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Mayors and Postmasters of Bowling Green, Kentucky

Mayors of Bowling Green, 1870-2023 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas B. Wright 1870-71 John C. Underwood 1871-72 Henry C. Hines 1872-74 John H. Mallory 1874-80 Henry C. Hines 1880-84 Henry E. Jenkins 1884-88 Thomas J. Smith 1888-91 James K. Forbes 1891-92 John H. Mallory 1892-98 Gilson E. Townsend 1898-1902 John H. Mallory 1902-03 Frank L. Kister 1903 George T. Wilson 1903-09 Gilson E. Townsend 1909-13 A. Y. Patterson 1913-17 William H. Jones 1917-21 Henry E. Stone 1921-25 A. Scott Hines 1925-29 John B. Rodes 1929-33 B. S. Rutherford 1933-37 Thomas B. Callis 1937-41 A. Scott Hines 1941-42 Gaston W. Cole 1942-45 D. D. Spenser 1945-47 Henry J. Potter 1947-49 Elvis R. Campbell 1949-53 C. W. Lampkin 1953-59 Robert D. Graham 1959-63 James H. Topmiller 1964 Walter F. Weis 1964-66 Robert E. Petrie 1966-67 Robert D. Graham 1968-71 Spiro G. Kereiakes 1972-75 B. L. 'Bernie' Steen 1976-79 Harold Asher Miller 1980-83 Charles A. Hardcastle 1984-87 Patsy T. Sloan 1988-91 Johnny D. Webb 1992-95 Eldon J. Renaud 1996-2000 Sandy Jones 2001-04 Elaine Walker 2005-11 Joe W. Denning 2011 Bruce Wilkerson 2011-20 Todd Alcott 2021-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1903 Jan 28: John H. Mallory, died in office.
  • 1942 May 19: A. Scott Hines, died in office.
  • 1947: D. D. Spenser, died in office.
  • 1959 Aug 4: C. W. Lampkin, died in office.
  • 1964 Nov 5: James H. Topmiller, died in office.
  • 1964 Nov 10: Walter F. Weis, appointed.
  • 1966 Mar 11: Walter F. Weis, died in office.
  • 1966 Mar 21: Robert E. Petrie, appointed.

    Postmasters at Bowling Green, 1816-1906 (may be incomplete!)
    Samuel Campbell as of 1816 Elvis H. Porter 1886-89 Edward U. Fordyce 1889-93 John B. Gaines 1893-97 Edward U. Fordyce 1897-1901 J. Will Wright 1901-06

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