The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Bluffton, Indiana

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Mayors and Postmasters of Bluffton, Indiana

Mayors of Bluffton, 1942-63 (may be incomplete!)
Charles W. Decker 1960-63

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1942 Nov 3: John Wald (Rep), elected.

1959 Nov 3: Charles W. Decker (Dem), elected.

1963 Nov 5: Charles W. Decker (Dem), elected unopposed.

Postmasters at Bluffton, 1838-1975 (may be incomplete!)
Almon Case 1838-48 William McBride 1848-49 John Studabaker 1849-52 John P. Greer 1852-53 William W. Wilson 1853 Samuel G. Upton 1853-56 Amza White 1856-60 George McDowell 1860 Thomas H. Crosby 1860-61 Nelson Kellogg 1861-66 Jack W. Freeman 1866-69 Francis N. Kellogg 1869-75 Samuel Davenport 1875-80 George Arnold 1880-84 Samuel J. Keller 1884-86 William H. Bennett 1886-90 David H. Swaim 1890-93 William A. Gutelius 1893-97 LaVergne B. Stevens 1897-1901 Arthur L. Sharpe 1901-06 James R. Spivey 1906-11 Luster E. Roush 1911-13 Ralph S. Todd 1913 Benjamin A. Batson 1913-21 Charles Van Horn 1921 Charles Van Horn 1921-25 Ralph C. Thomas 1925 Ralph C. Thomas 1925-33 Frank Ulmer 1933-34 Frank Ulmer 1934-42 Roy Biberstine 1942-63 John G. Decker 1963-64 James A. Zoll 1964-65 James A. Zoll 1965-67 Kenneth L. Higgins 1967-68 Kenneth L. Higgins 1968-75

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