Mayors of Ypsilanti, 1858-2024(may be incomplete!)
ChaunceyJoslin 1858-59ArdenH. Ballard 1859-60BenjaminFollett 1860-61ParmenioDavis 1861-64DavidEdwards 1864-65EdgarBogardus 1865-67DavidEdwards 1867-68ParmenioDavis 1868-70FrancisP. Bogardus 1871-73WatsonSnyder 1873-75LambertA. Barnes 1875-78ThomasNinde 1878-79LambertA. Barnes 1879-80EdwardP. Allen 1880-81HenryR. Scoville 1881-84ChesterL. Yost 1884-86ClarkCornwell 1886-88FrancisP. Bogardus 1888-89DanielPutnam 1889-91HenryP. S. Glover 1891-93HenryR. Scoville 1893-94WilliamB. Seymour 1894-95HarlowD. Wells 1895-97NolanB. Harding 1897-98DonLouis Davis 1898-99EdwardP. Allen 1899-1900HenryR. Scoville 1900-01OliverE. Thompson 1901-02MartinDawson 1902-03CliffordR. Huston 1903-04GeorgeM. Gaudy 1904-06JohnB. Van Fossen 1906-08JohnP. Kirk 1908-10TracyL. Towner 1910-12FrankNorton 1912-14LeeN. Brown 1914-16ClarenceV. Brown 1916-20TheodoreE. Schaible 1921-22EmeryR. Beal 1922-23HughE. Van de Walker 1924-28MatthewMax 1929-34RayH. Burrell 1935-40RossK. Bower 1940-46DanielT. Quirk 1947-53CarlJ. Scheffler 1953-54RodneyE. Hutchinson 1955-56WilliamE. Foy 1957-58RodneyE. Hutchinson 1958-60DonaldB. Fulford 1960-61JohnCalder 1961-62MauriceObermeyer 1962-63JohnCalder 1963-64VincentH. Buck 1964-65JerryF. Gooding 1965-66SusanH. Sayre 1966-67JohnH. Burton 1967-68TimothyDyer 1968-70RichardL. Boatwright 1970-72GeorgeD. Goodman 1972-82PeterJ. Murdock 1982-89ClydeK. King 1989-93MichaelHomel 1993-95CherylC. Farmer 1995-2006PaulT. Schreiber 2006-14AmandaMaria Edmonds 2014-18BethC. Bashert 2018-20LoisAllen-Richardson 2020-22NicoleBrown 2022- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1886 Apr 5:ClarkCornwell (Rep), elected. 1889 Apr 1:DanielPutnam (Rep), elected. 1891 Apr 6:HenryP. S. Glover (Rep), elected. 1893 Apr 3:HenryR. Scoville (Dem), elected;Sweet(Rep), defeated;Cook(Prohibition), defeated. 1894 Apr 2:WilliamB. Seymour (Rep), elected;HenryR. Scoville (Dem), defeated. 1895 Apr 1:HarlowD. Wells (Rep), elected;NolanB. Harding (Dem), defeated;WilliamH. Deubel (Prohibition), defeated. 1896 Apr 6:HarlowD. Wells (Rep), elected. 1897 Apr 5:NolanB. Harding (Dem), elected. 1898 Apr 4:DonLouis Davis (Dem), elected. 1899 Apr 3:EdwardP. Allen (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Deubel (Dem), defeated. 1900 Apr 2:HenryR. Scoville (Dem), elected;JohnB. Van Fossen (Rep), defeated. 1901 Apr 1:OliverE. Thompson (Rep), elected;DonLouis Davis (Dem), defeated. 1902 Apr 7:MartinDawson (Dem), elected;OliverE. Thompson (Rep), defeated. 1903 Apr 6:CliffordR. Huston (Dem), elected;WilliamN. Lister (Rep), defeated;P.W. Cornue (Prohibition), defeated. 1904 Apr 4:GeorgeM. Gaudy (Rep), elected;OliverWestfall (Dem), defeated. 1905 Apr 3:GeorgeM. Gaudy (Rep), elected;OliverWestfall (Dem), defeated. 1906 Apr 2:JohnB. Van Fossen (Rep), elected;JamesE. McGregor (Dem), defeated. 1908 Apr 6:JohnP. Kirk (Dem), elected;GeorgeD. Lockwood (Rep), defeated. 1910 Apr 4:TracyL. Towner (Dem), elected;DeForrestRoss (Citizens), defeated. 1912 Apr 1:FrankNorton (Rep), elected;TracyL. Towner (Dem), defeated. 1914 Apr 6:LeeN. Brown (Dem), elected. 1916 Apr 3:ClarenceV. Brown (Rep), elected;N.A. Harvey (Dem), defeated. 1918 Apr 1:ClarenceV. Brown (Rep), elected;FrankP. Worden (Dem), defeated. 1920 Apr 5:TheodoreE. Schaible (Dem), elected;T.W. Paton (Rep), defeated. 1922 Apr 3:EmeryR. Beal (Rep), elected unopposed. 1924 Apr 7:HughE. Van de Walker (Rep), elected unopposed. 1926 Apr 5:HughE. Van de Walker (Rep), elected;MarciaHall (Dem), defeated. 1928 Mar 5:MatthewMax (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1928 Mar 5:EmeryR. Beal (Rep), nominated;EthylVan Etten (Rep), defeated in primary. 1928 Apr 2:MatthewMax (Dem), elected;EmeryR. Beal (Rep), defeated. 1930 Apr 7:MatthewMax (Dem & Rep), elected unopposed. 1932 Mar 7:MatthewMax (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1932 Apr 4:MatthewMax (Dem), elected unopposed. 1934 Apr 2:RayH. Burrell (Rep), elected;GeorgeL. Ennen (Dem), defeated. 1936 Mar 2:RayH. Burrell (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1936 Apr 6:RayH. Burrell (Rep), elected unopposed. 1938 Mar 7:RayH. Burrell (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1938 Apr 4:RayH. Burrell (Rep), elected unopposed. 1940 Feb 19:LewisT. Smith (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1940 Feb 19:RossK. Bower (Rep), nominated;MerleG. Renton (Rep), defeated in primary. 1940 Apr 1:RossK. Bower (Rep), elected;LewisT. Smith (Dem), defeated. 1942 Feb 16:RossK. Bower (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1942 Apr 6:RossK. Bower (Rep), elected unopposed. 1944 Apr 3:RossK. Bower (Rep), elected unopposed. 1973 Feb 19:GeorgeD. Goodman (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1973 Feb 19:JohnP. Montonye (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1973 Apr 2:GeorgeD. Goodman (Dem), elected;JohnP. Montonye (Rep), defeated;DanielEller (American Independent), defeated. 1975 Apr 7:GeorgeD. Goodman (Dem), elected;RobertS. Dummitt (Rep), defeated;EricJackson (Human Rights), defeated. 1977 Feb 21:GeorgeD. Goodman (Dem), nominated;HaroldR. Baize, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary. 1977 Feb 21:J.Dale Hooker (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1977 Apr 4:GeorgeD. Goodman (Dem), elected;J.Dale Hooker (Rep), defeated. 1979 Apr 2:GeorgeD. Goodman (Dem), elected unopposed. 1981 Feb 16:GeorgeD. Goodman (Dem), nominated;PeterJ. Murdock (Dem), defeated in primary. 1981 Apr 6:GeorgeD. Goodman (Dem), elected;RuthannA. Wagner (American Independent), defeated. 1982 Dec 17:GeorgeD. Goodman, resigned. 1982 Dec 23:PeterJ. Murdock, appointed. 1983 Apr 4:PeterJ. Murdock (Dem), elected. 1985 Apr 1:PeterJ. Murdock (Dem), elected. 1987 Apr 6:PeterJ. Murdock (Dem), elected;ClydeK. King (Rep), defeated. 1989 Apr 3:ClydeK. King (Rep), elected;PeterJ. Murdock (Dem), defeated. 1991 Apr 1:ClydeK. King (Rep), elected;V.Lois Wells (Dem), defeated. 1993 Apr 8:MichaelHomel (Dem), elected;CharlesS. Kettles (Rep), defeated;FazHusain (Ind), defeated. 1995 Apr 3:CherylC. Farmer, elected;MichaelHomel (Dem), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:CherylC. Farmer, elected unopposed. 2002 Nov 5:CherylC. Farmer, elected;LoisE. Richardson (Dem), defeated. 2006 Aug 8:PaulT. Schreiber (Dem), nominated;StevePierce (Dem), defeated in primary;LoisE. Richardson (Dem), defeated in primary. 2006 Nov 7:PaulT. Schreiber (Dem), elected unopposed. 2010 Aug 3:PaulT. Schreiber (Dem), nominated;PeterJ. Murdock (Dem), defeated in primary. 2010 Nov 2:PaulT. Schreiber (Dem), elected;JeffDavis, defeated;KevinHill, defeated. 2014 Aug 5:AmandaMaria Edmonds (Dem), nominated;PeterJ. Murdock (Dem), defeated in primary;TyroneBridges (Dem), defeated in primary. 2014 Nov 4:AmandaMaria Edmonds (Dem), elected;StevenJames Taylor, defeated. 2018 Nov 6:BethC. Bashert (Dem), elected;AnneBrown (Ind), defeated;AdirenneHirschfelder (Ind), defeated;MickeilaTate (Ind), defeated. 2020 Jun 23:BethC. Bashert, resigned. 2022 Aug 2:NicoleBrown (Dem), nominated;LoisAllen-Richardson (Dem), defeated in primary;AnthonyMorgan (Dem), defeated in primary. 2022 Nov 8:NicoleBrown (Dem), elected;AmberFellows, defeated;MarkAlan King, defeated.
Village Presidents of Ypsilanti, 1832-58(may beincomplete!)
JohnGilbert 1832-34AbelGodard 1834-36GroveSpencer 1836-37HenryCompton 1837-38AbramVoorhees 1838-39LeviJ. Hull 1839-40WalterB. Hewitt 1840-41AbramVoorhees 1841-43AbrahamCraddock 1843-44ThomasM. Town 1844-45C.H. Van Cleve 1845-47ArdenH. Ballard 1847-50GeorgeM. Osborn 1850-52DelosShowerman 1852-56ArdenH. Ballard 1856-58
Postmasters at Ypsilanti, 1871-1987(may beincomplete!)
DanielB. Green as of 1871ClintonSpencer as of 1873-81F.L. Stewart as of 1887MartinCremer as of 1891HarlowD. Wells as of 1901WesleyM. Dawson 1949-50WesleyM. Dawson 1950-64SimonP. Eaglin 1964-68SimonP. Eaglin 1968-87 | |
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