The Political Graveyard: Township Supervisors of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan

Township Supervisors of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan

Supervisors of Ypsilanti Township, 1835-2009 (may be incomplete!)
Job Gorton 1835-36 Henry Compton 1836-38 James M. Edmunds 1838-39 Allen Buck 1842-43 Chauncey Joslin 1843-44 Grove Spencer 1844-46 John W. Vancleve 1846-48 Mark Norris 1848-49 Julius Movius 1849-50 Charles Shier 1850-52 Parmenio Davis 1852-53 John W. Vancleve 1853-55 Erastus Morton 1855-56 Delos Showerman 1856-57 Henry Compton 1857-58 John W. Vancleve 1858-59 E. D. Lay 1859-60 Charles Shier 1860-61 E. D. Lay 1861-66 George Jarvis 1866-67 E. D. Lay 1867-69 W. Irving Yeckley 1869-79 Albert R. Graves 1879-90 John L. Hunter 1890-1900 Edgar D. Holmes 1900-16 Perry Watling 1916-18 Luman A. Seamans 1918-20 Frank Rowe 1921 Edward D. Foster 1921-42 Otis A. Tooze 1942-49 Henry F. Hicks 1949-57 Franklin J. Shepherd 1957-59 Roy Smith 1959-66 Fred H. Lunde 1967-70 William L. Gagnon 1971-74 William E. Winters 1975-76 Astor J. Wallace 1977-78 Ronald L. Allen 1979-88 Wesley E. Prater 1988-96 Karen Lovejoy Roe 1996-2004 Ruth Ann Jamnick 2004-08 Brenda L. Stumbo 2008-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1899 Apr 3: John L. Hunter (Rep), elected; J. L. Lowden (Dem), defeated.

1900 Apr 2: Edgar D. Holmes (Rep), elected; Albert Day (Dem), defeated.

1907 Apr 1: Edgar D. Holmes (Rep), elected.

1908 Apr 6: Edgar D. Holmes (Rep), elected; George W. Johnson (Dem), defeated.

1909 Apr 5: Edgar D. Holmes (Rep), elected.

1916 Apr 3: Perry Watling (Rep), elected; Albert Jay (Dem), defeated.

1920 Apr 5: Luman A. Seamans (Rep), elected; George W. Johnson (Dem), defeated.

1921 Apr 4: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected; Wallace Draper (Dem), defeated.

1922 Apr 3: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected; Wallace Draper (Dem), defeated.

1924 Apr 7: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1925 Apr 6: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1926 Apr 5: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1927 Apr 4: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1928 Apr 2: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1929 Apr 1: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1930 Apr 7: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected; William B. Kelly (People's), defeated.

1931 Apr 6: Edward D. Foster, elected; Joseph F. Sheppard (Rep), defeated.

1932 Apr 4: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1933 Apr 3: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1934 Apr 2: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1935 Apr 1: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1936 Apr 6: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1937 Apr 5: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1938 Mar 7: No Primary, nominated unopposed.

1938 Apr 4: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1939 Mar 6: Edward D. Foster (Rep), nominated; John L. Condon (Rep), defeated in primary.

1939 Apr 3: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1940 Feb 19: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), nominated; Edward D. Foster (Rep), defeated in primary.

1940 Apr 1: Edward D. Foster, elected; Otis A. Tooze (Rep), defeated.

1941 Feb 17: Edward D. Foster (Rep), nominated; Otis A. Tooze (Rep), defeated in primary.

1941 Apr 7: Edward D. Foster (Rep), elected unopposed.

1942 Feb 16: Fred W. Ebeler (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1942 Feb 16: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), nominated; Edward D. Foster (Rep), defeated in primary.

1942 Apr 6: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), elected; Edward D. Foster, defeated; Fred W. Ebeler (Dem), defeated.

1943 Feb 15: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1943 Apr 5: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), elected unopposed.

1945 Feb 19: Lyle A. Dennis (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1945 Feb 19: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), nominated; Manny R. Richards (Rep), defeated in primary.

1945 Apr 2: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), elected; Lyle A. Dennis (Dem), defeated.

1947 Feb 17: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), nominated; A. Franklin McDougall (Rep), defeated in primary; David A. Blake, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.

1947 Apr 7: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), elected; A. Franklin McDougall, defeated.

1949 Feb 21: Joseph J. Swope (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1949 Feb 21: Otis A. Tooze (Rep), nominated; Henry F. Hicks (Rep), defeated in primary; Charles W. Coleman (Rep), defeated in primary.

1949 Apr 4: Henry F. Hicks, elected; Otis A. Tooze (Rep), defeated; Joseph J. Swope (Dem), defeated.

1951 Feb 19: Henry F. Hicks (Rep), nominated; Otis A. Tooze (Rep), defeated in primary.

1951 Apr 2: Henry F. Hicks (Rep), elected unopposed.

1953 Feb 16: Joseph J. Swope (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1953 Feb 16: Henry F. Hicks (Rep), nominated; Otis A. Tooze (Rep), defeated in primary.

1953 Apr 6: Henry F. Hicks (Rep), elected; Joseph J. Swope (Dem), defeated.

1955 Feb 21: Gerald L. Post (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1955 Feb 21: Henry F. Hicks (Rep), nominated; Otis A. Tooze (Rep), defeated in primary.

1955 Apr 4: Henry F. Hicks (Rep), elected; Gerald L. Post (Dem), defeated.

1957 Feb 18: Franklin J. Shepherd (Dem), nominated; Gerald L. Post (Dem), defeated in primary.

1957 Feb 18: Henry F. Hicks (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1957 Apr 1: Franklin J. Shepherd (Dem), elected; Henry F. Hicks (Rep), defeated.

1959 Feb 16: Donald E. Turner (Dem), nominated; Franklin J. Shepherd (Dem), defeated in primary; Hugo G. Feuerstein (Dem), defeated in primary; John G. Pinkston (Dem), defeated in primary; Donald W. Howe (Dem), defeated in primary.

1959 Feb 16: Roy Smith (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1959 Apr 6: Roy Smith (Rep), elected; Donald E. Turner (Dem), defeated.

1961 Feb 20: Fred Turner (Dem), nominated; Paul E. Clark (Dem), defeated in primary; John G. Pinkston (Dem), defeated in primary.

1961 Feb 20: Roy Smith (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1961 Apr 3: Roy Smith (Rep), elected; Fred Turner (Dem), defeated.

1963 Apr 1: Roy Smith, elected.

1964 Nov 3: Roy Smith (Rep), elected.

1970 Aug 4: William L. Gagnon (Dem), nominated; Richard Branham (Dem), defeated in primary.

1970 Aug 4: Fred H. Lunde (Rep), nominated.

1970 Nov 3: William L. Gagnon (Dem), elected; Fred H. Lunde (Rep), defeated.

1972 Aug 8: William L. Gagnon (Dem), nominated; Karl J. Stumpf (Dem), defeated in primary.

1972 Aug 8: Ray H. Gorlitz (Rep), nominated; Robert Sepanek (Rep), defeated in primary.

1972 Nov 7: William L. Gagnon (Dem), elected; Ray H. Gorlitz (Rep), defeated.

1974 Aug 6: William E. Winters (Dem), nominated; William L. Gagnon (Dem), defeated in primary; James M. Cregar (Dem), defeated in primary; Edward Freeman (Dem), defeated in primary.

1974 Aug 6: Robert Sepanek (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1974 Nov 5: William E. Winters (Dem), elected; Robert Sepanek (Rep), defeated.

1980 Aug 5: Ronald L. Allen (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1980 Nov 4: Ronald L. Allen (Dem), elected unopposed.

1984 Aug 7: Ronald L. Allen (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1984 Nov 6: Ronald L. Allen (Dem), elected unopposed.

1988 Aug 2: Wesley E. Prater (Dem), nominated; Harry H. Hutchinson, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.

1988 Nov 8: Wesley E. Prater (Dem), elected unopposed.

1992 Aug 4: Wesley E. Prater (Dem), nominated; Ronald L. Allen (Dem), defeated in primary.

1992 Aug 4: Martin A. Church (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1992 Nov 3: Wesley E. Prater (Dem), elected; Martin A. Church (Rep), defeated.

1996 Aug 6: Karen Lovejoy Roe (Dem), nominated; Wesley E. Prater (Dem), defeated in primary; Ted Miller (Dem), defeated in primary.

1996 Nov 5: Karen Lovejoy Roe (Dem), elected unopposed.

2000 Aug 8: Karen Lovejoy Roe (Dem), nominated unopposed.

2000 Nov 7: Karen Lovejoy Roe (Dem), elected unopposed.

2004 Aug 3: Ruth Ann Jamnick (Dem), nominated; Karen Lovejoy Roe (Dem), defeated in primary.

2004 Nov 2: Ruth Ann Jamnick (Dem), elected; Karen Lovejoy Roe, defeated.

2008 Aug 5: Brenda L. Stumbo (Dem), nominated; Ruth Ann Jamnick (Dem), defeated in primary.

2008 Nov 4: Brenda L. Stumbo (Dem), elected unopposed.

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