The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Pontiac, Michigan

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Mayors and Postmasters of Pontiac, Michigan

Mayors of Pontiac, 1874-2013 (may be incomplete!)
Augustus C. Baldwin as of 1874 John D. Riker as of 1904-05 L. A. Farnham 1930 James F. Spence 1933 Victor Nelson as of 1937 John Ridgway as of 1952 Arthur J. Law as of 1953-54 William W. Donaldson as of 1955-56 Philip E. Rowston as of 1960 William H. Taylor as of 1967 Willie W. Payne 2002-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1880 Apr 5: Charles Dawson (Dem), elected.

1889 Apr 1: William G. Hinman (Rep), elected.

1900 Apr 2: Peter I. Meloy (Dem), elected.

1902 Apr 7: Harry C. Guillot (Rep), elected.

1903 Apr 6: Harry C. Guillot (Rep), elected.

1904 Apr 4: John D. Riker (Dem), elected; Harry C. Guillot (Rep), defeated.

1905 Apr 3: Harry C. Guillot (Rep), elected; John D. Riker (Dem), defeated.

1906 Apr 2: Harry C. Guillot (Rep), elected.

1908 Apr 6: A. J. Johnson (Dem), elected.

1909 Apr 5: A. J. Johnson (Dem), elected.

1916 Apr 3: R. J. Lounsbury (Rep), elected.

1919 Apr 7: F. G. Ely, elected; B. F. Bay, defeated.

2001 Nov 6: Willie W. Payne, elected.

2013 Aug 6: Deirdre Waterman, nominated; Leon B. Jukowski, nominated; Donald Watkins, defeated in primary; R. Frank Russell, defeated in primary; Eric A. Johnson, defeated in primary.

2013 Nov 5: Deirdre Waterman, elected; Leon B. Jukowski, defeated.

Postmasters at Pontiac, 1871-1972 (may be incomplete!)
Solomon S. Matthews as of 1871 T. F. Girls as of 1881-87 J. G. Buchanan as of 1891 Herman A. Wychoff as of 1901 George A. Brown as of 1911 Joseph W. Greenhalgh 1932 Joseph W. Greenhalgh 1932-36 Thomas W. Jackson 1936-48 William J. Collins 1948-49 George L. Stockwell 1949 George L. Stockwell 1949-53 Leslie H. Dean, Jr. 1953-58 Robert C. Miller 1958-60 William W. Donaldson 1960 William W. Donaldson 1960-72

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