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Mayors and Postmasters of St. Petersburg, Florida

Mayors of St. Petersburg, 1892-2025 (may be incomplete!)
David Moffett 1892-93 William H. Benton 1893 David Murray 1893-94 H. W. Hibbs 1894-96 J. A. Armistead 1896-99 Edgar Harrison 1899-1900 J. A. Armistead 1900-01 Edgar Harrison 1901-02 R. H. Thomas 1902-03 George Edwards 1903-04 R. H. Thomas 1904-06 T. J. Northrup 1906-08 Hugh A. Murphy 1908-10 A. T. Blocker 1910-12 A. C. Pheil 1912-13 J. G. Bradshaw 1913-16 Albert Fielding Lang 1916-20 Noel A. Mitchell 1920-21 Frank F. Pulver 1921-24 Arthur Norwood 1924 Robert Strange Pearce 1924-25 C. M. Blanc 1925-26 Robert Strange Pearce 1926-27 Charles J. Maurer 1927-28 John N. Brown 1928-29 Arthur R. Thompson 1929-30 James D. Pearce 1930-31 H. W. Adams, Jr. 1931-33 Robert G. Blanc 1933-35 John S. Smith 1935-37 Isham P. Byrom 1937 Vernon G. Agee 1937-39 Ian V. Boyer 1939-41 Robert J. McCutcheon, Jr. 1941-43 George S. Patterson 1943-47 Bruce B. Blackburn, Sr. 1947-49 Stanley C. Minshall 1949-51 Samuel G. Johnson 1951-57 John D. Burroughs 1957-59 Edward F. Brantley 1959-61 Herman W. Goldner 1961-67 Don Jones 1967-69 Don L. Spicer 1969-71 Herman W. Goldner 1971-73 Randolph Wedding 1973-75 Charles E. Schuh 1975-77 Corinne Freeman 1977-85 Edward L. Cole, Jr. 1985-87 Robert L. Ulrich 1987-91 David J. Fischer 1991-2001 Rick Baker 2001-10 Bill Foster 2010-13 Rick Kriseman 2014-21 Ken Welch 2022-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 2001 Feb 27: Rick Baker, nominated; Kathleen S. Ford, nominated; Larry J. Williams, defeated in primary; Karl Nurse, defeated in primary; Omali Yeshitela, defeated in primary; Maria Scruggs-Weston, defeated in primary; Ronnie Beck, defeated in primary; Patrick Bailey, defeated in primary; Louis Miceli, defeated in primary.
  • 2001 Mar 27: Rick Baker, elected; Kathleen S. Ford, defeated.
  • 2005 Nov 8: Rick Baker, elected; Edward G. Helm, defeated.
  • 2009 Sep 1: Bill Foster, nominated; Kathleen S. Ford, nominated; Deveron Gibbons, defeated in primary; Scott Wagman, defeated in primary; Larry J. Williams, defeated in primary; Jamie Bennett, defeated in primary; Edward G. Helm, defeated in primary; John Warren, defeated in primary; Richard Eldridge, defeated in primary; Paul Congemi, defeated in primary.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Bill Foster, elected; Kathleen S. Ford, defeated.
  • 2013 Aug 27: Bill Foster, nominated; Rick Kriseman, nominated; Kathleen S. Ford, defeated in primary; Anthony Cates III, defeated in primary; Paul Congemi, defeated in primary.
  • 2013 Nov 5: Rick Kriseman, elected; Bill Foster, defeated.
  • 2017 Aug 29: Rick Kriseman, nominated; Rick Baker, nominated; Jesse Nevel, defeated in primary; Theresa Lassiter, defeated in primary; Anthony Cates III, defeated in primary; Paul Congemi, defeated in primary.
  • 2017 Nov 7: Rick Kriseman, elected; Rick Baker, defeated.
  • 2021 Aug 24: Ken Welch, nominated; Robert G. Blackmon, nominated; Darden Rice, defeated in primary; Newt Newton, defeated in primary; Pete Boland, defeated in primary; Michael Ingram, defeated in primary; Marcile Powers, defeated in primary; Torry Nelson, defeated in primary.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Ken Welch, elected; Robert G. Blackmon, defeated.

    Postmasters at St. Petersburg, 1888-1969 (may be incomplete!)
    Ella E. Ward 1888-91 David W. Meeker 1891-92 George W. Kennedy 1892-95 William A. Sloan 1895-1900 Roy S. Hanna 1900-16 William L. Straub 1916-22 Roy S. Hanna 1922-26 Richard M. Hall 1926 Richard M. Hall 1926-35 James D. Pearce 1935 James D. Pearce 1935-51 Lloyd A. Riden 1951-52 Lloyd A. Riden 1952-56 Lorence E. Brandon 1956-57 William H. Bowes 1957-58 William H. Bowes 1958-59 Philip J. Rosenberger 1959 Lorence E. Brandon 1959-60 Lorence E. Brandon 1960-69

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