Mayors of Madison, 1856-2008(may be incomplete!) JairusC. Fairchild 1856-57AugustusA. Bird 1857-58GeorgeB. Smith 1858-61LeviB. Vilas 1861-62WilliamT. Leitch 1862-65ElishaW. Keyes 1865-67AldenS. Sanborn 1867-68DavidAtwood 1868-69AndrewProudfit 1869-71J.B. Bowen 1871-72JamesL. Hill 1872-73JaredC. Gregory 1873-74SilasU. Pinney 1874-76JohnN. Jones 1876-77HarlowS. Orton 1877-78GeorgeB. Smith 1878-79JohnR. Baltzell 1879-80PhilipL. Spooner, Jr. 1880-81JamesConklin 1881-84BreeseJ. Stevens 1884-85HiramN. Moulton 1885-86ElishaW. Keyes 1886-87JamesConklin 1887-88M.Ransom Doyon 1888-90RobertM. Bashford 1890-91WilliamH. Rogers 1891-93JohnCorscot 1893-95JabeB. Alford 1895-96AlbertA. Dye 1896-97MathiasJ. Hoven 1897-98CharlesE. Whelan 1898-99MathiasJ. Hoven 1899-1901StormBull 1901-02JohnW. Groves 1902-03WilliamDexter Curtis 1904-05JosephC. Schubert 1906-11JohnB. Heim 1912-13AdolphH. Kayser 1914-15GeorgeC. Sayle 1916-20MiloKittleson 1920-25AlbertG. Schmedeman 1926-32JamesR. Law, Jr. 1932-43FredHalsey Kraege 1943-47GeorgeJ. Forster 1950-55AlfredW. Bareis 1955-56IvanA. Nestingen 1956-61HaroldE. Hanson 1961HenryEdward Reynolds 1961-65OttoFestge 1965-69WilliamDyke 1969-73PaulR. Soglin 1973-79JoelSkornicka 1979-83F.Joseph Sensenbrenner, Jr. 1983-89PaulR. Soglin 1989-97SusanJ. M. Baumann 1997-2003DaveCieslewicz 2003- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1912 Apr 2:JohnB. Heim (Dem), elected;A.G. Kroncke (Rep), defeated;JohnC. Martin (Prohibition), defeated. 1920 Mar 23:FrankC. Blied, nominated;MiloKittleson, nominated;GeorgeC. Sayle, defeated in primary. 1920 Apr 6:MiloKittleson, elected;FrankC. Blied, defeated. 1922 Apr 4:MiloKittleson, elected;FrankC. Blied, defeated. 1926 Apr 6:AlbertG. Schmedeman, elected;HenryJ. Loftsgordon, defeated. 1999 Apr 6:SusanJ. M. Baumann, elected;EugeneParks, defeated. 2003 Feb 18:DaveCieslewicz, nominated;PaulR. Soglin, nominated;BertG. Zipperer, defeated in primary;SusanJ. M. Baumann, defeated in primary;WillSandstrom, defeated in primary;DavyMayer, defeated in primary. 2003 Apr 1:DaveCieslewicz, elected;PaulR. Soglin, defeated. 2007 Feb 20:DaveCieslewicz, nominated;RayAllen, nominated;PeterMunoz, defeated in primary;WillSandstrom, defeated in primary. 2007 Apr 3:DaveCieslewicz, elected;RayAllen, defeated.
Village Presidents of Madison, 1846-56(may beincomplete!) ThomasW. Sutherland 1846-47A.L. Collins 1847-50WilliamN. Seymour 1850-51SimeonMills 1851-52ChaunceyAbbott 1852-53HoraceA. Tenney 1853-54SimeonMills 1854-55PeterVan Bergen 1855-56
Postmasters at Madison, 1837-1979(may beincomplete!) JohnCatlin 1837-41DavidBrigham 1841-42JohnCatlin 1842-44SteptoeCatlin 1844-45DavidHolt, Jr. 1845-49JamesMorrison 1849-50ChaunceyAbbott 1850-53JohnN. Jones 1853-61ElishaW. Keyes 1861-82GeorgeE. Bryant 1882-86JaredC. Gregory 1886-90GeorgeE. Bryant 1890-94JamesConklin 1894-98ElishaW. Keyes 1898-1910RasmusB. Anderson 1910WilliamA. Devine 1910-33WalterJ. Hyland 1934WalterJ. Hyland 1934-48JosephA. Wirka 1948-49JosephA. Wirka 1949-52WilliamR. Riley 1952-53ElmoC. Cooper 1953-54ElmoC. Cooper 1954-58JohnF. Whitmore 1958-60JohnF. Whitmore 1960-79 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1910 Nov 29:ElishaW. Keyes, died in office.
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Madison, 1866-1917(may be incomplete!) GerryW. Hazelton 1866HenryM. Lewis as of 1867HenryHarnden as of 1879EarlM. Rogers as of 1891FrankR. Bentley as of 1909BurtWilliams as of 1917 | |
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