The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Muskegon, Michigan

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Mayors of Muskegon, Michigan

Mayors of Muskegon, 1860-2008 (may be incomplete!)
Chauncey Davis 1860 Chauncey Davis 1871 John Campbell 1907-09 Harry A. Rietdyk 1909-13 John H. Moore 1913-15 Arnt Ellifson 1915-17 T. B. Bennett 192? George Vanderwerp 1937 Edwin J. Quick 1952 John E. Medendorp 1953-54 William E. Steiner 1955-56 Don F. Seyferth 1958-60 Donald E. Johnson 1967 Stephen J. Warmington 2002-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1880 Apr 5: Jiroch (Dem), elected.

1899 Apr 3: James Balbirnie (Rep), elected.

1900 Apr 2: Frank Alberts (Rep), elected.

1903 Apr 6: Leonard Eyke (Dem), elected.

1904 Apr 4: Leonard Eyke (Dem), elected.

1906 Apr 2: Norman B. Lawson (Dem), elected.

1907 Apr 1: John Campbell (Dem), elected.

1908 Apr 6: John Campbell (Dem), elected; G. R. Ross (Rep), defeated.

1909 Apr 5: Harry A. Rietdyk (Dem), elected.

1910 Apr 4: Harry A. Rietdyk (Dem), elected; Henry E. Langlenad (Rep), defeated.

1912 Apr 1: Harry A. Rietdyk (Dem), elected.

1913 Apr 7: John H. Moore (Progressive), elected; Norman B. Lawson (Dem), defeated; Lee H. Trott (Rep), defeated; Edward O. Foss (Socialist), defeated.

1914 Mar 4: George S. Stanley (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1914 Mar 4: Arnt Ellifson (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1914 Mar 4: Ray A. Cottrell (Socialist), nominated unopposed.

1914 Mar 4: John H. Moore (Progressive), nominated unopposed.

1914 Apr 6: John H. Moore (Progressive), elected; Arnt Ellifson (Rep), defeated; George S. Stanley (Dem), defeated; Ray A. Cottrell (Socialist), defeated.

1915 Mar 3: Norman B. Lawson (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1915 Mar 3: Arnt Ellifson (Rep), nominated; John H. Moore (Rep), defeated in primary.

1915 Mar 3: John J. Castenholz (Progressive), nominated unopposed, but withdrew.

1915 Apr 5: Arnt Ellifson (Rep), elected; Norman B. Lawson (Dem), defeated.

1916 Mar 1: William J. Smith (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1916 Mar 1: Arnt Ellifson (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1916 Mar 1: D. L. Garver (Socialist), nominated unopposed.

1916 Apr 3: Arnt Ellifson (Rep), elected; Norman B. Lawson (Dem), defeated; D. L. Garver (Socialist), defeated.

1917 Mar 7: Harry A. Rietdyk (Dem), nominated; Norman B. Lawson (Dem), defeated in primary.

1917 Mar 7: Arnt Ellifson (Rep), nominated; William H. Smith, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.

1917 Mar 7: Peter Volmari (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.

1917 Mar 7: Bert Leach (Socialist), nominated unopposed.

1917 Apr 2: Arnt Ellifson (Rep), elected; Harry A. Rietdyk (Dem), defeated; Bert Leach (Socialist), defeated; Peter Volmari (Prohibition), defeated.

2001 Nov 6: Stephen J. Warmington, elected; Jane Clingman-Scott, defeated.

2005 Nov 8: Stephen J. Warmington, elected; Ric Scott, defeated.

Village Presidents of Muskegon (may be incomplete!)

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