The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Fargo, North Dakota

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Mayors and Postmasters of Fargo, North Dakota

Mayors of Fargo, 1875-2014 (may be incomplete!)
George Egbert 1875-76 Evan S. Tyler 1876-77 George Egbert 1877-80 Jasper B. Chapin 1880-82 William A. Kindred 1882-83 Woodford A. Yerxa 1883-85 John A. Johnson 1885-86 Charles Scott 1886-87 Alanson W. Edwards 1887-88 Seth Newman 1888-90 Wilbur F. Ball 1890-92 Emerson H. Smith 1892-94 Wilbur F. Ball 1894-96 John A. Johnson 1896-1902 William D. Sweet 1902-04 Aurelius L. Wall 1904-05 John A. Johnson 1906-07 Peter Elliott 1907-10 Vernon R. Lovell 1910-12 William D. Smith 1912-13 Henry F. Emery 1913-17 Alex Stern 1917-21 Hamilton W. Geary 1921-25 John H. Dahl 1925-29 Alf T. Lynner 1929-33 Fred O. Olsen 1933-46 Charles A. Dawson 1946-50 Murray A. Baldwin 1950-54 Herschel Lashkowitz 1954-74 Richard A. Hentges 1974-78 Jon Lindgren 1978-94 Bruce Furness 1994-2006 Dennis R. Walaker 2006-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1876: Evan S. Tyler, elected.

1887 Apr 8: Alanson W. Edwards, elected.

1890 Mar 24: Seth Newman, resigned.

1907 Jun 14: John A. Johnson, died in office.

1974: Herschel Lashkowitz, defeated.

2006 Jun 13: Dennis R. Walaker, elected.

2010 Jun 8: Dennis R. Walaker, elected; Lenny Tweeden, defeated; Robert Gates, defeated; Ahmed Haji, defeated.

2014 Jun 10: Dennis R. Walaker, elected; Brad Wimmer, defeated.

Postmasters at Fargo, 1889-1971 (may be incomplete!)
William G. Judd 1889-92 John J. Jordan 1892-94 Joseph J. Hughes 1894-98 Almon L. Loomis 1898-1903 Ernest C. Eddy 1903-07 Horatio C. Plumley 1907-15 George W. Wilkinson 1915-18 Charles F. Alfred 1918 John P. Hardy 1918-23 Hugh C. Corrigan 1923-35 Winfield S. Hooper 1935 Winfield S. Hooper 1935-48 Wilda Bridgeford 1948-51 Donald C. Fraser 1951-71

Fargo

Postmasters at Fargo, 1872-89 (may be incomplete!)
Gordon J. Keeney 1872-73 Walter D. Maddocks 1873-75 Edway A. Grant 1875-83 Noah N. Tyner 1883-87 William G. Judd 1887-89

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