryant | 2021– | [33] |
...according to state historians, acquired the unique distinction of being the only municipality of its kind in the so-called far north, being entirely governed by coloured officials.
Mr. Richard Flowers was the third mayor of the village....
Actress Nichelle Nichols' grandfather, Samuel G. Nichols (a white man), was one of the village's original settlers who was married a black woman. Nichelle Nichols who portrayed Lt. Uhura in the original Star Trek television series also was hired by NASA to begin finding and recruiting qualified blacks for today's NASA Space program. Nichelle was born in Robbins in a two-story frame house built by her grandparents. Her father, Samuel E. Nichols, became the mayor of Robbins, IL in 1929.
Her father, Samuel E. Nichols, served as the village's mayor from 1929-31.
Ernest Maxey, 58, mayor of Robbins from 1957 to 1969...
...the late Marion L. Smith, Robbins mayor from 1969 to 1981
Robbins: Village Clerk Irene Brodie, an administrator at Moraine Valley Community College, defeated Mayor John Hamilton, an insurance broker, by a 939-639 vote...Hamilton was seeking a second term.
Brodie was elected to six terms, serving as mayor from 1989 to 2013.