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Mayors and Postmasters of Cape Girardeau, Missouri


Mayors of Cape Girardeau, 1843-2018 (may be incomplete!)
E. Mason 1843-44 George Washington Juden, Sr. 1844 E. Mason 1844-46 Thomas Johnston 1846-49 Patrick H. Davis 1849-51 Alfred T. Lacey 1851-52 Thomas Baldwin 1852-53 John C. Watson 1853-54 Amasa Alton 1854-55 C. T. Gale 1855-57 John Ivers, Jr. 1857-60 John Albert 1860-62 George H. Cramer 1862-67 George C. Thilenius 1867-73 Edward D. Engleman 1873-77 Leon Joseph Albert 1877-79 George H. Cramer 1879-86 Leon Joseph Albert 1886-91 Harlan P. Pieronnet 1891-95 William H. Coerver 1895-1901 John D. Porterfield 1901-03 Rodney Gayso Whitelaw 1903-05 William H. Coerver 1905-07 Warren C. Patton 1907-09 Merit E. Leming 1909-11 Frederick A. Kage 1911-17 William Hirsch 1917-18 Henry H. Haas 1918-21 James A. Barks 1921-30 Edward L. Drum 1930-36 Charles G. Wilson 1936-38 Edward L. Drum 1938-40 W. Hinkle Statler 1940-43 Raymond E. Beckman 1943-48 Walter H. Ford 1948-52 Manning P. Greer 1952-54 Narvol A. Randol 1954-56 Walter H. Ford 1956-64 Waddy E. Davis 1964-65 Charles A. Hood 1965-66 J. Ronald Fischer 1966-67 J. Hugh Logan 1967-68 A. Robert Price 1968-69 Ivan L. Irvin 1969-70 Howard C. Tooke 1970-78 Paul W. Stehr 1978-81 Howard C. Tooke 1981-86 Francis E. Rhodes 1986-94 Albert M. Spradling III 1994-2002 Jay Knudtson 2002-10 Harry Rediger 2010-18 Bob Fox 2018-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1844: George Washington Juden, Sr., died in office.
  • 1907 Apr 2: Warren C. Patton, elected.
  • 1915 Apr 6: Frederick A. Kage, elected; J. W. Phillips, defeated; Otto Kochtitzky, defeated.
  • 1917 Apr 3: William Hirsch (People's), elected; Frederick A. Kage (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1920: Henry H. Haas, elected.
  • 1934 Apr 3: Edward L. Drum, elected; Henry H. Haas, defeated.
  • 1936 Apr 7: Charles G. Wilson, elected.
  • 1940 Apr 2: W. Hinkle Statler, elected; Edward L. Drum, defeated.
  • 1944 Apr 4: Raymond E. Beckman, elected; Edward L. Drum, defeated.
  • 1948 Apr 6: Walter H. Ford, elected.
  • 1956 Apr 3: Narvol A. Randol, elected; C. C. Feverston, defeated.


    Postmasters at Cape Girardeau, 1806-1970 (may be incomplete!)
    Joseph McFerron 1806-17 Jonas N. Menefee 1817-22 Daniel F. Steinbeck 1822-25 Levi L. Lightner 1825-36 Patrick H. Davis 1836 Ignatius R. Wathen 1836-39 William H. McKnight 1839-41 William W. Braly 1841-43 George L. Porter 1843-45 Welton O. Bannon 1845-47 William H. Yale 1847-61 William S. Watson 1861-63 Louis F. Klostermann 1863-80 William W. Norman 1880-82 August Bierwirth 1882-86 Samuel S. Harris 1886-88 Charles G. Juden 1888-90 George H. Cramer 1890-92 Oscar Cramer 1892-97 William V. Leech 1897-99 August Bierwirth 1899-1903 Edward W. Flentge 1903-16 Thomas J. Juden 1916-21 Henry H. Haas 1921-34 Nat M. Snider 1934-54 Aquilla S. Reed 1954-57 Theodore R. Regenhardt 1957 Theodore R. Regenhardt 1957-70

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