Mayors of Houston, 1837-2018(may be incomplete!)
JamesS. Holman 1837FrancisW. Moore, Jr. 1838-39GeorgeW. Lively 1839CharlesBigelow 1840J.D. Andrews 1841-42FrancisW. Moore, Jr. 1843HoraceBaldwin 1844W.W. Swain 1845JamesBailey 1846B.P. Buckner 1847-48FrancisW. Moore, Jr. 1849-52NathanFuller 1853-54JamesH. Stevens 1855-56CorneliusEnnis 1856-57AlexanderMcGowan 1858WilliamKing 1859ThomasW. Whitmarsh 1860WilliamJ. Hutchins 1861ThomasW. House 1862WilliamAnders 1863-65HoraceD. Taylor 1866AlexanderMcGowan 1867-68JosephR. Morris 1868-70ThomasH. Scanlan 1870-73JamesT. D. Wilson 1874I.C. Lord 1875-76JamesT. D. Wilson 1877-78AndrewJ. Burke 1879-80WilliamR. Baker 1880-86DanielC. Smith 1886-90HenryScherffius 1890-92JohnT. Browne 1892-96H.Baldwin Rice 1896-98SamuelH. Brashear 1898-1901JohnD. Woolford 1901-02O.T. Holt 1902-04AndrewL. Jackson 1904-05H.Baldwin Rice 1905-13BenCampbell 1913-17JosephJay Pastoriza 1917JosephChappell Hutcheson, Jr. 1917-18A.Earl Amerman 1918-21OscarF. Holcombe 1921-29WalterE. Monteith 1929-33OscarF. Holcombe 1933-37RichardH. Fonville 1937-38OscarF. Holcombe 1939-41NealPickett 1941-43OtisMassey 1943-46OscarF. Holcombe 1947-53RoyHofheinz 1953-55OscarF. Holcombe 1956-58LewisW. Cutrer 1958-63LouieWelch 1964-73FredHofheinz 1974-77JimMcConn 1978-81KathyWhitmire 1982-91BobLanier 1992-98LeeP. Brown 1998-2004BillWhite 2004-10AnniseParker 2010-16SylvesterTurner 2016- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1917 Jul 9:JosephJay Pastoriza, died in office. 1929:OscarF. Holcombe, defeated. 1931:OscarF. Holcombe, defeated. 1957:LewisW. Cutrer, elected. 1959:LewisW. Cutrer, elected. 1961:LewisW. Cutrer, elected. 1963:LouieWelch, elected;LewisW. Cutrer, defeated. 1973 Nov 6:DanielB. Fein, defeated. 1981:JimMcConn, defeated. 1983 Nov 8:NicholasF. Benton, defeated. 1991:BobLanier, elected. 1991 Nov 5:SylvesterTurner, advanced to runoff. 1991 Dec 7:SylvesterTurner, defeated. 1993:BobLanier, elected. 1995:BobLanier, elected. 1997:RobertMosbacher, Jr., defeated. 1999 Nov 2:LeeP. Brown, elected;JackTerence, defeated;OutlawJosey Wales IV, defeated. 2003 Nov 4:BillWhite, advanced to runoff;OrlandoSanchez, advanced to runoff;SylvesterTurner, defeated;AnthonyDutrow, defeated;VeroniqueMichelle Gregory, defeated;JohnWorldpeace, defeated;JackTerence, defeated;LuisRalph Ullrich, Jr., defeated;DouglasRobb, defeated. 2003 Dec 6:BillWhite, elected;OrlandoSanchez, defeated. 2005 Nov 8:BillWhite, elected;GladysMarie House, defeated;JackTerence, defeated;LuisRalph Ullrich, Jr., defeated;AnthonyDutrow, defeated. 2007 Nov 6:BillWhite, elected;AmandaUlman, defeated;OutlawJosey Wales IV, defeated. 2009 Nov 3:AnniseParker, advanced to runoff;GeneL. Locke, advanced to runoff;PeterBrown, defeated;RoyMorales, defeated;AmandaUlman, defeated;CharlesCupp, defeated;LuisRalph Ullrich, Jr., defeated. 2009 Dec 12:AnniseParker, elected;GeneL. Locke, defeated. 2011:AnniseParker, elected. 2013:AnniseParker, elected. 2015 Nov 3:SylvesterTurner, advanced to runoff. 2015 Dec 12:SylvesterTurner, elected.
Postmasters at Houston, 1846-1969(may beincomplete!)
M.K. Snell 1846-49IsaacE. Wade 1849-50FredericW. Smith 1850-53OwenL. Cochran 1853-65JosephS. Taft 1865-66SamuelHarper 1866-69JamesG. Tracy 1869-73JohnE. Whittlesey 1873-74TimothyH. Scanlan 1874-79JosephRichardson 1879-81HenryD. Johnson 1881-85RobertBurns 1885-89GeorgeA. Race 1889-93DanielC. Smith 1893-98SethB. Strong 1898-1912FrankJ. DeMeritt 1912-13ThomasW. House 1913-22RoyB. Nichols 1922-34JamesS. Griffith 1934-35JamesS. Griffith 1935-39JohnDunlop 1939-47GranvilleW. Elder 1947-49GranvilleW. Elder 1949-69
Surveyors of Customs at Houston, 1909(may beincomplete!)
SamuelL. Hain as of 1909 | |
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