The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Rockford, Illinois
- ️Lawrence Kestenbaum
Mayors of Rockford, 1852-2010 (may be incomplete!)
Willard
Wheeler 1852-53
Hiram
R. Maynard 1853-54
Ulysses
M. Warner 1854-55
Edward
Vaughn 1855-56
James
L. Loop 1856-57
William
Brown 1857-58
Seeley
Perry 1858-59
Charles
Williams 1859-64
Albert
Fowler 1864-66
Edward
H. Baker 1866-67
Albert
Fowler 1867-68
Edward
H. Baker 1868-69
Seymour
G. Bronson 1869-73
Gilbert
Woodruff 1873-75
Robert
H. Tinker 1875-76
Levi
Rhoades 1876-77
Duncan
Ferguson 1877-78
William
Watson 1878-79
Sylvester
B. Wilkins 1879-81
Samuel
P. Crawford 1881-83
Alfred
Taggart 1883-87
Horace
C. Scovill 1887-89
John
H. Sherratt 1889-91
Henry
N. Starr 1891-93
Amasa
Hutchins 1893-95
Edward
W. Brown 1895-1901
Amasa
Hutchins 1901-03
Charles
E. Jackson 1903-07
Mark
Jardine 1907-11
William
Bennett 1911-17
Robert
Rew 1917-21
J.
Herman Hallstrom 1921-27
Burt
M. Allen 1927-29
J.
Herman Hallstrom 1929-33
C.
Henry Bloom 1933-37
Charles
F. Brown 1937-41
C.
Henry Bloom 1941-53
Milton
Lundstrom 1953-57
Benjamin
T. Schleicher 1957-73
Robert
W. McGaw 1973-81
John
McNamara 1981-89
Charles
E. Box 1989-2001
Doug
Scott 2001-05
Lawrence
J. Morrissey 2005-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
Postmasters at Rockford, 1837-1980 (may be
incomplete!)
Daniel
S. Haight 1837-41
Edward
Warren 1841
Seldon
M. Church 1841-43
Charles
H. Spafford 1843-45
Charles
J. Horseman 1845-49
Buel
G. Wheeler 1849-53
Charles
J. Horseman 1853-57
George
F. Hambright 1857-61
Melancthon
Smith 1861-63
Annie
M. Smith 1863-65
Anson
S. Miller 1865-66
Azro
E. Goodwin 1866-67
Anson
S. Miller 1867-71
Charles
H. Spafford 1871-75
Abraham
E. Smith 1875-79
Thomas
G. Lawler 1879-85
John
D. Waterman 1885-89
Thomas
G. Lawler 1889-94
John
D. Waterman 1894-98
Thomas
G. Lawler 1898-1908
Howard
O. Hilton 1908-15
William
H. Hefferan 1915-21
Arthur
L. Johnson 1921-22
Arthur
L. Johnson 1922-34
Lawrence
P. Luby 1934-35
Lawrence
P. Luby 1935-49
Edward
T. O'Shay 1949-50
Edward
T. O'Shay 1950-80
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