Mayors of Keokuk, 1873-1989(may be incomplete!) DanielF. Miller as of 1873JohnN. Irwin 1876JohnN. Irwin 1887CharlesOff 1910JoshuaF. Elder 1910-12F.A. Wilmering as of 1950HerbertSchouten as of 1951-54 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1910 Mar 21:JoshuaF. Elder, nominated;CharlesOff, nominated;JohnW. Rovane, Sr., defeated in primary;W.E. Strimback, defeated in primary;W.Frank Brown, defeated in primary;H.L. Sutlive, defeated in primary. 1910 Apr 4:JoshuaF. Elder, elected;CharlesOff, defeated. 1912 Mar 11:JoshuaF. Elder, nominated;EdS. Lofton, nominated;JohnW. Rovane, Sr., defeated in primary;JohnA. Dunlap, defeated in primary. 1912 Mar 25:JoshuaF. Elder, elected;EdS. Lofton, defeated. 1914 Mar 16:J.F. Sanders, nominated;S.W. Moorhead, nominated;JohnW. Rovane, Sr., defeated in primary;E.E. Hawkes, defeated in primary;SamC. Westcott, defeated in primary;J.P. Dickson, defeated in primary;M.R. Welch, defeated in primary. 1914 Mar 30:S.W. Moorhead, elected;J.F. Sanders, defeated. 1916 Mar 13:EdS. Lofton, nominated;J.F. Sanders, nominated;JohnW. Rovane, Sr., defeated in primary;M.E. Justice, defeated in primary. 1916 Mar 27:EdS. Lofton, elected;J.F. Sanders, defeated. 1989 Nov 7:RonaldO. Bramhall, elected.
Postmasters at Keokuk, 1841-1978(may beincomplete!) LabanB. Fleak 1841-44WilliamS. McGavie 1844-45AdamHine 1845-49JohnW. Ogden 1849-53WilliamPatterson 1853-55AnselT. Walling 1855-57WilliamPatterson 1857-60RichardMcAllister 1860-61JamesB. Howell 1861-66JohnAdair McDowell 1866-67JamesC. Parrott 1867-79SamuelM. Clark 1879-85PatrickGibb 1885-89RichardRoot 1889-93RollinClark 1893DavidJ. Ayres 1893-98AsaphBuck 1898-1906SamuelW. Moorehead 1906-14EdwardP. McManus 1914-18EdwardW. McManus 1918JoshuaF. Elder 1918-23WilliamC. Howell 1923-28VirginiaL. Howell 1928-29JohnR. Irwin 1929-33ThomasJ. McManus 1933-34ThomasJ. McManus 1934-56WilliamL. Talbot 1957WilliamL. Talbot 1957-78 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1918 Jan 8:EdwardP. McManus, died in office. 1928 May 21:WilliamC. Howell, died in office. 1956 Dec 8:ThomasJ. McManus, died in office.
Surveyors of Customs at Keokuk, 1869(may beincomplete!) JohnStannus as of 1869 | |
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