The Political Graveyard: Westland, Michigan

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Westland, Michigan
including Nankin Township, Pikes Peak
Mayors, Township Supervisors, Postmasters

Mayors of Westland, 1966-2010 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas H. Brown 1966-69 Eugene McKinney 1970-75 Thomas F. Taylor 1976-81 Charles W. Pickering, Jr. 1982-85 Charles Griffin 1986-89 Robert J. Thomas 1990-2001 Sandra A. Cicirelli 2002-06 William R. Wild 2007-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

2001 Nov 6: Sandra A. Cicirelli, elected.

2005 Nov 8: Sandra A. Cicirelli, elected; Elenor Swistak, defeated.

Nankin Township
(incorporated as the city of Westland 1966)

Supervisors of Nankin Township, 1830-1965 (may be incomplete!)
Marcus Smith 1830-33 Ammon Brown as of 1833-35 Maurice C. Bird as of 1930 William Faust 1963-65

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1866 Apr 2: J. J. Palmer (Dem), elected.

1880 Apr 5: Charles P. Cady (Dem), elected.

1901 Apr 1: Underwood (Rep), elected; Egler (Dem), defeated.

1924 Apr 7: Peter J. Schneider (Rep), elected.

1936 Apr 6: Charles A. Truesdell (Rep), elected.

1940 Apr 1: Albert R. Walker (Rep), elected; August Elwart (Dem), defeated.

1949 Apr 4: Sherman L. Bunnell (Rep), elected.

1951 Apr 2: Sherman L. Bunnell (Rep), elected.

Pikes Peak
(now part of Westland)

Postmasters at Pikes Peak, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
Leander J. Meldrum as of 1901

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