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Mayors of East Lansing, 1907-2024 (may be
incomplete!)
Clinton
DeWitt Smith 1907-08
Warren
Babcock 1908-09
Thomas
Gunson 1909-14
Jacob
Schepers 1914-18
Edward
H. Ryder 1918-25
Luther
H. Baker 1925-28
Henry
B. Dirks 1928-29
Benjamin
A. Faunce 1929-31
Bert
J. Ford 1931-33
Lyman
L. Frimodig 1933-38
Carl
G. Card 1938-47
Richard
P. Lyman, Jr. 1947-49
Burr
O. Twichell 1949-51
Cornelius
Wagenvoord 1951-53
Max
R. Strother 1953-59
Harold
F. Pletz 1959-61
Gordon
L. Thomas 1961-71
Wilbur
B. Brookover 1971-75
George
L. Griffiths 1975-79
Larry
Owen 1979-83
John
Czarnecki 1983-87
Joan
B. Hunault 1987-89
Liz
Schweitzer 1989-93
Robert
Phipps 1993-95
Doug
Jester 1995-97
Mark
S. Meadows 1997-2005
Sam
Singh 2005-07
Victor
Loomis 2007-11
Diane
Goddeeris 2011-13
Nathan
Triplett 2013-15
Mark
S. Meadows 2015-19
Ruth
Beier 2019-20
Aaron
Stephens 2020-21
Jessy
Gregg 2021
Ron
Bacon 2021-23
George
Brookover 2023-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1908 Apr 6:
Warren
Babcock (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1909 Apr 5:
Thomas
Gunson (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1910 Apr 4:
Thomas
Gunson (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1911 Apr 3:
Thomas
Gunson (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1912 Apr 1:
Thomas
Gunson (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1913 Apr 7:
Thomas
Gunson (Citizens), elected;
Ely
F. Allen (Progressive), defeated.
1914 Apr 6:
Jacob
Schepers (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1915 Apr 5:
Jacob
Schepers (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1916 Apr 3:
Jacob
Schepers (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1917 Apr 2:
Jacob
Schepers (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1918 Apr 1:
Edward
H. Ryder (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1919 Apr 7:
Edward
H. Ryder (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1920 Apr 5:
Edward
H. Ryder (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1921 Apr 4:
Edward
H. Ryder (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1922 Apr 3:
Edward
H. Ryder (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1923 Apr 2:
Edward
H. Ryder (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1924 Apr 7:
Edward
H. Ryder (Citizens), elected;
Henry
B. Dirks (Ind), defeated.
1925 Apr 6:
Luther
H. Baker (Citizens), elected;
Henry
B. Dirks (Ind), defeated.
1926 Apr 5:
Luther
H. Baker (Citizens), elected;
Frank
W. Chamberlain (Ind), defeated.
1927 Apr 4:
Luther
H. Baker (Citizens), elected;
Frank
W. Chamberlain (Ind), defeated.
1928 Apr 2:
Henry
B. Dirks (Ind), elected;
Mark
H. Smith (Citizens), defeated.
1929 Apr 1:
Benjamin
A. Faunce (Citizens), elected;
Henry
B. Dirks (Ind), defeated.
1930 Apr 7:
Benjamin
A. Faunce (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1931:
Benjamin
A. Faunce, resigned.
1931 Apr 6:
Bert
J. Ford (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1932 Nov 8:
Bert
J. Ford (Citizens), elected;
Clayton
W. Loring (Taxpayers), defeated.
1933:
Bert
J. Ford, resigned.
1933 Nov 7:
Lyman
L. Frimodig (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1934 Nov 6:
Lyman
L. Frimodig (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1938 Nov 8:
Carl
G. Card, elected unopposed.
1938 Dec 1:
Lyman
L. Frimodig, resigned.
1942 Nov 3:
Carl
G. Card, elected unopposed.
2020 Jul 14:
Ruth
Beier, resigned.
2021 Aug 11:
Aaron
Stephens, resigned.
Postmasters at East Lansing, 1907-73 (may be
incomplete!)
Charles
B. Collingwood 1907-09
Bert
L. Rosecrans 1909-14
Claude
D. Aldrich 1914-23
Charles
S. Wilcox 1923-31
Benjamin
A. Faunce 1931-35
Earle
E. Young 1935
Earle
E. Young 1935-44
Leo
B. Francisco 1944-45
Mervin
A. Terrill 1945-49
William
A. Burgess 1955-58
T.
H. Spurway 1958-59
A.
Ray Krider 1959-60
A.
Ray Krider 1960-73
Agricultural College
(became East Lansing 1907)
Postmasters at Agricultural College, 1884-1907 (may be
incomplete!)
Robert
G. Baird 1884-85
Henry
G. Reynolds 1885-93
Ira
H. Butterfield 1893-1902
Charles
B. Collingwood 1902-07
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