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Mayors of Norwood, Ohio


Mayors of Norwood, 1927-2003 (may be incomplete!)
Harry H. Baker 1927- Allen C. Roudebush 1934-43 Frank J. Ward as of 1944-47 R. Edward Tepe as of 1948-56 Joseph W. Shea, Jr. as of 1958-71 Donald E. Prues as of 1976-83 Joseph E. Sanker as of 1984-91 Joseph J. Hochbein as of 1996-99

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1933 Nov 7: Allen C. Roudebush (Dem), elected.
  • 1937 Aug 10: Allen C. Roudebush (Dem), nominated; Alvin L. Muckerheide (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1937 Aug 10: Harold L. Hilton (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1937 Nov 2: Allen C. Roudebush (Dem), elected; Harold L. Hilton (Rep), defeated; James T. Marsh, defeated.
  • 1939 Nov 7: Allen C. Roudebush (Dem), elected; Fred C. Schlueter (Rep), defeated; Herman Buse (Ind), defeated.
  • 1941 Nov 4: Allen C. Roudebush (Dem), elected; Walter N. Lindsay (Rep), defeated; Louis H. Nolte, defeated.
  • 1943 Nov 2: Frank J. Ward (Rep), elected; Allen C. Roudebush (Dem), defeated.
  • 1945 Nov 6: Frank J. Ward (Rep), elected; R. Edward Tepe (Dem), defeated.
  • 1947 Nov 4: R. Edward Tepe (Dem), elected; Frank J. Ward (Rep), defeated.
  • 1949 Nov 8: R. Edward Tepe (Dem), elected; William E. Chester (Rep), defeated.
  • 1951 May 8: John E. Manthey (Rep), nominated; Frank J. Ward (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1951 Nov 6: R. Edward Tepe (Dem), elected; John E. Manthey (Rep), defeated.
  • 1953 Nov 3: R. Edward Tepe (Dem), elected; William R. Wiggeringloh (Rep), defeated.
  • 1955 Nov 8: R. Edward Tepe (Dem), elected; William E. Chester (Rep), defeated.
  • 1957 Nov 5: Joseph W. Shea, Jr. (Dem), elected; Frank J. Ward (Rep), defeated.
  • 1959 Nov 3: Joseph W. Shea, Jr. (Dem), elected; George L. Buttafoco (Rep), defeated.
  • 1961 Nov 7: Joseph W. Shea, Jr. (Dem), elected; Van B. Retallick (Rep), defeated.
  • 1963 May 7: Joseph W. Shea, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Joseph W. Shea, Jr. (Dem), elected; Robert A. Beckstedt (Rep), defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Joseph W. Shea, Jr. (Dem), elected; David E. Bassett (Rep), defeated.
  • 1967 Nov 7: Joseph W. Shea, Jr. (Dem), elected; David E. Bassett (Rep), defeated.
  • 1971 Nov 2: Joseph W. Shea, Jr. (Dem), elected; Donald E. Prues (Rep), defeated; Gerald D. Owens (Ind), defeated; Harold Daehler Hayes (Ind), defeated.
  • 1975 Nov 4: Donald E. Prues (Rep), elected; W. Carl Tepe (Dem), defeated; Gerald D. Owens (Ind), defeated.
  • 1979 Nov 6: Donald E. Prues (Rep), elected; William R. Tepe, Jr. (Dem), defeated.
  • 1983 Nov 8: Joseph E. Sanker (Dem), elected; Donald E. Prues (Rep), defeated; Vernon Sennett, Jr., defeated.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Joseph E. Sanker (Dem), elected; Earl W. Green (Rep), defeated; Gerald D. Owens, defeated.
  • 1991 Nov 5: Joseph E. Sanker (Dem), elected; Earl W. Green (Rep), defeated.
  • 1995 Nov 7: Joseph J. Hochbein (Rep), elected; Steven A. Schad (Dem), defeated; Mary Lee Beckstedt (Ind), defeated.
  • 1999 Nov 2: Joseph J. Hochbein (Rep), elected; Thomas F. Williams (Dem), defeated; Ron Wallace, Sr. (Ind), defeated.
  • 2003 Nov 4: Thomas F. Williams (Dem), elected; Victor Schneider (Rep), defeated.
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