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Mayors of Ottawa, Illinois

Mayors of Ottawa, 1853-1954 (may be incomplete!)
William Hickling 1853-55 George H. Norris 1855-56 Edwin S. Leland 1856-57 George E. Walker 1857-58 Joseph O. Glover 1858-59 Julius Avery 1859-60 David Walker 1860-61 Silas W. Cheever 1861-62 John B. Rice 1862-65 William Hickling 1865-66 Charles Delano 1866-67 Thomas Clancy 1867-68 Frank F. Brower 1868-69 Henry A. Shuler 1869-70 David P. Jones 1870-72 H. K. Boyle 1872-74 Milton H. Swift 1874-76 Andrew Lynch 1876-77 Samuel Richolson 1877-78 Andrew Lynch 1878-79 Samuel Richolson 1879-81 John D. Young 1881-82 E. C. Allen 1882-86 George V. B. Weeks 1925 Fred Spurgin 1935-42 Phillip J. Bailey 1954

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1853 May 2: William Hickling (Dem), elected; Arthur Lockwood (Whig), defeated; Stout (Ind), defeated.

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