The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Columbus, Georgia

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Mayors and Postmasters of Columbus, Georgia

Mayors of Columbus, 1836-2004 (may be incomplete!)
John Fontaine 1836-37 James S. Calhoun 1838-39 George D. McDougal 1840 W. H. Harper 1841 John L. Lewis 1842-43 Jacob I. Moses 1844 L. B. Moody 1845 Hohn G. Winters 1846-47 Wiley Williams 1848 S. W. Flournoy 1849-50 Willis S. Holstead 1851-52 J. L. Morton 1853 John E. Bacon 1854 Wiley Williams 1855 F. G. Wilkins 1856-60 Willis S. Holstead 1861 D. B. Thompson 1862 John F. Bozeman 1863 F. G. Wilkins 1864-68 John McElhenny 1869-70 S. B. Cleghorn 1871 John McElhenny 1872 S. B. Cleghorn 1873 John McElhenny 1874-76 S. G. Cleghorn 1877 F. G. Wilkins 1878-81 Cliff B. Grimes 1882-89 D. P. Dozier 1890-91 J. J. Slade 1892-95 Cliff B. Grimes 1896-97 L. H. Chappell 1898-1907 Rhodes Browne 1908-11 L. H. Chappell 1912-13 John C. Cook 1914-16 D. L. Parmer 1917-19 Joe L. Couch 1920-21 J. Homer Dimon 1922-31 H. C. Smith 1932-34 J. Homer Dimon 1935 Luther Clinton Wilson 1936-38 James Barton Knight, Jr. 1939 Edward Murrah 1940-42 W. G. Bridges 1943 Sterling Albrecht 1944-46 Walter A. Richards 1947-49 Ralph A. Sayers 1950 B. F. Register 1951-52 Lawrence Shields 1953 Ralph A. Sayers 1954 C. Ed Berry 1955 Robert T. Davis 1956 B. F. Register 1957-59 B. Ed Johnson 1960-61 Steve Knight 1962 Harold E. Hughes 1963-64 B. Ed Johnson 1965-68 J. R. Allen 1969-73 A. J. McClung 1973 Bob D. Hydrick 1973-74 Jack P. Mickle 1975-78 Harry C. Jackson 1979-82 J. W. Feighner 1983-86 James E. Jernigan 1987-90 Frank K. Martin 1991-94 Bobby G. Peters 1995-2002 Robert Poydasheff 2003-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1868 May 27: F. G. Wilkins, removed.

Postmasters at Columbus, 1828-1972 (may be incomplete!)
James Van Ness 1828-40 John Schley 1840-41 Georgius W. E. Bedell 1841-45 John Forsyth, Jr. 1845-49 Joseph A. L. Lee 1849-53 Robert C. Forsyth 1853-58 Henry M. Jeter 1858-61 Thomas M. Hogan 1865-74 Walter H. Johnson 1874-82 John W. Arnold 1882-83 Thaddeus G. Sturgis 1883-85 Thomas J. Watt 1885-93 William Redd, Jr. 1893-97 Joseph S. Garrett 1897-1910 Charles L. Peirce 1910-14 John P. Turner 1914-22 Charles E. Walton 1922-32 Charles M. Young 1932-33 Leighton W. McPherson 1933-34 Leighton W. McPherson 1934-49 Alfred I. Young 1949-52 Alfred I. Young 1952-53 Eugene Banks Worrell 1953-55 Thomas E. Sikes 1955-56 Thomas E. Sikes 1956-58 David M. Creveling 1958-59 Daniel J. Graves 1959 Daniel J. Graves 1959-64 William R. Mathews 1964-65 Robert L. Wall 1965 Robert L. Wall 1965-67 William R. Mathews 1967 William R. Mathews 1967-72

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