Mayors of Lansing, 1859-2024(may be incomplete!)
HiramH. Smith 1859JohnA. Kerr 1860WilliamH. Chapman 1861-62IraH. Bartholomew 1863-65WilliamH. Haze 1866GeorgeW. Peck 1867CyrusHewitt 1868-69SolomonW. Wright 1870JohnRobson 1871-72JohnS. Tooker 1872-74DanielW. Buck 1874-76JohnS. Tooker 1876-77OrlandoM. Barnes 1877-78JosephE. Warner 1878-79WilliamVan Buren 1879-81JohnRobson 1881-82OrlandoF. Barnes 1882-84WilliamDonovan 1884-86DanielW. Buck 1886-87JacobF. Schultz 1887-88JohnF. Crotty 1888-89JamesM. Turner 1889-90FrankB. Johnson 1890-91ArthurO. Bement 1892-93AlroyA. Wilbur 1894JamesM. Turner 1895-96RussellC. Ostrander 1896-97CharlesJ. Davis 1897-1900JamesF. Hammell 1900-03HughLyons 1904-08JohnS. Bennett 1908-12J.Gottlieb Reutter 1912-18JacobW. Ferle 1918-20BenjaminA. Kyes 1920-22JacobW. Ferle 1922SilasS. Main 1922-23AlfredH. Doughty 1923-27LairdJ. Troyer 1927-31PeterF. Gray 1931-33MaxA. Templeton 1933-41ArthurE. Stoppel 1941SamStreet Hughes 1941-43RalphW. Crego 1943-61WillardI. Bowerman, Jr. 1961-65MaxE. Murninghan 1965-69GeraldW. Graves 1969-81TerryJ. McKane 1981-92JimCrawford 1992-93DavidC. Hollister 1993-2003TonyBenavides 2003-05VirgBernero 2005-17AndySchor 2017- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1875 Apr 5:DanielW. Buck (Dem), elected;E.H. Davis (Rep), defeated;J.B. Hull (Prohibition), defeated. 1876 Apr 3:JohnS. Tooker (Rep), elected;WashingtonG. Wiley (Dem), defeated;EphraimLongyear (Retrencher), defeated. 1877 Apr 2:OrlandoM. Barnes (Dem), elected. 1878 Apr 1:JosephE. Warner (Greenback), elected. 1879 Apr 7:WilliamVan Buren (Rep), elected;JamesJohns (Greenback), defeated. 1880 Apr 5:WilliamVan Buren (Rep), elected. 1881 Apr 4:JohnRobson (Rep), elected. 1882 Apr 3:OrlandoF. Barnes (Dem & Greenback), elected;AlfredWise (Rep), defeated. 1883 Apr 2:OrlandoF. Barnes (Dem & Greenback), elected;RushJ. Shank (Rep), defeated. 1884 Apr 7:WilliamDonovan (Rep), elected;GeorgeP. Sanford (Dem & Greenback), defeated;AlfredWise (Union), defeated. 1885 Apr 6:WilliamDonovan (Rep), elected;SamuelL. Kilbourne (Dem), defeated;P.F. Olds (Greenback), defeated. 1886 Apr 5:DanielW. Buck (Dem), elected;StephenD. Bingham (Rep), defeated;S.Taylor (Prohibition), defeated;A.Cottrell (Greenback), defeated. 1887 Apr 4:JacobF. Schultz (Rep), elected. 1888 Apr 2:JohnF. Crotty (Dem), elected;JohnRobson (Rep & Prohibition), defeated. 1889 Apr 1:JamesM. Turner (Rep), elected. 1890 Apr 7:FrankB. Johnson (Dem), elected. 1892 Apr 4:ArthurO. Bement (Rep), elected. 1895 Apr 1:JamesM. Turner, elected. 1896 Apr 6:RussellC. Ostrander (Rep), elected;RushJ. Shank (Dem), defeated. 1897 Apr 5:CharlesJ. Davis (Rep), elected. 1898 Apr 4:CharlesJ. Davis (Rep), elected. 1900 Apr 2:JamesF. Hammell (Dem), elected;HoratioH. Larned (Rep), defeated. 1902 Apr 7:JamesF. Hammell (Dem), elected;HughLyons (Rep), defeated;W.S. Sly (Prohibition), defeated. 1904 Apr 4:HughLyons (Rep), elected. 1906 Apr 2:HughLyons (Rep), elected. 1908 Apr 6:JohnS. Bennett (Dem), elected;GeorgeH. Pratt (Rep), defeated. 1910 Apr 4:JohnS. Bennett (Dem), elected. 1912 Apr 1:J.Gottlieb Reutter (Dem), elected;OttoZiegler (Rep), defeated. 1914 Apr 6:J.Gottlieb Reutter (Dem), elected;CharlesH. Davis (Rep), defeated;SeymourA. Ayres, defeated. 1916 Apr 3:J.Gottlieb Reutter, elected;J.Charles McCullough, defeated. 1918 Apr 1:JacobW. Ferle, elected;JohnS. Bennett, defeated. 1920 Apr 5:BenjaminA. Kyes, elected;JacobW. Ferle, defeated. 1922 Apr 3:JacobW. Ferle, elected;BenjaminA. Kyes, defeated. 1922 Nov 6:JacobW. Ferle, died in office. 1923 Apr 2:AlfredH. Doughty, elected;WilliamC. Walters, defeated;BenjaminA. Kyes, defeated. 1924 Nov 4:AlfredH. Doughty, elected;OttoC. Kirchen, defeated;WilliamC. Walters, defeated. 1926 Nov 2:LairdJ. Troyer, elected;AlfredH. Doughty, defeated. 1928 Nov 6:LairdJ. Troyer, elected;AlfredH. Doughty, defeated. 1930 Nov 4:PeterF. Gray, elected;LairdJ. Troyer, defeated;HerbertE. Chamberlain, defeated;AlfredH. Doughty, defeated. 1932 Nov 8:PeterF. Gray, elected;FredL. Kircher, defeated;HermanT. Busch, defeated;RobertJ. Christie, defeated. 1933 Jun 30:PeterF. Gray, resigned. 1933 Nov 7:MaxA. Templeton, elected;FredL. Kircher, defeated;D.D. Harris, defeated;HarryG. Foster, defeated;WilliamS. Kellogg, defeated. 1934 Sep 11:MaxA. Templeton, nominated;FredL. Kircher, nominated;RalphD. Moore, defeated in primary. 1934 Nov 6:MaxA. Templeton, elected;FredL. Kircher, defeated. 1936 Sep 15:MaxA. Templeton, nominated;AlfredH. Doughty, nominated;RobertJ. Christie, defeated in primary. 1936 Nov 3:MaxA. Templeton, elected;AlfredH. Doughty, defeated. 1938 Sep 13:MaxA. Templeton, nominated;ThomasT. O'Brien, nominated;HazenC. Rutter, defeated in primary;AlfredH. Doughty, defeated in primary;VanW. Pilmore, defeated in primary. 1938 Nov 8:MaxA. Templeton, elected;ThomasT. O'Brien, defeated. 1940 Nov 5:ThomasT. O'Brien, elected, but died before taking office;MaxA. Templeton, defeated. 1941 Feb 17:SamStreet Hughes, nominated;FredL. Kircher, defeated in primary;AlfredH. Doughty, defeated in primary;MarshallS. Graham, defeated in primary. 1941 Apr 7:SamStreet Hughes, elected unopposed. 1942 Nov 3:SamStreet Hughes, elected;RalphW. Crego, defeated. 1943 Aug 10:SamStreet Hughes, resigned. 1943 Nov 2:RalphW. Crego, elected;JohnH. Russell, defeated. 1944 Nov 7:RalphW. Crego, elected unopposed. 1946 Nov 5:RalphW. Crego, elected;CatherineR. Freeland, defeated. 1948 Nov 2:RalphW. Crego, elected unopposed. 1950 Nov 7:RalphW. Crego, elected unopposed. 1952 Nov 4:RalphW. Crego, elected;LeRoyA. Brown, defeated. 1954 Aug 3:RalphW. Crego, nominated;EarlW. Coller, defeated in primary;LeRoyA. Brown, defeated in primary. 1954 Nov 2:RalphW. Crego, elected unopposed. 1957 Feb 18:FrederickE. Tripp, nominated;RalphW. Crego, nominated;CharlesG. Hayden, defeated in primary;KennethD. Winter, defeated in primary. 1957 Apr 1:RalphW. Crego, elected;FrederickE. Tripp, defeated. 1961 Feb 20:RalphW. Crego, nominated;WillardI. Bowerman, Jr., nominated;MaxE. Murninghan, defeated in primary;HoraceJ. Bradshaw, defeated in primary;JohnT. Anas, defeated in primary;RobertS. Brooks, defeated in primary;GlenE. Dean, defeated in primary. 1961 Apr 3:WillardI. Bowerman, Jr., elected;RalphW. Crego, defeated. 1965 Feb 15:MaxE. Murninghan, nominated;WillardI. Bowerman, Jr., nominated;MauriceE. Baldwin, defeated in primary. 1965 Apr 5:MaxE. Murninghan, elected;WillardI. Bowerman, Jr., defeated. 1969 Feb 17:GeraldW. Graves, nominated;MaxE. Murninghan, nominated;H.James Starr, defeated in primary. 1969 Apr 7:GeraldW. Graves, elected;MaxE. Murninghan, defeated. 1973 Aug 7:GeraldW. Graves, nominated;JoelI. Ferguson, nominated;JohnT. Anas, defeated in primary;JackW. Merrill, defeated in primary. 1973 Nov 6:GeraldW. Graves, elected;JoelI. Ferguson, defeated. 1977 Nov 8:GeraldW. Graves, elected;TerryJ. McKane, defeated. 1981 Aug 4:TerryJ. McKane, nominated;GeorgeStanley Lokken, nominated;AlanE. Tubbs, defeated in primary;JohnAssiff, defeated in primary;OrrinE. Sharp, defeated in primary. 1981 Nov 3:TerryJ. McKane, elected;GeorgeStanley Lokken, defeated. 1985 Nov 5:TerryJ. McKane, elected;LouisF. Adado, defeated. 1989 Aug 8:TerryJ. McKane, nominated;LouisF. Adado, nominated;DocC. Dart, defeated in primary. 1989 Nov 7:TerryJ. McKane, elected;LouisF. Adado, defeated. 1992 Dec 29:TerryJ. McKane, resigned;JimCrawford, succeeded to office. 1993 Aug 3:DavidC. Hollister, nominated;JimCrawford, nominated;CharlesFord, defeated in primary;KenVaughn, defeated in primary;MichaelJon Panetta, defeated in primary;PeterSpagnuolo, defeated in primary;MaryAnn Prince, defeated in primary;GeraldA. Huckaba, defeated in primary;KrisNicholoff, defeated in primary. 1993 Nov 2:DavidC. Hollister, elected;JimCrawford, defeated. 1997 Aug 5:DavidC. Hollister, nominated;EllenBeal, nominated;RobertJohnson, defeated in primary;GeraldA. Huckaba, defeated in primary;RussellTerry, defeated in primary. 1997 Nov 4:DavidC. Hollister, elected;EllenBeal, defeated. 2001 Nov 6:DavidC. Hollister, elected;EugeneBuckley, defeated. 2003 Jan 28:DavidC. Hollister, resigned. 2005 Aug 2:VirgBernero, nominated;TonyBenavides, nominated;LynneMartinez, defeated in primary;DaleM. Abronowitz, defeated in primary. 2005 Nov 8:VirgBernero, elected;TonyBenavides, defeated. 2009 Aug 4:VirgBernero, nominated;CarolWood, nominated;CharlesFord, defeated in primary;BenjaminHassenger, defeated in primary. 2009 Nov 3:VirgBernero, elected;CarolWood, defeated. 2013 Aug 6:VirgBernero, nominated;HaroldJ. Leeman, Jr., nominated;GeneGutierrez-Rodriguez, defeated in primary;DonaldA. Krepps, defeated in primary;JohnBoise, defeated in primary. 2013 Nov 5:VirgBernero, elected;HaroldJ. Leeman, Jr., defeated. 2017 Aug 8:AndySchor, nominated;JudiBrown Clarke, nominated;DannyTrevino, defeated in primary;MichaelJoseph Gillenkirk, defeated in primary;HaroldJ. Leeman, Jr., defeated in primary. 2017 Nov 7:AndySchor, elected;JudiBrown Clarke, defeated. 2021 Aug 3:AndySchor, nominated;KathieDunbar, nominated;PatriciaSpitzley, defeated in primary;FarhanSheikh-Omar, defeated in primary;MelissaHuber, defeated in primary;LarryJames Hutchinson, Jr., defeated in primary. 2021 Nov 2:AndySchor, elected;KathieDunbar, defeated.
Postmasters at Lansing, 1848-1977(may beincomplete!)
GeorgeW. Peck 1848-49WhitneyJones 1849-53VanS. Murphy 1853-59JosephM. Griswold 1859-61AllenR. Burr 1861-62EphraimLongyear 1862-67WhitneyJones 1867-71StephenD. Bingham 1871-85GeorgeP. Sanford 1885-86H.D. Pugh 1886-89SeymourFoster 1889-93LouisE. Rowley 1893-97SeymourFoster 1897-1914PeterF. Gray 1914-22WalterG. Rogers 1922WalterG. Rogers 1922-35ClaudeE. Cady 1935ClaudeE. Cady 1935-43D.D. Harris 1943-44D.D. Harris 1944-53FredW. Wirebaugh 1953LyleB. Austin 1953-54LyleB. Austin 1954-61JosephF. Attwood 1961BernieceCorrine Hill 1961-64BernieceCorrine Hill 1964-77 | |
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