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Blair’s Mayors

This list is provided courtesy of former Mick Mines.  It was originally compiled by former city clerk, Alice Diedrichsen and her staff.

  •  J.H. Post 8-7-1869 to 5-2-1870
  • S.H. Fawcett 5-11-1870 to 2-6-1871
  • J.H. Hungate 8-11-1871 to 11-25-1871
  • L.W. Osborn 1-4-1872 to 4-22-1872
  • F.W. Kenny 5-13-1872 to 8-30-1872
  • J.H. Hungate 9-18-1872 to 4-2-1873
  • C.C. Crowell 4-5-1873 to 4-9-1874
  • W.H. Palmer 4-16-1874 to 4-21-1875
  • J.H. Hungate 4-24-1875 to 4-11-1876
  • F.W. Kenny  4-11-1876 to 4-4-1878
  • Alex Reed 4-15-1878 to 4-7-1879
  • Theo Haller 4-15-1879 to 4-19-1880
  • Alonzo Perkins 4-26-1880 to 4-18-1882
  • Perry Selden 4-29-1882 to 4-7-1883
  • W.D. Haller 4-30-1883 to 4-21-1884
  • V.G. Lantry 4-26-1884 to 4-20-1885
  • W.C. Walton 4-20-1885 to 4-16-1888
  • W.D. Haller 4-16-1888 to 4-21-1891
  • A.C. Jones 4-25-1891 to 4-18-1893
  • John McQuarrie 4-28-1893 to 4-17-1894
  • E.A. Stewart 4-19-1894 to 10-16-1894
  • W.D. Gross 10-27-1894 to 4-16-1895
  • Perry (Harry??) Selden 4-26-1895 to 4-21-1896
  • M. D. Bedal  1896-1897  *
  • A.C. Jones 4-21-1897 to 4-25-1899
  • John McQuarrie 4-28-1899 to 4-17-1900
  • J.H. Flock 4-19-1900 to 4-16-1901
  • W.D. Haller 4-17-1901 to 4-21-1903
  • Clark O’Hanlon 4-21-1903 to 4-8-1904
  • L. A. Williams  1904-1906  *
  • W.G. Harrison 4-30-1906 to 4-23-1907
  • W.D. Haller 4-30-1907 to 4-21-1908
  • C.R. Mead 5-4-1908 to 5-3-1909
  • W.R. Williams 5-4-1909 to 5-2-1911
  • J.F. White 5-2-1911 to 4-30-1912
  • W.D. Haller 4-30-1912 to 4-29-1915
  • J.F. White 5-4-1915 to 5-4-1916
  • Magnus Johnson 5-12-1916 to 5-1-1917
  • S.W. Chambers 5-4-1917 to 5-7-1918
  • J.S. Roberts 5-22-1918 to 5-6-1919
  • Henry Christensen 5-15-1919 to 4-29-1921
  • John R. Aye 5-3-1921 to 4-15-1924
  • R.J. Murdoch 5-6-1924 to 4-29-1930
  • J. Harold Stewart 4-29-1930 to 4-19-1932
  • P.C. Sorensen 4-26-1932 to 4-28-1936
  • U.G. Garner 5-3-1936 to 4-26-1938
  • P.C. Sorensen 5-3-1938 to 4-28, 1942
  • U.G. Garner 5-5-1942 to 9-9-1947
  • Orval Scheffler 9-15-1947 to 4-25-1950
  • A. Clarence Vig 4-25-1950 to 4-29-1952
  • Raymond C. Hansen 4-29-1952 to 4-29, 1958
  • Donald E. Schettler 4-29-1958 to 4-10-1962
  • Edward Eagleton 4-10-1962 to 4-14-1964
  • Orval Scheffler 4-14-1964 to 4-12-1966
  • H.V. Simpson 4-12-1966 to 12- — -1971
  • John Lutz 12- — -1971 to 6-6-1972
  • Alfred O. Sick 6-2-1972 to 11-28-1978
  • M. Stanley Jensen 11-28-1978 to 12-11-1990
  • Jerome Jenny 12-11-1990 to 12-13-1994
  • Mick Mines 12-13-1994 to 2002
  • James Realph 2002 to present

*The names of Bedal & Williams were not in the original list compiled by the city clerk, but appear in the particle list noted in the source:  A History of Washington County, Nebraska, by Forrest B. Sharder, Magic City Printing Co. Omaha, Nebraska. 1937.   Page 345-346

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