The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of East St. Louis, Illinois

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Mayors and Postmasters of East St. Louis, Illinois

Mayors of East St. Louis, 1865-2007 (may be incomplete!)
John B. Bowman 1865-66 John B. Lovington 1867 John B. Bowman 1868 Vital Jarrot 1869-70 Dennis Ryan 1871-72 John B. Bowman 1872-74 Samuel S. Hake 1875-76 John B. Bowman 1877-78 Maurice Joyce 1879-80 John J. McLean 1881-82 O. R. Winton 1883-84 Maurice Joyce 1885-86 Melbern M. Stephens 1887-95 Henry F. Bader 1895-97 Melbern M. Stephens 1897-1903 Silas Cook 1903-11 Charles S. Lambert 1911-13 John Chamberlin 1913-15 Frank Mollman 1915-19 Melbern M. Stephens 1919-27 Frank Doyle 1927-33 James T. Crow 1933-39 John T. Connors 1939-51 Alvin G. Fields 1951-71 James E. Williams 1971-75 William E. Mason 1975-79 Carl E. Officer 1979-91 Gordon D. Bush 1991-92 Alvin Parks, Jr. as of 2007

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1865 Apr 10: John B. Bowman, elected.

1872: Dennis Ryan, died in office.

1889: Melbern M. Stephens, elected.

1933: Frank Doyle, died in office.

Postmasters at East St. Louis, 1887-1901 (may be incomplete!)
J. Vonnahme as of 1887 T. L. Fekete as of 1901

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