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Mayors and Postmasters of Post Falls, Idaho

Mayors of Post Falls, 1891-2024 (may be incomplete!)
Charles H. Walizer 1891-92 C. M. Brown 1892 C. W. Clark 1892-93 Thornton Wheatley 1893-94 Alexander M. Martin 1894-99 Samuel Young 1899-1900 James Fisher 1900-03 Anthony J. Manor 1903-05 John Mitchell 1905-11 Alf Webster 1911-13 D. K. Matthews 1913-14 J. W. Broadhead 1914-16 John Young 1916-17 Sherman H. Smith 1917-20 Eric Johnson 1920 Sherman H. Smith 1920-21 William A. Carter 1921-25 John Handy 1925-29 H. H. Eisenhauer 1929-35 Ben F. Brigger 1935-37 J. A. Munson 1937-40 Ben F. Brigger 1940-43 H. H. Eisenhauer 1943-47 Walter J. Stewart 1947-51 W. C. Staples 1951-55 Vincent F. Grammatica 1955-57 E. A. Seiter 1957-61 W. J. Crowley 1961-66 Theodore Snyder 1966-68 Cecil C. Meyer 1968-72 Don Kamps 1972-76 Francis Wilhelm 1976-80 Frank M. Henderson 1980-83 Kent Helmer 1983-91 Jim Hammond 1991-96 Gus Johnson 1996-2001 Clay Larkin 2001-14 Ronald G. Jacobson 2014-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1975 Nov 4: Francis Wilhelm, elected.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Kent Helmer, elected unopposed.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Clay Larkin, elected; Steven De Gon, defeated; Matthew Behringer, defeated.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Josh Walker, elected; Alan Wolfe, defeated.

    Postmasters at Post Falls, 1890-1987 (may be incomplete!)
    Charles F. Manning 1890-92 Allen J. MacDonald 1892-93 Thornton Wheatley 1893-97 Josephine E. Jones 1897-1901 Anthony J. Manor 1901-05 Morgan E. Jerman 1905-06 Sherman H. Smith 1906-14 Thomas J. Russell 1914-23 Mabel P. Wetherell 1923-24 Mabel P. Wetherell 1924-36 Katherine A. Peters 1936 Katherine A. Peters 1936-41 Katherine A. Reynolds 1941-58 Leland T. Knott 1958-59 Leland T. Knott 1959-87

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