Mayors of Ann Arbor, 1851-2024(may be incomplete!)
GeorgeSedgwick 1851-53ErwinS. Tremain 1853-55JamesKingsley 1855-56WilliamS. Maynard 1856-58PhilipBach 1858-59RobertJ. Barry 1859-61JohnF. Miller 1861-62CharlesSpoor 1862-63EbenezerWells 1863-65WilliamS. Maynard 1865-66OliverM. Martin 1866-68ChristianEberbach 1868-69AlfredH. Patridge 1869-70WilliamD. Harriman 1870-71SilasH. Douglas 1871-73HiramJ. Beakes 1873-75EdwardD. Kinne 1875-77DensmoreCramer 1877-78WillardB. Smith 1878-80JohnKapp 1880-83WilliamD. Harriman 1883-85JohnKapp 1885-86JohnJ. Robison 1886-87WillardB. Smith 1887-88SamuelW. Beakes 1888-90CharlesH. Manly 1890-91WilliamG. Doty 1891-93BradleyM. Thompson 1893-94CyrenusG. Darling 1894-95WarrenE. Walker 1895-97CharlesE. Hiscock 1897-99GottlobLuick 1899-1901RoyalS. Copeland 1901-03ArthurBrown 1903-05FrancisM. Hamilton 1905-07JamesC. Henderson 1907-09WilliamL. Walz 1909-13RobertG. MacKenzie 1913-15CharlesA. Sauer 1915ErnestM. Wurster 1915-21GeorgeE. Lewis 1921-25RobertA. Campbell 1925-27EdwardW. Staebler 1927-31H.Wirt Newkirk 1931-33RobertA. Campbell 1933-37WalterC. Sadler 1937-41LeighJ. Young 1941-45WilliamE. Brown, Jr. 1945-57SamuelJ. Eldersveld 1957-59CecilO. Creal 1959-65WendellE. Hulcher 1965-69RobertJ. Harris 1969-73JamesE. Stephenson 1973-75AlbertH. Wheeler 1975-78LouisD. Belcher 1978-85EdwardC. Pierce 1985-87GeraldD. Jernigan 1987-91LizBrater 1991-93IngridB. Sheldon 1993-2000JohnHieftje 2000-14ChristopherTaylor 2014- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1877 Apr 2:DensmoreCramer (Dem), elected;H.C. Waldron (Rep), defeated. 1878 Apr 1:WillardB. Smith (Rep), elected;DensmoreCramer (Dem), defeated. 1879 Apr 7:WillardB. Smith (Rep), elected. 1880 Apr 5:JohnKapp (Dem), elected;BenjaminBrown (Rep), defeated;WilliamH. Deubel (National), defeated. 1881 Apr 4:JohnKapp (Dem), elected. 1882 Apr 3:JohnKapp (Dem), elected. 1883 Apr 2:WilliamD. Harriman, elected. 1884 Apr 7:WilliamD. Harriman, elected. 1885 Apr 6:JohnKapp (Dem), elected;AlexanderHamilton (Rep), defeated;JosephB. Steere (Prohibition), defeated. 1886 Apr 5:JohnJ. Robison (Dem), elected;NalsonJ. Kyer (Rep), defeated;Campbell(Citizens), defeated. 1887 Apr 4:WillardB. Smith (Rep), elected;ConradGeorge (Dem), defeated. 1888 Apr 2:SamuelW. Beakes (Dem), elected;WillardB. Smith (Rep), defeated;NoahW. Cheever (Prohibition), defeated. 1889 Apr 1:SamuelW. Beakes (Dem), elected;CyrenusG. Darling (Rep), defeated;NoahW. Cheever (Prohibition), defeated. 1890 Apr 7:CharlesH. Manly (Dem), elected;ReginaldSpokes (Rep), defeated;JudsonH. Warner (Prohibition), defeated. 1891 Apr 6:WilliamG. Doty (Dem), elected;G.Frank Allmendinger (Rep & Citizens & Prohibition), defeated. 1892 Apr 4:WilliamG. Doty (Dem), elected;A.L. Noble (Rep), defeated;PaulSnauble (Prohibition), defeated. 1893 Apr 3:BradleyM. Thompson (Rep), elected;EugeneG. Mann (Dem), defeated. 1894 Apr 2:CyrenusG. Darling (Rep & Prohibition), elected;WarrenE. Walker (Dem), defeated. 1895 Apr 1:WarrenE. Walker (Dem), elected;JosephT. Jacobs (Rep), defeated;JudsonH. Warner (Prohibition), defeated. 1897 Apr 5:CharlesE. Hiscock (Rep & Dem), elected;JudsonH. Warner (Prohibition), defeated. 1899 Apr 3:GottlobLuick (Dem), elected;WilliamC. Reinhardt (Rep), defeated. 1901 Apr 1:RoyalS. Copeland (Rep), elected;GottlobLuick (Dem), defeated;Tedrow,defeated;Partridge,defeated. 1903 Apr 6:ArthurBrown (Dem), elected;ReubenKempf (Rep), defeated. 1905 Apr 3:FrancisM. Hamilton (Rep), elected;HenryW. Douglas (Dem), defeated. 1907 Apr 1:JamesC. Henderson (Dem), elected;FrancisM. Hamilton (Rep), defeated. 1909 Apr 5:WilliamL. Walz (Dem), elected;CyrenusG. Darling (Rep), defeated. 1911 Apr 3:WilliamL. Walz (Dem), elected;CyrenusG. Darling, defeated;DavidJ. Malloy, defeated. 1913 Mar 5:WilliamS. Mills (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1913 Mar 5:RobertG. MacKenzie (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1913 Mar 5:IsaacL. Sherk (Progressive), nominated unopposed. 1913 Mar 5:D.J. Jeannerette (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1913 Apr 7:RobertG. MacKenzie (Rep), elected;WilliamS. Mills (Dem), defeated;IsaacL. Sherk (Progressive), defeated;D.J. Jeannerette (Socialist), defeated. 1915 Mar 3:TheodoreF. Prochnow (Dem), nominated;ErwinE. Schmid (Dem), defeated in primary. 1915 Mar 3:CharlesA. Sauer (Rep), nominated;GeorgeLutz (Rep), defeated in primary. 1915 Apr 5:CharlesA. Sauer (Rep), elected;TheodoreF. Prochnow (Dem), defeated. 1915 Dec 6:CharlesA. Sauer, died in office. 1917 Apr 2:ErnestM. Wurster (Dem), elected;H.W. Nichols (Socialist), defeated. 1919 Apr 7:ErnestM. Wurster, elected;ClarenceJ. Sweet, defeated;OakleyC. Johnson, defeated. 1921 Mar 2:JohnW. Dwyer (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1921 Mar 2:GeorgeE. Lewis (Rep), nominated;AndrewJ. Sawyer (Rep), defeated in primary. 1921 Apr 4:GeorgeE. Lewis (Rep), elected;JohnW. Dwyer (Dem), defeated. 1923 Apr 2:GeorgeE. Lewis (Rep), elected;GuyG. Alway (Dem), defeated. 1925 Apr 6:RobertA. Campbell (Rep), elected unopposed. 1927 Apr 4:EdwardW. Staebler (Dem), elected;RobertA. Campbell (Rep), defeated. 1929 Apr 1:EdwardW. Staebler (Dem), elected;CarlosA. Reading (Rep), defeated. 1931 Apr 6:H.Wirt Newkirk (Rep), elected;CharlesJ. Hutzel (Dem), defeated. 1933 Mar 6:RobertA. Campbell (Rep), nominated;JohnA. Neelands (Rep), defeated in primary. 1933 Apr 3:RobertA. Campbell (Rep), elected;RollaN. Frisinger (Dem), defeated. 1935 Mar 4:JohnW. Conlin (Dem), nominated;JohnH. Muyskens (Dem), defeated in primary. 1935 Apr 1:RobertA. Campbell (Rep), elected;JohnW. Conlin (Dem), defeated. 1937 Apr 5:WalterC. Sadler (Rep), elected;ArthurC. Lehman, defeated. 1939 Apr 3:WalterC. Sadler (Rep), elected unopposed. 1941 Apr 7:LeighJ. Young (Rep), elected;WilliamA. Kolander (Dem), defeated. 1943 Apr 5:LeighJ. Young (Rep), elected;JohnL. Brumm (Dem), defeated. 1945 Feb 19:WilliamE. Brown, Jr. (Rep), nominated;GlennL. Alt (Rep), defeated in primary. 1945 Apr 2:WilliamE. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected unopposed. 1947 Apr 7:WilliamE. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected unopposed. 1949 Apr 4:WilliamE. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected;LeslieA. Wikel (Dem), defeated;JohnF. Shepard (Progressive), defeated. 1951 Apr 2:WilliamE. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected;LewisC. Reimann (Dem), defeated. 1953 Apr 6:WilliamE. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected;JesseOrmondroyd (Dem), defeated. 1955 Apr 4:WilliamE. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected;AlbertJ. Logan (Dem), defeated. 1957 Feb 18:WilliamE. Brown, Jr. (Rep), nominated;DominickA. DeVarti (Rep), defeated in primary. 1957 Apr 1:SamuelJ. Eldersveld (Dem), elected;WilliamE. Brown, Jr. (Rep), defeated;DominickA. DeVarti, defeated. 1959 Feb 16:CecilO. Creal (Rep), nominated;FredericB. House (Rep), defeated in primary. 1959 Apr 6:CecilO. Creal (Rep), elected;LloydM. Ives (Dem), defeated. 1961 Apr 3:CecilO. Creal (Rep), elected;DorotheeS. Pealy (Dem), defeated. 1963 Apr 1:CecilO. Creal (Rep), elected;AlbertF. Schneider (Dem), defeated. 1965 Apr 5:WendellE. Hulcher (Rep), elected;EuniceL. Burns (Dem), defeated. 1967 Apr 3:WendellE. Hulcher (Rep), elected;EdwardC. Pierce (Dem), defeated. 1969 Apr 7:RobertJ. Harris (Dem), elected;RichardE. Balzhiser (Rep), defeated. 1971 Feb 15:RobertJ. Harris (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1971 Feb 15:JackJ. Garris (Rep), nominated;LouisD. Belcher (Rep), defeated in primary;LewisC. Ernst (Rep), defeated in primary. 1971 Apr 5:RobertJ. Harris (Dem), elected;JackJ. Garris (Rep), defeated. 1973 Feb 19:FranzJ. Mogdis (Dem), nominated;JohnM. Feiner (Dem), defeated in primary;RobertElton (Dem), defeated in primary. 1973 Feb 19:JamesE. Stephenson (Rep), nominated;LewisC. Ernst (Rep), defeated in primary. 1973 Feb 19:BenitaKaimowitz (Human Rights), nominated;AnneL. Bobroff (Human Rights), defeated in primary;RichardL. Steinhart (Human Rights), defeated in primary;DavidW. Allen (Human Rights), defeated in primary. 1973 Apr 2:JamesE. Stephenson (Rep), elected;FranzJ. Mogdis (Dem), defeated;BenitaKaimowitz (Human Rights), defeated. 1975 Apr 7:AlbertH. Wheeler (Dem), elected;JamesE. Stephenson (Rep), defeated;CarolErnst (Human Rights), defeated. 1977 Apr 4:AlbertH. Wheeler (Dem), elected;LouisD. Belcher (Rep), defeated;DianaLee Slaughter (Human Rights), defeated. 1978 Apr 3:LouisD. Belcher (Rep), elected;AlbertH. Wheeler (Dem), defeated. 1979 Feb 19:JamesKenworthy (Dem), nominated;JamesMathew Montgomery (Dem), defeated in primary. 1979 Feb 19:LouisD. Belcher (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1979 Apr 2:LouisD. Belcher (Rep), elected;JamesKenworthy (Dem), defeated. 1981 Apr 6:LouisD. Belcher (Rep), elected;RobertG. Faber (Dem), defeated. 1983 Feb 21:LeslieMorris (Dem), nominated;ThomasBlessing (Dem), defeated in primary. 1983 Feb 21:LouisD. Belcher (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1983 Feb 21:PaulS. Jensen (American Independent), nominated unopposed. 1983 Apr 4:LouisD. Belcher (Rep), elected;LeslieMorris (Dem), defeated;PaulS. Jensen (American Independent), defeated. 1985 Feb 18:EdwardC. Pierce (Dem), nominated;BunyanBryant (Dem), defeated in primary. 1985 Feb 18:RichardA. Hadler (Rep), nominated;PaulS. Jensen (Rep), defeated in primary. 1985 Apr 1:EdwardC. Pierce (Dem), elected;RichardA. Hadler (Rep), defeated. 1987 Feb 16:EdwardC. Pierce (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1987 Feb 16:GeraldD. Jernigan (Rep), nominated;PaulS. Jensen (Rep), defeated in primary. 1987 Apr 6:GeraldD. Jernigan (Rep), elected;EdwardC. Pierce (Dem), defeated. 1989 Feb 20:RaymondF. Clevenger (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1989 Feb 20:GeraldD. Jernigan (Rep), nominated;PaulS. Jensen (Rep), defeated in primary. 1989 Apr 3:GeraldD. Jernigan (Rep), elected;RaymondF. Clevenger (Dem), defeated;DavidDamrose (Libertarian), defeated. 1991 Apr 1:LizBrater (Dem), elected;GeraldD. Jernigan (Rep), defeated;DavidH. Raaflaub (Libertarian), defeated. 1993 Apr 5:IngridB. Sheldon (Rep), elected;LizBrater (Dem), defeated;EmilyH. Salvette (Libertarian), defeated;PaulS. Jensen (Tisch Independent Citizens), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:IngridB. Sheldon (Rep), elected;DavidF. Stead (Dem), defeated. 1996 Nov 5:IngridB. Sheldon (Rep), elected;ChrisKolb (Dem), defeated. 1998 Aug 4:ChrisKolb (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1998 Aug 4:IngridB. Sheldon (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1998 Nov 3:IngridB. Sheldon (Rep), elected;ChrisKolb (Dem), defeated;ElizabethKeslacy (Libertarian), defeated. 2000 Nov 7:JohnHieftje (Dem), elected;StephenRapundalo (Rep), defeated;CharlesGoodman (Libertarian), defeated. 2002 Nov 5:JohnHieftje (Dem), elected;MarciaHiggins (Rep), defeated. 2004 Nov 2:JohnHieftje (Dem), elected;JaneLumm (Rep), defeated. 2006 Aug 8:JohnHieftje (Dem), nominated;WendyWoods (Dem), defeated in primary. 2006 Nov 7:JohnHieftje (Dem), elected;TomWall, defeated. 2008 Aug 5:JohnHieftje (Dem), nominated;TomWall (Dem), defeated in primary. 2008 Nov 4:JohnHieftje (Dem), elected;EricPlourde, defeated. 2010 Aug 3:JohnHieftje (Dem), nominated;PatriciaLesko (Dem), defeated in primary. 2010 Nov 2:JohnHieftje (Dem), elected;SteveBean (Ind), defeated. 2012 Nov 6:JohnHieftje (Dem), elected;AlbertHoward (Ind), defeated. 2014 Aug 5:ChristopherTaylor (Dem), nominated;SabraBriere (Dem), defeated in primary;StephenKunselman (Dem), defeated in primary;SallyHart Petersen (Dem), defeated in primary. 2014 Nov 4:ChristopherTaylor (Dem), elected;BryanKelly (Ind), defeated. 2016 Nov 8:ChristopherTaylor (Dem), elected unopposed. 2018 Aug 7:ChristopherTaylor (Dem), nominated;JackEaton (Dem), defeated in primary. 2018 Nov 6:ChristopherTaylor (Dem), elected unopposed. 2022 Aug 2:ChristopherTaylor (Dem), nominated;AnneBannister (Dem), defeated in primary. 2022 Nov 8:ChristopherTaylor (Dem), elected;EricB. Lipson, defeated;DylanManna, defeated.
Village Presidents of Ann Arbor, 1834-50(may beincomplete!)
JohnAllen 1834-35GeorgeW. Jewett 1835-36WilliamS. Maynard 1836-38EdwardR. Everett 1838-39WilliamS. Maynard 1839-40VolneyChapin 1840-43WilliamR. Thompson 1843-44OlneyHawkins 1844-45GeorgeSedgwick 1845-49WilliamFinley 1849-50
Postmasters at Ann Arbor, 1824-1971(may beincomplete!)
JohnAllen 1824-30JamesT. Allen 1830-33AnsonBrown 1833-34CharlesThayer 1834-41MarkHoward 1841-43GeorgeDanforth 1843-47FlaviusJ. B. Crane 1847-49CalebClark 1849-53HenryD. Bennett 1853-61JohnJ. Thompson 1861-66RichardBeahan 1866-67ClaudiusB. Grant 1867-70HenryS. Dean 1870-72CharlesG. Clark 1872-82JeromeC. Knowlton 1882-85EdwardDuffy 1885-90EugeneE. Beal 1890-94SamuelW. Beakes 1894-98GeorgeH. Pond 1898-1906HoraceG. Prettyman 1906-15HoratioJ. Abbott 1915-23AmbroseC. Pack 1923-24AmbroseC. Pack 1924-36FlorenceS. Abbott 1936-39FlorenceS. Abbott 1939-43OswaldJ. Koch 1943-44OswaldJ. Koch 1944-60HughP. Gaston 1960-61DonaldG. Bachman, Sr. 1961-63DonaldG. Bachman, Sr. 1963-71 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1960 Jan 14:OswaldJ. Koch, died in office.
(most parts became Ann Arbor, 1851-2009)
Supervisors of Ann Arbor Township, 1827-2012(may beincomplete!)
HenryRumsey 1827-28OrrinWhite 1828-29RobertGeddes 1829-31HarveyChubb 1831-33MosesMcCollum 1833-34HenryRumsey 1834-35DanielB. Brown 1835-36WilliamR. Thompson 1836-37DwightKellogg 1837-38CalebOrmsby 1838-39JohnGeddes 1839-41DavidT. McCollum 1841-42EdwinLawrence 1842-44JohnGeddes 1844-45HiramBecker 1845-46JohnGeddes 1846-47HiramBecker 1847-48EdwinLawrence 1848-49IsraelMowry 1849-50SumnerHicks 1850-51HethcottM. Mowry 1851-52A.H. Markham 1852-55CollinsB. Cook 1855-58A.H. Markham 1858-60OrrinWhite 1860-62H.M. Morey 1862-63JohnGeddes 1863-65EdwardTreadwell 1865-66SamuelCrosman 1866-69S.W. Shurtleff 1869-78IsaacN. S. Foster 1878-83FrederickB. Braun 1883-89ThomasG. Burlingame 1889-91WalterS. Bilbie 1891-92CharlesBraun 1892-95CorneliusL. Tuomey 1895-97CharlesBraun 1897-98CorneliusL. Tuomey 1898-99CharlesBraun 1899-1903WalterS. Bilbie 1903-09CharlesFred Staebler as of 1918-19WalterS. Bilbie as of 1923-24AlbertC. Stein 1932-47MyrlG. Underwood 1947-51EdwardW. Frederick 1951-61CharlesH. Stuart 1962-74WilliamF. Jewell 1974-78NancyL. Davis 1978-88ElizabethLangford 1988-2002MichaelMoran 2002- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1880 Apr 5:IsaacN. S. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed. 1888 Apr 2:FrederickB. Braun (Rep), elected;WalterS. Bilbie (Dem), defeated. 1891 Apr 6:ThomasG. Burlingame (Dem), elected. 1891 Aug 9:ThomasG. Burlingame, died in office. 1893 Apr 3:CharlesBraun (Dem), elected. 1894 Apr 2:CharlesBraun (Dem), elected. 1895 Apr 1:CorneliusL. Tuomey (Dem), elected;GeorgeN. Foster (Rep), defeated. 1896 Apr 6:CorneliusL. Tuomey (Dem), elected;GeorgeN. Foster (Rep), defeated. 1897 Apr 5:CharlesBraun (Dem), elected;FrederickB. Braun (Rep), defeated. 1899 Apr 3:CharlesBraun (Dem), elected. 1900 Apr 2:CharlesBraun (Dem), elected;A.F. Smith (Rep), defeated. 1901 Apr 1:CharlesBraun (Dem), elected;CharlesG. Smith (Rep), defeated. 1902 Apr 7:CharlesBraun (Dem), elected;FosterBrown (Rep), defeated. 1903 Apr 6:WalterS. Bilbie (Dem), elected. 1904 Apr 4:WalterS. Bilbie (Dem), elected. 1905 Apr 3:WalterS. Bilbie (Dem), elected. 1906 Apr 2:WalterS. Bilbie (Dem), elected. 1918 Apr 1:CharlesFred Staebler (Dem), elected. 1919 Apr 7:CharlesFred Staebler (Dem), elected. 1923 Apr 2:WalterS. Bilbie (Dem), elected;TheodoreDeForest (Rep), defeated. 1924 Apr 7:WalterS. Bilbie (Dem), elected;UlyssesA. Gates (Rep), defeated. 1932 Apr 4:AlbertC. Stein (Rep), elected;JohnM. Naylor (Dem), defeated. 1935 Apr 1:AlbertC. Stein (Rep), elected;ThadC. Prochnow (Dem), defeated. 1937 Apr 5:AlbertC. Stein (Rep), elected;HermanHaas (Dem), defeated. 1938 Apr 4:AlbertC. Stein (Rep), elected;HermanA. Staebler (Dem), defeated. 1939 Apr 3:AlbertC. Stein (Rep), elected. 1945 Apr 2:AlbertC. Stein (Rep), elected;RichardH. Bilbie (Dem), defeated. 1947 Apr 7:MyrlG. Underwood, elected. 1951 Apr 2:EdwardW. Frederick, elected. 1959 Apr 6:EdwardW. Frederick, elected. 1961 Apr 3:EdwardW. Frederick, elected. 1963 Apr 1:CharlesH. Stuart, elected. 1980 Aug 5:NancyL. Davis (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1980 Nov 4:NancyL. Davis (Dem), elected unopposed. 1984 Aug 7:NancyL. Davis (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1984 Nov 6:NancyL. Davis (Dem), elected unopposed. 1988 Aug 2:NancyL. Davis (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1988 Aug 2:ElizabethLangford (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1988 Nov 8:ElizabethLangford (Rep), elected;NancyL. Davis (Dem), defeated. 1992 Aug 4:ElizabethLangford (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1992 Nov 3:ElizabethLangford (Rep), elected unopposed. 1996 Aug 6:ElizabethLangford (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1996 Nov 5:ElizabethLangford (Rep), elected unopposed. 2000 Aug 8:ElizabethLangford (Rep), nominated unopposed. 2000 Nov 7:ElizabethLangford (Rep), elected unopposed. 2002 Sep 18:MichaelMoran, appointed. 2004 Aug 3:MichaelMoran (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2004 Nov 2:MichaelMoran (Dem), elected unopposed. 2008 Aug 5:MichaelMoran (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2008 Nov 4:MichaelMoran (Dem), elected unopposed. 2012 Aug 7:MichaelMoran (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2012 Nov 6:MichaelMoran (Dem), elected unopposed.
(merged with Ann Arbor 1957)
Mayors of East Ann Arbor, 1947-56(may beincomplete!)
KennethR. Wingrove as of 1947-49CarlH. Read 1949-53LeoA. Fredette 1953-55RobertW. Harrington as of 1955-56 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1953 Apr 6:LeoA. Fredette, elected unopposed. 1955 Apr 4:RobertW. Harrington, elected. | |
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