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Mayors of Decatur, Illinois

Mayors of Decatur, 1856-2007 (may be incomplete!)
John P. Post 1856 William A. Barnes 1857 James B. Shoaff 1858 A. T. Hill 1859 Sheridan Wait 1860 E. O. Smith 1861 Thomas O. Smith 1862 J. J. Peddecord 1863-65 Franklin Priest 1865-66 John K. Warren 1867 Isaac C. Pugh 1868 William L. Hammer 1869 Franklin Priest 1870 E. M. Misner 1871 D. S. Shellabarger 1872 Martin Forstmeyer 1873 Franklin Priest 1874 R. H. Meriwether 1876 W. B. Chambers 1876-77 Franklin Priest 1878 L. L. Haworth 1879 H. W. Waggoner 1880-82 W. B. Chambers 1883-84 M. F. Kanan 1885-90 W. B. Chambers 1891-92 David C. Moffitt 1893-94 D. H. Conklin 1895-96 B. Z. Taylor 1897-98 George A. Stadler 1899-1900 Charles F. Shilling 1901-04 G. W. Lehman 1905-06 E. S. McDonald 1907-09 Charles M. Borchers 1909-11 Dan Dinneen 1911-19 Charles M. Borchers 1919-23 Elmer R. Elder 1923-27 O. W. Smith 1927-28 Harry E. Barber 1935 Charles E. Lee 1937 Harry E. Barber 1938 Charles E. Lee 1942 James A. Hedrick 1945 Robert E. Willis 1953-54 Robert A. Grohne 1959-63 Terry M. Hawley 1995-2003 Paul Osborne 2003-

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