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Park Ridge, Illinois
Mayors, Village Presidents, Postmasters

Mayors of Park Ridge, 1910-2009 (may be incomplete!)
Albert J. Buchheit 1910-11 William H. Malone 1911-13 Bruce W. Durham 1913-15 Albert Verity 1915-17 William L. Springer 1917-19 A. M. Sick 1919-21 Charles H. Tharp 1921-23 E. Leslie Cole 1923-25 John R. Anderson 1925-29 Robert E. McLain 1929-31 William A. McKee 1931-35 Arthur L. Jones 1935-41 James D. Tierney 1941-45 Alfred P. Haake 1945-53 Fred Haack, Jr. 1953-57 Raymond Hollis 1957-61 John H. Overbeck, Jr. 1961-65 Bert Ball 1965-69 Joseph S. Peacock 1969-73 Martin J. Butler 1973-91 Ronald W. Wietecha 1991-2003 Michael S. MaRous 2003-05 Howard P. Frimark 2005-09 David F. Schmidt 2009-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 2005 Apr 5: Howard P. Frimark, elected; Michael Tinaglia, defeated.
  • 2009 Apr 7: David F. Schmidt, elected; Howard P. Frimark, defeated.

    Village Presidents of Park Ridge, 1873-1910 (may be incomplete!)
    George B. Carpenter 1873-75 Joseph T. Janes 1875-76 Marvin C. Sherwin 1876-78 Joseph T. Janes 1878-80 J. H. Butler 1880-85 A. W. Penny 1885-86 Sam Cochran 1886-87 George S. Wells 1887-88 William P. Black 1888-93 Oliver D. S. Gallup 1893-97 Joseph A. Phelps 1897-99 P. H. Bolten 1899-1902 Charles H. Penny 1902-07 C. M. Miller 1907-10

    Postmasters at Park Ridge, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    William S. Chittenden as of 1901

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