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Mayors and Postmasters of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Mayors of Sault Ste. Marie, 1888-2009 (may be incomplete!)
George W. Brown 1888-89 Otto Fowle 1889-91 George W. Brown 1891-93 A. B. Lang 1893-95 Jay Hursley 1895-97 William Webster 1897 A. E. Bacon 1898 Peter C. Keliher 1898-1900 John G. Stradley 1901-02 Fred R. Price 1903 James L. Lipsett 1903-05 Frank Perry 1905-07 Frank P. Sullivan 1907-11 Andrew J. Short 1911-13 Sherman T. Handy 1913-17 Mark Tymon 1917-20 Francis T. McDonald 1920-22 George Comb 1922-24 Otto Supe 1924-26 Mark Tymon 1926-28 Edwin T. Crisp 1928-32 Andrew J. Short 1932-34 George J. Laundy 1934-38 Paul L. Adams 1938-42 T. B. McKinney 1942-44 Maurice E. Hunt 1944-50 William L. Freeman 1950-52 James Robertson 1952-57 David E. Foster 1957-59 Roy H. Lynn 1959-63 Robert I. Jacobs 1963-65 David E. Foster 1965-66 Levi B. Godin 1966 John O. Harrington 1966-71 Marvin Dahlman 1971-73 Frank Pingatore 1973-77 Jerald A. Peters 1977-83 James A. Alford 1983-89 William E. Lynn 1989-99 Verna P. Lawrence 1999-2001 Anthony G. Bosbous 2001-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1903 Apr 6: James L. Lipsett (Dem), elected.
  • 1907 Apr 1: Frank P. Sullivan (Rep), elected.
  • 1909 Mar 23: Frank P. Sullivan (Rep), nominated; John G. Stradley (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1909 Apr 5: Frank P. Sullivan (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1911 Mar 21: Andrew J. Short (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1911 Mar 21: John Metzger (Rep), nominated; David Brown (Rep), defeated in primary; Mark Tymon (Rep), defeated in primary; Alf Richards (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1911 Apr 3: Andrew J. Short (Dem), elected; John Metzger, defeated.
  • 1913 Mar 5: A. E. Cullis (Dem), nominated; James L. Lipsett (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1913 Mar 5: Sherman T. Handy (Rep), nominated; W. E. F. Weber (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1913 Apr 7: Sherman T. Handy (Rep), elected; A. E. Cullis (Dem), defeated.
  • 1915 Mar 3: John F. Deadman (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1915 Mar 3: Sherman T. Handy (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1915 Apr 5: Sherman T. Handy (Rep), elected; John F. Deadman (Dem), defeated.
  • 1917 Mar 7: A. E. Cullis (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1917 Mar 7: Mark Tymon (Rep), nominated; Sherman T. Handy (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1917 Apr 2: Mark Tymon (Rep), elected; A. E. Cullis (Dem), defeated.
  • 1922 Apr 3: George Comb, elected; Thomas J. Watchorn, defeated.
  • 1924 Apr 7: Otto Supe, elected.
  • 1932 Apr 4: Andrew J. Short, elected.
  • 1936 Apr 6: George J. Laundy, elected.
  • 1938 Apr 4: Paul L. Adams, elected.
  • 1957: David E. Foster, elected.
  • 1959: David E. Foster, defeated.
  • 1961: David E. Foster, defeated.
  • 1963: David E. Foster, defeated.
  • 1965 Apr 5: David E. Foster, elected; Robert I. Jacobs, defeated.
  • 1966 Feb 28: David E. Foster, recalled.
  • 1966 Apr 25: John O. Harrington, elected; Levi B. Godin, defeated.
  • 1967 Apr 3: John O. Harrington, elected; David E. Foster, defeated.
  • 1969 Apr 7: John O. Harrington, elected unopposed.
  • 1971 Apr 5: Marvin Dahlman, elected; Frank Pingatore, defeated.
  • 1973 Feb 19: Frank Pingatore, nominated; David E. Foster, nominated; John Kenn, defeated in primary; Edward Leask, defeated in primary; Ronald Calery, defeated in primary; Gregory Long, defeated in primary; Casimir Grace, defeated in primary.
  • 1973 Apr 2: Frank Pingatore, elected; David E. Foster, defeated.

    Postmasters at Sault Ste. Marie, 1871-1973 (may be incomplete!)
    Myron W. Scranton as of 1871-81 L. P. Trempe as of 1887 Chase S. Osborn 1889-93 William Webster as of 1901 Stewart T. Moran 1957-58 Byard G. Raeburn 1958 Byard G. Raeburn 1958-73

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