Mayors of Grosse Pointe, 1934-2013(may beincomplete!)
HerbertB. Trix 1934-37JosephM. Fee 1938DexterM. Ferry, Jr. 1938-39MasonP. Rumney 1939-44ChesterF. Carpenter 1944HughL. Dill 1944-45RalphB. Netting 1945-53FrederickW. Parker, Jr. 1953-59KennethF. Bergmann 1959-60AlonzoC. Allen 1960-63DavidE. Burgess 1963-70JohnL. King 1970-78SusanWheeler 2000-01DaleN. Scrace 2001- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1937 Nov 2:JosephM. Fee, elected unopposed. 1938 Apr 15:JosephM. Fee, died in office. 1939 Nov 7:MasonP. Rumney, elected. 1941 Nov 4:MasonP. Rumney, elected unopposed. 1943 Nov 2:MasonP. Rumney, elected unopposed. 1944 Jan 20:MasonP. Rumney, died in office. 1945 Nov 6:RalphB. Netting, elected unopposed. 1947 Nov 4:RalphB. Netting, elected unopposed. 1949 Nov 1:RalphB. Netting, elected unopposed. 1951 Nov 6:RalphB. Netting, elected unopposed. 1953 Nov 3:FrederickW. Parker, Jr., elected;D.Robert Colegrove, defeated. 1955 Nov 1:FrederickW. Parker, Jr., elected unopposed. 1957 Nov 5:FrederickW. Parker, Jr., elected unopposed. 1959 Nov 3:KennethF. Bergmann, elected unopposed. 1960 Nov 1:KennethF. Bergmann, resigned. 1960 Nov 21:AlonzoC. Allen, appointed. 1961 Nov 7:AlonzoC. Allen, elected unopposed. 1963 Nov 5:DavidE. Burgess, elected unopposed. 1965 Nov 2:DavidE. Burgess, elected unopposed. 1967 Nov 7:DavidE. Burgess, elected unopposed. 1969 Nov 4:DavidE. Burgess, elected;WalterG. Huber, defeated. 1970 Nov 3:DavidE. Burgess, died in office. 1970 Nov 16:JohnL. King, appointed. 1971 Nov 2:JohnL. King, elected unopposed. 1973 Nov 6:JohnL. King, elected unopposed. 1975 Nov 4:JohnL. King, elected unopposed. 1977 Nov 8:JohnL. King, elected unopposed. 1979 Nov 6:DavidRobb, elected unopposed. 1985 Nov 5:LorenzoBrowning, elected unopposed. 2001 Nov 6:DaleN. Scrace, elected unopposed. 2003 Nov 4:DaleN. Scrace, elected unopposed. 2005 Nov 8:DaleN. Scrace, elected;SteveSholty, defeated. 2007 Nov 6:DaleN. Scrace, elected unopposed. 2009 Nov 3:DaleN. Scrace, elected unopposed. 2011 Nov 8:DaleN. Scrace, elected unopposed.
Village Presidents of Grosse Pointe, 1901-34(may beincomplete!)
RichardP. Connor as of 1919-34 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1901 Mar 11:FrankR. Cadieux, elected unopposed. 1924 Mar 10:RichardP. Connor, elected;JuliusNeff, defeated. 1925 Mar 9:RichardP. Connor, elected unopposed. 1926 Mar 8:RichardP. Connor, elected;ErnestE. Brown, defeated. 1930 Mar 10:RichardP. Connor, elected unopposed. 1931 Mar 9:RichardP. Connor, elected unopposed. 1932 Mar 14:RichardP. Connor, elected unopposed. 1934 Mar 12:RichardP. Connor, elected unopposed.
Postmasters at Grosse Pointe, 1871-1903(may beincomplete!)
ProctorB. Weaver as of 1871AlexanderMichie as of 1881R.W. Kirby as of 1883-87F.L. Cadieux as of 1891AnnieCadieux 1899-1903
(incorporated as village 1893, as city 1949)
Mayors of Grosse Pointe Farms, 1951-2013(may beincomplete!)
WilliamF. Connolly, Jr. 1951-66WilliamG. Butler as of 1968-75JamesH. Dingeman as of 1978EdwardGaffney as of 1999-2003JamesC. Farquhar, Jr. 2002- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1966:WilliamF. Connolly, Jr., resigned. 2003 Nov 4:JamesC. Farquhar, Jr., elected;PerryDavis, defeated;ThereseM. Joseph, defeated;JosephT. Leonard, defeated. 2005 Nov 8:JamesC. Farquhar, Jr., elected unopposed. 2007 Nov 6:JamesC. Farquhar, Jr., elected unopposed. 2009 Nov 3:JamesC. Farquhar, Jr., elected unopposed. 2011 Nov 8:JamesC. Farquhar, Jr., elected unopposed.
Village Presidents of Grosse Pointe Farms, 1901-49(may beincomplete!)
TheodoreBeaupre 1924-26KennethL. Moore as of 1929-30MichaelC. Beaupre 1931-32TheodoreH. Hinchman 1933-36JamesK. Watkins 1943-49WilliamF. Connolly, Jr. 1949 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1901 Mar 11:JosephH. Berry (People's), elected unopposed. 1924 Mar 10:TheodoreBeaupre, elected;EdwardJ. Tucker, defeated. 1925 Mar 9:TheodoreBeaupre, elected;EdwardJ. Tucker, defeated. 1926 Mar 8:DanielG. Allor, elected;ArthurW. Vernier, defeated. 1930 Mar 10:KennethL. Moore, elected unopposed. 1931 Mar 9:MichaelC. Beaupre, elected;JosephW. Snay, defeated. 1932 Mar 14:MichaelC. Beaupre, elected unopposed. 1934 Mar 12:TheodoreH. Hinchman, elected unopposed. 1936 Mar 9:TheodoreH. Hinchman, elected unopposed. 1936 Jul 16:TheodoreH. Hinchman, died in office. 1937 Mar 8:PaulH. Deming, elected unopposed. 1938 Mar 14:PaulH. Deming, elected unopposed. 1942 Mar 9:PaulH. Deming, elected unopposed. 1943 Jan 18:PaulH. Deming, resigned. 1943 Feb 11:JamesK. Watkins, nominated;JosephW. Snay, nominated. 1943 Mar 8:JamesK. Watkins, elected;JosephW. Snay, defeated. 1944 Mar 13:JamesK. Watkins, elected unopposed. 1945 Mar 12:JamesK. Watkins, elected unopposed. 1946 Mar 11:JamesK. Watkins, elected unopposed. 1947 Mar 10:JamesK. Watkins, elected unopposed. 1948 Mar 8:JamesK. Watkins, elected;JohnR. Sutton, Jr., defeated. 1949 Mar 14:WilliamF. Connolly, Jr., elected unopposed.
Postmasters at Grosse Pointe Farms, 1901-11(may beincomplete!)
FrancisR. Cadieux as of 1901WilliamL. Barker as of 1903JamesF. Locke as of 1911
(incorporated as village 1907, as city 1950)
Mayors of Grosse Pointe Park, 1950-2013(may beincomplete!)
HomerC. Fritsch 1950-57KennethW. Cunningham 1957-64MatthewC. Patterson 1964-78PalmerT. Heenan 1983- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1950 Dec 11:HomerC. Fritsch, elected unopposed. 1953 Apr 6:HomerC. Fritsch, elected unopposed. 1955 Apr 4:HomerC. Fritsch, elected;EdmondT. Neeme, defeated. 1957 Apr 1:HomerC. Fritsch, elected unopposed. 1957 Apr 8:HomerC. Fritsch, died in office. 1959 Apr 6:KennethW. Cunningham, elected;StephenWalker, defeated. 1961 Apr 3:KennethW. Cunningham, elected;HamiltonF. Kotcher, defeated. 1963 Apr 1:KennethW. Cunningham, elected unopposed. 1964:KennethW. Cunningham, resigned;MatthewC. Patterson, appointed. 1965 Apr 5:MatthewC. Patterson, elected;WilliamM. Fritz, defeated. 1967 Feb 20:MatthewC. Patterson, nominated;WilliamR. Filbin, nominated;TheodoreF. Feldman, defeated in primary. 1967 Apr 3:MatthewC. Patterson, elected;WilliamR. Filbin, defeated. 1969 Apr 7:MatthewC. Patterson, elected unopposed. 1971 Nov 2:MatthewC. Patterson, elected unopposed. 1973 Nov 6:MatthewC. Patterson, elected unopposed. 1975 Nov 4:MatthewC. Patterson, elected;DouglasG. Graham, defeated. 1977 Nov 8:MatthewC. Patterson, elected unopposed. 1979 Nov 6:MatthewC. Patterson, elected. 1981 Nov 3:DouglasG. Graham, elected. 1983 Nov 8:PalmerT. Heenan, elected. 1985 Nov 5:PalmerT. Heenan, elected;JohnProst, defeated. 2003 Nov 4:PalmerT. Heenan, elected unopposed. 2005 Nov 8:PalmerT. Heenan, elected unopposed. 2007 Nov 8:PalmerT. Heenan, elected unopposed. 2009 Nov 3:PalmerT. Heenan, elected unopposed. 2011 Nov 8:PalmerT. Heenan, elected unopposed.
Village Presidents of Grosse Pointe Park, 1907-50(may beincomplete!)
ThomasW. Corby 1907-09HermanKreit 1909-10RobertTrombley 1910-12LouisN. Hilsendegen 1912-15JuliusW. Berns 1915-18GeorgeDefer 1918-27AlfredJ. Garska 1927-38KarlB. Goddard 1940-44HowardP. Parshall 1946-48HomerC. Fritsch 1948-50 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1915 Jan 11:JuliusW. Berns, appointed. 1919 Mar 10:GeorgeDefer (People's), elected;ChristianH. Haberkorn (Citizens), defeated. 1924 Mar 10:GeorgeDefer (People's), elected;AdelbertH. Lindley (Progressive), defeated. 1925 Mar 9:GeorgeDefer (People's), elected;AdelbertH. Lindley (Progressive), defeated. 1926 Mar 8:GeorgeDefer (People's), elected unopposed. 1930 Mar 10:AlfredJ. Garska, elected;JohnBery, defeated. 1932 Mar 14:AlfredJ. Garska, elected unopposed. 1934 Mar 12:AlfredJ. Garska, elected unopposed. 1936 Mar 9:AlfredJ. Garska, elected;HarryC. Hanley, defeated. 1938 Mar 14:AlfredJ. Garska, elected unopposed. 1942 Mar 9:KarlB. Goddard, elected unopposed. 1944 Mar 12:WardS. Van Deusen, elected;LouisB. Ver Wiebe, defeated. 1946 Mar 11:HowardP. Parshall, elected unopposed. 1948 Mar 8:HomerC. Fritsch, elected unopposed. 1950 Mar 13:HomerC. Fritsch, elected;CarlSchweikart, defeated.
(incorporated as village 1911, as city 2009)
Mayors of Grosse Pointe Shores, 2009-13(may beincomplete!)
JamesM. Cooper 2009-11TedKedzierski 2011- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
2011 Nov 8:TedKedzierski, elected;JamesM. Cooper, defeated.
Village Presidents of Grosse Pointe Shores, 1923-2009(maybe incomplete!)
GeorgeOsius as of 1923-26ErnestC. Putnam as of 1950-51JamesM. Cooper 2002-09 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1924 May 20:GeorgeOsius, elected unopposed. 1925 May 19:GeorgeOsius, elected unopposed. 1926 May 18:GeorgeOsius, elected unopposed. 1943 May 18:ElroyO. Jones, elected unopposed.
(renamed from Lochmoor 1939; became city 1950)
Mayors of Grosse Pointe Woods, 1950-2013(may beincomplete!)
LeonD. Ratcliffe 1950-52PaulW. Rowe 1952-54WaidH. McKnight 1954-55KenKoppin 1955-56KenKoppin as of 1960KennethR. McLeod as of 1967BenjaminW. Pinkos as of 1974-78RobertE. Novitke 1990- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1950 Dec 11:LeonD. Ratcliffe, elected;PaulW. Rowe, defeated. 1952 Apr 7:PaulW. Rowe, elected unopposed. 1953 Apr 6:PaulW. Rowe, elected;LouisC. Calcaterra, Jr., defeated. 1955 Apr 4:KenKoppin, elected;WaidH. McKnight, defeated. 1973 Nov 6:BenjaminW. Pinkos, elected;MarvinR. Boutin, defeated. 1975 Nov 4:BenjaminW. Pinkos, elected unopposed. 1977 Nov 8:BenjaminW. Pinkos, elected;WilliamWilson, defeated. 1979 Nov 6:GeorgeS. Freeman, elected. 1981 Nov 3:GeorgeS. Freeman, elected. 1985 Nov 5:GeorgeS. Freeman, elected unopposed. 2001 Nov 6:RobertE. Novitke, elected;EdwinFramalino, defeated. 2005 Nov 8:RobertE. Novitke, elected;PatriciaKukula Chylinski, defeated. 2009 Nov 3:RobertE. Novitke, elected unopposed.
(renamed from Lochmoor 1939; became city in1950)
Village Presidents of Grosse Pointe Woods, 1942-50(may beincomplete!)
AloisA. Ghesquiere as of 1942-50 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1942 Mar 9:AloisA. Ghesquiere, elected unopposed. 1943 Mar 8:AloisA. Ghesquiere, elected unopposed. 1944 Mar 13:AloisA. Ghesquiere, elected;ArnoldDiesing, defeated. 1945 Mar 12:AloisA. Ghesquiere, elected;AlbertBeaver, defeated. 1946 Mar 11:AloisA. Ghesquiere, elected unopposed. 1947 Mar 10:AloisA. Ghesquiere, elected unopposed. 1948 Mar 8:AloisA. Ghesquiere, elected;EarlC. Mohan, defeated. 1949 Mar 14:AloisA. Ghesquiere, elected unopposed. 1950 Mar 13:AloisA. Ghesquiere, elected unopposed.
(renamed Grosse Pointe Woods in 1939)
Village Presidents of Lochmoor, 1930-38(may beincomplete!)
JamesW. Carter 1930-31EdmundC. Vernier 1931-32RoyCrane as of 1933-34JulesDe Porre as of 1936-38 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1930 Mar 10:JamesW. Carter, elected unopposed. 1931 Mar 9:EdmundC. Vernier, elected;JamesW. Carter, defeated. 1932 Mar 14:EdmundC. Vernier, elected unopposed. 1933:RoyCrane, elected. 1936 Mar 9:JulesDe Porre, elected unopposed. 1937 Mar 8:JulesDe Porre, elected;WilliamWright, defeated. 1938 Mar 14:JulesDe Porre, elected;EdgarA. Beauchamp, defeated;RalphJ. Roselle, defeated.
(subset of Grosse Pointe Shores, 1951-2009)
Supervisors of Grosse Pointe Township, 1901-2007(may beincomplete!)
CharlesA. Poupard 1923-26EdmundC. Vernier 1926-34NorbertF. Denk 1934-42JuliusL. Berns 1942CarlSchweikart 1942-49ErnestC. Putnam as of 1950-63MaryMatuja as of 2007 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1901 Apr 1:Trombley,elected;ArchibaldMichie, defeated. 1924 Mar 5:CharlesA. Poupard (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1924 Apr 7:CharlesA. Poupard (Dem), elected unopposed. 1925 Apr 6:CharlesA. Poupard (Dem), elected unopposed. 1926 Apr 5:EdmundC. Vernier (Dem), elected;AlbertF. Meininger (Rep), defeated. 1930 Apr 7:EdmundC. Vernier (Dem), elected unopposed. 1931 Mar 2:EdmundC. Vernier (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1931 Apr 2:EdmundC. Vernier (Dem), elected unopposed. 1932 Mar 7:EdmundC. Vernier (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1932 Apr 4:EdmundC. Vernier (Dem), elected unopposed. 1933 Mar 6:EdmundC. Vernier (Dem), nominated;JohnT. Hurley (Dem), defeated in primary;EdwardH. Vincent (Dem), defeated in primary. 1933 Mar 6:WilliamR. Hudson (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1933 Apr 3:EdmundC. Vernier (Dem), elected;WilliamR. Hudson (Rep), defeated. 1934 Sep 28:EdmundC. Vernier, died in office. 1935 Apr 1:WilliamR. Hudson (Rep), elected;NorbertF. Denk (Dem), defeated. 1936 Mar 2:NorbertF. Denk (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1936 Mar 2:WilliamR. Hudson (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1936 Apr 6:NorbertF. Denk (Dem), elected;WilliamR. Hudson (Rep), defeated. 1937 Mar 1:NorbertF. Denk (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1937 Apr 5:NorbertF. Denk (Dem), elected;CharlesR. Bennett (Rep), defeated. 1938 Apr 4:NorbertF. Denk (Rep), elected unopposed. 1939 Apr 3:NorbertF. Denk, elected. 1940 Apr 1:NorbertF. Denk, elected unopposed. 1941 Apr 7:NorbertF. Denk, elected unopposed. 1942 Apr 6:NorbertF. Denk, elected unopposed. 1942 Apr 16:NorbertF. Denk, died in office. 1942 Apr 21:JuliusL. Berns, appointed. 1942 Aug 1:CarlSchweikart, appointed. 1943 Feb 15:CarlSchweikart (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1943 Apr 5:CarlSchweikart (Rep), elected unopposed. 1945 Apr 2:CarlSchweikart (Rep), elected unopposed. 1947 Apr 7:CarlSchweikart (Rep), elected unopposed. 1949 Apr 4:CarlSchweikart (Rep), elected unopposed. 1951 Apr 2:ErnestC. Putnam, elected. 1953 Apr 6:ErnestC. Putnam, elected unopposed. 1955 Apr 4:ErnestC. Putnam, elected unopposed. 1957 Apr 1:ErnestC. Putnam, elected unopposed. 1959 Apr 6:ErnestC. Putnam, elected unopposed. 1961 Apr 3:ErnestC. Putnam, elected unopposed. 1963 Apr 1:ErnestC. Putnam, elected unopposed. 1972 Nov 7:GeorgeA. Beauchamp (Rep), elected unopposed. 1974 Nov 5:GeorgeA. Beauchamp (Rep), elected unopposed.
(subset of Grosse Pointe Shores, 1951-2009)
Supervisors of Lake Township, 1951-2008(may beincomplete!)
TheodoreA. McGraw as of 1951-53HarryGarland as of 1955-69RichardF. Fox as of 2007-08 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1951 Apr 2:TheodoreA. McGraw, elected unopposed. 1953 Apr 6:TheodoreA. McGraw, elected unopposed. 1955 Apr 6:HarryGarland, elected unopposed. 1957 Apr 1:HarryGarland, elected unopposed. 1963 Apr 1:HarryGarland, elected unopposed. 2008 Nov 4:RichardF. Fox (Rep), elected unopposed. | |
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