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Blackfoot, Idaho
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Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Blackfoot, 1909-2024 (may be incomplete!)
R. N. West 1909-11 L. M. Capps 1911-13 R. N. West 1913-15 E. T. Peck 1915-17 A. B. Stephens 1917-19 N. J. Thorstenberg 1919-21 E. T. Peck 1921-31 Edward Thoresen 1931-35 J. H. Anderson 1935-41 Merrill C. Boyle 1941-42 Earl J. Miller 1942-45 J. C. Sandberg 1945-47 Einar M. Nelson 1947-49 Merrill C. Boyle 1949 Frank Smith 1949-51 Earl J. Miller 1951-57 L. R. Jeppesen 1958-59 Elvin A. Lindquist 1959-63 Louis Haller 1964-65 Gareth Ogden 1965-69 Delwin C. Daniels 1970-77 Howard Packham 1980-81 C. Dean Hill 1986-89 Paul M. Loomis 2015-17 Marc R. Carroll 2018-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1909 Apr 8: R. N. West (Citizens Independent), elected; Charles F. Molden (Citizens Progressive), defeated.
  • 1911 Apr 4: L. M. Capps, elected; R. N. West, defeated.
  • 1913 Apr 1: R. N. West, elected.
  • 1915 Apr 27: E. T. Peck (Rep), elected; L. M. Capps (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1919 Apr 22: N. J. Thorstenberg (Rep), elected.
  • 1921 Apr 26: E. T. Peck (Economic Improvement), elected; A. B. Stephens (People's), defeated.
  • 1925 Apr 28: E. T. Peck (Economy), elected; Edward Thoresen, defeated.
  • 1929 Apr 23: E. T. Peck, elected unopposed.
  • 1931 Apr 28: Edward Thoresen, elected; E. T. Peck, defeated.
  • 1933 Apr 25: Edward Thoresen, elected; A. B. Stephens, defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 23: J. H. Anderson (Home Recovery), elected; Edward Thoresen (Ind), defeated.
  • 1937 Apr 27: J. H. Anderson (Home Recovery), elected; Edward Thoresen, defeated.
  • 1939 Apr 25: J. H. Anderson, elected unopposed.
  • 1941 Apr 22: Merrill C. Boyle, elected; Les Clegg, defeated.
  • 1943 Apr 27: Earl J. Miller, elected unopposed.
  • 1945 Apr 24: J. C. Sandberg, elected unopposed.
  • 1947 Apr 22: Einar M. Nelson (Good Government), elected; J. C. Sandberg (Progressive Citizens), defeated.
  • 1949 Apr 26: Merrill C. Boyle (Progressive), elected; Einar M. Nelson, defeated.
  • 1949 Nov 25: Merrill C. Boyle, died in office.
  • 1951 Apr 24: Earl J. Miller, elected; Robert Peterson, defeated.
  • 1953 Apr 28: Earl J. Miller, elected; Don J. Swenson, defeated.
  • 1955 Apr 26: Earl J. Miller, elected unopposed.
  • 1957 Apr 23: Earl J. Miller, elected unopposed.
  • 1959 Apr 28: Elvin A. Lindquist, elected; L. R. Jeppesen, defeated.
  • 1961 Apr 25: Elvin A. Lindquist, elected; Clark Kesler, defeated.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Louis Haller, elected; Elvin A. Lindquist, defeated.
  • 1965 Sep 1: Louis Haller, died in office.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Gareth Ogden, elected unopposed.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Delwin C. Daniels, elected; Gareth Ogden, defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Delwin C. Daniels, elected.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Art Bergener, elected; Murray Sorenson, defeated.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Delwin C. Daniels, elected; James Hoskins, defeated; Howard Packham, defeated; Gerald Doherty, defeated.
  • 1985 Nov 5: C. Dean Hill, elected; Terry Hawley, defeated; Farrell Cammack, defeated; James Hoskins, defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: C. Dean Hill, elected; Terry Hawley, defeated.
  • 2001 Nov 6: R. Scott Reese, elected; J. Brandon Bird, defeated; Marilyn Cottam, defeated.
  • 2017 Nov 7: Paul M. Loomis, advanced to runoff; Marc R. Carroll, advanced to runoff; Jim Thomas, defeated; Chase VanOrden, defeated.
  • 2017 Dec 5: Marc R. Carroll, elected; Paul M. Loomis, defeated.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Marc R. Carroll, advanced to runoff; Craig A. Stuart, advanced to runoff; Ron Ramirez, defeated; Jim Thomas, defeated.
  • 2021 Nov 30: Marc R. Carroll, elected; Craig A. Stuart, defeated.

    Postmasters at Blackfoot, 1879-1971 (may be incomplete!)
    Theodore T. Danilson 1879-83 Clarence E. Ash 1883-84 James McTucker 1884 Robert H. Hopkins 1884-85 Joseph Warren 1885-88 Emily Warren 1888-89 J. S. Beckwith 1889-90 Fred A. Stevens 1890-91 Emma F. Stevens 1891-97 Charles B. Wheeler 1897-99 Fred S. Stevens 1899-1904 Mary A. Wall 1904-05 George L. Wall 1905-09 Harry B. Curtis 1909-14 Gregory Jones 1914-23 Osmond Buchanan 1923-35 Arvene J. Boyle 1935 Arvene J. Boyle 1935-71

    Central Ferry

    Postmasters at Central Ferry, 1878-79 (may be incomplete!)
    Theodore T. Danilson 1878-79

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