Mayors of Lansing, 1859-2021 (may be incomplete!)
Hiram
H. Smith 1859
John
A. Kerr 1860
William
H. Chapman 1861-62
Ira
H. Bartholomew 1863-65
William
H. Haze 1866
George
W. Peck 1867
Cyrus
Hewitt 1868-69
Solomon
W. Wright 1870
John
Robson 1871
John
S. Tooker 1872-73
Daniel
W. Buck 1874-75
John
S. Tooker 1876
Orlando
M. Barnes 1877
Joseph
E. Warner 1878
William
Van Buren 1879-80
John
Robson 1881
Orlando
F. Barnes 1882-83
William
Donovan 1884-85
Daniel
W. Buck 1886
Jacob
F. Schultz 1887
John
Crotty 1888
James
M. Turner 1889
Frank
B. Johnson 1890-91
Arthur
O. Bement 1892-93
Alroy
A. Wilbur 1894
James
M. Turner 1895
Russell
C. Ostrander 1896-97
Charles
J. Davis 1897-1900
James
F. Hammell 1900-03
Hugh
Lyons 1904-07
John
S. Bennett 1908-11
J.
Gottlieb Reutter 1912-18
Jacob
W. Ferle 1918-20
Benjamin
A. Kyes 1920-22
Jacob
W. Ferle 1922
Silas
S. Main 1922-23
Alfred
H. Doughty 1923-27
Laird
J. Troyer 1927-31
Peter
F. Gray 1931-33
Max
A. Templeton 1933-41
Arthur
E. Stoppel 1941
Sam
Street Hughes 1941-43
Ralph
W. Crego 1943-61
Willard
I. Bowerman, Jr. 1961-65
Max
E. Murninghan 1965-69
Gerald
W. Graves 1969-81
Terry
J. McKane 1981-92
Jim
Crawford 1992-93
David
C. Hollister 1993-2003
Tony
Benavides 2003-05
Virg
Bernero 2005-17
Andy
Schor 2017-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1880 Apr 5:
William
Van Buren (Rep), elected.
1896 Apr 6:
Russell
C. Ostrander (Rep), elected;
Shank
(Dem), defeated.
1900 Apr 2:
James
F. Hammell (Dem), elected;
Horatio
H. Larned (Rep), defeated.
1902 Apr 7:
James
F. Hammell (Dem), elected;
Hugh
Lyons (Rep), defeated;
W.
S. Sly (Prohibition), defeated.
1904 Apr 4:
Hugh
Lyons (Rep), elected.
1908 Apr 6:
John
S. Bennett (Dem), elected.
1912 Apr 1:
J.
Gottlieb Reutter (Dem), elected;
Otto
Ziegler (Rep), defeated.
1914 Apr 6:
J.
Gottlieb Reutter (Dem), elected;
Charles
H. Davis, defeated;
Seymour
A. Ayres, defeated.
1918 Apr 1:
Jacob
W. Ferle, elected;
John
S. Bennett, defeated.
1920 Apr 5:
Benjamin
A. Kyes, elected;
Jacob
W. Ferle, defeated.
1922 Apr 3:
Jacob
W. Ferle, elected;
Benjamin
A. Kyes, defeated.
1922 Nov 6:
Jacob
W. Ferle, died in office.
1923 Apr 2:
Alfred
H. Doughty, elected;
William
C. Walters, defeated;
Benjamin
A. Kyes, defeated.
1924 Nov 4:
Alfred
H. Doughty, elected;
Otto
C. Kirchen, defeated;
William
C. Walters, defeated.
1926 Nov 2:
Laird
J. Troyer, elected;
Alfred
H. Doughty, defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
Laird
J. Troyer, elected;
Alfred
H. Doughty, defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
Peter
F. Gray, elected;
Laird
J. Troyer, defeated;
Herbert
E. Chamberlain, defeated;
Alfred
H. Doughty, defeated.
1932 Nov 8:
Peter
F. Gray, elected;
Fred
L. Kircher, defeated;
Herman
T. Busch, defeated;
Robert
J. Christie, defeated.
1933 Jun 30:
Peter
F. Gray, resigned.
1933 Nov 7:
Max
A. Templeton, elected;
Fred
L. Kircher, defeated;
D.
D. Harris, defeated;
Harry
G. Foster, defeated;
William
S. Kellogg, defeated.
1934 Sep 11:
Max
A. Templeton, nominated;
Fred
L. Kircher, nominated;
Ralph
D. Moore, defeated in primary.
1934 Nov 6:
Max
A. Templeton, elected;
Fred
L. Kircher, defeated.
1936 Sep 15:
Max
A. Templeton, nominated;
Alfred
H. Doughty, nominated;
Robert
J. Christie, defeated in primary.
1936 Nov 3:
Max
A. Templeton, elected;
Alfred
H. Doughty, defeated.
1938 Sep 13:
Max
A. Templeton, nominated;
Thomas
T. O'Brien, nominated;
Hazen
C. Rutter, defeated in primary;
Alfred
H. Doughty, defeated in primary;
Van
W. Pilmore, defeated in primary.
1938 Nov 8:
Max
A. Templeton, elected;
Thomas
T. O'Brien, defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
Thomas
T. O'Brien, elected, but died before taking office;
Max
A. Templeton, defeated.
1941 Feb 17:
Sam
Street Hughes, nominated;
Fred
L. Kircher, defeated in primary;
Alfred
H. Doughty, defeated in primary;
Marshall
S. Graham, defeated in primary.
1941 Apr 7:
Sam
Street Hughes, elected unopposed.
1942 Nov 3:
Sam
Street Hughes, elected;
Ralph
W. Crego, defeated.
1943 Aug 10:
Sam
Street Hughes, resigned.
1943 Nov 2:
Ralph
W. Crego, elected;
John
H. Russell, defeated.
1944 Nov 7:
Ralph
W. Crego, elected unopposed.
1946 Nov 5:
Ralph
W. Crego, elected;
Catherine
R. Freeland, defeated.
1948 Nov 2:
Ralph
W. Crego, elected unopposed.
1950 Nov 7:
Ralph
W. Crego, elected unopposed.
1952 Nov 4:
Ralph
W. Crego, elected;
LeRoy
A. Brown, defeated.
1954 Aug 3:
Ralph
W. Crego, nominated;
Earl
W. Coller, defeated in primary;
LeRoy
A. Brown, defeated in primary.
1954 Nov 2:
Ralph
W. Crego, elected unopposed.
1957 Feb 18:
Frederick
E. Tripp, nominated;
Ralph
W. Crego, nominated;
Charles
G. Hayden, defeated in primary;
Kenneth
D. Winter, defeated in primary.
1957 Apr 1:
Ralph
W. Crego, elected;
Frederick
E. Tripp, defeated.
1961 Feb 20:
Ralph
W. Crego, nominated;
Willard
I. Bowerman, Jr., nominated;
Max
E. Murninghan, defeated in primary;
Horace
J. Bradshaw, defeated in primary;
John
T. Anas, defeated in primary;
Robert
S. Brooks, defeated in primary;
Glen
E. Dean, defeated in primary.
1961 Apr 3:
Willard
I. Bowerman, Jr., elected;
Ralph
W. Crego, defeated.
1965 Feb 15:
Max
E. Murninghan, nominated;
Willard
I. Bowerman, Jr., nominated;
Maurice
E. Baldwin, defeated in primary.
1965 Apr 5:
Max
E. Murninghan, elected;
Willard
I. Bowerman, Jr., defeated.
1969 Feb 17:
Gerald
W. Graves, nominated;
Max
E. Murninghan, nominated;
H.
James Starr, defeated in primary.
1969 Apr 7:
Gerald
W. Graves, elected;
Max
E. Murninghan, defeated.
1973 Aug 7:
Gerald
W. Graves, nominated;
Joel
I. Ferguson, nominated;
John
T. Anas, defeated in primary;
Jack
W. Merrill, defeated in primary.
1973 Nov 6:
Gerald
W. Graves, elected;
Joel
I. Ferguson, defeated.
1977 Nov 8:
Gerald
W. Graves, elected;
Terry
J. McKane, defeated.
1981 Aug 4:
Terry
J. McKane, nominated;
George
Stanley Lokken, nominated;
Alan
E. Tubbs, defeated in primary;
John
Assiff, defeated in primary;
Orrin
E. Sharp, defeated in primary.
1981 Nov 3:
Terry
J. McKane, elected;
George
Stanley Lokken, defeated.
1985 Nov 5:
Terry
J. McKane, elected;
Louis
F. Adado, defeated.
1989 Aug 8:
Terry
J. McKane, nominated;
Louis
F. Adado, nominated;
Doc
C. Dart, defeated in primary.
1989 Nov 7:
Terry
J. McKane, elected;
Louis
F. Adado, defeated.
1992 Dec 29:
Terry
J. McKane, resigned;
Jim
Crawford, succeeded to office.
1993 Aug 3:
David
C. Hollister, nominated;
Jim
Crawford, nominated;
Charles
Ford, defeated in primary;
Ken
Vaughn, defeated in primary;
Michael
Jon Panetta, defeated in primary;
Peter
Spagnuolo, defeated in primary;
Mary
Ann Prince, defeated in primary;
Gerald
A. Huckaba, defeated in primary;
Kris
Nicholoff, defeated in primary.
1993 Nov 2:
David
C. Hollister, elected;
Jim
Crawford, defeated.
1997 Aug 5:
David
C. Hollister, nominated;
Ellen
Beal, nominated;
Robert
Johnson, defeated in primary;
Gerald
A. Huckaba, defeated in primary;
Russell
Terry, defeated in primary.
1997 Nov 4:
David
C. Hollister, elected;
Ellen
Beal, defeated.
2003 Jan 28:
David
C. Hollister, resigned.
2005 Aug 2:
Virg
Bernero, nominated;
Tony
Benavides, nominated;
Lynne
Martinez, defeated in primary;
Dale
M. Abronowitz, defeated in primary.
2005 Nov 8:
Virg
Bernero, elected;
Tony
Benavides, defeated.
2009 Nov 3:
Virg
Bernero, elected.
Postmasters at Lansing, 1848-1977 (may be
incomplete!)
George
W. Peck 1848-49
Whitney
Jones 1849-53
Van
S. Murphy 1853-59
Joseph
M. Griswold 1859-61
Allen
R. Burr 1861-62
Ephraim
Longyear 1862-67
Whitney
Jones 1867-71
Stephen
D. Bingham 1871-85
George
P. Sanford 1885-86
H.
D. Pugh 1886-89
Seymour
Foster 1889-93
Louis
E. Rowley 1893-97
Seymour
Foster 1897-1914
Peter
F. Gray 1914-22
Walter
G. Rogers 1922
Walter
G. Rogers 1922-35
Claude
E. Cady 1935
Claude
E. Cady 1935-43
D.
D. Harris 1943-44
D.
D. Harris 1944-53
Fred
W. Wirebaugh 1953
Lyle
B. Austin 1953-54
Lyle
B. Austin 1954-61
Joseph
F. Attwood 1961
Berniece
Corrine Hill 1961-64
Berniece
Corrine Hill 1964-77
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