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Mayors and Postmasters of Burley, Idaho


Mayors of Burley, 1913-2024 (may be incomplete!)
J. E. Miller 1913-17 W. W. Youmans 1917-19 John O. Lowe 1923-25 Charles A. Johnson 1925-27 Harry L. Harpster 1927-31 Kimber C. Barlow 1931-37 Harry L. Harpster 1937-39 Fred J. Hill, Sr. 1939-41 Louis F. Holtz 1941-43 Charles F. MacDonald 1943-47 Joe Peters 1947-53 J. Leonard Salmon 1953-63 Mack W. Crouch 1964-65 Joe Peters 1966-69 Garis Robertson 1970-73 Chuck Shadduck 1974-85 Ken Fronk 1986-89 Frank Bauman 1990-97 Doug Manning 1998-2001 Jon R. Anderson 2002-09 Terry Greenman 2012-13 Merlin F. Smedley 2014-17 Steve Ormond 2018-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1913 Apr 1: J. E. Miller (People's), elected.
  • 1915 Apr 27: J. E. Miller, elected.
  • 1917 Apr 24: W. W. Youmans, elected; J. E. Miller, defeated.
  • 1919 Apr 22: W. W. Youmans (Municipal-Progressive), elected; D. Walter Long (Municipal-Efficiency), defeated.
  • 1921 Apr 26: W. R. Griswold, elected; Irel Gulmundsen, defeated.
  • 1923 Apr 24: John O. Lowe, elected; Charles A. Johnson, defeated.
  • 1925 Apr 28: Charles A. Johnson (Citizens), elected; John O. Lowe (People's), defeated.
  • 1927 Apr 26: Harry L. Harpster (Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1929 Apr 23: Harry L. Harpster, elected unopposed.
  • 1931 Apr 28: Kimber C. Barlow, elected; John O. Lowe, defeated.
  • 1933 Apr 25: Kimber C. Barlow (Citizens), elected; John O. Lowe (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 23: Kimber C. Barlow, elected; Lee A. Wright, defeated; James L. Yelton, defeated.
  • 1937 Apr 27: Harry L. Harpster (People's), elected; Jesse W. Brandt (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1939 Apr 25: Fred J. Hill, Sr. (Citizens), elected; Harry L. Harpster (People's), defeated.
  • 1941 Apr 22: Louis F. Holtz (People's), elected; Fred J. Hill, Sr. (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1943 Apr 27: Charles F. MacDonald (Victory), elected; Louis F. Holtz (People's), defeated.
  • 1945 Apr 24: Charles F. MacDonald (Citizens), elected; Louis F. Holtz (People's), defeated.
  • 1947 Apr 22: Joe Peters, elected; Charles F. MacDonald, defeated.
  • 1949 Apr 26: Joe Peters (Improvement), elected; Wayne Long (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1951 Apr 24: Joe Peters (Improvement), elected; Bert Mahoney (Progressive Citizens), defeated.
  • 1953 Apr 28: J. Leonard Salmon (Progressive Citizens), elected; Joe Peters, defeated.
  • 1955 Apr 26: J. Leonard Salmon (Progressive Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1957 Apr 23: J. Leonard Salmon (Progressive Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1959 Apr 28: J. Leonard Salmon, elected unopposed.
  • 1961 Apr 25: J. Leonard Salmon, elected.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Mack W. Crouch, elected; J. Leonard Salmon, defeated; Joe Peters, defeated; Jerry H. Williams, defeated; Sarah Sue Walker, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Joe Peters, elected; Mack W. Crouch, defeated; J. Leonard Salmon, defeated.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Garis Robertson, elected; Joe Peters, defeated; Mack W. Crouch, defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Chuck Shadduck, elected; Sylvan Burgi, defeated; Joe Peters, defeated; Ken Tilley, defeated.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Chuck Shadduck, elected; Varro Clark, defeated; Joe Peters, defeated.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Chuck Shadduck, elected; Cloyd Taylor, defeated; Ken Fronk, defeated; Joe Peters, defeated.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Ken Fronk, elected; Chuck Shadduck, defeated; Joe Peters, defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Frank Bauman, elected; Ken Fronk, defeated.
  • 1993 Nov 2: Frank Bauman, elected unopposed.
  • 1997 Nov 4: Doug Manning, elected; Peter Snow, defeated.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Jon R. Anderson, elected; Doug Manning, defeated.
  • 2013 Nov 5: Merlin F. Smedley, elected; Terry Greenman, defeated.
  • 2017 Nov 7: Steve Ormond, elected; Merlin F. Smedley, defeated.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Steve Ormond, elected unopposed.


    Postmasters at Burley, 1905-84 (may be incomplete!)
    Charles L. Haight 1905-09 Christ H. Schenk 1909-14 Robert S. Story 1914-19 Robert B. Haskell 1919-24 John M. Butler 1924-25 Imogene Butler 1925 Clarence M. Oberholtzer 1925-26 Clarence M. Oberholtzer 1926-34 William Schlick 1934-46 Henry W. Daven 1946-49 Henry W. Daven 1949-51 J. Leonard Salmon 1951-53 Thornton S. Lambert 1953-54 Thornton S. Lambert 1954-55 Cleao W. McBride 1955-56 Joseph P. Lambert 1956-84


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