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Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs

Mayors of Seattle, 1869-2010 (may be incomplete!)
Henry A. Atkins 1869-71 John T. Jordan 1871-72 Corliss P. Stone 1872-73 John T. Jordan 1873 Moses R. Maddocks 1873 John Collins 1873-74 Henry L. Yesler 1874-75 Bailey Gatzert 1875-76 Gideon A. Weed 1876-78 Beriah Brown 1878-79 Orange Jacobs 1879-80 Levi P. Smith 1880-82 Henry G. Struve 1882-84 John Leary 1884-85 Henry L. Yesler 1885-86 William H. Shoudy 1886-87 Thomas T. Minor 1887-88 Robert Moran 1888-90 Harry White 1890-91 George Hall 1891-92 James T. Ronald 1892-94 Byron Phelps 1894-96 Frank D. Black 1896 William D. Wood 1896-97 Thomas J. Humes 1897-1904 Richard A. Ballinger 1904-06 William H. Moore 1906-08 John F. Miller 1908-10 Hiram C. Gill 1910-11 George W. Dilling 1911-12 George F. Cotterill 1912-14 Hiram C. Gill 1914-18 Ole Hanson 1918-19 C. B. Fitzgerald 1919-20 Hugh M. Caldwell 1920-22 Edwin J. Brown 1922-26 Bertha Knight Landes 1926-28 Frank E. Edwards 1928-31 Robert H. Harlin 1931-32 John F. Dore 1932-34 Charles L. Smith 1934-36 John F. Dore 1936-38 Arthur B. Langlie 1938-41 John E. Carroll 1941 Earl Millikin 1941-42 William F. Devin 1942-52 Allan Pomeroy 1952-56 Gordon S. Clinton 1956-64 Dorm Braman 1964-69 Floyd C. Miller 1969 Wesley C. Uhlman 1969-78 Charles Royer 1978-90 Norman B. Rice 1990-97 Paul Schell 1998-2001 Gregory J. Nickels 2002-09 Michael McGinn 2010-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1869 Dec 2: Henry A. Atkins, appointed.
  • 1870 Jul 11: Henry A. Atkins, elected.
  • 1871 Jul 11: John T. Jordan, elected.
  • 1872 Jul 8: Corliss P. Stone, elected.
  • 1873 Apr 5: John T. Jordan, appointed.
  • 1873 Jul 14: John Collins, elected.
  • 1874 Jul 13: Henry L. Yesler, elected.
  • 1875 Jul 12: Bailey Gatzert, elected.
  • 1876 Jul 10: Gideon A. Weed, elected.
  • 1877 Jul 9: Gideon A. Weed, elected.
  • 1878 Jul 8: Beriah Brown, elected.
  • 1879 Jul 14: Orange Jacobs, elected.
  • 1880 Jul 12: Levi P. Smith, elected.
  • 1881 Jul 11: Levi P. Smith, elected.
  • 1882 Jul 10: Henry G. Struve, elected.
  • 1883 Jul 9: Henry G. Struve, elected.
  • 1884 Jul 14: John Leary, elected.
  • 1885 Jul 13: Henry L. Yesler, elected.
  • 1886 Jul 12: William H. Shoudy, elected.
  • 1887 Jul 11: Thomas T. Minor, elected.
  • 1888 Jul 9: Robert Moran, elected.
  • 1889 Jul 8: Robert Moran, elected.
  • 1890 Jul 14: Harry White, elected.
  • 1891 Nov 30: Harry White, resigned.
  • 1891 Dec 9: George Hall, appointed.
  • 1892: John Leary, defeated.
  • 1892 Mar 8: James T. Ronald, elected.
  • 1894 Mar 12: Byron Phelps, elected.
  • 1896 Mar 9: Frank D. Black, elected.
  • 1896 Apr 6: Frank D. Black, resigned; William D. Wood, appointed.
  • 1898: Thomas J. Humes, elected.
  • 1900: George F. Cotterill (Dem), defeated.
  • 1900 Mar 13: Thomas J. Humes, elected.
  • 1902: Thomas J. Humes, elected.
  • 1904 Mar 8: Richard A. Ballinger, elected.
  • 1906 Mar 8: William H. Moore, elected.
  • 1908 Mar 3: John F. Miller, elected.
  • 1910 Mar 21: Hiram C. Gill (Rep), elected; William H. Moore (Dem), defeated.
  • 1911 Feb 9: Hiram C. Gill, recalled.
  • 1912 Mar 18: George F. Cotterill (Dem), elected; Hiram C. Gill (Rep), defeated.
  • 1914 Mar 16: Hiram C. Gill, elected; J. D. Trenholme, defeated.
  • 1916 Mar 20: Hiram C. Gill, elected; Austin E. Griffiths, defeated.
  • 1918 Mar 18: Ole Hanson, elected; J. A. Bradford, defeated.
  • 1919 Aug 28: Ole Hanson, resigned; C. B. Fitzgerald, appointed.
  • 1920 Mar 2: Hugh M. Caldwell, elected; James Duncan, defeated.
  • 1922 Apr 18: Daniel Landon, nominated; Edwin J. Brown, nominated; Walter F. Meier, defeated in primary; T. J. Cunningham, defeated in primary; Charles H. Miller, defeated in primary; Ira D. Lundy, defeated in primary; H. S. Turner, defeated in primary.
  • 1922 May 2: Edwin J. Brown, elected; Daniel Landon, defeated.
  • 1924 Feb 26: Edwin J. Brown, nominated; Alfred H. Lundin, nominated; Oliver T. Erickson, defeated in primary.
  • 1924 Mar 11: Edwin J. Brown, elected; Alfred H. Lundin, defeated.
  • 1926 Feb 23: Bertha Knight Landes, nominated; Edwin J. Brown, nominated; Thomas J. L. Kennedy, defeated in primary; John E. Carroll, defeated in primary; John B. Shorett, defeated in primary; Clifford H. Clark, defeated in primary.
  • 1926 Mar 9: Bertha Knight Landes, elected; Edwin J. Brown, defeated.
  • 1928 Feb 28: Bertha Knight Landes, nominated; Frank E. Edwards, nominated; Edwin J. Brown, defeated in primary; Philip Tindall, defeated in primary; W. T. Christensen, defeated in primary; Joseph L. Greenwell, defeated in primary; A. Lou Cohen, defeated in primary; Kathryn Miracle, defeated in primary; Clifford H. Clark, defeated in primary.
  • 1928 Mar 13: Frank E. Edwards, elected; Bertha Knight Landes, defeated.
  • 1930 Feb 25: Frank E. Edwards, nominated; Otto A. Case, nominated; Edwin J. Brown, defeated in primary.
  • 1930 Mar 11: Frank E. Edwards, elected; Otto A. Case, defeated.
  • 1931 Jul 13: Frank E. Edwards, recalled.
  • 1931 Jul 14: Robert H. Harlin, appointed.
  • 1932 Feb 23: John F. Dore, nominated; Robert H. Harlin, nominated; Frank E. Edwards, defeated in primary; Otto A. Case, defeated in primary; Arthur J. Ritchie, defeated in primary; Victor A. Meyers, defeated in primary; N. A. Schellberg, defeated in primary; John Laurie, defeated in primary; David Nygren, defeated in primary; Edwin J. Brown, defeated in primary.
  • 1932 Mar 8: John F. Dore, elected; Robert H. Harlin, defeated.
  • 1934 Feb 27: John F. Dore, nominated; Charles L. Smith, nominated; Frank F. Fitts, defeated in primary; Robert H. Harlin, defeated in primary; Charles H. Miller, defeated in primary; John Laurie, defeated in primary; William D. Freeman, defeated in primary; W. T. Campbell, defeated in primary.
  • 1934 Mar 13: Charles L. Smith, elected; John F. Dore, defeated.
  • 1936 Feb 25: Arthur B. Langlie, nominated; John F. Dore, nominated; Charles L. Smith, defeated in primary; Thomas E. Smith, defeated in primary; Adam Beeler, defeated in primary; L. W. Whitlow, defeated in primary; Frank McCaffrey, defeated in primary; Austin E. Griffiths, defeated in primary; Charles H. Miller, defeated in primary; Tillman Garrison, defeated in primary; Charles H. Stolting, defeated in primary; George Guertin, defeated in primary; Eugene J. A. Lord, defeated in primary; Edwin A. Gerhart, defeated in primary; Stephen L. Cullan, defeated in primary.
  • 1936 Mar 3: John F. Dore, elected; Arthur B. Langlie, defeated.
  • 1938 Mar 8: Arthur B. Langlie, elected; Victor A. Meyers, defeated.
  • 1940 Mar 5: Arthur B. Langlie, elected; Warren L. Cook, defeated.
  • 1941 Jan 11: Arthur B. Langlie, resigned.
  • 1941 Jan 27: John E. Carroll, appointed.
  • 1941 Mar 4: Earl Millikin, elected; William F. Devin, defeated.
  • 1942 Mar 3: William F. Devin, elected; Earl Millikin, defeated.
  • 1944 Mar 14: William F. Devin, elected; James Scavotto, defeated.
  • 1946 Mar 5: William F. Devin, elected; Victor A. Meyers, defeated.
  • 1948: Ralph A. Horr, defeated in primary.
  • 1948 Mar 2: William F. Devin, elected; Allan Pomeroy, defeated.
  • 1952 Mar 4: Allan Pomeroy, elected; William F. Devin, defeated.
  • 1956 Mar 6: Gordon S. Clinton, elected; Allan Pomeroy, defeated.
  • 1960 Mar 8: Gordon S. Clinton, elected; Gordon Newell, defeated.
  • 1964 Mar 10: Dorm Braman, elected; John A. Cherberg, defeated.
  • 1969 Mar 23: Dorm Braman, resigned; Floyd C. Miller, appointed.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Wesley C. Uhlman, elected; R. Mort Frayn, defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Wesley C. Uhlman, elected; Liem Tuai, defeated.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Charles Royer, elected; Paul Schell, defeated.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Charles Royer, elected; Sam Smith, defeated.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Charles Royer, elected; Norman B. Rice, defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Norman B. Rice, elected; Douglas Jewett, defeated.
  • 1993 Nov 2: Norman B. Rice, elected; David Stern, defeated.
  • 1997: Gregory J. Nickels, defeated in primary.
  • 1997 Nov 4: Paul Schell, elected; Charlie Chong, defeated.
  • 2001 Sep 18: Mark Sidran, nominated; Gregory J. Nickels, nominated; Paul Schell, defeated in primary; Charlie Chong, defeated in primary; Scott Kennedy, defeated in primary; Bob Hegamin, defeated in primary; Omari Tahir-Garrett, defeated in primary; Caleb Schaber, defeated in primary; Scott K. Whittemore, defeated in primary; Richard Lee, defeated in primary; Piero Bugoni, defeated in primary; Max Englerius, defeated in primary.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Gregory J. Nickels, elected; Mark Sidran, defeated; Christal Olivia Wood, defeated.
  • 2005 Sep 20: Gregory J. Nickels, nominated; Al Runte, nominated; Christal Olivia Wood, defeated in primary; Jeanne E. Dixon, defeated in primary; Richard Lee, defeated in primary; Luke Williams, defeated in primary; Chris Hoeppner, defeated in primary.
  • 2005 Nov 8: Gregory J. Nickels, elected; Al Runte, defeated.
  • 2009 Aug 18: Michael McGinn, nominated; Joe Mallahan, nominated; Gregory J. Nickels, defeated in primary; James Donaldson, defeated in primary; Jan Drago, defeated in primary; Elizabeth Campbell, defeated in primary; Kwame Wyking Garrett, defeated in primary; Norman Zadok Sigler, defeated in primary.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Michael McGinn, elected; Joe Mallahan, defeated.

    Postmasters at Seattle, 1852-1968 (may be incomplete!)
    Arthur A. Denny 1852-53 William J. Wright 1853-54 Arthur A. Denny 1854-55 Charles Plummer 1855-61 Timothy D. Hinkley 1861-62 Samuel F. Coombs 1862-63 Gardner Kellogg 1863-70 William H. Gilliam 1870-75 William H. Pumphrey 1875-76 Thomas W. Prosch 1876-78 Ossian J. Carr 1878-87 John M. Lyon 1887-89 Albert M. Brookes 1889-91 Griffith Davies 1891-95 Gilbert S. Meem 1895-99 George M. Stewart 1899-1908 George Russell 1908-13 Edgar Battle 1913-23 Charles M. Perkins 1923-34 George E. Starr 1934-36 George E. Starr 1936-54 George J. Morry 1954-55 George J. Morry 1955-68

    Collectors of Customs at Seattle, 1917-51 (may be incomplete!)
    Roscoe M. Drumheller as of 1917 Millard T. Hartson as of 1927 George D. Hubbard as of 1932 Saul Haas as of 1941-46 Howard H. MacGowan as of 1947-51

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