Village Presidents of Des Plaines, 1870-1925 (may be incomplete!)
Henry C. Senne 1870-71 David Davison 1871-72 Edward Dawes 1872-73 Franklin Whitcomb 1874 F. William Hoffman 1874-75 Henry C. Senne 1875-77 F. William Hoffman 1877-79 Solomon Garland 1879-80 F. William Hoffman 1880-81 Henry C. Senne 1881-83 Homer Van Vlack 1883-84 Benjamin F. Kinder 1884-85 August Moldenhauer 1885-86 Andrew Sallstrom 1886-87 John Alles, Jr. 1887-88 Henry C. Senne 1888-91 August Moldenhauer 1891-92 Henry C. Senne 1892-93 Peter M. Hoffman 1893-94 Thomas Keates 1894-96 August Moldenhauer 1896-99 M. H. Brown 1899-1900 August Moldenhauer 1900-02 L. B. Scharringhausen 1902-09 Fred C. Brasel 1909-11 August Jarnecke 1911-13 W. M. Lawson 1913-15 William Wicke 1915-23 Harry T. Bennett 1923-25

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