The following is a list of mayors of the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, United States.
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- Elijah W. Pendill (1809–1876),[1] 1859–1861, 1864[2]
- Alonzo Noble (1809–1884),[1] 1862[2]
- Chester Buckley (1812–1866),[1] 1863[2]
- Tolman W. Hall (1805–1890),[1] 1865[2]
- Theron H. Tracy (1819–1877),[1] 1866[2]
- Erastus Hussey (1800–1889),[1] 1867[2]
- William Wallace (1807–1895),[1] 1868[2]
- Thomas Hart (1828–1888),[1] 1869-1870[2]
- Nelson Eldred (1822–1903),[1] 1871[2]
- George N. Wakefield (1806–1877),[1] 1872[2]
- Dr. Edward Cox (1816–1882),[1] 1873-1874[2]
- Victor P. Collier (1819–1898),[1] 1875[2]
- Charles Austin (1834–1921),[1] 1876-1877[2]
- James L. Whitcomb (1819–1899),[1] 1878[2]
- Clement R. Thompson (1831–1898),[1] 1879[2]
- Edwin C. Nichols (1838–1924),[1] 1880[2]
- George E. Howes (1835–1906),[1] 1881[2]
- William C. Gage (1842–1907),[1] 1882[2]
- Dr. Simeon S. French (1816–1910),[1] 1883-1884[2]
- Frank M. Rathbun (1844–1893),[1] 1885[2]
- Henry Clay Hall (1834–1912),[1] 1886-1888[2]
- James Green (1840–1900),[1] 1889[2]
- John W. Bailey (1859–1929),[1] 1890[2]
- Fred M. Wadleigh (1846–1913),[1] 1891[2]
- Joseph L. Cox (1858–1912),[1] 1892[2]
- Austin S. Parker (1842–1918),[1] 1893-1894[2]
- John H. Mykins (1846–1920),[1] 1895[2]
- Frank Turner (1834–1912),[1] 1896[2]
- Dr. A. T. Metcalf (1831–1916),[1] 1897[2]
- Miles S. Curtis (1852–1943),[1] 1898[2]
- Ephraim W. Moore (1850–1938),[1] 1899[2]
- Dr. Leon M. Gillette (1860–1924),[1] 1900-1901[2]
- Fred H. Webb (1854–1925),[1] 1902-1903[2]
- Frank W. Clapp (1844–1916),[1] 1904[2]
- George S. Barnes (1867–1925),[1] 1905-1906[2]
- Charles C. Green (1876–1936),[1] 1907-1908[2]
- John W. Bailey, 1909-1910[2]
- Dr. Thomas Zelinsky (1876–1933),[1] 1911-1913[3]
- John W. Bailey, 1913-1915[3]
- James W. Marsh (1852–1932),[1] 1915-1917[3]
- Charles Edward Wilson (1872–1964),[1] 1917-1919[3]
- Dr. Charles W. Ryan (1872–1943),[1] 1919-1921[3]
- Charles C. Green, 1921-1927[3]
- John W. Bailey, 1927-1929[3]
- William P. Penty (1879–1957),[1] 1930-1933[3]
- J. William Murphy Jr. (1885–1960),[1] 1933-1937[3]
- Robert J. Hamilton (1890–1967),[1] 1937-1939[3]
- Floyd H. Barry (1897–1962),[1] 1939-1943[3]
- Bernard E. Godde (1896–1980),[1] 1943-1947[3]
- William V. Bailey (born 1914),[1] 1947-1953[3]
- Frank C. Wagner (1890–1975),[4] 1953-1957[3]
- Russell V. Worgess (1919–1995),[5] 1957-1959[3]
- Raymond M. Turner (1916–1978), 1959-1960[3]
- Preston J. Kool (1931–2018),[6] ca.1967[3]
- Donald Sherrod (1926–2000), [7] 1979-1981, first Black mayor[8][9]
- Maude Bristol Perry, 1984-1985, first Black woman mayor[8][9]
- John J. H. Schwarz, 1985-1987[3]
- Shirley McFee 1990-1991
- Brian K. Kirkham, ca.2002[3]
- John K. Godfrey, ca.2005-2007[3]
- Mark A. Behnke, ca.2008[3]
- Susan Baldwin, 2009-2013[10][9]
- Deb Owens, 2014-2015[11][9]
- Dave Walters, ca.2017[12]
- Mark Behnke, ca.2021–Present[13][14]
See also
References
- "Battle Creek Mayors". www.migenweb.org. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- Washington Gardner (1913), History of Calhoun county, Michigan: a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principle interests (PDF), Lewis Pub. Co., p. 325 – via Internet Archive
- Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Battle Creek, Michigan", Political Graveyard, retrieved July 5, 2024,
Mayors of Battle Creek, 1859-2013
- www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZTL-XYS. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
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- "Preston Kool Obituary (1931 - 2018) - Battle Creek, MI - Grand Rapids Press". Legacy.com. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- "Donald Sherrod". AncientFaces. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- "Remembering Battle Creek's Black trailblazers", Battle Creek Enquirer, February 2, 2021
- "Data relevant to City Charter discussions", battlecreekmi.gov, October 14, 2019
- "Mayor and Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, archived from the original on January 1, 2012 – via Wayback Machine
- "Mayor and Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, archived from the original on February 6, 2015 – via Wayback Machine
- "Mayor & Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, archived from the original on April 24, 2017 – via Wayback Machine
- "Mark Behnke reelected mayor of Battle Creek", Battle Creek Enquirer, November 9, 2022
- "Mayor & City Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, retrieved July 5, 2024
Further reading
- Charter and Ordinances of the City of Battle Creek, Steam press of the Review and herald office, 1861, ISBN 978-1-4255-1008-4 – via HathiTrust
{{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Compilation of the charter and ordinances of the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, Press of Gage printing co., 1908 – via HathiTrust