Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Home > Mayors of Davenport
The Mayors of Davenport, Iowa- 1839 Rodolphus Bennet
- 1840 John H. Thorington
- 1841 Jonathan W. Parker
- 1842 Harvey Leonard
- 1843 James Thorington
- 1844 James Thorington
- 1845 James Thorington
- 1846 James Thorington
- 1847 James Bowling
- 1847 James Bowling
- 1849 Jonathan W. Parker
- 1850 James Hall
- 1851 Charles Weston
- 1852Events January 14 President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. January 17 United Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal Devil's Island penal colony opens February 11 First British public toilet John Jordan
- 1853Events January 19 Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome January 21 Russell L. Hawes patents the envelope folding machine January 29 Napoleon III marries the Spanish Countess Eugenie at the Tuileries March 4 Inauguration of US president Fra John A. Boyd
- 1854Events January 13 The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas. February 11 Major streets lit by coal gas for first time. February 14 Texas is linked by telegraph with the rest of the United States, when a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas i James GrantThere have been several people named James Grant . James Grant (1720-1806) British General in Revolutionary War. James Grant British Naval Officer, Australian explorer James Grant (1812-1891) U. political leader in Iowa Also see James Augustus Grant (1827
- 1855Events Births January 5 King Camp Gillette, inventor († 1932) January 21 John Moses Browning, inventor († 1926) January 28 William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the calculator († 1898) March 13 Percival Lowell, astronomer († 19 Enos Tichenor
- 1856Events January 8 Borax is discovered ( John Veatch). January 29 Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross February 18 The American Party ( Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former Presi G.C.R. Mitchell
- 1857Events January 9 Earthquake at Fort Tejon, California with an estimated magnitude of 7. 9 February 16 The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, DC becoming the first school for the advanced education George B. Sargent
- 1858Events January 14 Felice Orsini and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris but their bombs kill 156 bystanders. Because of the involvement of French emigres living in Britain, there is a brief anti-British feeling in France but the empe Ebenezer Cook
- 1859 Ebenezer Cook
- 1860 James B. Caldwell
- 1861 George H. French
- 1862 George H. French
- 1862 John E. Henry
- 1864 Robert Lowry
- 1865 John L. Davies
- 1866 John L. Davies
- 1867 M. Donohue
- 1868 M. Donohue
- 1869 James Renwick
- 1870 J.M. Lyter
- 1871 John C. Bills
- 1872 A.H. Bennett
- 1873 J.H. Murphy
- 1874 J.W. Stewart
- 1875 Roderick Rose
- 1876 Roderick Rose
- 1877 T.T. Dow
- 1878 John W. Thompson
- 1879 Jerrie Murphy
- 1880 Roderick Rose
- 1881 John E. Henry
- 1882 John G. Bills
- 1883 John W. Thompson
- 1884 Ernest Claussen
- 1884 Ernest Claussen
- 1885 Ernest Claussen
- 1886 Ernest Claussen
- 1887 Ernest Claussen
- 1888 Ernest Claussen
- 1889 Ernest Claussen
- 1890 C.A. Ficke
- 1891 C.A. Ficke
- 1892 John C. Bills
- 1893 Henry Vollmer
- 1894 Henry Vollmer
- 1895 Henry Vollmer
- 1896 Henry Vollmer
- 1897 S.F. Smith
- 1898- 1899 George T. Baker
- 1900- 1901 Fred Heinz
- 1902- 1903 Walko Backer
- 1903- 1905 Harry W. Phillips
- 1906- 1907 Waldo Becker
- 1908- 1910 George W. Scott
- 1910 George W. Scott
- 1910- 1911 Alfred C. Mueller
- 1912- 1913 Alfred C. Mueller
- 1914- 1915 Alfred C. Mueller
- 1916 Alfred C. Mueller
- 1916- 1918 John Berwald
- 1918 C.M. Littleton (Partial Term, Not Qualified)
- 1918- 1920 L.J. Daugherty
- 1920- 1922 C.L. Barewold
- 1922- 1924 Alfred Muller (sic)
- 1924- 1928 Lousi Roddewig
- 1928- 1930 Harold Metcalfe
- 1930- 1934 George Tank
- 1934- 1938 Merle Wells
- 1938- 1942 John Jebens (Died in Office, March 8, 1942)
- 1942- 1944 Edwin Frick
- 1944- 1954 Arthur Kroppoch
- 1954- 1957 Walter Beuse (Died in Office, August 26, 1957)
- 1957- 1961 Donato (Don) Petruccelli
- 1961- 1966 Ray T. O'Brien
- 1966- 1971 John H. Jebens
- 1971- 1975 Kathryn Kirschbaum
- 1975- 1977 Robert Duax
- 1977- 1981 Charles Wright
- 1982- 1986 Charles Peart
- 1986- 1991 Thomas Hart
- 1992- 1998 Patrick Gibbs
- 1998- 2002 Phil Yerington
- 2002-present Charlie Brooke
Read more »