List of mayors of Battle Creek, Michigan

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

• 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 ^{[8] [9]}
• Maude Bristol Perry, 1984-1985 ^{[8] [9]}
• John J. H. Schwarz, 1985-1987 ^[3]
• 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

• Battle Creek history
• Battle Creek City Hall

References

1. "Battle Creek Mayors". www.migenweb.org. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
2. 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
3. Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Battle Creek, Michigan", Political Graveyard, retrieved July 5, 2024, Mayors of Battle Creek, 1859-2013
4. www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZTL-XYS . Retrieved August 14, 2024.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
6. "Preston Kool Obituary (1931 - 2018) - Battle Creek, MI - Grand Rapids Press". Legacy.com. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
7. "Donald Sherrod". AncientFaces. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
8. "Remembering Battle Creek's Black trailblazers", Battle Creek Enquirer, February 2, 2021
9. "Data relevant to City Charter discussions", battlecreekmi.gov, October 14, 2019
10. "Mayor and Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, archived from the original on January 1, 2012 – via Wayback Machine
11. "Mayor and Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, archived from the original on February 6, 2015 – via Wayback Machine
12. "Mayor & Commission", battlecreekmi.gov, City of Battle Creek, archived from the original on April 24, 2017 – via Wayback Machine
13. "Mark Behnke reelected mayor of Battle Creek", Battle Creek Enquirer, November 9, 2022
14. "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
• Compilation of the charter and ordinances of the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, Press of Gage printing co., 1908 – via HathiTrust