Mayors of Denton, 1869-2021 (may be incomplete!)
J.
B. Sawyer 1869-70
W.
J. Austin 1870-71
Dempsey
Jackson 1871-72
W.
C. Bobbett 1872-73
R.
B. Coleman 1873-74
D.
J. Edelman 1874-76
J.
W. Jagoe 1876-77
M.
W. Davenport 1877-78
John
Allen Withers 1878-79
Thomas
E. Hogg 1879-80
I.
D. Ferguson 1880-81
D.
N. Dobson 1881-82
C.
L. Herbert, Jr. 1882
D.
A. Robinson 1882-83
T.
W. Abney 1883-85
Oliver
P. Poe 1885-88
Emory
C. Smith 1888-90
Joseph
A. Carroll 1890-91
M.
W. Davenport 1891
Oliver
P. Poe 1891-94
F.
M. Davidson 1894-96
Oliver
P. Poe 1896-1904
W.
L. McCormick 1904-06
T.
J. Simmons 1906-08
Ed
F. Bates 1908-10
Oliver
P. Poe 1910-12
Ed
F. Bates 1912-14
W.
L. Foreman 1914-16
S.
G. Gary 1916-17
P.
J. Beyette 1917-19
H.
V. Hennen 1919-25
B.
W. McKenzie 1926-33
J.
L. Wright 1934-38
Lee
Preston 1938-46
J.
L. Yarbrough 1946-50
Mark
Hannah 1950-54
J.
L. Yarbrough 1954-56
Jack
Bryson 1956-59
Frank
R. Barrow 1959-62
W.
F. Brooks, Sr. 1962
Warren
Whitson, Jr. 1962-67
Zeke
Martin 1967-69
L.
A. Nelson 1969-70
Alexander
M. Finlay, Jr. 1970-72
Bill
Neu 1972-75
Tom
D. Jester, Jr. 1975-76
Elinor
Hughes 1976-78
Joe
Mitchell 1978-79
Bill
Nash 1979-80
Richard
O. Stewart 1980-86
Ray
Stephens 1986-90
Bob
Castleberry 1990-96
Jack
Miller 1996-2000
Euline
Brock 2000-06
Perry
McNeill 2006-08
Mark
Burroughs 2008-13
Gerard
Hudspeth 2021-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1933 Dec 28:
J.
L. Wright, elected;
W.
C. 'Will' Collier, defeated;
J.
C. Coit, defeated;
W.
B. Long, defeated;
Clarence
E. Miller, defeated;
Frank
B. Hodges, defeated;
Pat
N. Roberts, defeated.
1934 Apr 3:
J.
L. Wright, elected;
J.
C. Coit, defeated.
1936 Apr 7:
J.
L. Wright, advanced to runoff;
George
Fritz, advanced to runoff;
G.
T. Turner, defeated;
Robert
T. Day, defeated.
1936 Apr 21:
J.
L. Wright, elected;
George
Fritz, defeated.
1938 Apr 5:
Lee
Preston, advanced to runoff;
J.
L. Wright, advanced to runoff;
Robert
T. Day, defeated;
Ira
O'Dell, defeated.
1938 Apr 19:
Lee
Preston, elected;
J.
L. Wright, defeated.
1940 Apr 2:
Lee
Preston, elected;
J.
W. Gray, defeated;
J.
L. Wright, defeated.
1942 Apr 7:
Lee
Preston, elected;
W.
L. 'Lee' McCormick, defeated;
John
T. Campbell, defeated;
Boyd
Armstrong, defeated.
1944 Apr 4:
Lee
Preston, elected.
1946 Apr 2:
J.
L. Yarbrough, elected;
Lee
Preston, defeated.
1952 Apr 1:
Mark
Hannah, elected unopposed.
2010 May 8:
Mark
Burroughs, elected;
Bob
Clifton, defeated.
2012 May 12:
Mark
Burroughs, advanced to runoff;
Neil
L. Durrance, advanced to runoff;
Donna
Woodfork, defeated.
2012 Jun 23:
Mark
Burroughs, elected;
Neil
L. Durrance, defeated.
2016 May 7:
Chris
Watts, elected unopposed.
2020 Nov 3:
Keely
Briggs, advanced to runoff;
Gerard
Hudspeth, advanced to runoff;
Michael
Mitchell, defeated.
2020 Dec 8:
Gerard
Hudspeth, elected;
Keely
Briggs, defeated.
Postmasters at Denton, 1887-1901 (may be
incomplete!)
W.
H. Bates as of 1887
C.
T. Ramsdell as of 1901
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