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Madison, Wisconsin
Mayors, Village Presidents, Postmasters, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Madison, 1856-2008 (may be incomplete!)
Jairus C. Fairchild 1856-57 Augustus A. Bird 1857-58 George B. Smith 1858-61 Levi B. Vilas 1861-62 William T. Leitch 1862-65 Elisha W. Keyes 1865-67 Alden S. Sanborn 1867-68 David Atwood 1868-69 Andrew Proudfit 1869-71 J. B. Bowen 1871-72 James L. Hill 1872-73 Jared C. Gregory 1873-74 Silas U. Pinney 1874-76 John N. Jones 1876-77 Harlow S. Orton 1877-78 George B. Smith 1878-79 John R. Baltzell 1879-80 Philip L. Spooner, Jr. 1880-81 James Conklin 1881-84 Breese J. Stevens 1884-85 Hiram N. Moulton 1885-86 Elisha W. Keyes 1886-87 James Conklin 1887-88 M. Ransom Doyon 1888-90 Robert M. Bashford 1890-91 William H. Rogers 1891-93 John Corscot 1893-95 Jabe B. Alford 1895-96 Albert A. Dye 1896-97 Mathias J. Hoven 1897-98 Charles E. Whelan 1898-99 Mathias J. Hoven 1899-1901 Storm Bull 1901-02 John W. Groves 1902-03 William Dexter Curtis 1904-05 Joseph C. Schubert 1906-11 John B. Heim 1912-13 Adolph H. Kayser 1914-15 George C. Sayle 1916-20 Milo Kittleson 1920-25 Albert G. Schmedeman 1926-32 James R. Law, Jr. 1932-43 Fred Halsey Kraege 1943-47 George J. Forster 1950-55 Alfred W. Bareis 1955-56 Ivan A. Nestingen 1956-61 Harold E. Hanson 1961 Henry Edward Reynolds 1961-65 Otto Festge 1965-69 William Dyke 1969-73 Paul R. Soglin 1973-79 Joel Skornicka 1979-83 F. Joseph Sensenbrenner, Jr. 1983-89 Paul R. Soglin 1989-97 Susan J. M. Baumann 1997-2003 Dave Cieslewicz 2003-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1912 Apr 2: John B. Heim (Dem), elected; A. G. Kroncke (Rep), defeated; John C. Martin (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1920 Mar 23: Frank C. Blied, nominated; Milo Kittleson, nominated; George C. Sayle, defeated in primary.
  • 1920 Apr 6: Milo Kittleson, elected; Frank C. Blied, defeated.
  • 1922 Apr 4: Milo Kittleson, elected; Frank C. Blied, defeated.
  • 1926 Apr 6: Albert G. Schmedeman, elected; Henry J. Loftsgordon, defeated.
  • 1999 Apr 6: Susan J. M. Baumann, elected; Eugene Parks, defeated.
  • 2003 Feb 18: Dave Cieslewicz, nominated; Paul R. Soglin, nominated; Bert G. Zipperer, defeated in primary; Susan J. M. Baumann, defeated in primary; Will Sandstrom, defeated in primary; Davy Mayer, defeated in primary.
  • 2003 Apr 1: Dave Cieslewicz, elected; Paul R. Soglin, defeated.
  • 2007 Feb 20: Dave Cieslewicz, nominated; Ray Allen, nominated; Peter Munoz, defeated in primary; Will Sandstrom, defeated in primary.
  • 2007 Apr 3: Dave Cieslewicz, elected; Ray Allen, defeated.

    Village Presidents of Madison, 1846-56 (may be incomplete!)
    Thomas W. Sutherland 1846-47 A. L. Collins 1847-50 William N. Seymour 1850-51 Simeon Mills 1851-52 Chauncey Abbott 1852-53 Horace A. Tenney 1853-54 Simeon Mills 1854-55 Peter Van Bergen 1855-56

    Postmasters at Madison, 1837-1979 (may be incomplete!)
    John Catlin 1837-41 David Brigham 1841-42 John Catlin 1842-44 Steptoe Catlin 1844-45 David Holt, Jr. 1845-49 James Morrison 1849-50 Chauncey Abbott 1850-53 John N. Jones 1853-61 Elisha W. Keyes 1861-82 George E. Bryant 1882-86 Jared C. Gregory 1886-90 George E. Bryant 1890-94 James Conklin 1894-98 Elisha W. Keyes 1898-1910 Rasmus B. Anderson 1910 William A. Devine 1910-33 Walter J. Hyland 1934 Walter J. Hyland 1934-48 Joseph A. Wirka 1948-49 Joseph A. Wirka 1949-52 William R. Riley 1952-53 Elmo C. Cooper 1953-54 Elmo C. Cooper 1954-58 John F. Whitmore 1958-60 John F. Whitmore 1960-79

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1910 Nov 29: Elisha W. Keyes, died in office.

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Madison, 1866-1917 (may be incomplete!)
    Gerry W. Hazelton 1866 Henry M. Lewis as of 1867 Henry Harnden as of 1879 Earl M. Rogers as of 1891 Frank R. Bentley as of 1909 Burt Williams as of 1917

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