Mayors of Mason, 1875-1970(may be incomplete!)
R.F. Griffin 1875-76DanielJ. Darrow 1876-77WilliamWoodhouse 1877-78EliasG. Hunt 1878-79JohnH. Sayers 1879-81WilliamH. Clark 1881-82WilliamW. Root 1882-83A.V. Peek 1883-84HarperReed 1884-86PerryHenderson 1886-87JohnC. Cannon 1887-89MichaelJ. Murray 1889-92LawtonT. Hemans 1892-93HarperReed 1893-96CharlesW. VanSlyke 1896-99LawtonT. Hemans 1899-1900HarperReed 1900-01CharlesW. Whitman 1901-03EliasCulver 1903-04WilliamW. Root 1904-06LawtonT. Hemans 1906-10JohnN. Thorburn 1910-12ArlingtonA. Bergman 1912-16IraJ. Kellogg 1916-18DavidP. Whitmore 1918-20JamesE. Waggoner 1920-21VernonJ. Brown 1921-23HarryJ. Bond 1923-26ClarenceBickert 1926-27JohnE. Kennedy 1927-31LeoH. Harrison 1931JasonE. Taylor 1931-33ArthurW. Jewett 1933-47SidneyA. Morrison 1947-49CecilH. Hall 1949-53ClairmontEveritt 1953-54GilsonPearsall 1964-67LorenShattuck 1967-68VaughnSnook 1968-69DeWayneEvans 1969-70SueAnn Parsons 1970 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1875 Apr 5:R.F. Griffin, elected;CharlesH. Darrow (Rep), defeated. 1876 Apr 3:DanielJ. Darrow (Rep), elected;HenryP. Henderson (Dem), defeated. 1877 Apr 2:WilliamWoodhouse (Dem), elected. 1878 Apr 1:EliasG. Hunt (Greenback), elected;S.J. P. Smead (Dem), defeated. 1879 Apr 7:JohnH. Sayers (Rep), elected;C.D. Huntington (Dem & Greenback), defeated. 1880 Apr 5:JohnH. Sayers (Rep), elected;MinosMcRobert (Dem), defeated;AsahelW. Parkhurst (Greenback), defeated. 1881 Apr 4:WilliamH. Clark (Greenback), elected;ThaddeusDensmore (Rep), defeated. 1882 Apr 3:WilliamW. Root (Rep), elected;A.V. Peek (Greenback), defeated;GeorgeM. Huntington (Dem), defeated. 1883 Apr 2:A.V. Peek (Greenback & Dem), elected;A.B. Campbell (Rep), defeated. 1884 Apr 7:HarperReed (Citizens), elected;JamesA. Sherwood (Anti-Monopoly), defeated. 1885 Apr 6:HarperReed (Rep), elected;SpencerH. Beecher (Dem), defeated. 1886 Apr 5:PerryHenderson (Dem & Greenback), elected;JohnC. Cannon (Rep), defeated. 1887 Apr 4:JohnC. Cannon (Rep), elected;JamesA. Sherwood (Union Labor), defeated;S.J. P. Smead (Dem), defeated. 1888 Apr 2:JohnC. Cannon (Rep), elected;MichaelJ. Murray (Dem), defeated;JamesA. Sherwood (Union Labor), defeated;FrankHoyt (Prohibition), defeated. 1889 Apr 1:MichaelJ. Murray (Dem), elected;HarperReed (Rep), defeated;JohnG. Snook (Prohibition), defeated. 1890 Apr 7:MichaelJ. Murray (Dem), elected;AlbertJ. Hall (Rep), defeated;JohnG. Snook (Prohibition), defeated. 1891 Apr 6:MichaelJ. Murray (Dem), elected;ThaddeusDensmore (Rep), defeated;EdwardE. Langley (Prohibition), defeated;T.M. Saraw (Industrial), defeated. 1892 Apr 4:LawtonT. Hemans (Dem), elected;CharlesJ. Rayner (Rep), defeated;EdwardE. Langley (Prohibition), defeated;R.F. Griffin (People's), defeated. 1893 Apr 3:HarperReed (Rep), elected;LawtonT. Hemans (Dem), defeated;EdwardE. Langley (Prohibition), defeated;IraJ. Teall (People's), defeated. 1894 Apr 2:HarperReed (Rep), elected;JohnG. Snook (Prohibition), defeated. 1895 Apr 1:HarperReed (Rep), elected;CharlesW. VanSlyke (Dem), defeated;SamuelP. Stroud (People's), defeated;HarlanP. Williams (Prohibition), defeated. 1896 Apr 6:CharlesW. VanSlyke (Dem), elected;JesseBeech (Rep), defeated;JohnG. Snook (Prohibition), defeated. 1897 Apr 5:CharlesW. VanSlyke (Dem & People's & Union Silver), elected;RufusRaymond (Rep), defeated. 1898 Apr 4:CharlesW. VanSlyke (Dem), elected;GeorgeA. Earle (Rep), defeated. 1899 Apr 3:LawtonT. Hemans (Citizens Union), elected;JamesA. Sherwood (Ind), defeated. 1900 Apr 2:HarperReed (Rep), elected;FrankP. Millbury (Dem), defeated. 1901 Apr 1:CharlesW. Whitman (Dem), elected;HarperReed (Rep), defeated. 1902 Apr 7:CharlesW. Whitman (Dem), elected;HarrisonO. Call (Rep), defeated. 1903 Apr 6:EliasCulver (Rep), elected;JohnC. Fingerle (Dem), defeated;AlbertL. Vandercook (Prohibition), defeated. 1904 Apr 4:WilliamW. Root (Dem), elected;EliasCulver (Rep), defeated;SamuelShaw (Prohibition), defeated. 1905 Apr 3:WilliamW. Root (Dem), elected;FrankE. Thomas (Rep), defeated;SummitR. King (Prohibition), defeated. 1906 Apr 2:LawtonT. Hemans (Citizens), elected;WilburM. McCrosson (People's), defeated. 1907 Apr 1:LawtonT. Hemans (Citizens), elected;JohnG. Snook (Law and Order), defeated. 1908 Apr 6:LawtonT. Hemans (Citizens), elected;WilliamW. Smith (People's), defeated. 1909 Apr 5:LawtonT. Hemans (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1910 Apr 4:JohnN. Thorburn (Citizens), elected;WilliamB. Hallenbeck, defeated. 1911 Apr 3:JohnN. Thorburn (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1912 Apr 1:ArlingtonA. Bergman (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1913 Apr 7:ArlingtonA. Bergman (Citizens), elected;F.G. Ellett (People's), defeated. 1914 Apr 6:ArlingtonA. Bergman (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1915 Apr 5:ArlingtonA. Bergman (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1916 Apr 3:IraJ. Kellogg (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1917 Apr 2:IraJ. Kellogg (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1918 Apr 1:DavidP. Whitmore (Citizens), elected;SummitR. King (People's), defeated. 1919 Apr 7:DavidP. Whitmore (Citizens), elected;WalterHayner (People's), defeated. 1920 Apr 5:JamesE. Waggoner (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1921 Apr 4:VernonJ. Brown (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1922 Apr 3:VernonJ. Brown (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1923 Apr 2:HarryJ. Bond (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1924 Apr 7:HarryJ. Bond (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1925 Apr 6:HarryJ. Bond (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1926 Apr 5:ClarenceBickert (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1927 Apr 4:JohnE. Kennedy (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1928 Apr 2:JohnE. Kennedy (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1929 Nov 5:JohnE. Kennedy (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1931 Apr 30:JohnE. Kennedy, died in office. 1931 Nov 3:JasonE. Taylor (People's), elected;A.B. Ball (Citizens), defeated. 1933 Nov 7:ArthurW. Jewett, elected;HughW. Silsby (People's), defeated. 1935 Nov 5:ArthurW. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed. 1937 Nov 2:ArthurW. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed. 1939 Nov 7:ArthurW. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed. 1941 Nov 4:ArthurW. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed. 1943 Nov 2:ArthurW. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed. 1945 Nov 6:ArthurW. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed. 1947 Nov 4:SidneyA. Morrison (Ind), elected;ArthurW. Jewett (People's), defeated. 1949 Nov 8:CecilH. Hall (People's), elected;SidneyA. Morrison (Ind), defeated;AnthonyJ. Betcher (Citizens), defeated.
Village Presidents of Mason, 1865-75(may beincomplete!)
MinosMcRobert 1865-66PeterLowe 1866-67GeorgeM. Huntington 1867-68AmosE. Steele 1868-69JosephL. Huntington 1869-70JohnA. Barnes 1870-71MinosMcRobert 1871-72MasonD. Chatterton 1872-73S.J. P. Smead 1873-74R.F. Griffin 1874-75WilliamWoodhouse 1875
Postmasters at Mason, 1863-1971(may beincomplete!)
DavidB. Harrington 1863-66HenryLinderman 1866FranklinB. Seigfried 1866-67FrankT. Albright 1867-83RobertG. C. Knight 1883-88AndrewW. Mehan 1888-89HarryO. Call 1889-94MorrisA. Bement 1894CharlesW. Browne as of 1901-11ErnestB. Kelly 1935-36ErnestB. Kelly 1936-41WilliamJ. Barber 1941-53LeslieB. Palmer 1953-55LeslieB. Palmer 1955-64JamesM. Stubbert 1964-65JamesM. Stubbert 1965-71 | |
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