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Mayors of Ypsilanti, 1858-2014 (may be incomplete!)
Chauncey
Joslin 1858-59
Arden
H. Ballard 1859-60
Benjamin
Follett 1860-61
Parmenio
Davis 1861-64
David
Edwards 1864-65
Edgar
Bogardus 1865-67
David
Edwards 1867-68
Parmenio
Davis 1868-70
Francis
P. Bogardus 1871-73
Watson
Snyder 1873-75
Lambert
A. Barnes 1875-78
Thomas
Ninde 1878-79
Lambert
A. Barnes 1879-80
Edward
P. Allen 1880-81
Chester
L. Yost 1884-86
Clark
Cornwell 1886-88
Francis
P. Bogardus 1888-89
Daniel
Putnam 1889-91
Henry
P. S. Glover 1891-93
Henry
R. Scoville 1893-94
William
B. Seymour 1894-95
Harlow
D. Wells 1895-96
Nolan
B. Harding 1897-98
Don
Louis Davis 1898-99
Edward
P. Allen 1899-1900
Henry
R. Scoville 1900-01
Oliver
E. Thompson 1901-02
Martin
Dawson 1902-03
Clifford
R. Huston 1903-04
George
M. Gaudy 1904-06
John
B. Van Fossen 1906-08
John
P. Kirk 1908-10
Tracy
L. Towner 1910-12
Frank
Norton 1912-14
Lee
N. Brown 1914-16
Clarence
V. Brown 1916-20
Theodore
E. Schaible 1921-22
Emery
R. Beal 1922-23
Hugh
E. Van de Walker 1924-28
Matthew
Max 1929-34
Ray
H. Burrell 1935-40
Ross
K. Bower 1940-46
Daniel
T. Quirk 1947-53
Carl
J. Scheffler 1953-54
Rodney
E. Hutchinson 1955-56
William
E. Foy 1957-58
Rodney
E. Hutchinson 1958-60
Donald
B. Fulford 1960-61
John
Calder 1961-62
Maurice
Obermeyer 1962-63
John
Calder 1963-64
Vincent
H. Buck 1964-65
Jerry
F. Gooding 1965-66
Susan
H. Sayre 1966-67
John
H. Burton 1967-68
Timothy
Dyer 1968-70
Richard
L. Boatwright 1970-72
George
D. Goodman 1972-82
Peter
J. Murdock 1982-89
Clyde
K. King 1989-93
Michael
Homel 1993-95
Cheryl
C. Farmer 1995-2006
Paul
T. Schreiber 2006-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1889 Apr 1:
Daniel
Putnam (Rep), elected.
1891 Apr 6:
Henry
P. S. Glover (Rep), elected.
1893 Apr 3:
Henry
R. Scoville (Dem), elected;
Sweet
(Rep), defeated;
Cook
(Prohibition), defeated.
1894 Apr 2:
William
B. Seymour (Rep), elected;
Henry
R. Scoville (Dem), defeated.
1895 Apr 1:
Harlow
D. Wells (Rep), elected;
Nolan
B. Harding (Dem), defeated;
William
H. Deubel (Prohibition), defeated.
1899 Apr 3:
Edward
P. Allen (Rep), elected;
William
H. Deubel (Dem), defeated.
1900 Apr 2:
Henry
R. Scoville (Dem), elected;
John
B. Van Fossen (Rep), defeated.
1901 Apr 1:
Oliver
E. Thompson (Rep), elected;
Don
Louis Davis (Dem), defeated.
1902 Apr 7:
Martin
Dawson (Dem), elected;
Oliver
E. Thompson (Rep), defeated.
1903 Apr 6:
Clifford
R. Huston (Dem), elected;
William
N. Lister (Rep), defeated;
P.
W. Cornue (Prohibition), defeated.
1904 Apr 4:
George
M. Gaudy (Rep), elected;
Oliver
Westfall (Dem), defeated.
1905 Apr 3:
George
M. Gaudy (Rep), elected;
Oliver
Westfall (Dem), defeated.
1906 Apr 2:
John
B. Van Fossen (Rep), elected;
James
E. McGregor (Dem), defeated.
1908 Apr 6:
John
P. Kirk (Dem), elected;
George
D. Lockwood (Rep), defeated.
1910 Apr 4:
Tracy
L. Towner (Dem), elected;
DeForrest
Ross (Citizens), defeated.
1912 Apr 1:
Frank
Norton (Rep), elected;
Tracy
L. Towner (Dem), defeated.
1914 Apr 6:
Lee
N. Brown (Dem), elected.
1916 Apr 3:
Clarence
V. Brown (Rep), elected;
N.
A. Harvey (Dem), defeated.
1918 Apr 1:
Clarence
V. Brown (Rep), elected;
Frank
P. Worden (Dem), defeated.
1920 Apr 5:
Theodore
E. Schaible (Dem), elected;
T.
W. Paton (Rep), defeated.
1922 Apr 3:
Emery
R. Beal (Rep), elected unopposed.
1924 Apr 7:
Hugh
E. Van de Walker (Rep), elected unopposed.
1926 Apr 5:
Hugh
E. Van de Walker (Rep), elected;
Marcia
Hall (Dem), defeated.
1928 Mar 5:
Matthew
Max (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1928 Mar 5:
Emery
R. Beal (Rep), nominated;
Ethyl
Van Etten (Rep), defeated in primary.
1928 Apr 2:
Matthew
Max (Dem), elected;
Emery
R. Beal (Rep), defeated.
1930 Apr 7:
Matthew
Max (Dem & Rep), elected unopposed.
1932 Mar 7:
Matthew
Max (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1932 Apr 4:
Matthew
Max (Dem), elected unopposed.
1934 Apr 2:
Ray
H. Burrell (Rep), elected;
George
L. Ennen (Dem), defeated.
1936 Mar 2:
Ray
H. Burrell (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1936 Apr 6:
Ray
H. Burrell (Rep), elected unopposed.
1938 Mar 7:
Ray
H. Burrell (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1938 Apr 4:
Ray
H. Burrell (Rep), elected unopposed.
1940 Feb 19:
Lewis
T. Smith (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1940 Feb 19:
Ross
K. Bower (Rep), nominated;
Merle
G. Renton (Rep), defeated in primary.
1940 Apr 1:
Ross
K. Bower (Rep), elected;
Lewis
T. Smith (Dem), defeated.
1942 Feb 16:
Ross
K. Bower (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1942 Apr 6:
Ross
K. Bower (Rep), elected unopposed.
1944 Apr 3:
Ross
K. Bower (Rep), elected unopposed.
1973 Feb 19:
George
D. Goodman (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1973 Feb 19:
John
P. Montonye (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1973 Apr 2:
George
D. Goodman (Dem), elected;
John
P. Montonye (Rep), defeated;
Daniel
Eller (American Independent), defeated.
1975 Apr 7:
George
D. Goodman (Dem), elected;
Robert
S. Dummitt (Rep), defeated;
Eric
Jackson (Human Rights), defeated.
1977 Feb 21:
George
D. Goodman (Dem), nominated;
Harold
R. Baize, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
1977 Feb 21:
J.
Dale Hooker (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1977 Apr 4:
George
D. Goodman (Dem), elected;
J.
Dale Hooker (Rep), defeated.
1979 Apr 2:
George
D. Goodman (Dem), elected unopposed.
1981 Feb 16:
George
D. Goodman (Dem), nominated;
Peter
J. Murdock (Dem), defeated in primary.
1981 Apr 6:
George
D. Goodman (Dem), elected;
Ruthann
A. Wagner (American Independent), defeated.
1982 Dec 17:
George
D. Goodman, resigned.
1982 Dec 23:
Peter
J. Murdock, appointed.
1983 Apr 4:
Peter
J. Murdock (Dem), elected.
1985 Apr 1:
Peter
J. Murdock (Dem), elected.
1987 Apr 6:
Peter
J. Murdock (Dem), elected;
Clyde
K. King (Rep), defeated.
1989 Apr 3:
Clyde
K. King (Rep), elected;
Peter
J. Murdock (Dem), defeated.
1991 Apr 1:
Clyde
K. King (Rep), elected;
V.
Lois Wells (Dem), defeated.
1993 Apr 8:
Michael
Homel (Dem), elected;
Charles
S. Kettles (Rep), defeated;
Faz
Husain (Ind), defeated.
1995 Apr 3:
Cheryl
C. Farmer, elected;
Michael
Homel (Dem), defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
Cheryl
C. Farmer, elected unopposed.
2002 Nov 5:
Cheryl
C. Farmer, elected;
Lois
E. Richardson (Dem), defeated.
2006 Aug 8:
Paul
T. Schreiber (Dem), nominated;
Steve
Pierce (Dem), defeated in primary;
Lois
E. Richardson (Dem), defeated in primary.
2006 Nov 7:
Paul
T. Schreiber (Dem), elected unopposed.
2010 Aug 3:
Paul
T. Schreiber (Dem), nominated;
Peter
J. Murdock (Dem), defeated in primary.
2010 Nov 2:
Paul
T. Schreiber (Dem), elected;
Jeff
Davis, defeated;
Kevin
Hill, defeated.
2014 Aug 5:
Amanda
Maria Edmonds (Dem), nominated;
Peter
J. Murdock (Dem), defeated in primary;
Tyrone
Bridges (Dem), defeated in primary.
2014 Nov 4:
Amanda
Maria Edmonds (Dem), elected;
Steven
James Taylor, defeated.
Village Presidents of Ypsilanti, 1832-58 (may be
incomplete!)
John
Gilbert 1832-34
Abel
Godard 1834-36
Grove
Spencer 1836-37
Henry
Compton 1837-38
Abram
Voorhees 1838-39
Levi
J. Hull 1839-40
Walter
B. Hewitt 1840-41
Abram
Voorhees 1841-43
Abraham
Craddock 1843-44
Thomas
M. Town 1844-45
C.
H. Van Cleve 1845-47
Arden
H. Ballard 1847-50
George
M. Osborn 1850-52
Delos
Showerman 1852-56
Arden
H. Ballard 1856-58
Postmasters at Ypsilanti, 1871-1987 (may be
incomplete!)
Daniel
B. Green as of 1871
Clinton
Spencer as of 1873-81
F.
L. Stewart as of 1887
Martin
Cremer as of 1891
Harlow
D. Wells as of 1901
Wesley
M. Dawson 1949-50
Wesley
M. Dawson 1950-64
Simon
P. Eaglin 1964-68
Simon
P. Eaglin 1968-87
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