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Mayors and Postmasters of Rexburg, Idaho

Mayors of Rexburg, 1903-2023 (may be incomplete!)
Henry Flamm 1903-04 Eli McIntire 1904-05 John L. Jacobs 1905-06 H. Dewsnup 1906-07 James W. Webster 1907-09 Thomas E. Ricks 1909-11 Robert G. Archibald 1911-15 Fred S. Parkinson 1915-17 Nathan Ricks 1917-19 John L. Ballif, Jr. 1919-21 Robert G. Archibald 1921-23 Richard H. Smith 1923 L. Y. Rigby 1923-27 Peter Mickelsen 1927-29 Arthur Porter 1929-35 Harlo B. Rigby 1935-37 D. William Stowell 1937-43 Joseph B. DeMott 1943-49 Joseph M. Parkinson 1949-51 Wayne N. Smart 1951-53 J. Fred Smith 1953-58 Alex E. Archibald 1958-59 Gilbert Larsen 1959-66 A. H. 'Whitey' Brock 1966-70 Henry Shirley 1970-74 John C. Porter 1974-89 Nile L. Boyle 1990-98 Bruce Sutherland 1998-2004 Shawn Larsen 2004-09 Richard Woodland 2009-13 Jerry L. Merrill 2020-23

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1904 Apr 5: Eli McIntire (Dem), elected.
  • 1907 Apr 2: James W. Webster, elected.
  • 1931 Apr 28: Arthur Porter, elected unopposed.
  • 1933 Apr 25: Arthur Porter, elected; Oswald Christensen, defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 23: Harlo B. Rigby, elected; Daniel Ricks, defeated; William G. Sumner, defeated.
  • 1937 Apr 27: D. William Stowell, elected; R. G. Herdti, defeated.
  • 1939 Apr 25: D. William Stowell, elected; F. L. Erdman, defeated.
  • 1941 Apr 22: D. William Stowell (People's), elected; John C. Porter (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1943 Apr 27: Joseph B. DeMott (People's), elected; Oswald Christensen (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1945 Apr 24: Joseph B. DeMott, elected unopposed.
  • 1951 Apr 24: Joseph M. Parkinson, elected; Charles England, defeated.
  • 1955 Apr 26: J. Fred Smith, elected unopposed.
  • 1957 Apr 23: J. Fred Smith, elected; John Walz, defeated.
  • 1959 Apr 28: Gilbert Larsen, elected; Richard Davis, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: A. H. 'Whitey' Brock, elected unopposed.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Henry Shirley, elected; John C. Porter, defeated; Sandy Powell, defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: John C. Porter, elected; Albert Peiper, defeated; Owen Johnson, defeated.
  • 1977 Nov 8: John C. Porter, elected unopposed.
  • 1981 Nov 3: John C. Porter, elected; Gerald Smith, defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Nile L. Boyle, elected; Morgan Garner, defeated.
  • 2019 Nov 5: Jerry L. Merrill, elected; Travis Brown, defeated.
  • 2023 Nov 7: Jerry L. Merrill, elected; Mike Glasscock, defeated; Luke Evans, defeated.

    Postmasters at Rexburg, 1893-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    F. E. Bassett as of 1893 Daniel Hopkins as of 1899 Dora Clegg as of 1901

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