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Mayors and Postmasters of Grand Ledge, Michigan

Mayors of Grand Ledge, 1893-2022 (may be incomplete!)
W. Ellsworth Davis 1893-95 James Doherty 1895-96 George W. Campbell 1896-97 James Doherty 1897-98 Julian D. Mudge 1898-1900 W. Ellsworth Davis 1900-01 Justin L. Sutherland 1901-02 Frank A. Taber 1902-03 Delbert D. Shane 1903-04 Joseph D. Summers 1904-06 Lewis W. Campbell 1906-08 George E. Stokes 1908-09 Elmer E. Edwards 1909-12 William L. Ireland 1912-13 A. O. Halsted 1913-14 Orrin Kingsley 1914-16 Thomas W. Astley 1916-17 Roy S. Doty 1917-18 Elmer E. Edwards 1918-19 Herbert W. Rawson 1919-21 William Shaver 1921-22 Elmer E. Edwards 1922-23 C. M. Maris 1923-24 Elmer E. Edwards 1924-25 Peter Van Allsburg 1925-29 Douglas M. Bouck 1929-31 Elmer C. Aldrich 1931-33 H. Marr Byington 1933-34 Herbert W. Rawson 1934-36 George W. Davis 1936-41 Charles M. McKee 1941-44 Howard O. Barker 1944-46 Jerold C. Elsie 1946-49 Vance V. Langham 1949-51 Lawrence A. Reed 1951-52 W. A. Deppa 1952-53 James A. Corbett 1953-54 Charles M. McKee 1954-57 Robert W. Bryant 1957-60 George D. Wilson 1960-62 James H. Edgar 1962-65 Alvin A. Kempf 1965-75 Wendell E. Wilkins 1975-79 Lewis Gentry 1979-89 Richard Sheren 1989-91 Lynda Trinklein 1991-96 Linda MacDowell 1996-97 Brett Bernard 1997-98 Tom Peek 1998-99 Ed Wyszynski 1999-2001 Sheila Deming 2001-07 Kalmin D. Smith 2007-18 Thom Sowle 2018-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1915 Apr 5: Orrin Kingsley, elected.
  • 1917 Apr 2: Roy S. Doty (Rep), elected; H. J. Patterson (Dem), defeated; William H. Resseguie (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1918 Apr 1: Elmer E. Edwards (Dem), elected; George L. Coryell (Rep), defeated.
  • 1919 Apr 7: Herbert W. Rawson (Rep), elected; Elmer E. Edwards (Dem), defeated.
  • 1928 Apr 2: Peter Van Allsburg, elected unopposed.
  • 1938 Apr 4: George W. Davis (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1999 Nov 2: Ed Wyszynski, elected unopposed.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Sheila Deming, elected; Ed Wyszynski, defeated.
  • 2003 Nov 4: Sheila Deming, elected unopposed.
  • 2005 Nov 8: Sheila Deming, elected unopposed.
  • 2007 Nov 6: Kalmin D. Smith, elected; Sheila Deming, defeated.
  • 2009: Kalmin D. Smith, elected.
  • 2011: Kalmin D. Smith, elected.
  • 2013: Kalmin D. Smith, elected.
  • 2015 Nov 3: Kalmin D. Smith, elected unopposed.
  • 2017 Nov 7: Kalmin D. Smith, elected; Michael Coll, defeated.
  • 2018 Jun 11: Kalmin D. Smith, resigned.
  • 2019 Nov 5: Thom Sowle, elected; Michael Coll, defeated; Michael Dean Doty, defeated.

    Postmasters at Grand Ledge, 1871-1911 (may be incomplete!)
    J. S. Holmes as of 1871-83 Martin T. Streeter as of 1887 J. S. Holmes as of 1891 John W. Fitzgerald as of 1901-03 Walter E. Wilson as of 1911

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