The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Belleville, Illinois

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Mayors and Postmasters of Belleville, Illinois

Mayors of Belleville, 1901-2011 (may be incomplete!)
John Breese Hay 1901-05 Fred J. Kern 1902 J. J. Anton as of 1925 George Remnsnider as of 1935-38 Roland W. Jung as of 1942 Ernst W. Tiemann, Sr. as of 1945-47 H. V. Calhoun 1952-56 Charles E. Nichols 1961-69 Mark W. Eckert as of 2007-11

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1953 Apr 7: H. V. Calhoun, elected; George Glakemeier, Jr., defeated.

Postmasters at Belleville, 1816-1977 (may be incomplete!)
James R. Estes 1816-19 Richard Graves 1819-20 William Graves 1820-22 John Ringgold 1822-23 James Mitchell 1823-39 Charles Sargent 1839-40 James M. Reynolds 1840-41 James Mitchell 1841-45 William H. Snyder 1845-49 James Mitchell 1849-53 Champness Ball 1853-58 James W. Hughes 1858-61 Sharon Tyndale 1861-65 Hugo Wangelin 1865-73 Francis M. Taylor 1873-77 Henry A. Millitzer 1877-82 John Breese Hay 1882-86 Adolph Engelmann 1886-90 James A. Willoughby 1890-94 Irvin H. Wangelin 1894-98 John E. Thomas 1898-1907 Cyrus Thompson 1907-12 Louis Opp 1912-13 Philip H. Sopp 1913-22 Louis Opp 1922 Louis Opp 1922-26 Herman Semmelroth 1926 Herman Semmelroth 1926-34 Herman G. Wangelin 1934-35 Herman G. Wangelin 1935-48 Jacob W. Ullrich 1948-50 Eugene H. Brauer 1950-77

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