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Muscatine, Iowa
including Bloomington
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Muscatine, 1924-89 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph B. Miller 1924-26 H. Elmo Ferguson as of 1950 Bert P. Olsen as of 1952 H. Elmo Ferguson as of 1953-54 Walter I. Conway as of 1960

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1926 Mar 2: Bert C. Benham (Dem), elected; Robert S. McNutt (Rep), defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: John Keig, elected.

    Postmasters at Muscatine, 1849-1969 (may be incomplete!)
    Nathan L. Stout 1849-51 Richard Cadle 1851-53 Henry Reece 1853-56 John A. McCormick 1856-60 Robert Williams 1860-61 John Mahin 1861-69 Richard W. H. Brent 1869-73 John Mahin 1873-78 Benjamin Beach 1878-86 James J. Russell 1886-89 John Mahin 1889-93 George W. Van Horne 1893-95 Mary I. Van Horne 1895-97 William L. Roach 1897-1903 William D. Burk 1903-07 Robert S. McNutt 1907-15 Frank W. Eichoff 1915-23 William S. McKee 1923 William S. McKee 1923-35 Albert S. Barry 1935-36 Albert S. Barry 1936-54 S. Glenn Pollock 1954-55 Kenneth B. Fairall 1955-58 John H. Hendriks 1958-59 John H. Hendriks 1959-67 Walter I. Conway 1967-69

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1895 Feb 8: George W. Van Horne, died in office.

    Bloomington
    (now Muscatine)

    Postmasters at Bloomington, 1837-49 (may be incomplete!)
    Edward E. Fay 1837-42 Pliny Fay 1842-45 George Earll 1845-48 Sidney Earll 1848-49 Nathan L. Stout 1849

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