The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Ann Arbor (including Ann Arbor TWP, East Ann Arbor), Michigan

Mayors of Ann Arbor (including Ann Arbor TWP, East Ann Arbor), Michigan

Mayors of Ann Arbor, 1851-2009 (may be incomplete!)
George Sedgwick 1851-53 Erwin S. Tremain 1853-55 James Kingsley 1855-56 William S. Maynard 1856-58 Philip Bach 1858-59 Robert J. Barry 1859-61 John F. Miller 1861-62 Charles Spoor 1862-63 Ebenezer Wells 1863-65 William S. Maynard 1865-66 Oliver M. Martin 1866-68 Christian Eberbach 1868-69 Alfred H. Patridge 1869-70 William D. Harriman 1870-71 Silas H. Douglass 1871-73 Hiram J. Beakes 1873-75 Edward D. Kinne 1875-77 Densmore Cramer 1877-78 Willard Smith 1878-80 John Kapp 1880-83 William D. Harriman 1883-85 John Kapp 1885-86 John J. Robison 1886-87 Willard Smith 1887-88 Samuel W. Beakes 1888-90 Charles H. Manly 1890-91 William G. Doty 1891-93 Bradley M. Thompson 1893-94 Cyrenus G. Darling 1894-95 Warren E. Walker 1895-97 Charles E. Hiscock 1897-99 Gottlob Luick 1899-1901 Royal S. Copeland 1901-03 Arthur Brown 1903-05 Francis M. Hamilton 1905-07 James C. Henderson 1907-09 William L. Walz 1909-13 Robert G. MacKenzie 1913-15 Charles A. Sauer 1915 Ernest M. Wurster 1915-21 George E. Lewis 1921-25 Robert A. Campbell 1925-27 Edward W. Staebler 1927-31 H. Wirt Newkirk 1931-33 Robert A. Campbell 1933-37 Walter C. Sadler 1937-41 Leigh J. Young 1941-45 William E. Brown, Jr. 1945-57 Samuel J. Eldersveld 1957-59 Cecil O. Creal 1959-65 Wendell E. Hulcher 1965-69 Robert J. Harris 1969-73 James E. Stephenson 1973-75 Albert H. Wheeler 1975-78 Louis D. Belcher 1978-85 Edward C. Pierce 1985-87 Gerald D. Jernigan 1987-91 Liz Brater 1991-93 Ingrid B. Sheldon 1993-2000 John Hieftje 2000-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1899 Apr 3: Gottlob Luick (Dem), elected; William C. Reinhardt (Rep), defeated.

1903 Apr 6: Arthur Brown (Dem), elected; Reuben Kempf (Rep), defeated.

1907 Apr 1: James C. Henderson (Dem), elected; Francis M. Hamilton (Rep), defeated.

1909 Apr 5: William L. Walz (Dem), elected; Cyrenus G. Darling (Rep), defeated.

1911 Apr 3: William L. Walz (Dem), elected; Cyrenus G. Darling, defeated; David J. Malloy, defeated.

1913 Mar 5: William S. Mills (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1913 Mar 5: Robert G. MacKenzie (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1913 Mar 5: Isaac L. Sherk (Progressive), nominated unopposed.

1913 Mar 5: D. J. Jeannerette (Socialist), nominated unopposed.

1913 Apr 7: Robert G. MacKenzie (Rep), elected; William S. Mills (Dem), defeated; Isaac L. Sherk (Progressive), defeated; D. J. Jeannerette (Socialist), defeated.

1915 Mar 3: Theodore F. Prochnow (Dem), nominated; Erwin E. Schmid (Dem), defeated in primary.

1915 Mar 3: Charles A. Sauer (Rep), nominated; George Lutz (Rep), defeated in primary.

1915 Apr 5: Charles A. Sauer (Rep), elected; Theodore F. Prochnow (Dem), defeated.

1915 Dec 6: Charles A. Sauer, died in office.

1917 Apr 2: Ernest M. Wurster (Dem), elected; H. W. Nichols (Socialist), defeated.

1919 Apr 7: Ernest M. Wurster, elected; Clarence J. Sweet, defeated; Oakley C. Johnson, defeated.

1921 Mar 2: John W. Dwyer (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1921 Mar 2: George E. Lewis (Rep), nominated; Andrew J. Sawyer (Rep), defeated in primary.

1921 Apr 4: George E. Lewis (Rep), elected; John W. Dwyer (Dem), defeated.

1923 Apr 2: George E. Lewis (Rep), elected; Guy G. Alway (Dem), defeated.

1925 Apr 6: Robert A. Campbell (Rep), elected unopposed.

1927 Apr 4: Edward W. Staebler (Dem), elected; Robert A. Campbell (Rep), defeated.

1929 Apr 1: Edward W. Staebler (Dem), elected; Carlos A. Reading (Rep), defeated.

1931 Apr 6: H. Wirt Newkirk, elected; Charles J. Hutzel, defeated.

1933 Mar 6: Robert A. Campbell (Rep), nominated; John A. Neelands (Rep), defeated in primary.

1933 Apr 3: Robert A. Campbell (Rep), elected; Rolla N. Frisinger (Dem), defeated.

1935 Mar 4: John W. Conlin (Dem), nominated; John H. Muyskens (Dem), defeated in primary.

1935 Apr 1: Robert A. Campbell (Rep), elected; John W. Conlin (Dem), defeated.

1937 Apr 5: Walter C. Sadler, elected; Arthur C. Lehman, defeated.

1939 Apr 3: Walter C. Sadler, elected unopposed.

1941 Apr 7: Leigh J. Young (Rep), elected; William A. Kolander (Dem), defeated.

1943 Apr 5: Leigh J. Young (Rep), elected; John L. Brumm (Dem), defeated.

1945 Feb 19: William E. Brown, Jr. (Rep), nominated; Glenn L. Alt (Rep), defeated in primary.

1945 Apr 2: William E. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected unopposed.

1947 Apr 7: William E. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected unopposed.

1949 Apr 4: William E. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected; Leslie A. Wikel (Dem), defeated; John F. Shepard (Progressive), defeated.

1951 Apr 2: William E. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected; Lewis C. Reimann (Dem), defeated.

1953 Apr 6: William E. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected; Jesse Ormondroyd (Dem), defeated.

1955 Apr 4: William E. Brown, Jr. (Rep), elected; Albert J. Logan (Dem), defeated.

1957 Feb 18: William E. Brown, Jr. (Rep), nominated; Dominick A. DeVarti (Rep), defeated in primary.

1957 Apr 1: Samuel J. Eldersveld (Dem), elected; William E. Brown, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Dominick A. DeVarti, defeated.

1959 Feb 16: Cecil O. Creal (Rep), nominated; Frederic B. House (Rep), defeated in primary.

1959 Apr 6: Cecil O. Creal (Rep), elected; Lloyd M. Ives (Dem), defeated.

1961 Apr 3: Cecil O. Creal (Rep), elected; Dorothee S. Pealy (Dem), defeated.

1963 Apr 1: Cecil O. Creal (Rep), elected; Albert F. Schneider (Dem), defeated.

1965 Apr 5: Wendell E. Hulcher (Rep), elected; Eunice L. Burns (Dem), defeated.

1967 Apr 3: Wendell E. Hulcher (Rep), elected; Edward C. Pierce (Dem), defeated.

1969 Apr 7: Robert J. Harris (Dem), elected; Richard E. Balzhiser (Rep), defeated.

1971 Feb 15: Robert J. Harris (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1971 Feb 15: Jack J. Garris (Rep), nominated; Louis D. Belcher (Rep), defeated in primary; Lewis C. Ernst (Rep), defeated in primary.

1971 Apr 5: Robert J. Harris (Dem), elected; Jack J. Garris (Rep), defeated.

1973 Feb 19: Franz J. Mogdis (Dem), nominated; John M. Feiner (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert Elton (Dem), defeated in primary.

1973 Feb 19: James E. Stephenson (Rep), nominated; Lewis C. Ernst (Rep), defeated in primary.

1973 Feb 19: Benita Kaimowitz (Human Rights), nominated; Anne L. Bobroff (Human Rights), defeated in primary; Richard L. Steinhart (Human Rights), defeated in primary; David W. Allen (Human Rights), defeated in primary.

1973 Apr 2: James E. Stephenson (Rep), elected; Franz J. Mogdis (Dem), defeated; Benita Kaimowitz (Human Rights), defeated.

1975 Apr 7: Albert H. Wheeler (Dem), elected; James E. Stephenson (Rep), defeated; Carol Ernst (Human Rights), defeated.

1977 Apr 4: Albert H. Wheeler (Dem), elected; Louis D. Belcher (Rep), defeated; Diana Lee Slaughter (Human Rights), defeated.

1978 Apr 3: Louis D. Belcher (Rep), elected; Albert H. Wheeler (Dem), defeated.

1979 Feb 19: James Kenworthy (Dem), nominated; James Mathew Montgomery (Dem), defeated in primary.

1979 Feb 19: Louis D. Belcher (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1979 Apr 2: Louis D. Belcher (Rep), elected; James Kenworthy (Dem), defeated.

1981 Apr 6: Louis D. Belcher (Rep), elected; Robert G. Faber (Dem), defeated.

1983 Feb 21: Leslie Morris (Dem), nominated; Thomas Blessing (Dem), defeated in primary.

1983 Feb 21: Louis D. Belcher (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1983 Feb 21: Paul S. Jensen (American Independent), nominated unopposed.

1983 Apr 4: Louis D. Belcher (Rep), elected; Leslie Morris (Dem), defeated; Paul S. Jensen (American Independent), defeated.

1985 Feb 18: Edward C. Pierce (Dem), nominated; Bunyan Bryant (Dem), defeated in primary.

1985 Feb 18: Richard A. Hadler (Rep), nominated; Paul S. Jensen (Rep), defeated in primary.

1985 Apr 1: Edward C. Pierce (Dem), elected; Richard A. Hadler (Rep), defeated.

1987 Feb 16: Edward C. Pierce (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1987 Feb 16: Gerald D. Jernigan (Rep), nominated; Paul S. Jensen (Rep), defeated in primary.

1987 Apr 6: Gerald D. Jernigan (Rep), elected; Edward C. Pierce (Dem), defeated.

1989 Feb 20: Raymond F. Clevenger (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1989 Feb 20: Gerald D. Jernigan (Rep), nominated; Paul S. Jensen (Rep), defeated in primary.

1989 Apr 3: Gerald D. Jernigan (Rep), elected; Raymond F. Clevenger (Dem), defeated; David Damrose (Libertarian), defeated.

1991 Apr 1: Liz Brater (Dem), elected; Gerald D. Jernigan (Rep), defeated; David H. Raaflaub (Libertarian), defeated.

1993 Apr 5: Ingrid B. Sheldon (Rep), elected; Liz Brater (Dem), defeated; Emily H. Salvette (Libertarian), defeated; Paul S. Jensen (Tisch Independent Citizens), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Ingrid B. Sheldon (Rep), elected; David F. Stead (Dem), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Ingrid B. Sheldon (Rep), elected; Chris Kolb (Dem), defeated.

1998 Aug 4: Chris Kolb (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1998 Aug 4: Ingrid B. Sheldon (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1998 Nov 3: Ingrid B. Sheldon (Rep), elected; Chris Kolb (Dem), defeated; Elizabeth Keslacy (Libertarian), defeated.

2000 Nov 7: John Hieftje (Dem), elected; Stephen Rapundalo (Rep), defeated; Charles Goodman (Libertarian), defeated.

2002 Nov 5: John Hieftje (Dem), elected; Marcia Higgins (Rep), defeated.

2004 Nov 2: John Hieftje (Dem), elected; Jane Lumm (Rep), defeated.

2006 Aug 8: John Hieftje (Dem), nominated; Wendy Ann Woods (Dem), defeated in primary.

2006 Nov 7: John Hieftje (Dem), elected; Tom Wall, defeated.

2008 Aug 5: John Hieftje (Dem), nominated; Tom Wall (Dem), defeated in primary.

2008 Nov 4: John Hieftje (Dem), elected; Eric Plourde, defeated.

Village Presidents of Ann Arbor, 1834-50 (may be incomplete!)
John Allen 1834-35 George W. Jewett 1835-36 William S. Maynard 1836-38 Edward R. Everett 1838-39 William S. Maynard 1839-40 Volney Chapin 1840-43 William R. Thompson 1843-44 Olney Hawkins 1844-45 George Sedgwick 1845-49 William Finley 1849-50

Ann Arbor Township
(most parts became Ann Arbor, 1851-2009)

Supervisors of Ann Arbor Township, 1936-2009 (may be incomplete!)
Albert C. Stein 1936-39 Michael Moran 2004-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1937 Apr 5: Albert C. Stein (Rep), elected; Herman Haas (Dem), defeated.

1938 Apr 4: Albert C. Stein (Rep), elected; Herman A. Staebler (Dem), defeated.

1939 Apr 3: Albert C. Stein (Rep), elected.

1980 Aug 5: Nancy L. Davis (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1980 Nov 4: Nancy L. Davis (Dem), elected unopposed.

1984 Aug 7: Nancy L. Davis (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1984 Nov 6: Nancy L. Davis (Dem), elected unopposed.

1988 Aug 2: Nancy L. Davis (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1988 Aug 2: Elizabeth Langford (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1988 Nov 8: Elizabeth Langford (Rep), elected; Nancy L. Davis (Dem), defeated.

1992 Aug 4: Elizabeth Langford (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1992 Nov 3: Elizabeth Langford (Rep), elected unopposed.

1996 Aug 6: Elizabeth Langford (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1996 Nov 5: Elizabeth Langford (Rep), elected unopposed.

2000 Aug 8: Elizabeth Langford (Rep), nominated unopposed.

2000 Nov 7: Elizabeth Langford (Rep), elected unopposed.

2004 Aug 3: Michael Moran (Dem), nominated unopposed.

2004 Nov 2: Michael Moran (Dem), elected unopposed.

2008 Aug 5: Michael Moran (Dem), nominated unopposed.

2008 Nov 4: Michael Moran (Dem), elected unopposed.

East Ann Arbor
(merged with Ann Arbor 1957)

Mayors of East Ann Arbor, 1947-56 (may be incomplete!)
Kenneth R. Wingrove 1947-49 Carl H. Read 1949-53 Leo A. Fredette 1953-55 Robert W. Harrington 1955-56

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1953 Apr 6: Leo A. Fredette, elected unopposed.

1955 Apr 4: Robert W. Harrington, elected.

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