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Mayors and Postmasters of Meridian, Mississippi

Mayors of Meridian, 1859-2012 (may be incomplete!)
J. J. Gibbs 1859-65 John Armstrong 1865-66 R. L. Henderson 1866-67 William Cathey 1867-70 William Sturges 1870-71 John W. Smith 1871 Grafton Baker 1871 B. T. Rush 1871 W. P. Evans 1871-73 C. N. Wilcox 1873-74 E. V. Early 1874-75 W. W. Shearer 1875-78 J. T. Taylor 1878-82 Thomas H. Griffin 1882-93 E. H. Dial 1893-1901 E. E. Spinks 1901-03 James Henry Rivers 1903-09 John Woods Parker 1909-17 John Milton Dabney 1917-21 John Woods Parker 1921-23 William Henry Owen 1923-33 Clint Vinson 1933-45 Frank L. Jacobs 1945-49 Laurence B. Paine 1949-53 William S. Smylie 1953-57 James C. Downey, Jr. 1957-61 Henry D. Burns 1961-65 Algene Key 1965-73 Tom Stuart 1973-77 Alfred Rosenbaum 1977-85 Jimmy Kemp 1985-93 John Robert Smith 1993-2009 Cheri Barry 2009-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1871: Grafton Baker, died in office.
  • 1878: W. W. Shearer, died in office.
  • 1882: J. T. Taylor, died in office.
  • 1923: John Woods Parker, died in office.

    Postmasters at Meridian, 1854-1986 (may be incomplete!)
    Alfred Beck 1854-57 William F. Brown 1857-58 Alfred Beck 1858-60 Richard L. Hill 1860 Noah T. Beaman 1860-61 Joshua R. Smith 1865-72 Robert E. Leachman 1872-80 Joshua R. Smith 1880-82 William M. Hancock 1882-85 James J. Shannon 1885-89 William M. Hancock 1889-91 Mary J. Hancock 1891-94 Isaac R. McElroy 1894-97 Edwin J. Martin 1897-99 Andrew J. Hyde 1899-1908 William J. Price 1908-13 Frank W. Williams 1913 Sidney J. Ferguson 1913-17 Bolivar F. Hyde 1917-22 Charles J. Hyde 1922-31 Allan McCants 1931-35 Samuel A. Witherspoon 1935 Samuel A. Witherspoon 1935-39 Bayard K. Culpeper 1939-50 C. Herman Sharp 1950-55 William D. Kenneday 1955 William D. Kenneday 1955-57 Frank Semmes Kennedy, Jr. 1957-59 Frank Semmes Kennedy, Jr. 1959-86

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