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Mayors of Athens, Ohio

Mayors of Athens, 1828-1996 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph Dane 1828-32 John Gillmore 1832-33 Samuel Miller 1833-36 Isaac N. Norton 1836-37 Henry Bartlett 1837-38 John Brown II 1839-42 Norman Root 1842-43 John Brown II 1843-48 Samuel Miller 1848-49 John Brown II 1849-50 Samuel Miller 1850-52 John Brown II 1852-53 Norman Root 1853-64 Joseph M. Dana 1864-67 George Washington Baker 1867-68 Joseph M. Dana 1868-69 Hiram C. Martin 1869-70 William Golden 1870-78 Emmett Tompkins 1878-79 James Perry Wood 1880-84 Judiah Higgins 1884-88 Edward T. Rose 1888-90 Charles H. Mintun 1890-94 William Stephen Wilson 1894-96 O. E. Davis 1896-99 Edward T. Rose 1899-1902 Henry Logan 1902-06 Gilbert E. Day 1906-07 Silas E. Hedges 1907-10 Charles M. Slaughter 1910-14 Oliver F. Rowland 1914-17 Erwin C. Woodworth 1918-19 Thomas B. Roush 1920-22 Clarence M. Gill 1922-23 Leander A. Koons 1924-25 Alex M. Moore 1926-29 Robert Simpson Wood 1930-31 Len B. McCune 1934-37 Clifford C. Cornell 1938-41 Franz L. Woodworth 1942-47 William P. Mickle 1948-51 Peter B. Seel 1952-57 William H. Herbert 1957 Kenneth W. Lands 1958-61 Raymond Shepard 1962-71 Donald L. Barrett 1972-83 Edward Ray Beckett, Jr. 1984-87 Sara Ague Hendricker 1988-95 Richard Abel 1996

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1879 Dec 31: Emmett Tompkins, resigned.
  • 1880 Jan 1: James Perry Wood, appointed.
  • 1899 Sep 29: O. E. Davis, resigned.
  • 1907: Gilbert E. Day, resigned.
  • 1922 Nov 6: Thomas B. Roush, resigned.
  • 1957 Feb 12: Peter B. Seel, died in office.

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