Mayors of Southfield, 1958-2013(may beincomplete!) DonaldL. Swanson 1958-61S.James Clarkson 1961-67NormanFeder 1969-72DonaldF. Fracassi 1972-2001BrendaL. Lawrence 2001- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1972:NormanFeder, resigned. 1981 Nov 3:DonaldF. Fracassi, elected. 1985 Nov 5:DonaldF. Fracassi, elected;VickiGoldbaum, defeated. 1997 Nov 4:BarbaraTalley, defeated. 2001:BrendaL. Lawrence, elected. 2005 Nov 8:BrendaL. Lawrence, elected unopposed. 2013 Nov 5:BrendaL. Lawrence, elected unopposed.
Postmasters at Southfield, 1871-1901(may beincomplete!) D.W. Donihoo as of 1871E.S. Blakeslee as of 1881C.S. Murphy as of 1887CharlesJ. Johnson as of 1891L.M. Dunbar as of 1901
(most incorporated as city of Southfield)
Supervisors of Southfield Township, 1904-2009(may beincomplete!) ElmerW. Haack as of 1933EugeneSwem 1955-58RaymondE. Mills as of 2001-07PhillipSchmitt as of 2009 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1904 Apr 4:JosephBrooks (Rep), elected;GeorgeSherman (Dem), defeated. 1905 Apr 3:JosephBrooks (Rep), elected;GeorgeSherman (Dem), defeated. 1942:DudleyFrame, elected. 1947:WilliamRoeser, elected. 1951 Apr 2:WilliamRoeser (Rep), elected;HaroldF. Murphy (Dem), defeated. 1953 Apr 6:WilliamRoeser (Rep), elected;MauriceH. Granger (Dem), defeated. 1955:EugeneSwem, elected. 2000 Aug 8:RaymondE. Mills (Rep), nominated unopposed. 2000 Nov 7:RaymondE. Mills (Rep), elected unopposed. 2004 Aug 3:RaymondE. Mills (Rep), nominated unopposed. 2004 Nov 2:RaymondE. Mills (Rep), elected unopposed.
(subsetof Southfield Township)
Village Presidents of Franklin, 2011(may beincomplete!)
Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
2011 Sep 13:JamesKochensparger, elected unopposed. | |
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