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Mayors and Postmasters of La Crosse, Wisconsin


Mayors of La Crosse, 1873-2000 (may be incomplete!)
Gysbert Van Stoenwyk 1873-74 Gilbert M. Woodward as of 1874-75 F. A. Copeland as of 1892 Arthur A. Bentley as of 1921 C. A. Boerner as of 1937 Henry J. Ahrens as of 1950-54 John D. Medinger as of 2000

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1921 Apr 5: Arthur A. Bentley, elected; F. H. Fowler, defeated.
  • 1937 Apr 6: C. A. Boerner, elected.


    Postmasters at La Crosse, 1843-1980 (may be incomplete!)
    Nathan Myrick 1843-45 Edwin A. C. Hatch 1846-47 Nathan Myrick 1847-48 Herman J. B. Miller 1848-51 Simon Kellogg 1851-53 Harvey E. Hubbard 1853-61 William C. Rogers 1861-62 Leonard Lottridge 1862-70 Walter W. Webb 1870-71 Charles Seymour 1871-82 Benjamin F. Bryant 1882-85 Charles H. Burroughs 1885-90 Robert A. Scott 1890-93 Norris C. Bacheller 1893-97 Josiah L. Pettingill 1897-1902 William B. Tscharner 1902-14 Olaf R. Skaar 1914-25 Charles C. Looney 1925-34 Wenzel M. Dvorak 1934-53 Oscar F. Paulson 1953-54 Oscar F. Paulson 1954-56 Henry J. Ahrens 1956-57 George M. Hetherington 1957-67 George M. Hetherington 1967 Harold C. Ristow 1967-68 Harold C. Ristow 1968-80

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