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The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Moscow, Idaho

  • ️Lawrence Kestenbaum

Mayors of Moscow, 1901-2021 (may be incomplete!)
William M. Morgan 1905-08 J. N. Clarke 1911-13 Warren Truitt 1918-19 John G. Gibson 1919-21 H. Melgard 1921 J. E. Wilson as of 1933 Henry C. Rach 1935 Homer E. Estes 1935-39 R. K. Bonnett 1947-51 William L. Anderson 1951-53 Everett Will 1953-57 Spencer L. Lewis 1957-60 Fred W. Handell 1961-69 Lawrence H. Merk 1970 James C. Harris 1981

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1901 Apr 2: Frank L. White (Citizens), elected.
  • 1903 Apr 7: J. C. Wolfe (Taxpayers), elected.
  • 1904 Apr 5: J. C. Wolfe, elected.
  • 1905 Apr 4: William M. Morgan, elected.
  • 1907 Apr 2: R. S. Mathews (Ind), elected; A. C. Carssow (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1911 Apr 4: J. N. Clarke, elected unopposed.
  • 1913 Apr 1: J. N. Clarke, elected.
  • 1919 Apr 22: John G. Gibson, elected; Warren Truitt, defeated.
  • 1921 Apr 26: H. Melgard (Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1935 Apr 23: Homer E. Estes, elected.
  • 1937 Apr 27: Homer E. Estes, elected.
  • 1939 Apr 25: Henry C. Hansen, elected; Homer E. Estes, defeated.
  • 1947 Apr 22: R. K. Bonnett, elected unopposed.
  • 1951 Apr 24: William L. Anderson, elected; R. K. Bonnett, defeated.
  • 1953 Apr 28: Everett Will, elected; T. C. Thomas, defeated.
  • 1955 Apr 26: Everett Will, elected unopposed.
  • 1957 Apr 23: Spencer L. Lewis, elected; V. R. Van Dyk, defeated.
  • 1959 Apr 28: Spencer L. Lewis, elected unopposed.
  • 1961 Apr 25: Fred W. Handell, elected; Richard Cecil Lovel, defeated; Spencer L. Lewis, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Fred W. Handell, elected unopposed.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Lawrence H. Merk, elected; Fred W. Handell, defeated.
  • 1977 Nov 8: W. D. Mackin, elected; E. J. Larsen, defeated; Martin Taylor, defeated.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Dee Hager, elected; James C. Harris, defeated.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Gary Scott, elected; Gary Tragesser, defeated.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Art Bettge, elected; Jim Gray, defeated; Olivia Moses, defeated; Barb Rathbun, defeated.

    Postmasters at Moscow, 1891-1981 (may be incomplete!)
    Arvid Hinman as of 1891 Robert H. Barton as of 1893 Robert H. Barton as of 1899-1901 Homer E. Estes 1922-34 Glenn H. Sanders 1934-50 Hubert V. Standley 1950-54 Henry C. Hansen 1954-64 Richard Cecil Lovel 1964-65 Howard W. Buchanan 1965-66 Howard W. Buchanan 1966-81

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