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Mayors and Postmasters of Sandpoint, Idaho

Mayors of Sandpoint, 1911-2023 (may be incomplete!)
R. J. Elliott 1919 E. W. Wheelan 1926-27 H. E. Brown 1927-33 Don C. D. Moore 1933-35 C. Frank Ewing 1935-37 Malcolm P. McKinnon 1937-41 James Hunt 1956-57 Floyd A. Perks 1957-59 Floyd L. Gray 1964-69 Lester R. Brown 1972-73 Sally Cupan 1982-83 Marion Ebbett 1984-87

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1911 Apr 4: Charles Stuart Moody (Electors), elected; C. Frank Ewing (People's), defeated; Herman H. Taylor (Ind), defeated; F. J. Keller (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1915 Apr 27: R. B. Himes (People's), elected; George W. York (Ind), defeated; C. Frank Ewing (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1919 Apr 22: R. J. Elliott (Citizens), elected.
  • 1927 Apr 26: H. E. Brown (Citizens), elected; E. W. Wheelan (Better Government), defeated.
  • 1929 Apr 23: H. E. Brown (Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1931 Apr 28: H. E. Brown, elected; C. Frank Ewing, defeated; J. B. Gardner, defeated.
  • 1933 Apr 25: Don C. D. Moore (New Deal), elected; Karl D. Greef (Independent Citizens), defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 23: C. Frank Ewing (Townsend Plan), elected; F. B. Evans (Citizens Progressive), defeated; Charles L. Wing (Ind), defeated.
  • 1937 Apr 27: Malcolm P. McKinnon, elected; C. Frank Ewing, defeated.
  • 1939 Apr 25: Malcolm P. McKinnon, elected; Nell K. Irion, defeated.
  • 1941 Apr 22: Malcolm P. McKinnon, elected.
  • 1947 Apr 22: Donald J. Diehl, elected.
  • 1957 Apr 23: Floyd A. Perks (Better City Government), elected; James Hunt, defeated.
  • 1959 Apr 28: Floyd A. Perks, elected; Louis Johnson, defeated; Harry L. Wahler, defeated; C. E. Erickson, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Floyd L. Gray, elected; Robert Kellogg, defeated.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Floyd L. Gray, elected; Stephen Bistline, defeated; Jack Parker, defeated; Jack Bopp, defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Lester R. Brown, elected; James L. Judd, defeated.
  • 1983 Nov 8: Marion Ebbett, elected; Sally Cupan, defeated.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Ron Chaney, elected; Ray Miller, defeated.
  • 2019 Nov 5: Shelby Rognstad, elected; Ken Lawrence, defeated; Shannon Williamson, defeated.
  • 2023 Nov 7: Jeremy Grimm, elected; Kate McAlister, defeated; Frytz Mor, defeated.

    Postmasters at Sandpoint, 1899-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    W. C. King as of 1899 Charles W. Wilson as of 1901

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