Mayors of Wooster, 1853-2024(may be incomplete!) SolomonR. Bonewitz 1853-54WilliamChilds 1855IsaacN. Jones 1856NealMcCoy 1857-58AbrahamSabolt, Jr. 1859JohnH. Kauke 1860-61GeorgeK. Rex 1862RobertR. Donnelly 1863GeorgeW. Henshaw 1865JamesCurry 1866AndrewWright 1867ReasinB. Spink 1868CharlesS. Frost 1869-71JosephC. Plumer 1871-73JamesHenry 1873-75OwenA. Wilhelm 1875-77HiramB. Swartz 1877-81DennisW. Kimber 1881-85LemuelJeffries 1885-87JamesR. Woodworth 1887-93LemuelJeffries 1893-99RobertJ. Smith 1899-1905MarcusM. VanNest 1905-11GeorgeA. Fisher 1917-21MarcusR. Limb 1921-23JesseW. Ebert 1929-31WilliamL. Long 1934-39RalphE. Fisher 1940-48FrancisW. Hillen 1949-50JohnP. Grassbaugh 1950-53J.Edwin Johnson 1954-60WilliamLytle 1961JackLester 1962-63RaleighE. Cuthbertson 1965-68PaulTilford 1969-71RoyP. Stype 1972-78RobertAnderson 1978-79MargaretDemorest 1980-83J.Clyde Breneman 1984-94WilliamPatterson 1994-95JamesA. Howey 1996-2007JudiMitten 2007RobertF. Breneman 2008-23RobertJ. Reynolds 2024- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1933 Nov 7:WilliamL. Long (Rep), elected. 1950 Nov 16:FrancisW. Hillen, died in office. 1961 May 2:JackLester (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1961 Nov 8:JackLester (Rep), elected unopposed. 1978 Dec 15:RoyP. Stype, resigned. 1979 Jun 5:DavidBroehl (Dem), nominated;DonaldMortimer (Dem), defeated in primary. 1979 Jun 5:MargaretDemorest (Rep), nominated;RobertMiller (Rep), defeated in primary. 1979 Nov 6:MargaretDemorest (Rep), elected;DavidBroehl (Dem), defeated. 1983 Jun 7:WilliamB. Bostancic (Dem), nominated;WilliamR. Dugan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1983 Nov 8:J.Clyde Breneman (Rep), elected;WilliamB. Bostancic (Dem), defeated. 1987 Nov 3:J.Clyde Breneman (Rep), elected unopposed. 1991 Nov 5:J.Clyde Breneman (Rep), elected unopposed. 1994 Sep 30:J.Clyde Breneman, resigned. 1995 May 2:JamesA. Howey (Rep), nominated;LudHuck (Rep), defeated in primary;RobertM. Holland (Rep), defeated in primary;TomHickman (Rep), defeated in primary. 1995 Nov 7:JamesA. Howey (Rep), elected;JonUlbright (Dem), defeated;RobertHenery (Ind), defeated;LarryKelly (Ind), defeated. 2007 Apr 17:JamesA. Howey, died in office.
Postmasters at Wooster, 1901(may be incomplete!) T.L. Flattery as of 1901
Registers of U.S. Land Office at Wooster, 1816-27(may beincomplete!) ReasinBeall as of 1816-23CyrusSpink as of 1825-27
Receivers of U.S. Land Office at Wooster, 1816(may beincomplete!) JohnSloane as of 1816 | |
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