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Mayors and Postmasters of Mt. Clemens, Michigan

Mayors of Mt. Clemens, 1879-2009 (may be incomplete!)
Joshua B. Dickinson 1879 George M. Crocker 1879-81 Spencer B. Russell 1881-83 Judson S. Farrar 1883-85 John E. Van Eps 1885-87 George W. Robertson 1887-88 William J. Daley 1888-89 Thomas M. Crocker 1889-91 Andrew Bliss Chapin 1891-92 William C. Tennant 1892-94 Andrew Trew Donaldson 1894-98 W. D. Wilson 1898-99 Reuben C. Ullrich 1899-1901 William F. Berry 1901-02 Martin Crocker 1902-03 Albert A. Parisot 1903-04 John H. Westendorf 1904-06 Varnum J. Bowers 1906-09 Paul J. Ullrich 1909-11 Varnum J. Bowers 1911-12 Duncan B. Hubbard 1912-13 William F. Nank 1913-16 Varnum J. Bowers 1916-17 Albert A. Parisot 1917-18 A. Frank Sarns 1918-23 William M. Streit 1923-31 Charles R. Ullrich 1931-34 Donald R. Westendorf 1934-45 Albert A. Wagner 1945-51 Philip T. Mulligan 1951-55 Harold Lindsey 1955-57 Harry T. Diehl 1957-61 Abraham S. Levine 1961-73 Bert VandeVusse 1973-81 Ada Eisenfeld 1981-85 Jeanne T. Nelson 1985-87 Quinnie E. Cody 1987-99 Harry T. Diehl 1999-2001 Quinnie E. Cody as of 2002 Barb R. Dempsey as of 2007-09

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1880 Apr 5: George M. Crocker (Dem), elected.
  • 1881 Apr 4: Spencer B. Russell (Dem), elected.
  • 1900 Apr 2: Reuben C. Ullrich (Rep), elected.
  • 1902 Apr 7: Martin Crocker (Dem), elected.
  • 1903 Apr 6: Albert A. Parisot (Rep), elected.
  • 1904 Apr 4: John H. Westendorf (Dem), elected.
  • 1906 Apr 2: Varnum J. Bowers (Dem), elected.
  • 1907 Apr 1: Varnum J. Bowers (Dem), elected.
  • 1908 Apr 6: Varnum J. Bowers (Dem), elected.
  • 1910 Apr 10: Paul J. Ullrich (Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1912 Apr 1: Duncan B. Hubbard (Rep), elected.
  • 1913 Apr 7: William F. Nank (Rep), elected.
  • 1914 Apr 6: William F. Nank (Rep), elected.
  • 1915 Apr 5: William F. Nank, elected.
  • 1931 Apr 6: Charles R. Ullrich, elected; William M. Streit, defeated.
  • 1933 Mar 6: Charles R. Ullrich, nominated; Robert G. Peltier, nominated; Herman W. Timpf, defeated in primary; A. B. Allen, defeated in primary.
  • 1933 Apr 3: Charles R. Ullrich, elected; Robert G. Peltier, defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 1: Donald R. Westendorf, elected unopposed.
  • 1937 Apr 5: Donald R. Westendorf, elected; Marie J. Behnke, defeated.
  • 1939 Apr 3: Donald R. Westendorf, elected; Ralph A. Searle, defeated.
  • 1949 Apr 4: Albert A. Wagner, elected; R. Roy Shook, defeated.
  • 1967 Apr 3: Abraham S. Levine, elected unopposed.
  • 1979 Nov 6: Bert VandeVusse, elected.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Ada Eisenfeld, elected.
  • 1983 Nov 8: Ada Eisenfeld, elected.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Jeanne T. Nelson, elected; Ada Eisenfeld, defeated.
  • 1987 Sep 15: Quinnie E. Cody, nominated; Michael J. Shamaly, nominated; Jeanne T. Nelson, defeated in primary.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Quinnie E. Cody, elected; Michael J. Shamaly, defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Quinnie E. Cody, elected unopposed.
  • 1991 Nov 5: Quinnie E. Cody, elected unopposed.
  • 1993 Nov 2: Quinnie E. Cody, elected unopposed.
  • 1997 Nov 4: Quinnie E. Cody, elected; Salisbury, defeated.
  • 1999 Nov 2: Harry T. Diehl, elected unopposed.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Barb R. Dempsey, elected; Steven Ferdig, defeated.

    Postmasters at Mt. Clemens, 1821-1969 (may be incomplete!)
    John Stockton 1821-22 Samuel B. Beach 1822-23 John Stockton 1823-25 Linus Moore 1825 Randal S. Rice 1825-27 Alfred Ashley 1827-32 John Stockton 1832-35 Rodney O. Cooley 1835 Aaron Whitney, Jr. 1835-36 Horace Stevens 1836-40 Abner C. Smith 1840-41 Giles Hubbard 1841-45 Henry R. Babcock 1845-49 Ebenezer Hall 1849-53 Abner C. Smith 1853-54 Henry R. Babcock 1854-57 George F. Lewis 1857-59 Edgar H. Shook 1859-61 Lemuel Sackett 1861-68 James H. Snook 1868-80 George H. Snook 1880-81 John Otto 1881-85 Frederick G. Kendrick 1885-89 William Jenney 1889-93 Joseph F. Upleger 1893-97 William Jenney 1897-1901 Edward G. Folsom 1901-06 Frank E. Nellis 1906-14 Martin Crocker 1914-21 William C. Hacker 1921-33 John C. Bannow 1933-34 John C. Bannow 1934-46 Otto F. Wormsbacher 1946-49 Otto F. Wormsbacher 1949-69 Elmer G. Luth 1969

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