Mayors of Indianapolis, 1847-2015(may beincomplete!) SamuelHenderson 1847-49HoratioC. Newcomb 1849-51CalebScudder 1851-54JamesMcCready 1854-56HenryF. West 1856CharlesG. Coulon 1856WilliamJ. Wallace 1856-58SamuelD. Maxwell 1858-63JohnCaven 1863-67DanielMcCauley 1867-73JamesL. Mitchell 1873-75JohnCaven 1875-81DanielW. Grubbs 1881-84JohnL. McMaster 1884-86CalebS. Denny 1886-90ThomasL. Sullivan 1890-93CalebS. Denny 1893-95ThomasTaggart 1895-1901CharlesA. Bookwalter 1901-03JohnW. Holtzman 1903-05CharlesA. Bookwalter 1906-09SamuelLewis Shank 1910-13HarryR. Wallace 1913JosephE. Bell 1914-17CharlesW. Jewett 1918-21SamuelLewis Shank 1922-25JohnL. Duvall 1926-27ClaudeE. Negley 1927L.Ert Slack 1927-29ReginaldH. Sullivan 1930-34JohnW. Kern 1935-37WalterC. Boetcher 1937-38ReginaldH. Sullivan 1939-42RobertH. Tyndall 1943-47GeorgeL. Denny 1947AlG. Feeney 1948-50PhilipL. Bayt, Jr. 1950-51ChristianJ. Emhardt 1951AlexM. Clark 1952-55PhilipL. Bayt, Jr. 1956-59CharlesH. Boswell 1959-62AlbertH. Losche 1962-63JohnJ. Barton 1964-67RichardG. Lugar 1968-75WilliamH. Hudnut III 1976-91StephenGoldsmith 1992-99BartPeterson 2000-07GregoryA. Ballard 2008-15 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1847 Apr 24:SamuelHenderson (Whig), elected. 1851 Nov 7:HoratioC. Newcomb, resigned. 1856 Nov 8:HenryF. West, died in office. 1858 May 3:WilliamJ. Wallace, resigned. 1891:WilliamWirt Herod, defeated. 1899 Oct 10:ThomasTaggart (Dem), elected. 1905 Nov 7:CharlesA. Bookwalter (Rep), elected;JohnW. Holtzman (Dem), defeated;GeorgeHitz (Prohibition), defeated;TheodoreBernine (Socialist), defeated. 1913 Nov 28:SamuelLewis Shank, resigned. 1917:CharlesW. Jewett, elected. 1927 Oct 27:JohnL. Duvall, resigned. 1929 Nov 5:ReginaldH. Sullivan (Dem), elected;AlfredM. Glossbrenner (Rep), defeated. 1937 Sep 2:JohnW. Kern, resigned. 1947 Jul 9:RobertH. Tyndall, died in office. 1950 Nov 12:AlG. Feeney, died in office. 1951 Nov 6:AlexM. Clark (Rep), elected;PhilipL. Bayt, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1951 Nov 24:PhilipL. Bayt, Jr., resigned. 1959 Jan 1:PhilipL. Bayt, Jr., resigned. 1962 Aug 6:CharlesH. Boswell, resigned. 1963 Nov 5:JohnJ. Barton (Dem), elected;ClarenceT. Drayer (Rep), defeated;SamuelUnger (Ind), defeated. 1999 Nov 2:BartPeterson (Dem), elected;SueAnne Gilroy (Rep), defeated;AndrewM. Horning (Libertarian), defeated;JohnGibson (Our Party), defeated;JohnLeroy Plemons, defeated. 2007 Nov 6:GregoryA. Ballard, elected. 2011 Nov 8:GregoryA. Ballard, elected.
Postmasters at Indianapolis, 1822-1975(may beincomplete!) SamuelHenderson 1822-31JohnCain 1831-41JosephM. Moore 1841-43JohnCain 1843-44SamuelHenderson 1844-45LivingstonDunlap 1845-49AlexanderW. Russell 1849-52JamesN. Russell 1852-53WilliamW. Wick 1853-57JohnM. Talbott 1857-61AlexanderH. Conner 1861-66DavidG. Rose 1866-69WilliamR. Holloway 1869-81JamesA. Wildman 1881-85AquillaJones, Jr. 1885-89WilliamWallace 1889-91EdwardP. Thompson 1891-94AlbertSahm 1894-98JamesW. Hess 1898-1900GeorgeF. McGinnis 1900-05HarryW. Bennett 1905-08RobertH. Bryson 1908-13RobertE. Springsteen 1913-22RobertH. Bryson 1922RobertH. Bryson 1922-32LeslieD. Clancy 1932-33AdolphSeidensticker 1933-34AdolphSeidensticker 1934-48GeorgeJ. Ress 1948-49GeorgeJ. Ress 1949-54E.D. Claggett 1954WalterA. Smith 1954-57WalterA. Smith 1957-62JohnJ. Nice 1962CharlesH. Boswell 1962-63CharlesH. Boswell 1963-75
Registers of U.S. Land Office at Indianapolis, 1825-27(maybe incomplete!) RobertHanna as of 1825-27
Collectors of Customs at Indianapolis, 1917-51(may beincomplete!) ThomasE. Stuckey as of 1917GeorgeM. Foland as of 1927-32CharlesE. Kemper as of 1941AldenH. Baker as of 1946-47DeaneE. Walker as of 1951
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Indianapolis, 1867-1951(may be incomplete!) AustinH. Brown as of 1867FrederickBaggs as of 1879ElamH. Neal as of 1909PeterJ. Kruyer as of 1917WilliamL. Elder as of 1919M.Bert Thurman as of 1921-27EverettE. Neal as of 1932WillH. Smith as of 1941-45F.Shirley Wilcox as of 1946-47RalphW. Cripe as of 1951
Surveyors of Customs at Indianapolis, 1881-1909(may beincomplete!) JohnR. Leonard as of 1881PhilipM. Hildebrand as of 1891LeopoldG. Rothschild as of 1909 | |
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