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Salt Lake City, Utah
Mayors, Postmasters, U.S. Land Office officials, Collectors of Customs, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Salt Lake City, 1851-2016 (may be incomplete!)
Jedediah M. Grant 1851-56 Abraham O. Smoot 1857-66 Daniel H. Wells 1866-76 Feramorz Little 1876-82 William Jennings 1882-85 James Sharp 1885-86 Francis Armstrong 1886-90 George M. Scott 1890-92 William M. Ferry as of 1915-19 Louis Marcus 1932-36 E. B. Erwin as of 1937 Earl J. Glade 1944-54 J. Bracken Lee as of 1960-72 Jake Garn as of 1971-74 Ted L. Wilson 1984-85 Palmer DePaulis 1985-87 Ross C. Anderson 2000- Ralph Becker, Jr. 2008-16

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1856 Dec 1: Jedediah M. Grant, died in office.
  • 1892: Heber M. Wells, defeated.
  • 1936 Jul 6: Louis Marcus, died in office.
  • 1963 Nov 5: J. Bracken Lee, elected.
  • 1967: D. James Cannon, defeated.
  • 1983 Nov 8: Ted L. Wilson, elected; Sterling G. Webber, defeated.
  • 1985 Oct 8: Palmer DePaulis, nominated; Merrill Cook, nominated; Jess Agraz, defeated in primary; Evy Tessman, defeated in primary; Jerry Reid Christensen, defeated in primary; B. T. Price, Sr., defeated in primary; Robert T. Hoyle, defeated in primary; Victor E. Willey, defeated in primary.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Palmer DePaulis, elected; Merrill Cook, defeated.
  • 1987 Oct 6: Palmer DePaulis, nominated; Ernest Dixon, nominated; Scott A. Breen, defeated in primary.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Palmer DePaulis, elected; Ernest Dixon, defeated.
  • 1991 Nov 5: Deedee Corradini, elected; David L. Buhler, defeated.
  • 2007 Sep 11: Ralph Becker, Jr., nominated; David L. Buhler, nominated; Jenny Wilson, defeated in primary; Keith S. Christensen, defeated in primary; J. P. Hughes, defeated in primary; John M. Renteria, defeated in primary; Quinn Cady McDonough, defeated in primary; Rainer Huck, defeated in primary; Robert Muscheck, defeated in primary.
  • 2007 Nov 6: Ralph Becker, Jr., elected; David L. Buhler, defeated.

    Postmasters at Salt Lake City, 1849-1972 (may be incomplete!)
    Joseph L. Haywood 1849-50 Willard Richards 1850-54 Elias Smith 1854-55 William Bell 1855-56 Elias Smith 1856 Hiram F. Morrell 1856-61 William Bell 1861-62 Thomas B. H. Stenhouse 1862-66 Nathan Stein 1866-67 Anthony W. Street 1867-69 John M. Moore 1869-77 John T. Lynch 1877-86 William C. Browe 1886-87 Caleb R. Barratt 1887-90 Irving A. Benton 1890-92 Albert H. Nash 1892-95 Caleb R. Barratt 1895-98 Arthur Lloyd Thomas 1898-1914 Noble Warrum 1914-23 Ralph Guthrie 1923-28 John McPhee 1928-33 Isaac Albert Smoot 1933-34 Isaac Albert Smoot 1934-50 David R. Trevithick 1950-51 David R. Trevithick 1951-72

    Registers of U.S. Land Office at Salt Lake City, 1877-79 (may be incomplete!)
    Barbour Lewis 1877-79

    Collectors of Customs at Salt Lake City, 1917-51 (may be incomplete!)
    Thomas F. Thomas as of 1917 Jennie P. Musser as of 1927-32 DeGraff Austin as of 1951

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Salt Lake City, 1867-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    Robert T. Burton as of 1867 Ovando J. Hollister as of 1879 Edward H. Callister as of 1909 David C. Dunbar as of 1919 James H. Anderson 1921-33 Ira N. Hinckley as of 1941 William J. Korth as of 1946-51

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