Mayors of Emmett, 1900-2024(may be incomplete!) CharlesP. Bilderback 1900E.M. Reilly 1910-11W.R. Cartwright 1911RobertN. Cummings 1913-14R.E. Rose 1918-19J.C. Allmon 1919-20FrankKnox 1920-21AnthonyP. Peterson 1921FrankKnox 1923CharlesL. Gamage 1925-29HowardEaton 1939-45C.Emory Schoenwald 1945-47D.O. Thurman 1947-51WallaceR. Hart 1951-53LeeE. Bolt 1953-59GeorgeL. Yost 1959-63LeeE. Bolt 1964-73RodMorgan 1974-85MarilynLorenzen 1986-87JohnLafordge as of 1995BillButticci 2012-13GordonW. Petrie 2015- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1911 Apr 4:W.R. Cartwright, elected;CharlesP. Bilderback, defeated. 1913 Apr 1:RobertN. Cummings, elected;B.B. Davis, defeated. 1919 Apr 22:J.C. Allmon (Liberty), elected;R.E. Rose, defeated. 1920 Apr 8:J.C. Allmon, resigned. 1925 Apr 28:CharlesL. Gamage (People's), elected;SamuelD. Riggs (Citizens), defeated. 1929 Apr 23:CharlesL. Gamage (Citizens), elected. 1931 Apr 28:HenryCutler (People's), elected unopposed. 1935 Apr 23:C.O. Bucknum, elected. 1939 Apr 25:HowardEaton (People's), elected;W.H. Cammerer, defeated. 1941 Apr 22:HowardEaton, elected unopposed. 1943 Apr 27:HowardEaton, elected unopposed. 1945 Apr 24:C.Emory Schoenwald (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1947:D.O. Thurman, elected. 1949 Apr 26:D.O. Thurman (Citizens), elected;WallaceR. Hart (People's), defeated. 1951 Apr 24:WallaceR. Hart, elected unopposed. 1953 Apr 28:LeeE. Bolt, elected;JamesD. Murray, defeated. 1955 Apr 26:LeeE. Bolt, elected unopposed. 1957 Apr 23:LeeE. Bolt, elected unopposed. 1959 Apr 28:GeorgeL. Yost, elected;EarlGratton, defeated. 1961 Apr 25:GeorgeL. Yost, elected;EarlGratton, defeated. 1963 Nov 5:LeeE. Bolt, elected;C.E. Higer, defeated. 1965 Nov 2:LeeE. Bolt, elected unopposed. 1969 Nov 4:LeeE. Bolt, elected unopposed. 1973 Nov 6:RodMorgan, elected;SteveHanley, defeated. 1977 Nov 8:RodMorgan, elected unopposed. 1981 Nov 3:RodMorgan, elected;RyanKolodziej, defeated. 1985 Nov 5:MarilynLorenzen, elected;RodMorgan, defeated. 1989 Nov 7:LeroyH. Campbell, elected;RodMorgan, defeated. 2001 Nov 6:RonMorgan, elected;EricBell, defeated. 2019 Nov 5:GordonW. Petrie, elected;SteveNebeker, defeated. 2023 Nov 7:GordonW. Petrie, elected;ChuckRolland, defeated.
Postmasters at Emmett, 1885-1972(may beincomplete!) WilliamM. Hamersley 1885-90ElsieWardwell 1890-91HughH. Fulton 1891-93StephenDempsey 1893-97EdwardAllen 1897-1902DavidE. Smithson 1902-07EdwardWaring 1907-16SamuelD. Riggs 1916-24RobertR. Coon 1924RobertR. Coon 1924-33JosephW. Tyler 1933-34JosephW. Tyler 1934-38ClareG. Zimmerman 1938-39ClareG. Zimmerman 1939-42MollieK. Zimmerman 1942ClareG. Zimmerman 1942-44MollieK. Zimmerman 1944-45ClareG. Zimmerman 1945-47VanceJoines 1947-49VanceJoines 1949-65ClareG. Zimmerman 1965ClareG. Zimmerman 1965-72
Postmasters at Emmettsville, 1868-85(may beincomplete!) JamesM. Donnell 1868-69JohnPool 1869JohnPool 1870-71NathanielMartin 1871-75DouglasKnox 1875-76BenjaminLeonard Warriner 1876-78AaronBascom 1878-80WilliamM. Hamersley 1880-85 | |
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