Mayors of Moscow, 1901-2021(may be incomplete!) WilliamM. Morgan 1905-08J.N. Clarke 1911-13WarrenTruitt 1918-19JohnG. Gibson 1919-21H.Melgard 1921J.E. Wilson as of 1933HenryC. Rach 1935HomerE. Estes 1935-39R.K. Bonnett 1947-51WilliamL. Anderson 1951-53EverettWill 1953-57SpencerL. Lewis 1957-60FredW. Handell 1961-69LawrenceH. Merk 1970JamesC. Harris 1981 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1901 Apr 2:FrankL. White (Citizens), elected. 1903 Apr 7:J.C. Wolfe (Taxpayers), elected. 1904 Apr 5:J.C. Wolfe, elected. 1905 Apr 4:WilliamM. Morgan, elected. 1907 Apr 2:R.S. Mathews (Ind), elected;A.C. Carssow (Citizens), defeated. 1911 Apr 4:J.N. Clarke, elected unopposed. 1913 Apr 1:J.N. Clarke, elected. 1919 Apr 22:JohnG. Gibson, elected;WarrenTruitt, defeated. 1921 Apr 26:H.Melgard (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1935 Apr 23:HomerE. Estes, elected. 1937 Apr 27:HomerE. Estes, elected. 1939 Apr 25:HenryC. Hansen, elected;HomerE. Estes, defeated. 1947 Apr 22:R.K. Bonnett, elected unopposed. 1951 Apr 24:WilliamL. Anderson, elected;R.K. Bonnett, defeated. 1953 Apr 28:EverettWill, elected;T.C. Thomas, defeated. 1955 Apr 26:EverettWill, elected unopposed. 1957 Apr 23:SpencerL. Lewis, elected;V.R. Van Dyk, defeated. 1959 Apr 28:SpencerL. Lewis, elected unopposed. 1961 Apr 25:FredW. Handell, elected;RichardCecil Lovel, defeated;SpencerL. Lewis, defeated. 1965 Nov 2:FredW. Handell, elected unopposed. 1969 Nov 4:LawrenceH. Merk, elected;FredW. Handell, defeated. 1977 Nov 8:W.D. Mackin, elected;E.J. Larsen, defeated;MartinTaylor, defeated. 1981 Nov 3:DeeHager, elected;JamesC. Harris, defeated. 1985 Nov 5:GaryScott, elected;GaryTragesser, defeated. 2021 Nov 2:ArtBettge, elected;JimGray, defeated;OliviaMoses, defeated;BarbRathbun, defeated.
Postmasters at Moscow, 1891-1981(may beincomplete!) ArvidHinman as of 1891RobertH. Barton as of 1893RobertH. Barton as of 1899-1901HomerE. Estes 1922-34GlennH. Sanders 1934-50HubertV. Standley 1950-54HenryC. Hansen 1954-64RichardCecil Lovel 1964-65HowardW. Buchanan 1965-66HowardW. Buchanan 1966-81 | |
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