Mayors of Tallahassee, 1826-2019(may beincomplete!)
CharlesHaire 1826DavidOchiltree 1827JohnY. Gary 1828-29LeslieA. Thompson 1830CharlesAustin 1831LeslieA. Thompson 1832-33RobertJ. Hackley 1834WilliamWilson 1835JohnRea 1836WilliamP. Gorman 1837WilliamHilliard 1838R.F. Ker 1839LeslieA. Thompson 1840FrancisW. Eppes 1841-44JamesA. Berthelot 1845SimonTowle 1846JamesKirksey 1847F.H. Flagg 1848ThomasJ. Perkins 1849DavidP. Hogue 1850-51DavidS. Walker 1852RichardHayward 1853ThomasHayward 1854-55FrancisW. Eppes 1856-57DavidP. Hogue 1858-60P.T. Pearce 1861-65FrancisW. Eppes 1866DavidP. Hogue 1867-68T.P. Tatum 1869-70CharlesE. Dyke 1871C.H. Edwards 1872-75DavidS. Walker, Jr. 1875SamuelWalker 1876JesseT. Bernard 1877DavidS. Walker, Jr. 1878-79HenryBernreuter 1880EdwardLewis 1881JohnW. Nash 1882EdwardLewis 1883CharlesC. Pearce 1884-85GeorgeW. Walker 1886A.J. Fish 1887RobertB. Gorman 1888-89R.B. Carpenter 1890-94JesseT. Bernard 1895-96R.A. Shine 1897RobertB. Gorman 1898-1902WilliamL. Moor 1903-04JohnW. Henderson 1905FosterC. Gilmore 1906W.M. McIntosh, Jr. 1907FosterC. Gilmore 1908-09FrankB. Winthrop 1909-10DexterM. Lowry 1910-18J.R. McDaniel 1918-19GuyteP. McCord 1919-20ScottMaddox 1997-2003JohnMarks 2003-14AndrewD. Gillum 2014-18JohnE. Daily 2018- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1909 Jan 26:FrankB. Winthrop, elected;FosterC. Gilmore, defeated. 1918 Jan 15:J.R. McDaniel (Dem), nominated;WilliamChild (Dem), defeated in primary. 1918 Feb 20:J.R. McDaniel (Dem), elected unopposed. 1919 Jan 14:GuyteP. McCord (Dem), nominated;J.R. McDaniel (Dem), defeated in primary. 1919 Feb 18:GuyteP. McCord (Dem), elected unopposed. 1997 Feb 4:ScottMaddox, advanced to runoff;CharlesBillings, advanced to runoff;AnitaL. Davis, defeated. 1997 Feb 25:ScottMaddox, elected;CharlesBillings, defeated. 2003 Feb 4:JohnMarks, advanced to runoff;JohnPaul Bailey, advanced to runoff;SteveMeisburg, defeated;AnthonyC. Davis, defeated;RichardJunnier, defeated. 2003 Feb 25:JohnMarks, elected;JohnPaul Bailey, defeated. 2006 Sep 5:JohnMarks, elected;KimO'Connor, defeated;LarryHendricks, defeated. 2010 Aug 24:JohnMarks, elected;SteveStewart, defeated;LarryHendricks, defeated. 2014 Aug 26:AndrewD. Gillum, elected;ZackRichardson, defeated;LarryHendricks, defeated. 2018 Aug 28:JohnE. Daily, nominated;DustinR. Daniels, nominated;MichelleRehwinkel Vasilinda, defeated in primary;CarrieLitherland, defeated in primary;JoeWest, defeated in primary;NorrisH. Barr, defeated in primary. 2018 Nov 6:JohnE. Daily, elected;DustinR. Daniels, defeated.
Mayor-Commissioners of Tallahassee, 1920-97(may beincomplete!)
GuyteP. McCord 1920-22A.P. McCaskill 1922-23GuyteP. McCord 1923B.A. Meginniss 1923-27W.Theo Proctor 1928-29G.E. Lewis 1930-31FrankD. Moor 1931W.Theo Proctor 1931WilliamL. Marshall 1931-34JohnL. Fain 1934-35LeonardA. Wesson 1935-36H.J. 'Jack' Yaeger 1936-37LeonardA. Wesson 1937-38J.R. Jinks 1938-39S.A. Wahnish 1939-40FredClifton Moor 1940-41CharlesS. Ausley 1941-42JackW. Simmons 1942-43A.R. Richardson 1943-44CharlesS. Ausley 1944-45RalphE. Proctor 1945-46FredS. Winterle 1946-47GeorgeI. Martin 1947-48FredN. Lowry 1948-49RobertC. Parker 1949-51WilliamH. Cates 1951-52B.A. Ragsdale 1952-53WilliamT. Mayo 1953-54H.G. Esterwood 1954-55H.Cliff Summitt 1955-56JohnY. Humphress 1956-57JoeW. Cordell 1957-58DavisH. Atkinson 1958-59HughE. Williams, Jr. 1959-60GeorgeF. Taff 1960-61JoeW. Cordell 1961-62DavisH. Atkinson 1962-63SamE. Teague 1963-64HughE. Williams, Jr. 1964-65GeorgeF. Taff 1965-66WilliamH. Cates 1966-67JohnA. Rudd, Jr. 1967-68GeneBerkowitz 1968-69SpurgeonCamp 1969-70LeeA. Everhart 1970-71GeneBerkowitz 1971-72JamesR. Ford 1972-73JoanHeggen 1973-74RussellR. Bevis 1974EarlYancey 1974-75JohnnyJones 1975-76JamesR. Ford 1976-77BenW. Thompson 1977-78NealD. Sapp 1978-79SheldonE. Hilaman 1979-80RichardP. Walker 1980-81HurleyW. Rudd 1981-82JamesR. Ford 1982-83CarolBellamy 1983-84KentSpriggs 1984-85HurleyW. Rudd 1985-86JackL. McLean 1986-87BettyG. Harley 1987-88FrankVisconti 1988-89DorothyInman-Crews 1989-90SteveMeisburg 1990-91DeborahLightsey 1991-92BobHightower 1992-93DorothyInman-Crews 1993-94PennyShaw Herman 1994-95ScottMaddox 1995-96RonWeaver 1996-97 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1923 Oct 1:GuyteP. McCord, resigned. 1931 Jul 14:FrankD. Moor, resigned. 1931 Sep 22:W.Theo Proctor, resigned. 1974 Aug 2:RussellR. Bevis, resigned.
Postmasters at Tallahassee, 1825-1976(may beincomplete!)
AmbroseCrane 1825-26IshamG. Searcy 1826-41BenjaminW. Gause 1841-42W.W. Tyler 1842Ed.Lockerman 1842MilesNash 1842-51ThomasHayward 1851MilesNash 1851-61LouisaCameron 1866-68WilliamH. Avery 1868-69S.L. Tibbitts 1869-73WilliamG. Stewart 1873-85DavidW. Gwynn 1885-90EdmundC. Weeks 1890HarrisonReed 1890-93RobertB. Gorman 1893-97JohnMcDougall 1897-1912FredRoege 1912AlexanderMcDougall 1912-16GeorgeI. Davis 1916-21WilliamH. May 1921-22WilliamH. May 1922-32ThomasJ. Chason 1932-35JamesFrank Cochran 1935JamesFrank Cochran 1935-56WayneSearcy 1956-57D.Peyton Yon 1957-58D.Peyton Yon 1958-76 | |
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