The Political Graveyard: Ypsilanti, Michigan (original) (raw)

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Ypsilanti, Michigan
Mayors, Village Presidents, Postmasters

Mayors of Ypsilanti, 1858-2014 (may be incomplete!)
Chauncey Joslin 1858-59Arden H. Ballard 1859-60Benjamin Follett 1860-61Parmenio Davis 1861-64David Edwards 1864-65Edgar Bogardus 1865-67David Edwards 1867-68Parmenio Davis 1868-70Francis P. Bogardus 1871-73Watson Snyder 1873-75Lambert A. Barnes 1875-78Thomas Ninde 1878-79Lambert A. Barnes 1879-80Edward P. Allen 1880-81Chester L. Yost 1884-86Clark Cornwell 1886-88Francis P. Bogardus 1888-89Daniel Putnam 1889-91Henry P. S. Glover 1891-93Henry R. Scoville 1893-94William B. Seymour 1894-95Harlow D. Wells 1895-96Nolan B. Harding 1897-98Don Louis Davis 1898-99Edward P. Allen 1899-1900Henry R. Scoville 1900-01Oliver E. Thompson 1901-02Martin Dawson 1902-03Clifford R. Huston 1903-04George M. Gaudy 1904-06John B. Van Fossen 1906-08John P. Kirk 1908-10Tracy L. Towner 1910-12Frank Norton 1912-14Lee N. Brown 1914-16Clarence V. Brown 1916-20Theodore E. Schaible 1921-22Emery R. Beal 1922-23Hugh E. Van de Walker 1924-28Matthew Max 1929-34Ray H. Burrell 1935-40Ross K. Bower 1940-46Daniel T. Quirk 1947-53Carl J. Scheffler 1953-54Rodney E. Hutchinson 1955-56William E. Foy 1957-58Rodney E. Hutchinson 1958-60Donald B. Fulford 1960-61John Calder 1961-62Maurice Obermeyer 1962-63John Calder 1963-64Vincent H. Buck 1964-65Jerry F. Gooding 1965-66Susan H. Sayre 1966-67John H. Burton 1967-68Timothy Dyer 1968-70Richard L. Boatwright 1970-72George D. Goodman 1972-82Peter J. Murdock 1982-89Clyde K. King 1989-93Michael Homel 1993-95Cheryl C. Farmer 1995-2006Paul T. Schreiber 2006-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

• 1889 Apr 1: Daniel Putnam (Rep), elected.
• 1891 Apr 6: Henry P. S. Glover (Rep), elected.
• 1893 Apr 3: Henry R. Scoville (Dem), elected;Sweet(Rep), defeated;Cook(Prohibition), defeated.
• 1894 Apr 2: William B. Seymour (Rep), elected;Henry R. Scoville (Dem), defeated.
• 1895 Apr 1: Harlow D. Wells (Rep), elected;Nolan B. Harding (Dem), defeated;William H. Deubel (Prohibition), defeated.
• 1899 Apr 3: Edward P. Allen (Rep), elected;William H. Deubel (Dem), defeated.
• 1900 Apr 2: Henry R. Scoville (Dem), elected;John B. Van Fossen (Rep), defeated.
• 1901 Apr 1: Oliver E. Thompson (Rep), elected;Don Louis Davis (Dem), defeated.
• 1902 Apr 7: Martin Dawson (Dem), elected;Oliver E. Thompson (Rep), defeated.
• 1903 Apr 6: Clifford R. Huston (Dem), elected;William N. Lister (Rep), defeated;P. W. Cornue (Prohibition), defeated.
• 1904 Apr 4: George M. Gaudy (Rep), elected;Oliver Westfall (Dem), defeated.
• 1905 Apr 3: George M. Gaudy (Rep), elected;Oliver Westfall (Dem), defeated.
• 1906 Apr 2: John B. Van Fossen (Rep), elected;James E. McGregor (Dem), defeated.
• 1908 Apr 6: John P. Kirk (Dem), elected;George D. Lockwood (Rep), defeated.
• 1910 Apr 4: Tracy L. Towner (Dem), elected;DeForrest Ross (Citizens), defeated.
• 1912 Apr 1: Frank Norton (Rep), elected;Tracy L. Towner (Dem), defeated.
• 1914 Apr 6: Lee N. Brown (Dem), elected.
• 1916 Apr 3: Clarence V. Brown (Rep), elected;N. A. Harvey (Dem), defeated.
• 1918 Apr 1: Clarence V. Brown (Rep), elected;Frank P. Worden (Dem), defeated.
• 1920 Apr 5: Theodore E. Schaible (Dem), elected;T. W. Paton (Rep), defeated.
• 1922 Apr 3: Emery R. Beal (Rep), elected unopposed.
• 1924 Apr 7: Hugh E. Van de Walker (Rep), elected unopposed.
• 1926 Apr 5: Hugh E. Van de Walker (Rep), elected;Marcia Hall (Dem), defeated.
• 1928 Mar 5: Matthew Max (Dem), nominated unopposed.
• 1928 Mar 5: Emery R. Beal (Rep), nominated;Ethyl Van Etten (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1928 Apr 2: Matthew Max (Dem), elected;Emery R. Beal (Rep), defeated.
• 1930 Apr 7: Matthew Max (Dem & Rep), elected unopposed.
• 1932 Mar 7: Matthew Max (Dem), nominated unopposed.
• 1932 Apr 4: Matthew Max (Dem), elected unopposed.
• 1934 Apr 2: Ray H. Burrell (Rep), elected;George L. Ennen (Dem), defeated.
• 1936 Mar 2: Ray H. Burrell (Rep), nominated unopposed.
• 1936 Apr 6: Ray H. Burrell (Rep), elected unopposed.
• 1938 Mar 7: Ray H. Burrell (Rep), nominated unopposed.
• 1938 Apr 4: Ray H. Burrell (Rep), elected unopposed.
• 1940 Feb 19: Lewis T. Smith (Dem), nominated unopposed.
• 1940 Feb 19: Ross K. Bower (Rep), nominated;Merle G. Renton (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1940 Apr 1: Ross K. Bower (Rep), elected;Lewis T. Smith (Dem), defeated.
• 1942 Feb 16: Ross K. Bower (Rep), nominated unopposed.
• 1942 Apr 6: Ross K. Bower (Rep), elected unopposed.
• 1944 Apr 3: Ross K. Bower (Rep), elected unopposed.
• 1973 Feb 19: George D. Goodman (Dem), nominated unopposed.
• 1973 Feb 19: John P. Montonye (Rep), nominated unopposed.
• 1973 Apr 2: George D. Goodman (Dem), elected;John P. Montonye (Rep), defeated;Daniel Eller (American Independent), defeated.
• 1975 Apr 7: George D. Goodman (Dem), elected;Robert S. Dummitt (Rep), defeated;Eric Jackson (Human Rights), defeated.
• 1977 Feb 21: George D. Goodman (Dem), nominated;Harold R. Baize, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1977 Feb 21: J. Dale Hooker (Rep), nominated unopposed.
• 1977 Apr 4: George D. Goodman (Dem), elected;J. Dale Hooker (Rep), defeated.
• 1979 Apr 2: George D. Goodman (Dem), elected unopposed.
• 1981 Feb 16: George D. Goodman (Dem), nominated;Peter J. Murdock (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1981 Apr 6: George D. Goodman (Dem), elected;Ruthann A. Wagner (American Independent), defeated.
• 1982 Dec 17: George D. Goodman, resigned.
• 1982 Dec 23: Peter J. Murdock, appointed.
• 1983 Apr 4: Peter J. Murdock (Dem), elected.
• 1985 Apr 1: Peter J. Murdock (Dem), elected.
• 1987 Apr 6: Peter J. Murdock (Dem), elected;Clyde K. King (Rep), defeated.
• 1989 Apr 3: Clyde K. King (Rep), elected;Peter J. Murdock (Dem), defeated.
• 1991 Apr 1: Clyde K. King (Rep), elected;V. Lois Wells (Dem), defeated.
• 1993 Apr 8: Michael Homel (Dem), elected;Charles S. Kettles (Rep), defeated;Faz Husain (Ind), defeated.
• 1995 Apr 3: Cheryl C. Farmer, elected;Michael Homel (Dem), defeated.
• 1998 Nov 3: Cheryl C. Farmer, elected unopposed.
• 2002 Nov 5: Cheryl C. Farmer, elected;Lois E. Richardson (Dem), defeated.
• 2006 Aug 8: Paul T. Schreiber (Dem), nominated;Steve Pierce (Dem), defeated in primary;Lois E. Richardson (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 2006 Nov 7: Paul T. Schreiber (Dem), elected unopposed.
• 2010 Aug 3: Paul T. Schreiber (Dem), nominated;Peter J. Murdock (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 2010 Nov 2: Paul T. Schreiber (Dem), elected;Jeff Davis, defeated;Kevin Hill, defeated.
• 2014 Aug 5: Amanda Maria Edmonds (Dem), nominated;Peter J. Murdock (Dem), defeated in primary;Tyrone Bridges (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 2014 Nov 4: Amanda Maria Edmonds (Dem), elected;Steven James Taylor, defeated.

Village Presidents of Ypsilanti, 1832-58 (may be incomplete!)
John Gilbert 1832-34Abel Godard 1834-36Grove Spencer 1836-37Henry Compton 1837-38Abram Voorhees 1838-39Levi J. Hull 1839-40Walter B. Hewitt 1840-41Abram Voorhees 1841-43Abraham Craddock 1843-44Thomas M. Town 1844-45C. H. Van Cleve 1845-47Arden H. Ballard 1847-50George M. Osborn 1850-52Delos Showerman 1852-56Arden H. Ballard 1856-58

Postmasters at Ypsilanti, 1871-1987 (may be incomplete!)
Daniel B. Green as of 1871Clinton Spencer as of 1873-81F. L. Stewart as of 1887Martin Cremer as of 1891Harlow D. Wells as of 1901Wesley M. Dawson 1949-50Wesley M. Dawson 1950-64Simon P. Eaglin 1964-68Simon P. Eaglin 1968-87

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