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Mayors and Postmasters of Casper, Wyoming

Mayors of Casper, 1897-1960 (may be incomplete!)
Patrick Joseph Sullivan as of 1897-98 John Leeper 1918-20 B. H. Pelton 1920-22 W. A. Blackmore 1922-23 John W. Whisenhunt 1923-24 S. K. Loy 1924-25 John T. Scott 1926-27 Louis J. Baerthel 1928-29 E. W. Rowell 1930-33 J. Frank Cowan 1934-41 G. W. Earle 1942-45 Harold W. Noyes 1945-47 Tom Jessen 1948-49 Robert R. Rose, Jr. 1950-51 Thomas A. Nicholas 1952-53 Howard J. Leik 1954-55 Thomas A. Nicholas 1956-57 Andy Anderson 1958 Earl Johnson 1959-60

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1925 Nov 3: John T. Scott, elected; W. W. Slack, defeated; C. E. Littlefield, defeated; Robert A. Byrnes, defeated; Daniel Worth, defeated.
  • 1927 Nov 8: Louis J. Baerthel, elected; E. W. Rowell, defeated; Edward R. Collier, defeated; A. J. Hazlett, defeated; A. A. Gibbs, defeated; Henry F. Brennan, defeated.
  • 1929 Nov 5: E. W. Rowell, elected; Louis J. Baerthel, defeated; Harry P. Bubb, defeated.
  • 1931 Nov 3: E. W. Rowell, elected; Otto H. Bolln (Economy), defeated; Charles M. Gunnison (Civic), defeated.
  • 1933 Nov 7: J. Frank Cowan, elected; Charles M. Gunnison, defeated; E. W. Rowell, defeated.
  • 1935 Nov 5: J. Frank Cowan, elected; E. W. Rowell, defeated; D. M. Haines, defeated; George W. K. Posvar, defeated; L. D. Leisinger, defeated; F. C. Bush, defeated.
  • 1937 Nov 2: J. Frank Cowan, elected; E. W. Rowell, defeated; George W. K. Posvar, defeated; Harry P. Bubb, defeated.
  • 1939 Nov 7: J. Frank Cowan, elected; Carl P. Taylor, defeated; Charles A. Cullen, defeated.
  • 1941 Aug 19: J. Frank Cowan, nominated; G. W. Earle, nominated; H. L. Bieber, defeated in primary; George P. Pattillo, defeated in primary; Charles A. Cullen, defeated in primary; George W. K. Posvar, defeated in primary; James W. Murray, defeated in primary; M. J. 'Mike' Foley, defeated in primary.
  • 1941 Nov 4: G. W. Earle, elected; J. Frank Cowan, defeated.
  • 1943 Aug 17: C. W. Mapes, nominated; G. W. Earle, nominated; George W. K. Posvar, defeated in primary.
  • 1943 Nov 2: G. W. Earle, elected; C. W. Mapes, defeated.
  • 1945 Apr 15: G. W. Earle, resigned.
  • 1945 Aug 21: J. Frank Cowan, nominated; Harold W. Noyes, nominated; E. R. Stewart, defeated in primary; C. W. Mapes, defeated in primary; C. W. Gibbs, defeated in primary; A. B. Chapman, defeated in primary; C. D. Marshall, defeated in primary.
  • 1945 Nov 6: Harold W. Noyes, elected; J. Frank Cowan, defeated.
  • 1947 Aug 19: Tom Jessen, nominated; Paul B. Cody, nominated; Harold W. Noyes, defeated in primary; Mack Gantt, defeated in primary; Ivan P. Goodman, defeated in primary.
  • 1947 Nov 4: Tom Jessen, elected; Paul B. Cody, defeated.
  • 1949 Aug 16: Paul B. Cody, nominated; Robert R. Rose, Jr., nominated; C. W. Mapes, defeated in primary; Herman Adamson, defeated in primary; A. F. Lockhart, defeated in primary; George Elliott, defeated in primary; Robert R. Burkhart, defeated in primary; Joe B. Jackson, defeated in primary; Howard Fordham, defeated in primary.
  • 1949 Nov 8: Robert R. Rose, Jr., elected; Paul B. Cody, defeated.
  • 1951 Aug 21: Thomas A. Nicholas, nominated; Leo B. Newman, Jr., nominated; Lial Branson, defeated in primary; R. H. Scown, defeated in primary; E. A. 'Eddie' Grant, defeated in primary; Glen N. Richey, defeated in primary; A. F. Lockhart, defeated in primary; Charles M. Morrison, defeated in primary; C. D. Marshall, defeated in primary; William McGlachlin, defeated in primary.
  • 1951 Nov 6: Thomas A. Nicholas, elected; Leo B. Newman, Jr., defeated.
  • 1953 Aug 18: Howard J. Leik, nominated; Thomas A. Nicholas, nominated; Glen N. Richey, defeated in primary; Paul Jones, defeated in primary; Howard Daugherty, defeated in primary.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Howard J. Leik, elected; Thomas A. Nicholas, defeated.
  • 1955 Aug 16: Thomas A. Nicholas, nominated; Howard J. Leik, nominated; A. F. Lockhart, defeated in primary; Loren Perry, defeated in primary.
  • 1955 Nov 8: Thomas A. Nicholas, elected; Howard J. Leik, defeated.
  • 1957 Aug 20: Andy Anderson, nominated; Thomas A. Nicholas, nominated; Howard Daugherty, defeated in primary.
  • 1957 Nov 5: Andy Anderson, elected; Thomas A. Nicholas, defeated.

    Postmasters at Casper, 1888-1975 (may be incomplete!)
    James A. Hartman 1888-89 Carl C. Wright 1889 James Casebeer 1889-90 Oakley K. Garvey 1890-93 Marvin L. Bishop 1893-98 Ida A. Hewes 1898-1910 James McFadden 1910-12 Lizzie McDonald 1912-14 John S. Van Doren 1914-19 William W. Sproul 1919-20 William W. Sproul 1920 F. T. Frawley 1920-21 Edwin M. Bean 1921 Edwin M. Bean 1921-31 Verne M. Mokler 1931-36 Edmund P. Landers 1936 Edmund P. Landers 1936-45 George P. Hicks, Jr. 1945-47 George P. Hicks, Jr. 1947-68 Emerick Huber 1968-69 Emerick Huber 1969-75

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