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Mayors and Postmasters of Caldwell, Idaho


Mayors of Caldwell, 1893-2024 (may be incomplete!)
Howard Sebree 1893-94 Montie B. Gwinn 1894-95 Trowbridge C. Egleston 1895-96 Montie B. Gwinn 1896-97 George L. Alley 1897-98 Charles S. Doan 1898-99 George Little 1899-1900 A. F. Isham 1900-01 Howard Sebree 1901-02 John C. Rice 1902-03 Albert K. Steunenberg 1903-04 T. K. Little 1904-05 Ross S. Madden 1905-07 Charles C. Smith 1907-09 Justin B. Gowen 1909-11 Walter Griffiths 1911-13 Charles H. Turner 1913-15 Fred C. Boyes 1915-17 E. H. Plowhead 1917-18 Fred L. Lilly 1918-19 W. Grant Ward 1919-21 Amos J. Miller 1921-23 John W. Smeed 1923-25 C. M. Kaley 1925-27 S. Ben Dunlap 1927-29 Fred H. McConnell 1929-31 Fred L. Lilly 1931-33 Emery L. Vassar 1933-37 W. R. Hollingsworth 1937-39 Edgar L. Oakes 1939-41 Harry E. McCluskey 1941-43 Thurlow Bryant 1943-45 George L. Crookham, Jr. 1945-47 Richard H. McNeill 1947-48 Leo J. Mason 1948-51 Jason C. Smith 1951-57 Edmund E. Simmerman 1957-62 Emery L. Vassar 1962-63 Nolen E. Smith 1964-69 Charles W. Carpenter 1970-73 Robert E. Pasley 1974-80 Alfred H. McCluskey 1980-85 Peter B. Cowles 1986-89 James R. Dakan 1990-93 Richard H. Winder 1994-97 Garrett L. Nancolas 1998-2021 Jarom Wagoner 2022-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1897 Apr 6: George L. Alley (Citizens), elected; Theodore W. Boone, defeated.
  • 1898 Apr 5: Charles S. Doan (Citizens Progressive), elected; George L. Alley, defeated.
  • 1899 Apr 4: George Little (Citizens Reform), elected; Edward E. Maxey (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1900 Apr 2: A. F. Isham (People's), elected; T. K. Little (Citizens & Taxpayers), defeated.
  • 1901 Apr 2: Howard Sebree (Municipal Improvement), elected; William C. Stalker (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1902 Apr 1: John C. Rice, elected; D. D. Campbell, defeated.
  • 1903 Apr 7: Albert K. Steunenberg (Municipal Improvement), elected unopposed.
  • 1904 Apr 5: T. K. Little (Municipal Improvement), elected; Ross S. Madden (Citizens Progressive), defeated.
  • 1905 Apr 4: Ross S. Madden (Citizens), elected; W. S. Maxey (Municipal Improvement), defeated.
  • 1907 Apr 2: Charles C. Smith (Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1909 Apr 6: Justin B. Gowen (Taxpayers), elected; Charles C. Smith (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1911 Apr 4: Walter Griffiths (Taxpayers), elected; C. W. Cooper (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1913 Apr 1: Charles H. Turner (Citizens), elected; Walter Griffiths (Taxpayers), defeated.
  • 1915 Apr 27: Fred C. Boyes, elected unopposed.
  • 1917 Apr 24: E. H. Plowhead, elected; Fred L. Lilly, defeated.
  • 1919 Apr 22: W. Grant Ward, elected unopposed.
  • 1921 Apr 26: Amos J. Miller (Citizens), elected; Edward Perry (Ind), defeated.
  • 1923 Apr 24: John W. Smeed (Citizens), elected; S. Ben Dunlap (Ind), defeated; Edward Perry, defeated.
  • 1925 Apr 28: C. M. Kaley (Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1927 Apr 26: S. Ben Dunlap (Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1929 Apr 23: Fred H. McConnell, elected unopposed.
  • 1931 Apr 28: Fred L. Lilly, elected; Fred H. McConnell, defeated.
  • 1933 Apr 25: Emery L. Vassar (People's), elected; Fred L. Lilly, defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 23: Emery L. Vassar (Citizens), elected; John Jacob Plowhead (People's Progressive), defeated.
  • 1937 Apr 27: W. R. Hollingsworth, elected unopposed.
  • 1939 Apr 25: Edgar L. Oakes (Citizens), elected; M. M. McCoy (People's), defeated.
  • 1941 Apr 22: Harry E. McCluskey (Citizens), elected; G. M. Fenrich (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1943 Apr 27: Thurlow Bryant, elected; Harry E. McCluskey, defeated.
  • 1945 Apr 24: George L. Crookham, Jr. (Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1947 Apr 22: Richard H. McNeill, elected; Emery L. Vassar, defeated.
  • 1948 Apr 18: Richard H. McNeill, died in office.
  • 1949 Apr 26: Leo J. Mason, elected unopposed.
  • 1951 Apr 24: Jason C. Smith, elected unopposed.
  • 1953 Apr 28: Jason C. Smith, elected unopposed.
  • 1955 Apr 26: Jason C. Smith, elected unopposed.
  • 1957 Apr 23: Edmund E. Simmerman, elected; Fran Blomquist, defeated.
  • 1959 Apr 28: Edmund E. Simmerman, elected; John P. Tegge, defeated; Grace Thames, defeated.
  • 1961 Apr 25: Edmund E. Simmerman, elected; Lynn Spillman, defeated; William A. Norman, defeated; Robert F. Lamb, defeated.
  • 1962: Edmund E. Simmerman, resigned.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Nolen E. Smith, elected; Emery L. Vassar, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Nolen E. Smith, elected unopposed.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Charles W. Carpenter, elected; Nolen E. Smith, defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Robert E. Pasley, elected; Les Carter, defeated; Charles W. Carpenter, defeated.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Robert E. Pasley, elected; Greg Bowden, defeated.
  • 1980: Robert E. Pasley, resigned.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Alfred H. McCluskey, elected; Charles W. Carpenter, defeated; Charles Malone, defeated.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Peter B. Cowles, elected; Alfred H. McCluskey, defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: James R. Dakan, elected; John Pilote, defeated.
  • 1993 Nov 2: Richard H. Winder, elected; Tom Connelly, defeated; Linda Ramirez, defeated.
  • 1997 Nov 4: Garrett L. Nancolas, elected; Don Tolley, defeated; Ken Marmon, defeated.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Garrett L. Nancolas, elected unopposed.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Garrett L. Nancolas, elected; Helmut Martinez Kohler, defeated.
  • 2017 Nov 7: Garrett L. Nancolas, elected; Ted Brumet, defeated.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Jarom Wagoner, elected; John McGee, defeated; Chris Trakel, defeated; Nicole Hyland, defeated; Jorge D. Arancivia, defeated.


    Postmasters at Caldwell, 1883-1973 (may be incomplete!)
    Theodore T. Danilson 1883-85 Theodore W. Boone 1885-89 Wilbur S. Badley 1889-95 Henry K. Hartley 1895-99 Sophia Davis 1899-1911 Jake Horn 1911-15 James C. Ford 1915-21 Justin B. Gowen 1921-34 Charles E. Bales 1934-35 Charles E. Bales 1935-55 Dean W. Miller 1955-56 James M. Lyke 1956 James M. Lyke 1956-73


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