The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Canton, Ohio

Mayors of Canton, Ohio

Mayors of Canton, 1838-2007 (may be incomplete!)
John Myers 1838-39 Jacob Rex 1839-40 John Myers 1840-41 William Bryce 1841-42 Lewis Vail 1842-44 George Dunbar, Sr. 1844-45 Z. Snow 1845-46 C. C. A. Witting 1846-47 Daniel Gottshall 1847-48 C. C. A. Witting 1848-49 D. H. Harmann 1849-50 J. G. Lester 1850-52 Benjamin Franklin Leiter 1852-53 John Lahm 1853-54 Benjamin Franklin Leiter 1854-55 Peter Chance 1855-59 J. C. Bockius 1859 H. P. Dunbar 1860-62 S. Meyer 1862 J. Crevoisie 1863-65 W. W. Clark 1865-67 Daniel Sayler 1867-71 Robert S. Shields 1871-75 A. D. Braden 1875-77 John Shimp 1877-79 James Vallely 1879-81 William J. Piero 1881-85 George Rex 1885-87 John F. Blake 1887-93 Robert A. Cassidy 1893-95 James A. Rice 1895-99 James H. Robertson 1899-1903 W. H. Smith 1903-06 A. R. Turnbull 1906-12 Harry Shilling 1912-13 A. R. Turnbull 1913-14 Charles A. Stolberg 1914-17 Henry A. Schrantz 1917 Charles E. Poorman 1918-19 Henry A. Schrantz 1919 Herman R. Witter 1920-22 C. C. Curtis 1922-24 Charles M. Ball 1924-26 Stanford M. Swarts 1926-28 C. C. Curtis 1928-30 Herman R. Witter 1930-31 James Seccombe 1932-33 Arthur Turnbull 1934-35 James Seccombe 1936-39 Edward Folk 1939-43 Albert Fromm 1943 Carl Klein 1944-49 Thomas H. Nichols 1950-51 Carl Wise 1952-58 Charles L. Babcock 1958-61 James Lawhoun 1962-63 Stanley A. Cmich 1964-83 Sam Purses 1984-91 Richard D. Watkins 1992- Janet Weir Creighton 2004-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1943: Edward Folk, died in office.

1991: Richard D. Watkins, elected.

1995: Richard D. Watkins, elected.

1999: Richard D. Watkins, elected.

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