The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Independence, Missouri

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Mayors and Postmasters of Independence, Missouri

Mayors of Independence, 1849-2022 (may be incomplete!)
William McCoy 1849 J. R. Palmer 1850 Porter McClanahan 1851 Jess Henry 1851 Abram Comingo 1852 A. E. Tyree 1853 Thomas J. Shaw 1854 George R. Hotsenpiller 1855-56 Abram Comingo 1857 W. L. Bone 1858 George R. Hotsenpiller 1859-60 John K. Stark 1861 George R. Hotsenpiller 1862-64 William Peacock 1865 Peter Kinters 1866-67 J. H. Slover 1868 Benjamin Franklin Wallace 1869 J. H. Slover 1870 V. M. Hobbs 1871-72 Porter McClanahan 1873 Robert Weston 1874 John W. Perry 1875-76 E. A. Hickman 1877 Horace Sheley 1878 W. A. Cunningham 1879 O. H. Mitchell 1880-81 James Peacock 1882-84 Thomas C. Caldwell 1885-88 William S. Flournoy 1889 Cornell Crysler 1890-91 Joseph W. Mercer 1892-93 P. H. Grinter 1894-95 Alden C. Millard 1896-97 Samuel H. Woodson 1898-1901 Reese W. McCurdy 1902-03 P. H. Grinter 1904-05 J. Allen Prewitt 1906-07 Llewellyn Jones 1908-11 Christian Ott 1912-20 William Stewart McCoy 1920-21 Charles D. Capelle 1922-23 Roger T. Sermon 1924-50 Renick Jones 1950 Robert P. Weatherford, Jr. 1950-58 William Sermon 1958-61 Arch G. Campbell 1961-62 L. F. P. Curry 1962-66 Donald Slusher 1966-70 Phil K. Weeks 1970-74 Richard A. King 1974-78 E. Lee Comer, Jr. 1978-82 Barbara J. Potts 1982-90 William Carpenter 1990-94 Ron Stewart 1994-2006 Don B. Reimal 2006-14 Eileen Weir 2014-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1849 Jul 18: William McCoy, elected.

1950 Jan 23: Roger T. Sermon, died in office.

1961 Oct 7: William Sermon, resigned.

Postmasters at Independence, 1827-1975 (may be incomplete!)
Lilburn W. Boggs 1827-31 Jones H. Flournoy 1831-36 Richard Fristoe 1836-41 Cincinnatus W. Bowyer 1841-43 James McGill 1843-45 George W. Buchanan 1845-48 James Patton 1848-49 George R. Hotsenpiller 1849-53 William F. Deweber 1853-54 Porter McClanahan 1854-61 William L. Pynchon 1861-65 George R. Hotsenpiller 1865-66 John P. Thomas 1866-69 John R. Swearingen 1869-73 Cornell Crysler 1873-85 William Groesbeeck 1885-89 Thomas James 1889-94 Charles W. Brady 1894-98 George W. Coakley 1898-1900 William Bostian 1900-13 Charles W. Brady 1913-22 Jesse L. Martin 1922-26 Herman H. Reick 1926-35 Edgar G. Hinde 1935 Edgar G. Hinde 1935-60 James C. Creighton 1960-61 Edgar G. Hinde, Jr. 1961 Edgar G. Hinde, Jr. 1961-75

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