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Mayors and Postmasters of Tumwater, Washington

Mayors of Tumwater, 1869-2021 (may be incomplete!)
Nelson Barnes 1869-70 Saul G. Taylor 1871 George W. Biles 1872 Jonathon F. Pearson 1873 Bennett Wilson Johns 1874 George W. Biles 1875 James Dunlap 1876 Samuel King Taylor 1877 George A. Barnes 1884 Robert G. Esterly 1889 Clark Biles 1890 C. D. Bizzell 1891 Clark Biles 1892 Charles D. Lindley 1892 Abiather Whitemarsh 1895 Harry B. Cusack 1898 William A. Avery 1900-02 George W. Hopp 1902-03 Louis B. Schmidt 1904 Thomas J. Miller 1905-07 Walter N. Waddle 1908 Abiather Whitemarsh 1909-10 Frank D. Cook 1911-12 John R. Cannon 1913-14 Ollie S. Lee 1915-16 B. A. Vanderveer 1917-19 Frank D. Cook 1921-22 Ray W. Johnson 1923-28 Robert C. Hannah 1929-30 Robert B. McIntosh 1931-34 Martin S. Bjort 1935-36 George A. Eke 1937-40 Ray W. Johnson 1941-56 George J. Jackson 1957-58 Frank H. Phillips 1958-62 Ray E. Ensley 1963-64 Tom Lozier 1964-69 Wesley L. Barclift 1970-82 Philip Henry Schmidt 1982-89 Peter N. Fluetsch 1990-93 Ralph C. Osgood 1994-2009 Pete Kmet 2010-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1892 Jan 4: Clark Biles, died in office.

    Postmasters at Tumwater, 1879-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    J. B. Eastman as of 1879 Charles E. Hewitt as of 1901

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