Mayors of Traverse City, 1895-2022(may beincomplete!)
PerryHannah 1895-96HarryC. Davis 1896-97WilliamW. Smith 1897-99FrankHamilton 1899-1900AlfredV. Friedrich 1900-01JohnW. Patchin 1901-02OscarP. Carver 1902-03JohnR. Santo 1903-04ElishaJ. Fulghum 1904-05AlfredV. Friedrich 1905-08WilliamD. C. Germaine 1908-10EmanuelWilhelm 1910-12WilliamD. C. Germaine 1912-13JohnG. Straub 1913-14ClarenceL. Greilick 1914-16EdwardLautner 1916-18LafayetteSwanton 1918-22JamesT. Milliken 1923-29GeorgeW. Lardie 1929-31CharlesC. Wells 1931-33E.L. Thirlby 1933-35MosesO. Champney 1935-37ConradH. Foster 1937-39AdolphLaFranier 1939-40OrrE. Mead 1941DelmarR. Zimmerman 1942J.E. Ehrenberger 1943CarlAnderson 1944BenH. Koenig 1945F.G. Swartz 1946-47HughJ. Johnston 1948PeterClancy 1949WilburG. Watson 1950JuliusC. Sleder 1951JackD. Nelson 1952J.Kent Wright 1953CharlesH. Round 1954FrankH. Power 1955-56A.R. Jacobs 1957J.H. Stevens 1958FritzCoppens 1959H.R. Murchie 1960FrankL. Stulen 1961LarryHardy 1962RobertH. Chase 1963RalphPulcipher 1964KennethLindsay 1965-66CarterB. Strong 1966-67VincentFochtman 1967-68RoyceKephart 1968-69NickJ. Rajkovich 1969WilliamK. Lynch 1969-71JohnRokos 1971-72RichardPurvis 1972-73JohnW. Rennie 1973-74CarlHuffman 1974-75DianeC. Gilbo 1975-76RaymondL. Sutton 1976-77HowardA. Bartling 1977PeterC. Dendrinos 1978CalvinG. Martin 1979NormanA. Kline 1980LawrenceA. Muzzarelli 1981-82CarolJ. Hale 1983FrederickD. Nelson 1984PhilipE. Orth 1985GeraldM. Williams 1986GeraldineD. Greene 1987BryanJ. Crough 1988PhilipE. Rodgers, Jr. 1989AlRitchie 1990JamesF. Tompkins, Jr. 1991PeterT. Taylor 1992LindaM. Johnson 1993JackE. Boynton 1994JamesF. Tompkins, Jr. 1995PeterT. Taylor 1996ShelleyA. Kester 1996PhilipE. Orth 1997LarryHardy 1998JamesF. Tompkins, Jr. 1999LindaSmyka 2000LarryHardy 2001MargaretB. Dodd 2001-03LindaSmyka 2003-07MichaelEstes 2007-09ChristopherM. Bzbok 2009-11MichaelEstes 2011-15JimCarruthers 2015-21RichardI. Lewis 2021- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1899 Apr 3:FrankHamilton (Rep), elected. 1900 Apr 2:AlfredV. Friedrich (Citizens), elected;FrankHamilton (Rep), defeated. 1903 Apr 6:JohnR. Santo (Citizens), elected. 1904 Apr 4:ElishaJ. Fulghum (Rep), elected;JohnR. Santo (Dem), defeated. 1905 Apr 3:AlfredV. Friedrich (Dem), elected;AmosBingham (Rep), defeated. 1906 Apr 2:AlfredV. Friedrich (Dem), elected;JamesM. Gillett (Rep), defeated. 1908 Apr 6:WilliamD. C. Germaine (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Umlor (Dem), defeated. 1910 Apr 4:EmanuelWilhelm (Dem), elected;JamesM. Gillett (Rep), defeated. 1912 Apr 1:WilliamD. C. Germaine (Rep), elected;EmanuelWilhelm (Dem), defeated;EdwardLautner (Socialist), defeated. 1913 Apr 15:JohnG. Straub, elected;EmanuelWilhelm, defeated. 1922 Dec 19:JamesT. Milliken, elected;GeorgeW. Lardie, defeated. 1969 Nov 11:NickJ. Rajkovich, died in office. 2001 Nov 6:MargaretB. Dodd, elected;PhilipE. Orth, defeated. 2007 Nov 6:MichaelEstes, elected;LindaSmyka, defeated. 2009 Nov 3:ChristopherM. Bzbok, elected unopposed. 2011 Nov 8:MichaelEstes, elected;RalphSoffredine, defeated. 2013 Nov 5:MichaelEstes, elected;RickBuckhalter, defeated;JohnSheldon Reid, defeated. 2015 Nov 3:JimCarruthers, elected;JeanineEasterday, defeated;IanJoseph Winkelmann, defeated. 2017 Nov 7:JimCarruthers, elected unopposed. 2019 Nov 5:JimCarruthers, elected;SheaM. O'Brien, defeated. 2021 Nov 2:RichardI. Lewis, elected unopposed.
Village Presidents of Traverse City, 1881-95(may beincomplete!)
PerryHannah 1881-86BenjaminD. Ashton 1886-87PerryHannah 1887-95 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1885 Mar 9:PerryHannah, elected unopposed.
Postmasters at Traverse City, 1871-1972(may beincomplete!)
SamuelC. Fuller as of 1871-81M.E. Haskell as of 1887GeorgeW. Raff as of 1891-1901JeromeWilhelm 1933-34JeromeWilhelm 1934-44A.Spalding Friedrich 1944-46A.Spalding Friedrich 1946-47AugustL. Babel 1947-48AugustL. Babel 1948-50HarryB. Whitson 1950FritzCoppens 1950-52HarryB. Whitson 1952-57EdwardO. Perkett 1957-58EdwardO. Perkett 1958-72 | |
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