The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Garland, Texas

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Mayors and Postmasters of Garland, Texas

Mayors of Garland, 1891-2000 (may be incomplete!)
M. Davis Williams 1891-93 Frank M. Haygood 1893-96 J. Jasper Hawkins 1896-97 John A. Martin 1897-1900 Thomas J. Swim 1900-01 Charles H. Marshall 1901 John H. Cullom 1901-03 Thomas J. Swim 1903-04 E. G. Cole 1906-08 Thomas J. Swim 1908-10 George A. Alexander 1910-12 John F. White 1912-13 R. L. Reagan 1913 John F. White 1913-14 George A. Alexander 1914-15 George W. Crossman 1916-17 George A. Alexander 1918-20 R. D. Murphree 1920-24 S. E. Nicholson 1924-25 G. L. Davis 1925-27 C. S. Nelson 1927-29 W. C. Jamison 1929-31 M. D. Williams 1931-34 W. C. Jamison 1934-36 J. A. Alexander 1936-39 Ray Olinger 1939-48 D. Cecil Williams 1948-52 H. A. Walker 1952-56 W. H. Bradfield, Sr. 1956-58 Ernest E. Wright, Jr. 1958-62 Carl Cooper 1962-66 James L. Toler 1966-70 Rufus Rupard 1970-72 Don Raines 1972-76 Charles G. Clack 1976-82 Ruth Nicholson 1982-84 Charles R. Matthews 1984-86 Bill Tomlinson 1986-88 Ruth Nicholson 1988-90 Bill Tomlinson 1990-92

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

2000 May 6: Jim Spence, elected; Annie Dickson, defeated; John Montgomery, defeated.

Postmasters at Garland, 1887-1973 (may be incomplete!)
Jefferson D. Robinson 1887-90 Henry Noetzli 1890-92 Charles H. Miller 1892-93 Ada Martin 1893-97 Richard C. Wyatt 1897-1905 George W. Crossman 1905-13 Nora Lemmon 1913-18 Grace Lemmon 1918-22 Abram Quessenberry 1922 Curtis D. Crossman 1922-35 Lottie E. Watson 1935 Frank Benton Crush 1936 Frank Benton Crush 1936-56 James D. Wheeler, Jr. 1956-61 Luther Glenn Pool 1961-63 Luther Glenn Pool 1963-73

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