The Political Graveyard: Kentwood, Michigan

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Kentwood, Michigan
including Paris Township
Mayors, Township Supervisors

Mayors of Kentwood, 1967-2007 (may be incomplete!)
Peter M. Lamberts 1967-79 Marvin D. Hoeflinger 1979-81 Gerald DeRuiter 1981-92 Bill Hardiman III 1992-2002 Richard L. Root 2002-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1981: Gerald DeRuiter, elected.

1992: Gerald DeRuiter, resigned; Bill Hardiman III, appointed.

2001 Nov 6: Bill Hardiman III, elected unopposed.

2005 Nov 8: Richard L. Root, elected unopposed.

Paris Township
(incorporated as city of Kentwood 1967)

Supervisors of Paris Township, 1861-1967 (may be incomplete!)
Timothy S. Smith 1861-63 Samuel M. Garfield 1863-66 Timothy S. Smith 1866-67 Isaac D. Davis 1867-68 Horace Henshaw 1868-69 John P. Wykes 1869-70 Samuel M. Garfield 1870-73 Wright C. Allen 1873-74 Samuel Langdon 1874-76 Christian P. Friend 1876-78 Samuel Langdon 1878-79 Jerome E. Phillips 1879-80 Christian P. Friend 1880-83 Jerome E. Phillips 1883-85 Hugo B. Rathbun 1885-86 Everett Hurd 1886-88 Jerome E. Phillips 1888-89 Fremont E. Skeels 1889-91 Wright C. Allen 1891 Connor H. Smith 1891-93 William T. Adams 1894-96 Lyman McCrath 1896-98 Wilmarth Shafer 1898-1906 Robert B. Patterson 1907-13 Henry Simerink 1914-27 Charles R. Feenstra 1928-36 William Wiersma 1937-43 Jake Van Houten 1943-53 John Oosterhouse 1954 Floyd Stevens 1955-59 Fred S. Darling 1960-61 Sydney VanderGalien 1961 Robert VanderLaan 1961-63 Peter M. Lamberts 1963-67

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1921 Apr 4: Henry Simerink, elected.

1936 Apr 6: Charles R. Feenstra, elected.

1942 Apr 6: William Wiersma (Rep), elected unopposed.

1943 Oct 1: William Wiersma, resigned; Jake Van Houten, appointed.

1961: Sydney VanderGalien, appointed.

1961 Mar 1: Fred S. Darling, resigned.

1961 Apr 3: Sydney VanderGalien, elected.

1963 Oct 15: Robert VanderLaan, resigned; Peter M. Lamberts, appointed.

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