The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Springfield, Missouri

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Mayors and Postmasters of Springfield, Missouri

Mayors of Springfield, 1847-2016 (may be incomplete!)
A. Maurice 1847-49 Joseph Burden 1849-51 Warren Graves 1852-56 H. S. Chenoweth 1856 J. S. Kimbrough 1857 Sempronius H. Boyd 1858-60 J. W. Mack 1860-61 Benjamin Kite 1865-66 James H. Creighton 1866 R. B. Owen 1867 J. B. Dexter 1868 William E. Gilmore 1869-70 L. H. Murray 1871-72 Jonathan Fairbanks 1872-73 John McGregor 1873-74 John W. Lisenby 1874-75 Joseph J. Weaver 1875-76 W. A. Hall 1876-77 Homer F. Fellows 1877-79 Joseph McAdoo 1879-80 Marzavan J. Rountree 1880-81 James Abbott 1881-82 George Sale Day 1882-83 John McGregor 1883-84 Ralph Walker 1884-86 J. S. Atkinson 1887-88 Ralph Walker 1888-90 E. D. Parce 1890-94 Jeremiah Fenton 1894-96 V. S. Bartlett 1896-98 W. A. Hall 1898-1900 Ralph Walker 1900-02 J. E. Mellette 1902-04 Ben E. Meyer 1904-06 James Blain 1906-08 Louis P. Ernst 1908-10 Robert E. Lee 1910-12 George Culler 1912-14 Thomas K. Bowman 1914-16 J. J. Gideon 1916-20 W. E. Freeman 1920-28 Thomas H. Gideon 1928-32 Harry D. Durst 1932-40 Harry B. Carr 1940-48 Otis L. Barbarick 1948-51 J. Oliver Gideon 1952 Nathan Karchmer 1952-53 W. L. English 1953-55 Warren M. Turner 1955-57 J. B. Wann 1957-59 David C. Scott 1959-62 E. L. Anderson 1962-67 Carl Stillwell 1967-72 Jim Payne 1972-78 Paul Redfearn 1978-81 Harry C. Strawn 1981-83 George Scruggs 1983-87 Thomas J. Carlson 1988-93 N. L. McCartney 1993-95 Leland Gannaway 1995-98 Thomas J. Carlson 1999 Leland Gannaway 1999-2001 Thomas J. Carlson 2001-09 Jim O'Neal 2009-12 Robert Stephens 2012-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

2012 May 7: Jim O'Neal, resigned.

Postmasters at Springfield, 1834-1981 (may be incomplete!)
John Polk Campbell 1834-36 Junius T. Campbell 1836-41 Thomas Shannon 1841 William B. Farmer 1841-45 Robert J. McElhany 1845-49 Peter Apperson 1849 William B. Farmer 1849-52 Calley B. Holland 1852-53 Archibald F. Ingram 1853-54 William Jones 1854-55 Joseph Burden 1855 Nathan Robinson 1855-61 Benjamin Kite 1861-64 Jacob B. Winger 1864-66 Marcus M. Boyd 1866 Permilia C. Stevens 1867-77 Edward R. Shipley 1877-85 William H. Pipkin 1885-90 James Abbott 1890-94 Thomas C. Love 1894-98 Jeremiah Fenton 1898-1902 Jesse B. Ross 1902-10 Elmer E. E. McJimsey 1910-14 Obadiah C. Mitchell 1914-21 George W. Hendrickson 1921-34 Clyde W. Greenwade 1934-35 Clyde W. Greenwade 1935-52 J. Howard Hannah 1952-53 C. Arch Bay 1953-54 C. Arch Bay 1954-81

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1866 Nov 30: Marcus M. Boyd, died in office.

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Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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