The Political Graveyard: Bellingham, Washington

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Bellingham, Washington
including Fairhaven, New Whatcom, Whatcom
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Bellingham, 1904-2007 (may be incomplete!)
J. W. Romaine 1904-05 A. L. Black 1906-07 James P. deMattos 1908-11 Edward J. Cleary 1912-13 James P. deMattos 1914-15 A. M. Muir 1916-17 J. A. Sells 1918-20 Edward T. Mathes 1920-23 John A. Kellogg 1924-33 Burleigh E. Hanning 1934-35 William P. Brown 1936-37 Burleigh E. Hanning 1938-41 Arthur H. Howard 1942-47 Don E. Satterlee as of 1947-49 J. W. Mulhern as of 1950 Sigurd Hjaltalin as of 1952-56 John E. Westford as of 1956-65 Reginald W. Williams as of 1968-75 Ken Hertz as of 1976-82 Tim B. Douglas as of 1984-95 Mark Asmundson 1996-2006 Tim B. Douglas 2006-07 Dan Pike 2007-

Fairhaven
(merged to form Bellingham 1903)

Mayors of Fairhaven, 1890-1904 (may be incomplete!)
E. A. Turner 1890 George J. Hohl 1901-02 L. N. Griffin 1902-04

Postmasters at Fairhaven, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
S. P. Tapping as of 1901

New Whatcom
(renamed Whatcom 1901)

Mayors of New Whatcom, 1890-1901 (may be incomplete!)
Edward Cosgrove 1890 Will D. Jenkins 1891 Thomas Slade 1893-94 Ed E. Hardin 1900-01

Whatcom
(merged to form Bellingham 1903)

Mayors of Whatcom, 1890-1904 (may be incomplete!)
W. J. Prat 1890 George H. Bacon 1901-02 Ed E. Hardin 1902-03 J. R. Bennett 1903-04

Postmasters at Whatcom, 1879-1901 (may be incomplete!)
M. D. Smith as of 1879 Hugh Eldridge as of 1901

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