Mayors of Cleveland, 1836-2018(may be incomplete!)
JohnW. Willey 1836-37JoshuaMills 1838-39NicholasDockstader 1840JohnW. Allen 1841JoshuaMills 1842NelsonHayward 1843SamuelStarkweather 1844-45GeorgeHoadley 1846JosiahA. Harris 1847LorenzoA. Kelsey 1848FlavelW. Bingham 1849WilliamCase 1850-51AbnerBrownell 1852-54WilliamB. Castle 1855-56SamuelStarkweather 1857-58GeorgeB. Senter 1859-60EdwardSherrill Flint 1861-62IrvineMasters 1863-64GeorgeB. Senter 1864HermanM. Chapin 1865-66StephenBuhrer 1867-70FredericPelton 1871-72CharlesA. Otis 1873-74NathanP. Payne 1875-76WilliamG. Rose 1877-78RensselaerR. Herrick 1879-82JohnH. Farley 1883-84GeorgeW. Gardner 1885-86BrentonD. Babcock 1887-88GeorgeW. Gardner 1889-90WilliamG. Rose 1891-92RobertBlee 1893-94RobertE. McKisson 1895-98JohnH. Farley 1899-1900TomL. Johnson 1901-09HermanC. Baehr 1910-11NewtonD. Baker 1912-15HarryL. Davis 1916-19WilliamFitzgerald 1920-21FrederickKohler 1922-23ClaytonC. Townes 1924-25JohnD. Marshall 1926-31HaroldH. Burton 1931-32RayT. Miller 1932-33HarryL. Davis 1934-35HaroldH. Burton 1936-41EdwardBlythin 1941FrankJ. Lausche 1942-45ThomasA. Burke 1946-53AnthonyJ. Celebrezze 1954-61RalphS. Locher 1962-67CarlB. Stokes 1968-71RalphJ. Perk 1972-77DennisJ. Kucinich 1978-79GeorgeV. Voinovich 1980-89MichaelR. White 1990-2001JaneL. Campbell 2002-05FrankG. Jackson 2005- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1840:JoshuaMills, defeated. 1841:JoshuaMills, defeated. 1867:StephenBuhrer (Dem), elected. 1869:StephenBuhrer (Dem), elected. 1871:StephenBuhrer (Dem), defeated. 1872:CharlesA. Otis (Dem), elected. 1892:WilliamJoseph Akers (Rep), defeated. 1895 Apr 5:RobertE. McKisson (Rep), elected. 1901 Apr 2:TomL. Johnson, elected;WilliamJoseph Akers (Rep), defeated. 1909:HermanC. Baehr (Rep), elected. 1911:C.E. Ruthenberg (Socialist), defeated;FrankG. Hogan, defeated. 1915:C.E. Ruthenberg (Socialist), defeated. 1917:C.E. Ruthenberg (Socialist), defeated. 1919:C.E. Ruthenberg, defeated. 1932:DanielE. Morgan, defeated. 1933:MartinL. Sweeney, defeated for nomination. 1933 Nov 7:HarryL. Davis (Rep), elected. 1941:MartinL. Sweeney, defeated for nomination. 1949 Nov 8:ThomasA. Burke (Dem), elected;FranklinPolk, defeated. 1953 Nov 3:AnthonyJ. Celebrezze (Dem), elected;WilliamJ. McDermott (Rep), defeated. 1965:CarlB. Stokes, defeated. 1967:SethC. Taft, defeated. 1969:RalphJ. Perk (Rep), defeated. 1971:GeorgeV. Voinovich (Rep), defeated in primary. 1971:RalphJ. Perk, elected. 1973:RalphJ. Perk, elected. 1975:RalphJ. Perk, elected;ArthurR. Pinkney, defeated. 1977:EdwardF. Feighan, nominated;DennisJ. Kucinich, nominated;RalphJ. Perk, defeated in primary. 1977:EdwardF. Feighan, defeated;DennisJ. Kucinich, elected. 1977 Oct 4:AlysonKennedy, defeated in primary. 1979:DennisJ. Kucinich, defeated;GeorgeV. Voinovich, elected. 1985:GaryKucinich, defeated. 1989:MichaelR. White, elected. 1993:MichaelR. White, elected. 1997:MichaelR. White, elected.
City Managers of Cleveland, 1924-31(may beincomplete!)
W.R. Hopkins 1924-30DanielE. Morgan 1930-31
Postmasters at Cleveland, 1805-1966(may beincomplete!)
ElishaNorton 1805JohnWalworth 1806-12AshbelW. Walworth 1812-16DanielKelley 1816-17IradKelley 1817-29DanielWorley 1829-39AaronBarker 1839-42BenjaminAndrews 1842-45TimothyP. Spencer 1845-49DanielM. Haskell 1849-53JosephW. Gray 1853-58BenjaminHarrington 1858-61EdwinCowles 1861-65GeorgeA. Benedict 1865-70JohnW. Allen 1870-75NelsonB. Sherwin 1875-83ThomasJones, Jr. 1883-87WilliamW. Armstrong 1887-91AlfredT. Anderson 1891-95JohnC. Hutchins 1895-99CharlesC. Dewstoe 1899-1910RaymondG. Floyd 1910-14WilliamJ. Murphy 1914-22GrantB. Miller 1922-23HenryA. Taylor 1923-33MichaelF. O'Donnell 1933-34MichaelF. O'Donnell 1934-43JamesL. Collins 1943-44JamesL. Collins 1944JosephP. Nolan 1944-45GuyR. Lucas 1945-49JosephF. Prosser 1949-50JosephF. Prosser 1950-54JosephS. Frantz 1954JosephS. Frantz 1954-61RalphH. Bushman 1961NelsonE. Sundermeier 1961-64NelsonE. Sundermeier 1964-66
(annexed to Cleveland in 1890s)
Mayors of West Cleveland, 1889(may be incomplete!)
WilliamJ. White as of 1889
Collectors of Customs at Cleveland, 1854-1951(may beincomplete!)
RobertParks as of 1854GeorgeW. Howe 1877-81MarcoB. Gary as of 1891CharlesF. Leach as of 1909W.Burr Gongwer as of 1917ArthurC. Fenton as of 1927C.W. Pollock as of 1932BerniceS. Pyke as of 1941-51
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Cleveland, 1867-1951(may be incomplete!)
ThomasJones, Jr. as of 1867CharlesB. Pettengill as of 1879WilliamH. Gabriel as of 1891FrankMcCord as of 1909HarryH. Weiss as of 1917-19CarlF. Routzahn as of 1927-32FrankF. Gentsch as of 1941ThomasM. Carey as of 1946-51 | |
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