The Political Graveyard: Woodstock, Illinois

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Woodstock, Illinois
Mayors, Village Presidents, Postmasters

Mayors of Woodstock, 1873-2008 (may be incomplete!)
John S. Wheat as of 1873 Merritt L. Joslyn 1881-82 Samuel Standish 1890 William R. Burns as of 1935-38 Brian Sager as of 2007-08

Village Presidents of Woodstock, 1855-67 (may be incomplete!)
Merritt L. Joslyn 1855-57 Merritt L. Joslyn 1866-67

Postmasters at Woodstock, 1852-1975 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph F. Lyon 1852-53 Freeman D. Austin 1853-56 Orvis S. Johnson 1856-61 Abraham E. Smith 1861-66 William E. Smith 1866 Orson H. Crandall 1866-67 Lawrence S. Church 1867 Major F. Irwin 1867-69 William E. Smith 1869-75 Asa W. Smith 1875-79 Gardner S. Southworth 1879-87 Joel H. Johnson 1887-91 Simon Brink 1891-96 John A. Dufield 1896-99 Charles F. Renich 1899-1911 William S. McConnell 1911-15 George W. Frame 1915-25 Lucy H. Renich 1925-34 Daniel H. Desmond 1934-36 Daniel H. Desmond 1936-38 William J. Todd 1938-39 William W. Desmond 1939-53 Arthur H. Herdklotz 1953 Marcellus E. Senne 1953-54 Marcellus E. Senne 1954-75

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