The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Mayors and Postmasters of Council Bluffs, Iowa

Mayors of Council Bluffs, 1882-1989 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas Bowman 1882 Donald Macrae as of 1892 George B. Sparks as of 1950 Einer P. Juel as of 1951 Marion L. Shugart as of 1952 James F. Mulqueen as of 1953 T. P. Schmidt as of 1954 Noran Davis as of 1960 Richard C. Oshlo 1960

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1989 Nov 7: Thomas P. Hanafan, elected.

Postmasters at Council Bluffs, 1852-1974 (may be incomplete!)
Moses H. Hathaway 1852-53 Joseph E. Johnson 1853-55 Samuel W. Holland 1855-57 Charles A. Cady 1857 Henry Allen 1857-58 Nelson T. Spoor 1858-61 William W. Maynard 1861-69 Thomas P. Treynor 1869-77 June Baldwin 1877-82 Philip Armour 1882-85 Thomas Bowman 1885-89 Irving M. Treynor 1889-94 Thomas Bowman 1894-98 Irving M. Treynor 1898-1902 Arthur S. Hazelton 1902-15 George F. Hughes 1915-23 Frank M. Williams 1923 Frank M. Williams 1923-36 Frank Howard Garrett 1936-50 Kenneth A. Madigan 1950-52 James C. Jenson 1952-60 Gerald W. Kim 1960-61 Thomas F. Healey 1961-63 Kenneth A. Madigan 1963 Kenneth A. Madigan 1963-74

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