Mayors of St. Petersburg, 1892-2025(may beincomplete!) DavidMoffett 1892-93WilliamH. Benton 1893DavidMurray 1893-94H.W. Hibbs 1894-96J.A. Armistead 1896-99EdgarHarrison 1899-1900J.A. Armistead 1900-01EdgarHarrison 1901-02R.H. Thomas 1902-03GeorgeEdwards 1903-04R.H. Thomas 1904-06T.J. Northrup 1906-08HughA. Murphy 1908-10A.T. Blocker 1910-12A.C. Pheil 1912-13J.G. Bradshaw 1913-16AlbertFielding Lang 1916-20NoelA. Mitchell 1920-21FrankF. Pulver 1921-24ArthurNorwood 1924RobertStrange Pearce 1924-25C.M. Blanc 1925-26RobertStrange Pearce 1926-27CharlesJ. Maurer 1927-28JohnN. Brown 1928-29ArthurR. Thompson 1929-30JamesD. Pearce 1930-31H.W. Adams, Jr. 1931-33RobertG. Blanc 1933-35JohnS. Smith 1935-37IshamP. Byrom 1937VernonG. Agee 1937-39IanV. Boyer 1939-41RobertJ. McCutcheon, Jr. 1941-43GeorgeS. Patterson 1943-47BruceB. Blackburn, Sr. 1947-49StanleyC. Minshall 1949-51SamuelG. Johnson 1951-57JohnD. Burroughs 1957-59EdwardF. Brantley 1959-61HermanW. Goldner 1961-67DonJones 1967-69DonL. Spicer 1969-71HermanW. Goldner 1971-73RandolphWedding 1973-75CharlesE. Schuh 1975-77CorinneFreeman 1977-85EdwardL. Cole, Jr. 1985-87RobertL. Ulrich 1987-91DavidJ. Fischer 1991-2001RickBaker 2001-10BillFoster 2010-13RickKriseman 2014-21KenWelch 2022- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
2001 Feb 27:RickBaker, nominated;KathleenS. Ford, nominated;LarryJ. Williams, defeated in primary;KarlNurse, defeated in primary;OmaliYeshitela, defeated in primary;MariaScruggs-Weston, defeated in primary;RonnieBeck, defeated in primary;PatrickBailey, defeated in primary;LouisMiceli, defeated in primary. 2001 Mar 27:RickBaker, elected;KathleenS. Ford, defeated. 2005 Nov 8:RickBaker, elected;EdwardG. Helm, defeated. 2009 Sep 1:BillFoster, nominated;KathleenS. Ford, nominated;DeveronGibbons, defeated in primary;ScottWagman, defeated in primary;LarryJ. Williams, defeated in primary;JamieBennett, defeated in primary;EdwardG. Helm, defeated in primary;JohnWarren, defeated in primary;RichardEldridge, defeated in primary;PaulCongemi, defeated in primary. 2009 Nov 3:BillFoster, elected;KathleenS. Ford, defeated. 2013 Aug 27:BillFoster, nominated;RickKriseman, nominated;KathleenS. Ford, defeated in primary;AnthonyCates III, defeated in primary;PaulCongemi, defeated in primary. 2013 Nov 5:RickKriseman, elected;BillFoster, defeated. 2017 Aug 29:RickKriseman, nominated;RickBaker, nominated;JesseNevel, defeated in primary;TheresaLassiter, defeated in primary;AnthonyCates III, defeated in primary;PaulCongemi, defeated in primary. 2017 Nov 7:RickKriseman, elected;RickBaker, defeated. 2021 Aug 24:KenWelch, nominated;RobertG. Blackmon, nominated;DardenRice, defeated in primary;NewtNewton, defeated in primary;PeteBoland, defeated in primary;MichaelIngram, defeated in primary;MarcilePowers, defeated in primary;TorryNelson, defeated in primary. 2021 Nov 2:KenWelch, elected;RobertG. Blackmon, defeated.
Postmasters at St. Petersburg, 1888-1969(may beincomplete!) EllaE. Ward 1888-91DavidW. Meeker 1891-92GeorgeW. Kennedy 1892-95WilliamA. Sloan 1895-1900RoyS. Hanna 1900-16WilliamL. Straub 1916-22RoyS. Hanna 1922-26RichardM. Hall 1926RichardM. Hall 1926-35JamesD. Pearce 1935JamesD. Pearce 1935-51LloydA. Riden 1951-52LloydA. Riden 1952-56LorenceE. Brandon 1956-57WilliamH. Bowes 1957-58WilliamH. Bowes 1958-59PhilipJ. Rosenberger 1959LorenceE. Brandon 1959-60LorenceE. Brandon 1960-69 | |
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