First Elected Officials Mason MI
Mason MI was incorporated on March 9, 1865
The first election was conducted on March 27, 1865, with 36 of the votes casted.
Minos McRobert was elected as the first village president.
It was in 1875 that Mason was later incorporated as a city.
First Elected Officials:
Photo Added by: Mike Beard
The photo is of Minos McRobert, from the History of Ingham and Eaton Counties by Samuel Durant
President: Minos McRobert (Mason's first physician, pictured)
Find a grave Link: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19380268
FamilySearch Link - 1880 Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBQ-9C7L?mode=g&i=6&cc=1417683
Trustees (two year term):
John Dunsback FindAGrave Link: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dunsback&GSfn=John++&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=72430639&df=all&
Orlando Mack Barnes (later became mayor of Lansing) FindAGrave Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21175277/orlando-barnes
Trustees (one year term):
Peter Lowe Find a grave Link: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=lowe&GSfn=peter&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=31203250&df=all&
Philetus Peck: N/A
Clerk:
Dr. R. H. Davis: N/A
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Assessor:
Perry Henderson ** Leroy Township's First Postmaster (received his commision from President Martin Vanburen) and Supervisor of LeRoy Twp -- Ingham County Sherif - Erected the "Phoenix Mills" in 1858 - Elected 4 times Vevay Supervisor - Elected Mason Mayer.
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Treasurer:
Jesse Beech
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Marshal:
Joseph Huntington Find a grave Link: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Huntington&GSfn=joseph&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=24&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=42771764&df=all&
Mayors of Mason
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Mayors of Mason, 1875-1970 (may be incomplete!)
R. F. Griffin 1875-76 Daniel J. Darrow 1876-77 William Woodhouse 1877-78 Elias G. Hunt 1878-79 John H. Sayers 1879-81 William H. Clark 1881-82 William W. Root 1882-83 A. V. Peek 1883-84 Harper Reed 1884-86 Perry Henderson 1886-87 John C. Cannon 1887-89 Michael J. Murray 1889-92 Lawton T. Hemans 1892-93 Harper Reed 1893-96 Charles W. VanSlyke 1896-99 Lawton T. Hemans 1899-1900 Harper Reed 1900-01 Charles W. Whitman 1901-03 Elias Culver 1903-04 William W. Root 1904-06 Lawton T. Hemans 1906-10 John N. Thorburn 1910-12 Arlington A. Bergman 1912-16 Ira J. Kellogg 1916-18 David P. Whitmore 1918-20 James E. Waggoner 1920-21 Vernon J. Brown 1921-23 Harry J. Bond 1923-26 Clarence Bickert 1926-27 John E. Kennedy 1927-31 Leo H. Harrison 1931 Jason E. Taylor 1931-33 Arthur W. Jewett 1933-47 Sidney A. Morrison 1947-49 Cecil H. Hall 1949-53 Clairmont Everitt 1953-54 Gilson Pearsall 1964-67 Loren Shattuck 1967-68 Vaughn Snook 1968-69 DeWayne Evans 1969-70 Sue Ann Parsons 1970
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
- 1875 Apr 5: R. F. Griffin, elected; Charles H. Darrow (Rep), defeated.
- 1876 Apr 3: Daniel J. Darrow (Rep), elected; Henry P. Henderson (Dem), defeated.
- 1877 Apr 2: William Woodhouse (Dem), elected.
- 1878 Apr 1: Elias G. Hunt (Greenback), elected; S. J. P. Smead (Dem), defeated.
- 1879 Apr 7: John H. Sayers (Rep), elected; C. D. Huntington (Dem & Greenback), defeated.
- 1880 Apr 5: John H. Sayers (Rep), elected; Minos McRobert (Dem), defeated; Asahel W. Parkhurst (Greenback), defeated.
- 1881 Apr 4: William H. Clark (Greenback), elected; Thaddeus Densmore (Rep), defeated.
- 1882 Apr 3: William W. Root (Rep), elected; A. V. Peek (Greenback), defeated; George M. Huntington (Dem), defeated.
- 1883 Apr 2: A. V. Peek (Greenback & Dem), elected; A. B. Campbell (Rep), defeated.
- 1884 Apr 7: Harper Reed (Citizens), elected; James A. Sherwood (Anti-Monopoly), defeated.
- 1885 Apr 6: Harper Reed (Rep), elected; Spencer H. Beecher (Dem), defeated.
- 1886 Apr 5: Perry Henderson (Dem & Greenback), elected; John C. Cannon (Rep), defeated.
- 1887 Apr 4: John C. Cannon (Rep), elected; James A. Sherwood (Union Labor), defeated; S. J. P. Smead (Dem), defeated.
- 1888 Apr 2: John C. Cannon (Rep), elected; Michael J. Murray (Dem), defeated; James A. Sherwood (Union Labor), defeated; Frank Hoyt (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1889 Apr 1: Michael J. Murray (Dem), elected; Harper Reed (Rep), defeated; John G. Snook (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1890 Apr 7: Michael J. Murray (Dem), elected; Albert J. Hall (Rep), defeated; John G. Snook (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1891 Apr 6: Michael J. Murray (Dem), elected; Thaddeus Densmore (Rep), defeated; Edward E. Langley (Prohibition), defeated; T. M. Saraw (Industrial), defeated.
- 1892 Apr 4: Lawton T. Hemans (Dem), elected; Charles J. Rayner (Rep), defeated; Edward E. Langley (Prohibition), defeated; R. F. Griffin (People's), defeated.
- 1893 Apr 3: Harper Reed (Rep), elected; Lawton T. Hemans (Dem), defeated; Edward E. Langley (Prohibition), defeated; Ira J. Teall (People's), defeated.
- 1894 Apr 2: Harper Reed (Rep), elected; John G. Snook (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1895 Apr 1: Harper Reed (Rep), elected; Charles W. VanSlyke (Dem), defeated; Samuel P. Stroud (People's), defeated; Harlan P. Williams (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1896 Apr 6: Charles W. VanSlyke (Dem), elected; Jesse Beech (Rep), defeated; John G. Snook (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1897 Apr 5: Charles W. VanSlyke (Dem & People's & Union Silver), elected; Rufus Raymond (Rep), defeated.
- 1898 Apr 4: Charles W. VanSlyke (Dem), elected; George A. Earle (Rep), defeated.
- 1899 Apr 3: Lawton T. Hemans (Citizens Union), elected; James A. Sherwood (Ind), defeated.
- 1900 Apr 2: Harper Reed (Rep), elected; Frank P. Millbury (Dem), defeated.
- 1901 Apr 1: Charles W. Whitman (Dem), elected; Harper Reed (Rep), defeated.
- 1902 Apr 7: Charles W. Whitman (Dem), elected; Harrison O. Call (Rep), defeated.
- 1903 Apr 6: Elias Culver (Rep), elected; John C. Fingerle (Dem), defeated; Albert L. Vandercook (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1904 Apr 4: William W. Root (Dem), elected; Elias Culver (Rep), defeated; Samuel Shaw (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1905 Apr 3: William W. Root (Dem), elected; Frank E. Thomas (Rep), defeated; Summit R. King (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1906 Apr 2: Lawton T. Hemans (Citizens), elected; Wilbur M. McCrosson (People's), defeated.
- 1907 Apr 1: Lawton T. Hemans (Citizens), elected; John G. Snook (Law and Order), defeated.
- 1908 Apr 6: Lawton T. Hemans (Citizens), elected; William W. Smith (People's), defeated.
- 1909 Apr 5: Lawton T. Hemans (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1910 Apr 4: John N. Thorburn (Citizens), elected; William B. Hallenbeck, defeated.
- 1911 Apr 3: John N. Thorburn (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1912 Apr 1: Arlington A. Bergman (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1913 Apr 7: Arlington A. Bergman (Citizens), elected; F. G. Ellett (People's), defeated.
- 1914 Apr 6: Arlington A. Bergman (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1915 Apr 5: Arlington A. Bergman (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1916 Apr 3: Ira J. Kellogg (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1917 Apr 2: Ira J. Kellogg (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1918 Apr 1: David P. Whitmore (Citizens), elected; Summit R. King (People's), defeated.
- 1919 Apr 7: David P. Whitmore (Citizens), elected; Walter Hayner (People's), defeated.
- 1920 Apr 5: James E. Waggoner (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1921 Apr 4: Vernon J. Brown (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1922 Apr 3: Vernon J. Brown (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1923 Apr 2: Harry J. Bond (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1924 Apr 7: Harry J. Bond (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1925 Apr 6: Harry J. Bond (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1926 Apr 5: Clarence Bickert (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1927 Apr 4: John E. Kennedy (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1928 Apr 2: John E. Kennedy (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1929 Nov 5: John E. Kennedy (Citizens), elected unopposed.
- 1931 Apr 30: John E. Kennedy, died in office.
- 1931 Nov 3: Jason E. Taylor (People's), elected; A. B. Ball (Citizens), defeated.
- 1933 Nov 7: Arthur W. Jewett, elected; Hugh W. Silsby (People's), defeated.
- 1935 Nov 5: Arthur W. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed.
- 1937 Nov 2: Arthur W. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed.
- 1939 Nov 7: Arthur W. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed.
- 1941 Nov 4: Arthur W. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed.
- 1943 Nov 2: Arthur W. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed.
- 1945 Nov 6: Arthur W. Jewett (People's), elected unopposed.
- 1947 Nov 4: Sidney A. Morrison (Ind), elected; Arthur W. Jewett (People's), defeated.
- 1949 Nov 8: Cecil H. Hall (People's), elected; Sidney A. Morrison (Ind), defeated; Anthony J. Betcher (Citizens), defeated.
Village Presidents of Mason, 1865-75 (may be incomplete!)
Minos McRobert 1865-66 Peter Lowe 1866-67 George M. Huntington 1867-68 Amos E. Steele 1868-69 Joseph L. Huntington 1869-70 John A. Barnes 1870-71 Minos McRobert 1871-72 Mason D. Chatterton 1872-73 S. J. P. Smead 1873-74 R. F. Griffin 1874-75 William Woodhouse 1875
Postmasters at Mason, 1863-1971 (may be incomplete!)
David B. Harrington 1863-66 Henry Linderman 1866 Franklin B. Seigfried 1866-67 Frank T. Albright 1867-83 Robert G. C. Knight 1883-88 Andrew W. Mehan 1888-89 Harry O. Call 1889-94 Morris A. Bement 1894 Charles W. Browne as of 1901-11 Ernest B. Kelly 1935-36 Ernest B. Kelly 1936-41 William J. Barber 1941-53 Leslie B. Palmer 1953-55 Leslie B. Palmer 1955-64 James M. Stubbert 1964-65 James M. Stubbert 1965-71
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