Mayors of Trenton, 1978-2005(may be incomplete!) RobertL. Bovitz 1978-81PatriciaD. Hartig as of 2002GeraldR. Brown as of 2003-05 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1979 Nov 6:RobertL. Bovitz, elected. 1981 Nov 3:RobertL. Bovitz, elected. 1983 Nov 8:GeorgeW. Mans, elected. 1985 Nov 5:GeorgeW. Mans, elected;RamonaDenman, defeated. 2003 Nov 4:GeraldR. Brown, elected unopposed.
Village Presidents of Trenton, 1885-1956(may beincomplete!) WilliamR. Teiter as of 1930GordonL. Strohm as of 1953-55KennethJ. Dahlka as of 1956 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1885 Mar 9:WilliamSanders, Jr., elected. 1901 Mar 11:WalterF. Stokes (Citizens), elected;NicholasA. Manns (People's), defeated. 1903 Mar 9:J.Monroe (Citizens), elected;J.C. Alvord (Good Government), defeated.
Postmasters at Trenton, 1871-1901(may beincomplete!) JonathanHudson as of 1871J.Chase as of 1881E.Cady as of 1887CadyNeff as of 1891WilliamPark as of 1901
(waspart of Monguagon Township)
Mayors of Riverview, 1979-83(may be incomplete!)
Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1979 Nov 6:PeterRotteveel, elected. 1981 Nov 3:PeterRotteveel, elected. 1983 Nov 8:PeterRotteveel, elected.
(most incorporated as city of Trenton 1957)
Supervisors of Monguagon Township, 1827-1936(may beincomplete!) AbramC. Truax 1827-29JamesWilliams 1829AraSprague 1830-32H.P. Powers 1832HenryRaymond 1833RichardSmyth 1834H.P. Powers 1835-38JohnA. Rucker 1838AbramC. Truax 1839-42ThomasLewis 1842-44W.J. Alvord 1844HarrySaunders 1845G.B. Slocum 1846-49H.Gray 1849HarrySaunders 1850J.I. David 1851-55ThomasLewis 1855HarrySaunders 1856JamesCampbell 1857-59DallasNorvell 1859WilliamIves 1860-64DallasNorvell 1864-66A.Dudgeon 1866WilliamIves 1867WilliamF. Von Moll as of 1934-35 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1866 Apr 2:DallasNorvell (Dem), elected. 1898:AndrewKemp (Dem), elected. 1899:AndrewKemp (Dem), elected. 1900:AndrewKemp (Dem), elected. 1901 Apr 1:AndrewKemp (Dem), elected;DavidSayles (Rep), defeated. 1924 Apr 7:AlvinT. Lister (Rep), elected. 1935 Apr 1:WilliamF. Von Moll (Rep), elected unopposed. 1936 Apr 6:WilliamF. Von Moll (Rep), elected. | |
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