The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Benton Harbor, Michigan

Mayors of Benton Harbor, Michigan

Mayors of Benton Harbor, 1902-2008 (may be incomplete!)
M. G. Stouck 1937 Leon P. Gideon 1949-51 F. Joseph Flaugh 1952-54 Wilbert F. Smith 1967 Joel Patterson 1981 Wilce Cooke 2004-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1902 Apr 7: Irving Conkey (Dem), elected.

1908 Apr 6: W. H. Seitz (Rep), elected; Monroe H. Morrow (Dem), defeated.

1910 Apr 4: C. M. Ryno (Rep), elected; Monroe H. Morrow (Dem), defeated.

1912 Apr 1: J. J. Miller (Dem), elected.

1914 Apr 6: C. M. Ryno (Dem), elected.

1949 Apr 4: Leon P. Gideon, elected.

1981 Nov 3: Wilce Cooke, elected; Joel Patterson, defeated.

2007 Aug 7: Wilce Cooke, nominated; James Atterberry, Sr., nominated; Ralph Crenshaw, defeated in primary; Etta Harper, defeated in primary; Japhy Bartlett, defeated in primary.

2007 Nov 6: Wilce Cooke, elected; James Atterberry, Sr., defeated.

Village Presidents of Benton Harbor (may be incomplete!)

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