List of mayors of Lansing, Michigan
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[edit] The List
Lansing, Michigan was incorporated as a City in 1859.
- Hiram H. Smith, 1859
- John A. Kerr, 1860
- William H. Chapman, 1861-62
- Dr. Ira H. Bartholomew, 1863-65
- Dr. William H. Haze, 1866
- George W. Peck, 1867
- Cyrus Hewitt, 1868-69
- Dr. Solomon W. Wright, 1870
- John Robson, 1871 and 1881
- John S. Tooker, 1872-73 and 1876
- Daniel W. Buck, 1874-75 and 1886
- Orlando Mack Barnes, 1877
- Joseph E. Warner, 1878
- William Van Buren, 1879-80
- Orlando F. Barnes, 1882-83
- William Donovan, 1884-85
- Jacob F. Schultz, 1887
- John Crotty, 1888
- James M. Turner, 1889 and 1895
- Frank B. Johnson, 1890-91
- Arthur O. Bement, 1892-93
- Alroy A. Wilbur, 1894
- Russell C. Ostrander, 1896
- Charles J. Davis, 1897-99
- James F. Hammell, 1900-03
- Hugh Lyons, 1904-07
- John S. Bennett, 1908-11
- J. Gottlieb Reutter, 1912-17
- Jacob W. Ferle, 1918-19 and 1922
- Benjamin A. Kyes, 1920-21
- Silas F. Main, 1922-23
- Alfred H. Doughty, 1923-26
- Laird J. Troyer, 1927-30
- Peter F. Gray, 1931-32
- Max A. Templeton, 1933-41
- Arthur E. Stoppel, 1941
- Sam Street Hughes, 1941-42
- Ralph W. Crego, 1943-61
- Willard I. Bowerman, Jr., 1961-65
- Max E. Murningham, 1965-69
- Gerald W. Graves, 1969-81
- Terry John McKane, 1981-92
- Jim Crawford, 1992-93
- David Hollister, 1993-2003
- Anthony Benavides, 2003-2006
- Virgil Bernero, 2006-present
[edit] Sources
- The State Journal newspaper; Lansing, Michigan; April 28, 1955; Centennial Issue; pages C-12 to C-18.
- Early Lansing History, book by James P. Edmonds, 1944, pages 26-27.
- Out of a Wilderness: an illustrated history of greater Lansing, book by Justin L. Kestenbaum, 1981, page 184.
- from book; Lansing and its yesterdays: a compilation of a portion of the historical material published in the seventy-fifth edition of the Lansing state journal, January 1, 1930; page 133.
