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Mayors and Postmasters of Chillicothe, Missouri

Mayors of Chillicothe, 1871-1981 (may be incomplete!)
Elbridge J. Broaddus as of 1871-72 J. O. Trumbo 1875-76 Henry M. Pollard 1876-77 F. W. Trent 1877-78 W. E. Gunby 1878-79 J. T. Johnson 1879-80 Henry Hatch 1880-81 John W. Butner 1881-84 Archibald McVey 1884-85 William E. Crellin 1885-86 James L. Buford 1886-87 Moses Alexander 1887-88 John L. Schmitz 1888-89 David Gordon 1889-90 Elbridge J. Broaddus 1890-91 Charles F. Stewart 1891-92 Frederick H. Hoppe 1892-93 John T. Milbank 1893-94 W. H. Booth 1894-95 Wadsworth D. Leeper 1895-96 Frank S. Miller 1896-97 Isaac Hirsh 1897-99 Robert S. Hall 1899-1900 Thomas J. Hoge 1900-01 Isaac Hirsh 1901-03 W. W. Edgerton 1903-05 Isaac Hirsh 1905-07 Charles F. Adams 1907-09 John H. Taylor 1909-11 Chris Boehner 1911-13 Stephen Hawkins 1913-17 L. A. Chapman 1917-19 Burdette V. Gill 1919-21 Frank Ashby 1921-23 A. R. Coburn 1923-25 William Scruby 1925-27 Harry H. Pardonner 1927-31 John H. Taylor 1931-33 William A. Rensch 1933-35 G. C. Carnahan 1935-39 Murray N. Windle 1939-43 Beal Shaw 1943-44 J. Rex Donovan 1944-45 Frank C. Lang 1945-47 Oscar O. Cooke 1947-49 Robert A. Staton 1949-53 R. B. 'Dick' Taylor 1953-63 Louis H. Stein 1963-65 Frank C. Lang 1965-67 Woodrow W. Kline 1967-71 Roy Rodebaugh 1971-73 Ralph L. Moore 1973-75 Mary E. Smith 1975-77 Cecil Campbell 1977-79 J. T. Oliver 1979-81

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1890 May 5: Elbridge J. Broaddus (Dem), elected; Frank Scruby (Rep), defeated.
  • 1891 May 4: Charles F. Stewart (Rep), elected; Elbridge J. Broaddus (Dem), defeated.
  • 1892 May 3: Frederick H. Hoppe, elected.
  • 1893 May 2: John T. Milbank (Dem), elected.
  • 1943 May 3: Beal Shaw (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1944 Jul 31: Beal Shaw, resigned.
  • 1945 May 7: Frank C. Lang (Dem), elected; Luster Carter (Rep), defeated.

    Postmasters at Chillicothe, 1839-1982 (may be incomplete!)
    John Graves 1839 Andrew J. Ellis 1839 Albinus W. Hart 1839-40 Charles Moore 1840-41 Novazembla Johnson 1841-46 Amos Bargdoll 1846-50 William C. Samuel 1850-56 John C. Hill 1856-57 John S. Williams 1857 Thomas B. Jones 1857-61 Benjamin Berry 1861-62 A. S. Hughes 1862-63 Benjamin Berry 1863-65 Howard S. Harbaugh 1865 John Gibson 1865-66 William McIlwrath 1866-69 John M. Voris 1869-71 Eli J. Marsh 1871-85 Benjamin B. Smith 1885-89 John W. Toppass 1889-93 Sherman M. Smith 1893-98 Benjamin F. Beazell 1898-1903 John L. Schmitz 1903-15 John H. Taylor 1915-21 Harry D. McHolland 1921 Harry D. McHolland 1921-26 John M. Gallatin 1926-34 Joseph D. Stewart 1934-35 Joseph D. Stewart 1935-61 Griffith E. Benson 1961-63 Griffith E. Benson 1963-82

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