The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Eaton Rapids, Michigan

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Mayors and Postmasters of Eaton Rapids, Michigan

Mayors of Eaton Rapids, 1881-1979 (may be incomplete!)
Herbert H. Hamilton 1881-82 W. D. Brainerd 1882-83 Fred Z. Hamilton 1883-84 William Smith 1884-86 Samuel M. Wilkins 1886-87 Hiram Walters 1887-88 Charles S. Cobb 1888-89 Samuel M. Wilkins 1889-90 Herbert H. Hamilton 1890-92 James B. Bradley 1892-94 Charles T. Hartson 1894-96 Hiram P. Webster 1896-98 William C. Whitney 1898-99 Justus W. Sheldon 1899-1901 John T. Hall 1901-02 D. H. Long 1902-04 Justus W. Sheldon 1904-05 John T. Hall 1905-06 Charles S. Horner 1906-08 B. H. Custer 1908-10 R. W. 'Bert' Littell 1910-12 Thomas B. True 1912-13 Charles B. Fowler 1913-14 Charles S. Horner 1914-15 J. S. Hamlin 1915-18 Robert Gifford 1918-21 Martin Hanson 1921-24 John B. Davidson 1924-30 James B. Bradley 1930-33 John B. Davidson 1933-36 Silas Godfrey 1936-37 Alden G. Sheets 1937-39 G. Elmer McArthur 1939-42 Hiram V. Webster 1942-45 Heileman O. Miller 1948-57 Carl J. Comps 1957-63 Claude A. Basing 1963-70 James M. Fuller 1970-74 James M. McBride 1974-78 Victor Huddleston 1978-79

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1889 Apr 1: Samuel M. Wilkins (Rep), elected; P. Leonard (Dem), defeated.

Postmasters at Eaton Rapids, 1871-1911 (may be incomplete!)
Horace M. Hamilton as of 1871-83 J. H. Hamlin as of 1887 S. A. Whitehead as of 1891 Henry C. Minnie as of 1901-11

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