The Political Graveyard: Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Mayors, Postmasters, Village Presidents

Mayors of Sioux Falls, 1889-2010 (may be incomplete!)
Warner E. Willey 1889-90 Porter P. Peck 1890-94 Roy Williams 1894-96 A. H. Stites 1896-98 Burre H. Lien 1898-1900 George W. Burnside 1900-06 Frank W. Pillsbury 1906-08 W. T. Doolittle 1908-09 George W. Burnside 1909-24 Thomas M. McKinnon 1924-29 George W. Burnside 1929-34 A. N. Graff 1934-39 John T. McKee 1939-42 Joseph S. Nelson 1942 C. M. Whitfield 1942-49 Henry B. Saure 1949-54 Fay Wheeldon 1954-61 V. L. Cruisenberry 1961-67 Earl McCart 1967-68 M. E. 'Mike' Schirmer 1968-74 Rick W. Knobe 1974-84 Joe Cooper 1984-86 Jack White 1986-94 Gary Hanson 1994-2002 Dave Munson 2002-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1942 Aug 31: John T. McKee, died in office.

1967 Dec 12: V. L. Cruisenberry, died in office.

Postmasters at Sioux Falls, 1889-1971 (may be incomplete!)
Benjamin F. Campbell 1889-94 Alfred D. Tinsley 1894-96 Axel S. Ellis 1896-1901 George Schlosser 1901-05 A. H. Stites 1905-10 Peter J. Rogde 1910-14 Stephen Donahue 1914-21 Jefferson C. Seals 1921 Jefferson C. Seals 1921-34 Joseph A. Crowley 1934 Joseph A. Crowley 1934-54

Sioux Falls
(before S.D. statehood)

Village Presidents of Sioux Falls, 1877-83 (may be incomplete!)
Charles K. Howard 1877-81 Lyman T. Dunning 1881-82 T. T. Cochran 1882 Jacob Schaetzel, Jr. 1882-83

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1882 Jun 20: T. T. Cochran, died in office.

Sioux Falls
(before S.D. statehood)

Mayors of Sioux Falls, 1883-89 (may be incomplete!)
Jacob Schaetzel, Jr. 1883-85 Hiram William Ross 1885-87 John F. Norton 1887-89

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1883 Apr 3: Jacob Schaetzel, Jr., elected; E. A. Hubbard, defeated; D. J. Knapp, defeated.

Sioux Falls
(before S.D. statehood)

Postmasters at Sioux Falls, 1867-89 (may be incomplete!)
James Andrews 1867 Edwin D. Broughton 1867-69 Nymen Phillips 1869-70 Charles Allen 1870-72 W. F. Kiler 1872-73 John Rippus 1873-76 Alfred T. Fleetwood 1876-83 Ernest W. Caldwell 1883-85 Willard P. Carr 1885-89

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