Mayors of Kalamazoo, 1884-2007(may be incomplete!)
AllenPotter 1884EdwinW. DeYoe 1885PeytonRanney 1886-87OttoIhling 1887-89WilliamE. Hill 1890FrederickBush 1891-92WilliamE. Hill 1892-93JamesW. Osborn 1893-95OttoIhling 1895-96JamesMonroe 1896-97AllanM. Stearns 1897-99WilliamG. Howard 1899-1900AlfredJ. Mills 1900-01EdmondS. Rankin 1902SamuelFolz 1903JamesW. Osborn 1904WalterR. Taylor 1905WilliamThompson 1906-07FrankH. Milham 1908-09CharlesH. Farrell 1910-11CharlesB. Hays 1912AlfredB. Connable 1913-15JamesB. Balch 1915-18WilliamE. Upjohn 1918AlbertJ. Todd 1919-20CorneliusVerberg 1921-23AlfredCurtenius 1923GeorgeK. Taylor 1923-27ErnestA. Balch 1927-28EdwardM. Kennedy 1928-29S.Rudolph Light 1929-31LewisC. Wright 1931-33WilliamShakespeare, Jr. 1933-35PaulH. Todd 1935-37ArthurL. Blakesle 1937-39FrankE. McAllister 1939-41LouW. Collins 1941-43LouisW. Sutherland 1943-45HenryFord, Jr. 1945-49PaulH. Todd 1949-51GlennS. Allen, Jr. 1951-59JamesS. Gilmore, Jr. 1959-61PaulE. Morrison 1961-63RaymondL. Hightower 1963-67PaulJ. Schrier 1967-69FrancisP. Hamilton 1969-71GilbertH. Bradley, Jr. 1971-73FrancisP. Hamilton 1973-79EdwardJ. Annen, Jr. 1979-81CarolineR. Ham 1981-83FrancisP. Hamilton 1983-85EdwardJ. Annen, Jr. 1985-91BeverlyA. Moore 1991-93EdwardJ. Annen, Jr. 1993-95BarbaraA. Larson 1995-97RobertB. Jones 1997-2005HannahMcKinney 2005- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1889 Apr 1:OttoIhling (Rep), elected. 1890 Apr 7:WilliamE. Hill (Rep), elected. 1892:FrederickBush, died in office;WilliamE. Hill, appointed. 1892 Apr 4:WilliamE. Hill (Rep), elected. 1895 Apr 1:OttoIhling (Rep), elected;AllanM. Stearns (Dem), defeated. 1896 Apr 6:JamesMonroe (Rep), elected;NathanielH. Stewart (Dem), defeated;Truesdale(Prohibition), defeated. 1897 Apr 5:AllanM. Stearns (Dem), elected;OttoIhling (Rep), defeated. 1898 Apr 4:AllanM. Stearns (Dem), elected;O.A LaCrone (Rep), defeated. 1899 Apr 3:WilliamG. Howard (Dem), elected;RushMcNair (Rep), defeated. 1900 Apr 2:AlfredJ. Mills (Rep), elected;AlbertM. Todd (Dem), defeated. 1901 Apr 1:AlfredJ. Mills (Rep), elected;NathanielH. Stewart (Dem), defeated;E.R. Weldin (Social Democratic), defeated;MorlanVan Hoesen (Citizens), defeated. 1902 Apr 7:EdmondS. Rankin (Rep), elected;NathanielH. Stewart (Dem), defeated;Branch,defeated;McCall,defeated. 1903 Apr 6:SamuelFolz, elected. 1904 Apr 4:JamesW. Osborn (Rep), elected. 1906 Apr 2:WilliamThompson (Dem), elected. 1907 Apr 1:WilliamThompson (Dem), elected;JamesE. White (Rep), defeated. 1908 Apr 6:FrankH. Milham (Dem), elected. 1910 Apr 4:CharlesH. Farrell (Rep), elected. 1912 Apr 1:CharlesB. Hays (Dem), elected. 1913 Apr 7:AlfredB. Connable (Rep), elected;RichardR. Brenner (Dem), defeated;Kidwell(Socialist), defeated;J.W. Bosman (Progressive), defeated;Brooks(Prohibition), defeated. 1915 Apr 5:JamesB. Balch, elected. 1916 Apr 3:JamesB. Balch (Dem), elected. 1923 Oct 23:CorneliusVerberg, died in office. 1941 Nov 4:LouW. Collins, elected.
Postmasters at Kalamazoo, 1836-1969(may beincomplete!)
IsaacW. Willard 1836-41AnthonyCooley 1841EdwinN. Colt 1841-42FrancisMarsh, Jr. 1842-44AlexisRansom 1844-49AnthonyCooley 1849DavidS. Walbridge 1849-53WilliamH. DeYoe 1853-57NathanielA. Balch 1857-61JamesA. Walter 1861-66FosterPratt 1866-67JamesA. Walter 1867-70JamesA. B. Stone 1870-74LuciusB. Kendall 1874-81LymanM. Gates 1881-85AndrewJ. Shakespeare 1885-90JamesMonroe 1890-94FrankW. Cornell 1894-98JamesMonroe 1898-99HustonB. Colman 1899-1916FrankB. Orcutt 1916SamuelFolz 1916SamuelFolz 1916-24FredC. Putnam 1924FredC. Putnam 1924-36HarryA. Newcomb 1936-49WalterSchanz 1949-51WalterSchanz 1951-54JohnW. VanEck 1954-61RobertL. Cooper 1961-63RobertL. Cooper 1963-69 | |
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