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Wooster, Ohio
Mayors, Postmasters, U.S. Land Office officials


Mayors of Wooster, 1853-2024 (may be incomplete!)
Solomon R. Bonewitz 1853-54 William Childs 1855 Isaac N. Jones 1856 Neal McCoy 1857-58 Abraham Sabolt, Jr. 1859 John H. Kauke 1860-61 George K. Rex 1862 Robert R. Donnelly 1863 George W. Henshaw 1865 James Curry 1866 Andrew Wright 1867 Reasin B. Spink 1868 Charles S. Frost 1869-71 Joseph C. Plumer 1871-73 James Henry 1873-75 Owen A. Wilhelm 1875-77 Hiram B. Swartz 1877-81 Dennis W. Kimber 1881-85 Lemuel Jeffries 1885-87 James R. Woodworth 1887-93 Lemuel Jeffries 1893-99 Robert J. Smith 1899-1905 Marcus M. VanNest 1905-11 George A. Fisher 1917-21 Marcus R. Limb 1921-23 Jesse W. Ebert 1929-31 William L. Long 1934-39 Ralph E. Fisher 1940-48 Francis W. Hillen 1949-50 John P. Grassbaugh 1950-53 J. Edwin Johnson 1954-60 William Lytle 1961 Jack Lester 1962-63 Raleigh E. Cuthbertson 1965-68 Paul Tilford 1969-71 Roy P. Stype 1972-78 Robert Anderson 1978-79 Margaret Demorest 1980-83 J. Clyde Breneman 1984-94 William Patterson 1994-95 James A. Howey 1996-2007 Judi Mitten 2007 Robert F. Breneman 2008-23 Robert J. Reynolds 2024-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1933 Nov 7: William L. Long (Rep), elected.
  • 1950 Nov 16: Francis W. Hillen, died in office.
  • 1961 May 2: Jack Lester (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1961 Nov 8: Jack Lester (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1978 Dec 15: Roy P. Stype, resigned.
  • 1979 Jun 5: David Broehl (Dem), nominated; Donald Mortimer (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1979 Jun 5: Margaret Demorest (Rep), nominated; Robert Miller (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1979 Nov 6: Margaret Demorest (Rep), elected; David Broehl (Dem), defeated.
  • 1983 Jun 7: William B. Bostancic (Dem), nominated; William R. Dugan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1983 Nov 8: J. Clyde Breneman (Rep), elected; William B. Bostancic (Dem), defeated.
  • 1987 Nov 3: J. Clyde Breneman (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1991 Nov 5: J. Clyde Breneman (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1994 Sep 30: J. Clyde Breneman, resigned.
  • 1995 May 2: James A. Howey (Rep), nominated; Lud Huck (Rep), defeated in primary; Robert M. Holland (Rep), defeated in primary; Tom Hickman (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1995 Nov 7: James A. Howey (Rep), elected; Jon Ulbright (Dem), defeated; Robert Henery (Ind), defeated; Larry Kelly (Ind), defeated.
  • 2007 Apr 17: James A. Howey, died in office.


    Postmasters at Wooster, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    T. L. Flattery as of 1901


    Registers of U.S. Land Office at Wooster, 1816-27 (may be incomplete!)
    Reasin Beall as of 1816-23 Cyrus Spink as of 1825-27


    Receivers of U.S. Land Office at Wooster, 1816 (may be incomplete!)
    John Sloane as of 1816


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