The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Battle Creek (including Battle Creek TWP), Michigan

Mayors of Battle Creek (including Battle Creek TWP), Michigan

Mayors of Battle Creek, 1859-2005 (may be incomplete!)
Elijah Pendill 1859-61 Alonzo Noble 1862 Chester Buckley 1863 Elijah Pendill 1864 Tolman W. Hall 1865 Theron H. Tracy 1866 Erastus Hussey 1867 William Wallace 1868 Thomas Hart 1869-70 Nelson Eldred 1871 George N. Wakefield 1872 Edward Cox 1873-74 Victory P. Collier 1875 Charles Austin 1876-77 James L. Whitcomb 1878 Clement R. Thompson 1879 Edwin C. Nichols 1880 George E. Howes 1881 William C. Gage 1882 Simeon French 1883-84 Frank M. Rathbun 1885 Henry Clay Hall 1886-88 James Green 1889 John W. Bailey 1890 Fred M. Wadleigh 1891 Joseph L. Cox 1892 Austin S. Parker 1893-94 John H. Mykins 1895 Frank Turner 1896 Abraham T. Metcalf 1897 Miles S. Curtis 1898 Ephraim W. Moore 1899 Leon M. Gillette 1900-01 Fred H. Webb 1902-03 Frank W. Clapp 1904 George S. Barnes 1905-07 Charles C. Green 1907-09 John W. Bailey 1909-11 Thomas Zellinsky 1911-13 John W. Bailey 1913-15 James W. Marsh 1915-17 Charles Edward Wilson 1917-19 Charles W. Ryan 1919-21 Charles C. Green 1921-27 John W. Bailey 1927-29 William P. Penty 1930-33 J. William Murphy 1933-37 Robert J. Hamilton 1937-39 Floyd H. Barry 1939-43 Bernard E. Godde 1943-47 William V. Bailey 1947-53 Frank C. Wagner 1953-57 Russell V. Worgess 1957-59 Raymond M. Turner 1959 Preston J. Kool 1967 John J. H. Schwarz 1985-87 Brian K. Kirkham 2002 John K. Godfrey 2005

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1907 Apr 1: Charles C. Green (Rep), elected.

1909 Apr 5: John W. Bailey (Dem), elected.

1911 Apr 3: Thomas Zellinsky (Rep), elected; Will A. Cady (Dem), defeated.

1921 Apr 4: Charles C. Green, elected; Howard H. Batdorff, defeated.

1923 Apr 2: Charles C. Green (Rep), elected; Howard H. Batdorff, defeated.

1929 Aug 29: John W. Bailey, died in office.

1930 Apr 7: William P. Penty, elected unopposed.

1933 Apr 3: J. William Murphy, elected.

Village Presidents of Battle Creek, 1850-58 (may be incomplete!)
William Brooks 1850 Charles Mason 1851-52 Edward Cox 1853 Richard T. Merrill 1854-55 Chester Buckley 1856-57 Jonathan Hart 1858 Leander Etheridge 1858

Battle Creek Township
(merged with Battle Creek city 1983)

Supervisors of Battle Creek Township, 1968 (may be incomplete!)
Raymond O. Struble 1968

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