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Emmett, Idaho
including Emmettsville
Mayors, Postmasters


Mayors of Emmett, 1900-2024 (may be incomplete!)
Charles P. Bilderback 1900 E. M. Reilly 1910-11 W. R. Cartwright 1911 Robert N. Cummings 1913-14 R. E. Rose 1918-19 J. C. Allmon 1919-20 Frank Knox 1920-21 Anthony P. Peterson 1921 Frank Knox 1923 Charles L. Gamage 1925-29 Howard Eaton 1939-45 C. Emory Schoenwald 1945-47 D. O. Thurman 1947-51 Wallace R. Hart 1951-53 Lee E. Bolt 1953-59 George L. Yost 1959-63 Lee E. Bolt 1964-73 Rod Morgan 1974-85 Marilyn Lorenzen 1986-87 John Lafordge as of 1995 Bill Butticci 2012-13 Gordon W. Petrie 2015-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1911 Apr 4: W. R. Cartwright, elected; Charles P. Bilderback, defeated.
  • 1913 Apr 1: Robert N. Cummings, elected; B. B. Davis, defeated.
  • 1919 Apr 22: J. C. Allmon (Liberty), elected; R. E. Rose, defeated.
  • 1920 Apr 8: J. C. Allmon, resigned.
  • 1925 Apr 28: Charles L. Gamage (People's), elected; Samuel D. Riggs (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1929 Apr 23: Charles L. Gamage (Citizens), elected.
  • 1931 Apr 28: Henry Cutler (People's), elected unopposed.
  • 1935 Apr 23: C. O. Bucknum, elected.
  • 1939 Apr 25: Howard Eaton (People's), elected; W. H. Cammerer, defeated.
  • 1941 Apr 22: Howard Eaton, elected unopposed.
  • 1943 Apr 27: Howard Eaton, elected unopposed.
  • 1945 Apr 24: C. Emory Schoenwald (Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1947: D. O. Thurman, elected.
  • 1949 Apr 26: D. O. Thurman (Citizens), elected; Wallace R. Hart (People's), defeated.
  • 1951 Apr 24: Wallace R. Hart, elected unopposed.
  • 1953 Apr 28: Lee E. Bolt, elected; James D. Murray, defeated.
  • 1955 Apr 26: Lee E. Bolt, elected unopposed.
  • 1957 Apr 23: Lee E. Bolt, elected unopposed.
  • 1959 Apr 28: George L. Yost, elected; Earl Gratton, defeated.
  • 1961 Apr 25: George L. Yost, elected; Earl Gratton, defeated.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Lee E. Bolt, elected; C. E. Higer, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Lee E. Bolt, elected unopposed.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Lee E. Bolt, elected unopposed.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Rod Morgan, elected; Steve Hanley, defeated.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Rod Morgan, elected unopposed.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Rod Morgan, elected; Ryan Kolodziej, defeated.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Marilyn Lorenzen, elected; Rod Morgan, defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Leroy H. Campbell, elected; Rod Morgan, defeated.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Ron Morgan, elected; Eric Bell, defeated.
  • 2019 Nov 5: Gordon W. Petrie, elected; Steve Nebeker, defeated.
  • 2023 Nov 7: Gordon W. Petrie, elected; Chuck Rolland, defeated.


    Postmasters at Emmett, 1885-1972 (may be incomplete!)
    William M. Hamersley 1885-90 Elsie Wardwell 1890-91 Hugh H. Fulton 1891-93 Stephen Dempsey 1893-97 Edward Allen 1897-1902 David E. Smithson 1902-07 Edward Waring 1907-16 Samuel D. Riggs 1916-24 Robert R. Coon 1924 Robert R. Coon 1924-33 Joseph W. Tyler 1933-34 Joseph W. Tyler 1934-38 Clare G. Zimmerman 1938-39 Clare G. Zimmerman 1939-42 Mollie K. Zimmerman 1942 Clare G. Zimmerman 1942-44 Mollie K. Zimmerman 1944-45 Clare G. Zimmerman 1945-47 Vance Joines 1947-49 Vance Joines 1949-65 Clare G. Zimmerman 1965 Clare G. Zimmerman 1965-72


    Emmettsville

    Postmasters at Emmettsville, 1868-85 (may be incomplete!)
    James M. Donnell 1868-69 John Pool 1869 John Pool 1870-71 Nathaniel Martin 1871-75 Douglas Knox 1875-76 Benjamin Leonard Warriner 1876-78 Aaron Bascom 1878-80 William M. Hamersley 1880-85


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