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Marshall, Michigan
Mayors, Village Presidents, Postmasters

Mayors of Marshall, 1859-2013 (may be incomplete!)
Charles P. Dibble 1859-60 D. Darwin Hughes 1860-62 Preston Mitchell 1862-63 Abner Pratt 1863 Charles Cameron 1863-64 Joseph C. Frink 1864-65 Justin D. Wooley 1865-69 Augustus O. Hyde 1869-70 Frederick Karstaedt 1870-71 John Adams 1871-72 David S. Beach 1872-73 Samuel J. Burpee 1873-74 William H. Porter 1874-76 William Powell 1876-77 Henry L. Joy 1877-78 Edward Magee 1878-79 John Adams 1879-81 William H. Porter 1881-83 Martin V. Wagner 1883-86 George H. Greene 1886-87 Martin V. Wagner 1887-88 Norris J. Frink 1888-89 John Wiseman 1889-90 W. E. Bosley 1890-91 William H. Porter 1891-92 S. F. Dobbins 1892-93 John E. Foley 1893-94 Hammond J. Coleman 1894-95 Franklin W. Dickey 1895-96 Marvin Ferguson 1896-97 E. H. Grant 1897-99 Miles Townsend 1899-1900 John Powell 1900-02 Frank M. Foote 1902-04 James C. Beckwith 1904-06 Bert L. Gardanier 1906-08 George W. Leedle 1908-09 E. E. Sawdy 1909-13 Charles E. Gauss 1913-15 O. J. Reniger 1915-16 Myron E. Cook 1916-18 Daniel W. Moon 1918-20 L. E. Brooks 1920-22 J. D. Wright 1922-24 E. D. Greenfield 1924-25 Harold C. Brooks 1925-31 Charles H. Clute 1931-32 Fred J. Smith 1932-33 William G. Thick 1933-36 Clyde C. Cortright 1936-37 Charles H. Clute 1937-38 Platt A. Mumaw 1938-40 Stowell C. Stebbins 1941-43 Hewitt Coleman 1944-45 William B. Holt 1946-47 Lewis Storr 1948-52 John F. Schnaitman 1953 Hubert J. Brown 1953-56 Hewitt Coleman 1957-60 Milford Mayo 1961-62 George Hindenach 1963-64 Edgar B. Lincoln 1965-68 Douglas P. O'Leary 1969-72 Bruce A. Gray 1973-74 Murray Crawford 1975-76 George P. Brown, Jr. 1977-82 J. Allen Bassage 1983-88 Joseph Schroeder 1989-92 Bruce Rasher as of 1995-96 John F. Miller as of 1999-2004 Bruce R. Smith 2007-10 James L. Dyer 2011-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1863 Mar 27: Abner Pratt, died in office.
  • 1880 Apr 5: John Adams (Rep), elected.
  • 1889 Apr 1: John Wiseman (Dem), elected.
  • 1900 Apr 2: John Powell (Dem), elected.
  • 1901 Apr 1: John Powell (Dem & Union Silver), elected; Frank B. Snyder (Rep), defeated.
  • 1902 Apr 7: Frank M. Foote (Dem), elected; John F. Gauss (Rep), defeated.
  • 1906 Apr 2: Bert L. Gardanier (Dem), elected.
  • 1912 Apr 1: E. E. Sawdy (Dem), elected.
  • 1915 Apr 5: Charles E. Gauss, elected.
  • 1917 Apr 2: Myron E. Cook (Rep), elected.
  • 1932 Apr 4: Fred J. Smith (Rep), elected; Charles H. Clute (Dem), defeated.
  • 1933 Apr 3: William G. Thick (Rep), elected; Charles H. Clute (Dem), defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 1: William G. Thick (Rep), elected.
  • 1936 Apr 6: Clyde C. Cortright (Rep), elected; Philip Marquardt (Dem), defeated.
  • 1938 Apr 4: Platt A. Mumaw (Rep), elected.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Bruce Rasher, elected unopposed.
  • 1998 Nov 3: John F. Miller, elected unopposed.
  • 2000 Nov 7: John F. Miller, elected unopposed.
  • 2002 Nov 5: John F. Miller, elected unopposed.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Duane Cowgill, elected; Matthew Davis, defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Bruce R. Smith, elected; Louis Giannunzio, defeated; Matthew L. Glaser, defeated.
  • 2008 Nov 4: Bruce R. Smith, elected; Matthew L. Glaser, defeated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: James L. Dyer, elected; Brian Mason, defeated.
  • 2012 Nov 6: James L. Dyer, elected; Eldon J. Vincent, defeated.

    Village Presidents of Marshall, 1837-59 (may be incomplete!)
    Sidney S. Allcott 1837-39 Luther W. Hart 1839-40 Joseph C. Frink 1840-42 Joseph Chedsey 1842-43 Ira Tillotson 1843-44 Ira Wood 1844-45 Ira Tillotson 1846-47 Charles Dickey 1847 Nathaniel H. Humphrey 1847-48 Lansing Kingsbury 1848-49 Randall Watrous 1849-50 Zenas Tillotson 1850-51 James H. Hahn 1851-52 Henry A. Woodruff 1852-54 Isaac E. Crary 1854 Joseph C. Frink 1854-55 Nathaniel H. Humphrey 1855-56 Horace A. Noyes 1856-57 E. O. Crittenden 1857-58 Lucius G. Noyes 1858-59

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1854 May 8: Isaac E. Crary, died in office.

    Postmasters at Marshall, 1871-1911 (may be incomplete!)
    Hubert A. Read as of 1871 Samuel J. Burpee 1874-84 Samuel S. Lacey as of 1887 Stephen F. Snyder as of 1891 William H. Arthur as of 1901 James P. Hughes as of 1911

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