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Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Oshkosh, 1863-1954 (may be incomplete!)
Philetus Sawyer as of 1863-64 James H. Merrill 1899-1900 John Mulva 1900-05 John Banderob 1905-09 John C. Voss 1909-11 John Banderob 1911-12 John Mulva 1912-18 A. C. McHenry 1918-24 Henry F. Kitz 1924-30 Taylor G. Brown 1930-33 George F. Oaks 1933-35 Charles A. Wiechering 1935-39 George F. Oaks 1939-47 Ernest R. Siewert 1947-53 John C. Voss 1953-54

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1892: Joseph Kloeckner (Dem), defeated.
  • 1899 Apr 4: James H. Merrill (Dem), elected; Arthur Kellogg (Rep), defeated.
  • 1900 Jun 27: James H. Merrill, died in office.
  • 1901 Apr 2: John Mulva (Dem), elected; W. W. Quatermass (Rep), defeated; Henry C. Hansen (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1903 Apr 7: John Mulva (Dem), elected; John C. Thompson (Rep), defeated; Arthur C. Smith (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1905 Mar 21: John Mulva (Dem), nominated; Charles D. Heath (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1905 Mar 21: John Banderob (Rep), nominated; Charles Oellerich (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1905 Mar 21: Sylvester E. Sweet (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1905 Apr 4: John Banderob (Rep), elected; John Mulva (Dem), defeated; Sylvester E. Sweet (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1907 Mar 19: John Mulva (Dem), nominated; Edward W. Weisbrod (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1907 Mar 19: John Banderob (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1907 Mar 19: Byron E. Van Keuren (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1907 Apr 2: John Banderob (Rep), elected; John Mulva (Dem), defeated; Byron E. Van Keuren (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1909 Mar 23: John C. Voss (Dem), nominated; C. W. George Everhart (Dem), defeated in primary; Frank C. Stewart (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1909 Mar 23: John Banderob (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1909 Mar 23: John C. Graham (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1909 Apr 6: John C. Voss (Dem), elected; John Banderob (Rep), defeated; John C. Graham (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1911 Mar 21: John C. Voss (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1911 Mar 21: John Banderob (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1911 Mar 21: H. Howard Allen (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1911 Mar 21: Rudolph T. Schuttler (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1911 Apr 4: John Banderob (Rep), elected; John C. Voss (Dem), defeated; Rudolph T. Schuttler (Socialist), defeated; H. Howard Allen (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1912 Mar 19: John Mulva, nominated; Peter L. Marden, nominated; Frank C. Stewart, defeated in primary; John C. Voss, defeated in primary; John Banderob, defeated in primary; Daniel Witzel, defeated in primary; Gerrit T. Thorn, defeated in primary; Arthur J. Barber, defeated in primary; Henry F. Gustavus, defeated in primary; Willard N. Armington, defeated in primary; Frank E. Mitchell, defeated in primary; George W. Loper, defeated in primary.
  • 1912 Apr 2: John Mulva, elected; Peter L. Marden, defeated.
  • 1918 Mar 19: A. C. McHenry, nominated; Peter L. Marden, nominated; Edward H. Smith, defeated in primary; Frederick C. Horn, defeated in primary; Rudolph T. Schuttler, defeated in primary; Robert L. Clark, defeated in primary.
  • 1918 Apr 2: A. C. McHenry, elected; Peter L. Marden, defeated.
  • 1924 Mar 18: A. C. McHenry, nominated; Henry F. Kitz, nominated; R. E. Thom, defeated in primary; Joseph M. Smick, defeated in primary.
  • 1924 Apr 1: Henry F. Kitz, elected; A. C. McHenry, defeated.
  • 1930 Mar 18: Frank H. Josslyn, nominated; Taylor G. Brown, nominated; James Skole, defeated in primary; Joseph M. Smick, defeated in primary; Alan H. Tripp, defeated in primary; John H. Barlow, defeated in primary; Daniel Witzel, defeated in primary; Edwin R. Friedrich, defeated in primary; Walter A. Marden, defeated in primary; H. Peter Carlson, defeated in primary; Harvey G. Harwood, defeated in primary; Edgar J. Robinson, defeated in primary.
  • 1930 Apr 1: Taylor G. Brown, elected; Frank H. Josslyn, defeated.
  • 1933 Mar 14: George F. Oaks, nominated; James Skole, nominated; Joseph Seftenberg, defeated in primary; Fern Dobbins, defeated in primary.
  • 1933 Apr 4: George F. Oaks, elected; James Skole, defeated.
  • 1935 Mar 12: Charles A. Wiechering, nominated; George F. Oaks, nominated; Taylor G. Brown, defeated in primary; Fern Dobbins, defeated in primary.
  • 1935 Apr 2: Charles A. Wiechering, elected; George F. Oaks, defeated.
  • 1937 Mar 16: George F. Oaks, nominated; Charles A. Wiechering, nominated; J. Valentine Faber, defeated in primary; Fern Dobbins, defeated in primary; Anton Groth, defeated in primary.
  • 1937 Apr 6: Charles A. Wiechering, elected; George F. Oaks, defeated.
  • 1939 Mar 14: Charles M. Boller, nominated; George F. Oaks, nominated; Leo T. Niemuth, defeated in primary; Ernest R. Siewert, defeated in primary; A. C. McHenry, defeated in primary; Walter H. Tank, defeated in primary; John G. Diehl, defeated in primary.
  • 1939 Apr 4: George F. Oaks, elected; Charles M. Boller, defeated.
  • 1941 Mar 11: George F. Oaks, nominated; Edwin R. Friedrich, nominated; Edgar J. Robinson, defeated in primary.
  • 1941 Apr 1: George F. Oaks, elected; Edwin R. Friedrich, defeated.
  • 1943 Mar 16: George F. Oaks, nominated; Walter H. Tank, nominated.
  • 1943 Apr 6: George F. Oaks, elected; Walter H. Tank, defeated.
  • 1945 Apr 3: George F. Oaks, elected.
  • 1947 Apr 1: Ernest R. Siewert, elected; George F. Oaks, defeated.
  • 1949 Apr 5: Ernest R. Siewert, elected; George F. Oaks, defeated.
  • 1951 Mar 6: Ernest R. Siewert, nominated; Nathan L. Marden, nominated; Richard E. Behm, defeated in primary.
  • 1951 Apr 3: Ernest R. Siewert, elected; Nathan L. Marden, defeated.
  • 1953 Mar 10: John C. Voss, nominated; Ernest R. Siewert, nominated; George F. Oaks, defeated in primary; Richard E. Behm, defeated in primary.
  • 1953 Apr 7: John C. Voss, elected; Ernest R. Siewert, defeated.

    Postmasters at Oshkosh, 1840-1968 (may be incomplete!)
    John P. Gallup 1840-43 Henry A. Gallup 1843-46 Edward Eastman 1846-49 Gamaliel A. Arnold 1849 Addison A. Austin 1849-52 John R. Forbes 1852-53 Edward Eastman 1853-61 Charles Hall 1861-66 Charles W. Felker 1866-67 Erwin Heath 1867-77 Henry B. Harshaw 1877-86 Albert W. Weisbrod 1886-90 Ole Oleson 1890-94 Joseph Kloeckner 1894-98 Ole Oleson 1898-1902 Edward M. Crane 1902-15 William F. Gruenewald 1915-23 Ernest P. G. Schlerf 1923-24 Ernest P. G. Schlerf 1924-32 David C. Pinkerton 1932-34 Arthur H. Gruenewald 1934-36 Ray Novotny 1936 Ray Novotny 1936-68

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Oshkosh, 1879 (may be incomplete!)
    Albert K. Osborn as of 1879

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