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Mayors and Postmasters of Sedalia, Missouri

Mayors of Sedalia, 1864-2023 (may be incomplete!)
George Rappeen Smith 1864 James G. Tesch 1864-65 E. W. Washburn 1865 F. L. Parker 1865-66 John F. Philips 1866-67 Henry Suess 1867-68 Bacon Montgomery 1868-69 Albert Parker 1869-70 William P. Jackson 1870-71 Thomas J. Montgomery 1871-72 George W. Cummings 1872-73 R. T. Miller 1873-74 William H. H. Hill 1874-75 Norman Maltby 1875-76 David Blocher 1876-77 Logan Clark 1877-78 George L. Faulhaber 1878-80 E. C. Evans 1880-81 Frank Craycroft 1881-82 Charles E. Messerly 1882-84 John B. Rickman 1884-86 E. W. Stevens 1886-88 John D. Crawford 1888-90 E. W. Stevens 1890-94 P. D. Hastain 1894-98 W. C. Overstreet 1898-1900 Samuel K. Crawford 1900-01 J. L. Babcock 1901-06 John A. Collins 1906-08 J. L. Babcock 1908-10 J. W. Mellor 1910-12 F. L. Ludemann 1912-14 J. L. Babcock 1914-18 A. L. Baumgartner 1918-20 Frank F. Hatton 1920-24 J. L. Babcock 1924-28 Omer B. Poundstone 1928-30 Sidney B. Kennon 1930-32 Wilmer Steeples 1932-34 Omer B. Poundstone 1934-35 Julian H. Bagby 1935-42 Alonzo H. Wilks 1942-46 Julian H. Bagby 1946-50 Herbert E. Studer 1950-53 Elmer C. Sumners 1953-54 Julian H. Bagby 1954-58 Abe Silverman 1958-62 L. L. Studer 1962-66 Ralph H. Walker 1966-70 Jerry N. Jones 1970-76 Allen L. Hawkins 1976-82 Larry G. Foster 1982-88 Steven J. Dust 1989-91 Jane Gray 1991-2002 Robert E. Wasson 2002-09 Elaine Horn 2009-14 Stephen J. Galliher 2014-18 John Kehde 2018-22 Andrew Dawson 2022-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1865: E. W. Washburn, resigned.
  • 1901 Jun 29: Samuel K. Crawford, died in office.
  • 1926 Apr 6: J. L. Babcock (Rep), elected; James N. Wilkerson (Dem), defeated.
  • 1928 Apr 3: Omer B. Poundstone (Dem), elected; J. L. Babcock (Rep), defeated.
  • 1930 Apr 1: Sidney B. Kennon (Dem), elected; J. L. Babcock (Rep), defeated.
  • 1932 Apr 5: Wilmer Steeples (Rep), elected; A. J. Campbell (Dem), defeated.
  • 1934 Apr 3: Omer B. Poundstone (Dem), elected; E. M. Sheldon (Rep), defeated.
  • 1935: Omer B. Poundstone, resigned.
  • 1936 Apr 7: Julian H. Bagby (Dem), elected; John W. Palmer (Rep), defeated.
  • 1938 Apr 5: Julian H. Bagby (Dem), elected; A. E. Monroe (Rep), defeated.
  • 1942 Apr 7: Alonzo H. Wilks (Rep), elected; Julian H. Bagby (Dem), defeated.
  • 1946 Apr 2: Julian H. Bagby (Dem), elected; Alonzo H. Wilks (Rep), defeated.
  • 1950 Apr 4: Herbert E. Studer (Rep), elected; Wilbert C. Askew (Dem), defeated.
  • 1953 Nov 2: Herbert E. Studer, resigned.
  • 1954 Apr 6: Julian H. Bagby (Dem), elected; John Lamy (Rep), defeated.
  • 1958 Apr 1: Abe Silverman (Citizens), elected; Julian H. Bagby (Dem), defeated; Aaron Haller (Rep), defeated.
  • 1962 Apr 3: L. L. Studer (Rep), elected; Julian H. Bagby (Dem), defeated.
  • 1966 Apr 5: Ralph H. Walker (Rep), elected; James A. Schumaker (Dem), defeated.
  • 1970 Apr 7: Jerry N. Jones (Rep), elected; Palmer R. Nichols (Dem), defeated; Ray Simons (Ind), defeated; Jim Robinson (Ind), defeated.
  • 1974 Apr 2: Jerry N. Jones (Rep), elected; George Thompson (Dem), defeated; Charles Lee (Ind), defeated.
  • 1976: Jerry N. Jones, resigned.
  • 1988: Larry G. Foster, resigned.
  • 2002 Apr 2: Robert E. Wasson, elected; Jane Gray, defeated.
  • 2006: Robert E. Wasson, elected.
  • 2009 Apr 24: Robert E. Wasson, died in office.
  • 2010 Apr 6: Elaine Horn, elected; Terry Cockrell, defeated.
  • 2014 Apr 8: Stephen J. Galliher, elected; Allen L. Hawkins, defeated.
  • 2018 Apr 3: John Kehde, elected; Stephen J. Galliher, defeated; Kevin C. Walker, defeated.
  • 2022 Apr 5: Andrew Dawson, elected unopposed.

    Postmasters at Sedalia, 1887-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    D. Russell as of 1887 John M. Glenn as of 1901

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