The Political Graveyard: Highland Park, Michigan

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Highland Park, Michigan
Mayors, Village Presidents, Postmasters

Mayors of Highland Park, 1916-2005 (may be incomplete!)
Frank E. Hager 1916-18 Royal Milton Ford 1918-19 Clarence E. Gittins 1924-28 John C. Shields 1928-30 N. Ray Markland 1932-34 Joseph M. Hackett 1934-37 Norman J. Patterson 1950-51 John R. Smith 1951-53 Philip E. Cowan as of 1954-55 Paul V. Winkler as of 1956 Mark E. Storen 1960-65 Michael M. Glusac as of 1967 Jesse P. Miller as of 1978 Linsey Porter as of 2002 Titus McClary as of 2004-05

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1918 Apr 1: Royal Milton Ford, elected; Frank E. Hager, defeated.

1922 Apr 3: Edgar F. Down, elected.

1924 Apr 7: Clarence E. Gittins, elected; I. Paul Taylor, defeated.

1928 Apr 2: John C. Shields, elected; Clarence E. Gittins, defeated.

1930 Apr 7: John C. Shields, elected; I. Paul Taylor, defeated.

1932 Apr 4: N. Ray Markland, elected; James I. Ellman, defeated.

1934 Apr 2: Joseph M. Hackett, elected; N. Ray Markland, defeated.

1936 Apr 6: Joseph M. Hackett, elected.

1938 Apr 4: Blaine T. Colman, elected.

1940 Apr 1: Blaine T. Colman, elected; Chester M. Martin, defeated.

1951 Feb 19: John R. Smith, nominated; Richard Nahabedian, nominated; Walter J. Klees, defeated in primary; Paul V. Winkler, defeated in primary; Harold Truax, defeated in primary.

1951 Apr 2: John R. Smith, elected; Richard Nahabedian, defeated.

1959: Mark E. Storen, elected.

1965 Feb 25: Mark E. Storen, died in office.

2003 Nov 4: Titus McClary, elected; Eric Lamont Hollowell, defeated.

Village Presidents of Highland Park, 1889-1903 (may be incomplete!)
Jonathan P. Price 1889

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1903 Mar 9: Frank Holznagle (Citizens Improvement), elected; W. W. McAlpine (Ind), defeated.

Postmasters at Highland Park, 1891-1901 (may be incomplete!)
John C. Hickey as of 1891 James R. Hutton as of 1901

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