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Mayors and Postmasters of Circleville, Ohio


Mayors of Circleville, 1853-2023 (may be incomplete!)
Z. R. Martin 1853-54 John Boyer 1855-56 Z. R. Martin 1857-58 J. B. Evans 1858 Alfred Williams 1859-60 Jason Case 1861-66 John Walke 1867-68 John N. Brunner 1869-72 George Miller 1873-74 Jason Case 1875-76 Israel P. Todd 1877-80 Abram Millet 1881-84 J. Wheeler Lowe 1885-88 W. E. Bolin 1889-90 J. Wheeler Lowe 1891-92 Lee M. Hammel 1893-97 W. C. Rowe 1897-1901 G. R. Haswell 1901-07 C. G. Duffy 1908-11 J. C. Goeller, Sr. 1912-13 Emanuel C. Friece 1914-15 J. C. Goeller, Sr. 1916-19 G. M. Fitzpatrick 1920-21 H. C. Renick 1922-26 G. M. Fitzpatrick 1927-31 Benton Hedges 1932-33 William Cady 1933-35 William Graham 1936-37 William Cady 1938-41 Ben Gordon 1942-48 Thurman I. Miller 1949-51 Edward M. Amey 1952-53 Robert Hedges 1954-57 Ben Gordon 1958-61 Richard Penn 1962-63 Ben Gordon 1964-67 Richard Gerhardt 1968-71 Frank Barnhill 1972-79 John Jenkins 1980-87 Michael E. Logan 1988-91 Thomas Royster 1992-95 Patricia Radabaugh 1996-99 Ron E. Wunsch 2000-03 Jean R. Droste 2004-07 Chuck Taylor 2008-11 Donald R. McIlroy 2012-


Postmasters at Circleville, 1816-1901 (may be incomplete!)
Peter Apple as of 1816 Samuel Marfield, Jr. as of 1881 G. A. Wilder as of 1887 W. R. Duvall as of 1901


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