The Political Graveyard: Waukegan, Illinois

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Waukegan, Illinois
including Little Fort
Mayors, Village Presidents, Postmasters

Mayors of Waukegan, 1859-2013 (may be incomplete!)
Elisha P. Ferry 1859 David Ballentine 1860-62 James McKay 1863-65 Clarke W. Upton 1866-67 Charles R. Steele 1868-70 C. H. Rice 1871 Joseph L. Williams 1872-73 W. B. Werden 1874-76 W. B. Dodge 1877-80 John F. Powell 1881 S. I. Bradbury 1882 Asa Z. Blodgett 1883-84 Charles H. Whitney 1885 John F. Powell 1886-87 Henry C. Hutchinson 1888-90 R. J. Douglas 1891 J. W. Besley 1892 Charles A. Partridge 1893-94 E. P. DeWolf 1895-96 W. W. Pearce 1897-1900 Fred Finer 1901-02 W. W. Pearce 1903-04 William S. Bullock 1905-08 Fred W. Buck 1909-11 J. F. Bidinger 1911-15 W. W. Pearce 1915-19 J. F. Bidinger 1919-23 Theodore Durst 1923-26 L. J. Yager 1926-31 Peter W. Petersen 1931-35 Mancel Talcott 1935-41 Frank G. Wallin 1941-49 Robert E. Coulson 1949-57 Joseph G. Keber 1957 Robert V. Sabonjian 1957-77 William Morris 1977-85 Robert V. Sabonjian 1985-89 Haig Paravonian 1989-93 William Durkin 1993-2001 Daniel Drew 2001-02 Richard H. Hyde 2002-09 Robert Sabonjian 2009-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1927 Apr 19: L. J. Yager, elected; Wallace A. Johnson, defeated.

1977: William Morris (Dem), elected; Robert V. Sabonjian, defeated.

1985 Apr 2: Robert V. Sabonjian (Rep), elected; William Morris (Dem), defeated.

2005: Robert Sabonjian (Dem), defeated in primary.

2009 Apr 7: Robert Sabonjian (Ind), elected; Richard H. Hyde (Dem), defeated; Greg Flesher (Rep), defeated.

Village Presidents of Waukegan, 1849-58 (may be incomplete!)
Daniel O. Dickinson 1849 David Ballentine 1850 William A. Boardman 1851 David Cory 1852 Warren Smith 1853 Willard G. Smith 1854 Charles R. Steele 1855 Elisha P. Ferry 1856-57 James S. Frazier 1858

Postmasters at Waukegan, 1849-1970 (may be incomplete!)
James B. Gorton 1849 Daniel O. Dickinson 1849-53 Elisha P. Ferry 1853-54 Willard G. Smith 1854-55 Henry W. Dorsett 1855-59 Edward M Dennis 1859-61 James Y. Cory 1861-66 Charles Case 1866-67 Moses Evans 1867-69 James Y. Cory 1869-77 Charles A. Partridge 1877-81 Albert C. Bower 1881-86 James Moran, Jr. 1886-89 Clarence A. Murray 1889-94 Edmund B. McClanahan 1894-96 William A. Melody 1896-97 Clarence A. Murray 1897-1904 Charles G. Watrous 1904-13 Daniel A. Grady 1913-22 Mancel Talcott 1922-34 Joseph P. Daly 1934-35 Joseph P. Daly 1935-52 Robert V. Sabonjian 1952-53 Clifton M. Evans 1953-54 Clifton M. Evans 1954-70

Little Fort
(now Waukegan)

Postmasters at Little Fort, 1841-49 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph Wood 1841-42 Daniel O. Dickinson 1842-45 James B. Gorton 1845-49

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