The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Mayors and Postmasters of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Mayors of Oklahoma City, 1889-2013 (may be incomplete!)
William L. Couch 1889 Andrew J. Beale 1889-90 D. W. Gibbs 1890 W. J. Gault 1890-92 Oscar A. Mitscher 1892-94 Nelson Button 1894-96 Charles G. Jones 1896-97 J. P. Allen 1897-99 Lee Van Winkle 1899-1901 Charles G. Jones 1901-03 Lee Van Winkle 1903-05 J. F. Messenbaugh 1905-07 Henry M. Scales 1907-10 Dan V. Lackey 1910-11 Whit M. Grant 1911-15 Edward Overholser 1915-18 Byron D. Shear 1918-19 Jack C. Walton 1919-23 Mike Donnelly 1923 Otto A. Cargill 1923-27 Walter C. Dean 1927-31 Clarence J. Blinn 1931-33 Tom McGee 1933-35 J. Frank Martin 1935-39 Robert A. Hefner 1939-47 Allen Street 1947-59 James H. Norick 1959-63 Jack S. Wilkes 1963-64 George H. Shirk 1964-67 James H. Norick 1967-71 Patience Latting 1971-83 Andrew Coats 1983-87 Ronald J. Norick 1987-98 Kirk Humphreys 1998-2003 Guy Liebmann 2003-04 Mick Cornett 2004-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1889 Nov 11: William L. Couch, resigned.

1890: W. J. Gault, elected; Henry Overholser, defeated.

1903 Apr 7: Lee Van Winkle (Dem), elected.

1910 Apr 11: Henry M. Scales, resigned.

1915: Edward Overholser, elected; William D. Gault, defeated.

1919: Jack C. Walton, elected.

1998: Kirk Humphreys, elected.

2002: Kirk Humphreys, elected.

2003 Nov 3: Kirk Humphreys, resigned.

Postmasters at Oklahoma City, 1887-1972 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel H. Radebaugh 1887-89 James McGranahan 1889 George A. Beidler 1889-94 John A. Flattery 1894-97 George A. Beidler 1897-98 Samuel Murphy 1898-1903 Elmer E. Brown 1903-11 Harlan G. Eastman 1911-15 Claude Weaver 1915-23 Elma Eylar 1923-24 William G. Johnston 1924-36 Frank L. Pierce 1936-37 Joe S. Morris 1937-44 Frederick M. Shaw 1944-50 Leroy W. Hamilton 1950 Frederick M. Shaw 1950-51 Frederick M. Shaw 1951-58 Frank E. Barr 1958 Henry D. Friend 1958-61 Norval W. Woodworth 1961 John H. McCasland 1961-62 John H. McCasland 1962-72

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