User:Halvorsen brian/List of mayors of St. Johns, Oregon

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The following is a list of mayors of St. Johns, Oregon. A total of 10 people, all male, have served as mayor. Terms were limited to one year, but incumbent were allowed to run for re-election. J. F. Hendricks of the Citizens' Party was the first mayor to be re-elected. Mayor K. C. Couch, who served as mayor from 1907–08, ran again in 1911 and won. The Republican Party had the most mayors elected with three. In 1915, the city was annexed by Portland, Oregon and the mayoral office was dissolved.

Mayors[edit]

Order Name (Party) Picture Elected Term began Term ended Notes
1. Charles A. Cook
(People's Party) 		1903 1903 1905 Cook was St. Johns first mayor.[1]
Before running for office, Cook worked as a telegraph operator.[1]
He defeated B. T. Leggett, 98–34.[1]
2. W. H. King
(Independent) 		1905 1905 1906 Called for limited government and pro-business policies.[2]
3. Fred W. Valentine
(Independent) 		1906 1906 1906 Attempted to serve as mayor and postmaster.[3]
Resigned his office after public protest to serve exclusively as postmaster.[4]
4. Palmer W. Hinman 1906 1906 1907 Elected in a special election in September 1906.[5]
5. Kindel C. Couch
(Republican) 		1907 1907 First Republican mayor.[6]
6. H. W. Brice
(Good Government) 		1908 1908 1909
7. J. F. Hendricks
(Citizens' Party) 		1909 1909 First candidate to win re-election.[7]
Indicted on charges of neglecting his office, which was dropped.[8]
8. Kindel C. Couch
(Republican) 		1911 1911 1912 First non-successive term.
9. Alvin A. Muck
(Republican) 		1912 1912 1913
10. Charles Bredeson
(Republican) 		1913 1913 1914 Worked as a blacksmith before election.
11. Arthur W. Vincent
(Socialist) 		1914 1914 1915 Defeated the incumbent mayor Charles Bredeson.
Mayor until annexation by Portland, Oregon in 1915.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Mayor of St. Johns". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 17 March 1903. p. 14. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ "For business administration". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 5 April 1905. p. 16. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Valentine gets it". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 1 July 1906. p. 14. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ^ "St. Johns mayor resigns". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 5 September 1906. p. 5. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ^ "Framing new charter". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 23 December 1906. p. 32. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ^ "St. Johns elects K. C. Couch as mayor". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 2 April 1907. p. 4. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  7. ^ "Wets win victory in St. Johns city". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 5 April 1910. p. 4. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  8. ^ "Hindu riot case ended". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 6 March 1912. p. 12. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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