List of mayors of Battle Creek, Michigan

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, USA.

• Elijah W. Pendill, 1859–1861, 1864 ^[1]
• Alonzo Noble, 1862 ^[1]
• Chester Buckley, 1863 ^[1]
• Talman W. Hall, 1865 ^[1]
• Theron H. Tracy, 1866 ^[1]
• Erastus Hussey, 1867 ^[1]
• William Wallace, 1868 ^[1]
• Thomas Hart, 1869-1870 ^[1]
• Nelson Eldred, 1871 ^[1]
• George N. Wakefield, 1872 ^[1]
• Edward Cox, 1873-1874 ^[1]
• Victor P. Collier, 1875 ^[1]
• Charles Austin, 1876-1877 ^[1]
• James L. Whitcomb, 1878 ^[1]
• C. R. Thompson, 1879 ^[1]
• Edwin C. Nichols, 1880 ^[1]
• George E. Howes, 1881 ^[1]
• William C. Gage, 1882 ^[1]
• Simeon S. French, 1883-1884 ^[1]
• Frank M. Rathbun, 1885 ^[1]
• Henry C. Hall, 1886-1888 ^[1]
• James Green, 1889 ^[1]
• John W. Bailey, 1890 ^[1]
• Fred M. Wadleigh, 1891 ^[1]
• Joseph L. Cox, 1892 ^[1]
• A. S. Parker, 1893-1894 ^[1]
• J. H. Mykins, 1895 ^[1]
• Frank Turner, 1896 ^[1]
• A. T. Metcalf, 1897 ^[1]
• M. S. Curtis, 1898 ^[1]
• E. Z. Moore, 1899 ^[1]
• L. M. Gillette, 1900-1901 ^[1]
• Fred H. Webb, 1902-1903 ^[1]
• Frank W. Clapp, 1904 ^[1]
• George S. Barnes, 1905-1906 ^[1]
• C. C. Green, 1907-1908 ^[1]
• John W. Bailey, 1909-1910 ^[1]
• Thomas Zelinsky, 1911-1913 ^[2]
• John W. Bailey, 1913-1915 ^[2]
• James W. Marsh, 1915-1917 ^[2]
• Charles Edward Wilson, 1917-1919 ^[2]
• Charles W. Ryan, 1919-1921 ^[2]
• Charles C. Green, 1921-1927 ^[2]
• John W. Bailey, 1927-1929 ^[2]
• William P. Penty, 1930-1933 ^[2]
• J. William Murphy, 1933-1937 ^[2]
• Robert J. Hamilton, 1937-1939 ^[2]
• Floyd H. Barry, 1939-1943 ^[2]
• Bernard E. Godde, 1943-1947 ^[2]
• William V. Bailey, 1947-1953 ^[2]
• Frank C. Wagner, 1953-1957 ^[2]
• Russell V. Worgess, 1957-1959 ^[2]
• Raymond M. Turner, 1959-1960 ^[2]
• Preston J. Kool, ca.1967 ^[2]
• Donald Sherrod, 1979-1981 ^{[3] [4]}
• Maude Bristol Perry, 1984-1985 ^{[3] [4]}
• John J. H. Schwarz, 1985-1987 ^[2]
• Brian K. Kirkham, ca.2002 ^[2]
• John K. Godfrey, ca.2005-2007 ^[2]
• Mark A. Behnke, ca.2008 ^[2]
• Susan Baldwin, 2009-2013 ^{[5] [4]}
• Deb Owens, 2014-2015 ^{[6] [4]}
• Dave Walters, ca.2017 ^[7]
• Mark Behnke, ca.2021-2024 ^{[8] [9]}

See also

• Battle Creek history
• Battle Creek City Hall

References

1. 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
2. Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Battle Creek, Michigan", Political Graveyard, retrieved 2024-07-05, Mayors of Battle Creek, 1859-2013
3. "Remembering Battle Creek's Black trailblazers", Battle Creek Enquirer, 2021-02-02
4. "Data relevant to City Charter discussions", battlecreekmi.gov, 2019-10-14
5. "Mayor and Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, archived from the original on 2012-01-01 – via Wayback Machine
6. "Mayor and Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, archived from the original on 2015-02-06 – via Wayback Machine
7. "Mayor & Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, archived from the original on 2017-04-24 – via Wayback Machine
8. "Mark Behnke reelected mayor of Battle Creek", Battle Creek Enquirer, 2022-11-09
9. "Mayor & City Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, retrieved 2024-07-05

Further reading

• Charter and Ordinances of the City of Battle Creek, 1861 – via HathiTrust
• Compilation of the charter and ordinances of the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, 1908 – via HathiTrust