The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Kenosha, Wisconsin

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Mayors and Postmasters of Kenosha, Wisconsin

Mayors of Kenosha, 1850-2000 (may be incomplete!)
Michael Frank 1850-51 David C. Gaskill 1851-52 Charles C. Sholes 1852-56 Volney Hughes 1856-57 George H. Paul 1857-59 Asahel Farr 1859-60 Isaac W. Webster 1860-61 Milton H. Pettit 1861-62 Frederick Robinson 1862-64 Asahel Farr 1864-65 Milton H. Pettit 1865-66 Dennis J. Hynes 1866-67 Milton H. Pettit 1867-68 Isaac W. Webster 1868-69 Frederick Robinson 1869-70 Milton H. Pettit 1870-71 Asahel Farr 1871-74 Isaac W. Webster 1874-75 Otis G. King 1875-76 Joseph Very Quarles 1876-77 Asahel Farr 1877-79 Frederick Robinson 1879-80 A. C. Sinclair 1880-81 Henry Williams 1881-83 O. S. Newell 1883-84 Z. G. Simmons 1884-86 E. L. Grant 1886-87 Fred Stemm 1887-88 Henry Williams 1888-90 John B. Kupfer 1890-91 O. M. Pettit 1891-94 William M. Farr 1894-97 Frank C. Culley 1897-98 O. M. Pettit 1898-99 James Gorman 1899-1902 C. H. Pfennig 1902-04 James Gorman 1904-08 M. J. Scholey 1908-12 Daniel O. Head 1912-14 M. J. Scholey 1914-16 C. H. Pfennig 1916 John W. Joachim 1918-20 Nicholas R. Wade as of 1953 Wallace Burkee 1967- John M. Antaramian as of 2000

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1851 Apr 2: David C. Gaskill, elected.

1852 Apr 6: Charles C. Sholes, elected.

1920 Mar 23: John W. Joachim, nominated; Charles E. Turnock, nominated; Samuel S. Walkup, defeated in primary.

1920 Apr 6: John W. Joachim, elected; Charles E. Turnock, defeated.

1968 Apr 2: Wallace Burkee, elected; Mario Capponi, defeated.

1972 Apr 4: Wallace Burkee, elected; Mario Capponi, defeated.

Postmasters at Kenosha, 1850-1969 (may be incomplete!)
Simeon King 1850-53 George H. Paul 1853-61 Michael Frank 1861-66 Isaac W. Webster 1866-67 Frederick S. Lovell 1867-68 Isaac W. Webster 1868-69 Charles Frantz 1869-86 Otis G. King 1886-87 Daniel A. Mahoney 1887-92 Charles Frantz 1892-96 Adolph J. Burg 1896-1900 Charles Frantz 1900-05 John B. Maloney 1905-11 Robert V. Baker 1911-15 James Gorman 1915-25 Charles L. Holderness 1925-34 Michael F. Zens 1934 Aloysius W. Fries 1934-38 David D. L. Lyons 1938-39 Alfred C. Grosvenor 1939-40 Alfred C. Grosvenor 1940-53 Charles C. Hartung 1953-54 Raymond W. H. Cartwright 1954 Paul M. Saftig 1954 Paul M. Saftig 1954-57 Jake Van Bendegom 1957-58 Jake Van Bendegom 1958-69

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