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Mayors and Postmasters of Idaho Falls, Idaho

Mayors of Idaho Falls, 1900-2024 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph A. Clark 1900-02 Curley Bowen 1902-03 Alvin T. Shane 1903-04 Edward P. Coltman 1904-07 D. G. Platt 1907-09 Edward P. Coltman 1909-10 Louis Elg 1910-11 Curley Bowen 1911-13 Barzilla W. Clark 1913-15 George W. Edgington 1915-17 Ralph A. Louis 1917-19 W. A. Bradbury 1919-21 Ralph A. Louis 1921-27 Barzilla W. Clark 1927-36 R. B. Ewart 1936-37 Chase A. Clark 1937-40 E. W. Fanning 1940-49 Thomas L. Sutton 1949-51 E. W. Fanning 1951-56 John B. Rogers 1956-59 William J. O'Bryant 1959-63 S. Eddie Pedersen 1964-77 Thomas V. Campbell 1978-92 Linda M. Milam 1993-2005 Jared D. Fuhriman 2006-13 Rebecca L. Casper 2014-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1900: Joseph A. Clark, elected; Frank M. Bybee, defeated.
  • 1901 Apr 2: Joseph A. Clark (Dem), elected.
  • 1902 Apr 1: Curley Bowen (Citizens), elected; S. F. Taylor (Dem), defeated; C. G. Peck (Rep), defeated.
  • 1903 Apr 7: Alvin T. Shane (Rep), elected; Franklin LaRue (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1904 Apr 5: Edward P. Coltman (Dem), elected; Alvin T. Shane (Rep), defeated.
  • 1909 Apr 8: Edward P. Coltman, elected.
  • 1910 Sep 1: Edward P. Coltman, died in office.
  • 1911 Apr 4: Curley Bowen, elected.
  • 1927 Apr 26: Barzilla W. Clark (People's), elected; M. B. Yeaman (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1931 Apr 28: Barzilla W. Clark, elected; George W. Edgington, defeated.
  • 1933 Apr 25: Barzilla W. Clark (People's), elected; Roland Williams (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 23: Barzilla W. Clark (People's), elected; William Meppen (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1937 Apr 27: Chase A. Clark (People's), elected; J. Wesley Holden (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1939 Apr 25: Chase A. Clark (People's), elected; Emery A. Owen (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1941 Apr 22: E. W. Fanning (People's), elected; Hoyt E. Ray (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1943 Apr 6: E. W. Fanning, elected; R. B. Ewart, defeated.
  • 1945 Apr 3: E. W. Fanning, elected; Delbert V. Groberg, defeated.
  • 1947 Apr 1: E. W. Fanning, elected; Delbert V. Groberg, defeated.
  • 1949 Apr 5: Thomas L. Sutton, elected; E. W. Fanning, defeated.
  • 1951 Apr 3: E. W. Fanning, elected; Thomas L. Sutton, defeated; Sterling B. Cannon, defeated.
  • 1953 Apr 7: E. W. Fanning, elected; Reid Smith, defeated.
  • 1955 Apr 5: E. W. Fanning, elected; John Horner, defeated; Thomas L. Sutton, defeated.
  • 1956 Mar 29: E. W. Fanning, died in office.
  • 1957 Apr 2: John B. Rogers, elected; Joe Call, defeated; Ferris Clark, defeated.
  • 1959 Apr 7: William J. O'Bryant, elected; John B. Rogers, defeated.
  • 1961 Apr 4: William J. O'Bryant, elected; Thomas L. Sutton, defeated.
  • 1963 Nov 5: S. Eddie Pedersen, advanced to runoff; Aden Hyde, advanced to runoff; Don Pieper, defeated; C. E. McNurlen, defeated.
  • 1963 Nov 26: S. Eddie Pedersen, elected; Aden Hyde, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: S. Eddie Pedersen, elected; Larry Anderson, defeated.
  • 1969 Nov 4: S. Eddie Pedersen, elected; Terrell A. Toone, defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: S. Eddie Pedersen, elected; Karl Page, defeated; Keith Clark, defeated.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Thomas V. Campbell, elected; Art Dietrich, defeated.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Thomas V. Campbell, elected unopposed.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Thomas V. Campbell, elected unopposed.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Thomas V. Campbell, elected; Doyle Beck, defeated; Tina Pettingill, defeated.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Linda M. Milam, elected.
  • 2005 Nov 8: Jared D. Fuhriman, elected; Bill K. Shurtleff, defeated; Louis Sheppard, defeated.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Jared D. Fuhriman, elected; Terry Kerr, defeated.
  • 2013 Nov 5: Rebecca L. Casper, elected; Sharon D. Parry, defeated; Brian Lapray, defeated; Timothy Kyle Downs, defeated.
  • 2017 Nov 7: Rebecca L. Casper, advanced to runoff; Barbara Ehardt, advanced to runoff; Jeff Thompson, defeated; Ronald Michael Jorden, defeated; Kenly Ryan Osterhout, defeated.
  • 2017 Dec 5: Rebecca L. Casper, elected; Barbara Ehardt, defeated.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Rebecca L. Casper, elected; Ashley Romero, defeated.

    Postmasters at Idaho Falls, 1891-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    William E. Wheeler as of 1891-93 R. Rounds as of 1899 E. F. Winn as of 1901

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