Mayors of Sedalia, 1864-2023(may be incomplete!) GeorgeRappeen Smith 1864JamesG. Tesch 1864-65E.W. Washburn 1865F.L. Parker 1865-66JohnF. Philips 1866-67HenrySuess 1867-68BaconMontgomery 1868-69AlbertParker 1869-70WilliamP. Jackson 1870-71ThomasJ. Montgomery 1871-72GeorgeW. Cummings 1872-73R.T. Miller 1873-74WilliamH. H. Hill 1874-75NormanMaltby 1875-76DavidBlocher 1876-77LoganClark 1877-78GeorgeL. Faulhaber 1878-80E.C. Evans 1880-81FrankCraycroft 1881-82CharlesE. Messerly 1882-84JohnB. Rickman 1884-86E.W. Stevens 1886-88JohnD. Crawford 1888-90E.W. Stevens 1890-94P.D. Hastain 1894-98W.C. Overstreet 1898-1900SamuelK. Crawford 1900-01J.L. Babcock 1901-06JohnA. Collins 1906-08J.L. Babcock 1908-10J.W. Mellor 1910-12F.L. Ludemann 1912-14J.L. Babcock 1914-18A.L. Baumgartner 1918-20FrankF. Hatton 1920-24J.L. Babcock 1924-28OmerB. Poundstone 1928-30SidneyB. Kennon 1930-32WilmerSteeples 1932-34OmerB. Poundstone 1934-35JulianH. Bagby 1935-42AlonzoH. Wilks 1942-46JulianH. Bagby 1946-50HerbertE. Studer 1950-53ElmerC. Sumners 1953-54JulianH. Bagby 1954-58AbeSilverman 1958-62L.L. Studer 1962-66RalphH. Walker 1966-70JerryN. Jones 1970-76AllenL. Hawkins 1976-82LarryG. Foster 1982-88StevenJ. Dust 1989-91JaneGray 1991-2002RobertE. Wasson 2002-09ElaineHorn 2009-14StephenJ. Galliher 2014-18JohnKehde 2018-22AndrewDawson 2022- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1865:E.W. Washburn, resigned. 1901 Jun 29:SamuelK. Crawford, died in office. 1926 Apr 6:J.L. Babcock (Rep), elected;JamesN. Wilkerson (Dem), defeated. 1928 Apr 3:OmerB. Poundstone (Dem), elected;J.L. Babcock (Rep), defeated. 1930 Apr 1:SidneyB. Kennon (Dem), elected;J.L. Babcock (Rep), defeated. 1932 Apr 5:WilmerSteeples (Rep), elected;A.J. Campbell (Dem), defeated. 1934 Apr 3:OmerB. Poundstone (Dem), elected;E.M. Sheldon (Rep), defeated. 1935:OmerB. Poundstone, resigned. 1936 Apr 7:JulianH. Bagby (Dem), elected;JohnW. Palmer (Rep), defeated. 1938 Apr 5:JulianH. Bagby (Dem), elected;A.E. Monroe (Rep), defeated. 1942 Apr 7:AlonzoH. Wilks (Rep), elected;JulianH. Bagby (Dem), defeated. 1946 Apr 2:JulianH. Bagby (Dem), elected;AlonzoH. Wilks (Rep), defeated. 1950 Apr 4:HerbertE. Studer (Rep), elected;WilbertC. Askew (Dem), defeated. 1953 Nov 2:HerbertE. Studer, resigned. 1954 Apr 6:JulianH. Bagby (Dem), elected;JohnLamy (Rep), defeated. 1958 Apr 1:AbeSilverman (Citizens), elected;JulianH. Bagby (Dem), defeated;AaronHaller (Rep), defeated. 1962 Apr 3:L.L. Studer (Rep), elected;JulianH. Bagby (Dem), defeated. 1966 Apr 5:RalphH. Walker (Rep), elected;JamesA. Schumaker (Dem), defeated. 1970 Apr 7:JerryN. Jones (Rep), elected;PalmerR. Nichols (Dem), defeated;RaySimons (Ind), defeated;JimRobinson (Ind), defeated. 1974 Apr 2:JerryN. Jones (Rep), elected;GeorgeThompson (Dem), defeated;CharlesLee (Ind), defeated. 1976:JerryN. Jones, resigned. 1988:LarryG. Foster, resigned. 2002 Apr 2:RobertE. Wasson, elected;JaneGray, defeated. 2006:RobertE. Wasson, elected. 2009 Apr 24:RobertE. Wasson, died in office. 2010 Apr 6:ElaineHorn, elected;TerryCockrell, defeated. 2014 Apr 8:StephenJ. Galliher, elected;AllenL. Hawkins, defeated. 2018 Apr 3:JohnKehde, elected;StephenJ. Galliher, defeated;KevinC. Walker, defeated. 2022 Apr 5:AndrewDawson, elected unopposed.
Postmasters at Sedalia, 1887-1901(may beincomplete!) D.Russell as of 1887JohnM. Glenn as of 1901 | |
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