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Mayors of Gilman and Issaquah, Washington

This information was provided by City of Issaquah city clerk Linda Ruehle on 2/24/2000.  Ruehle said "It's official, correct (researched to death), and final!", and provided some notes on why this list differs from previous lists.

"We discovered that one Mayor, Frank Day, had been left off of our list (and IHS's), nor is his picture included in the framed Mayors pictures that Harriet Fish put together (I believe in the early 80s).  Also, some of the dates on the pictures are incorrect.  I think that is where a lot of the previous misinformation came from."

David Bangs, 2/24/2000

History of Issaquah Mayors:

Term Served Name Notes

from Apr 27, 1892

F. W. Harrell
(Read Profile)

Town of Gilman
(incorporated Apr 1892)
2-yr. terms until 1918

from Jan 10, 1893

P. V. Davis

 

from Jan 8, 1895

John Davis

 

from Jan 12, 1897

John L. Hughes

 

Jan 10, 1899
Resigned Aug 7, 1899

Henry Hunter 

Town of Issaquah
(name changed Feb 1899)

from Sept 5, 1899

W. D. “Will” Conner 

Filled unexpired term

from Jan 3, 1900
Resigned Apr 27, 1900

John McQuade 

 

Apr 27, 1900 - 
Jan 8, 1901

Wm. E. Gibson, MD 

Filled unexpired term

Jan 8, 1901 - 
Jan 10, 1905

H.R. Corson, M.D

re-elected, served 2 terms

Jan 10, 1905
(Resigned June 4, 1906)

Frank Day 

 

June 4, 1906 - 
Jan 14, 1913

Wm. E. Gibson 

Filled unexpired term & elected to 3 consecutive 2-yr. terms

1913 - 1915

P.J. Smith

 

1915 - 1917

John H. Gibson

 

1917 - 1918

C.R. Berry

 

1918 - 1921

P.J. Smith

2-yr. changed to 4-yr. terms

1921 - 1924

Wm. E. Gibson

 

1924 - 1925

V.M. McKibben

 

1926 - 1928

P.J. Smith

 

1928 - 1930

John Fischer

 

1930 - 1932

L.R. Hepler

 

1932 - 1934

Stella May Alexander

First woman mayor

1934 - 1937

Laurence J. Harris

 

1937 - 1940

William Mitchell

 

1940 - 1947

Thomas Gibson

 

1947 - 1948

Albert Jensen

 

1948 - 1952

Remo Castagno

 

1952 - 1956

Alting R. “Buck” Lee

 

1956 - 1970

James Wm. “Bill” Flintoft

Changed to 3rd Class City in 1959

1970 - 1974

Keith M. Hansen

Changed to Code City in 1972

1974 - 1981

Herbert G. Herrington

 

1982 - 1989

A.J. Culver

 

1990 - 1997

Rowan C. Hinds

 

1998 -

Ava MacDougall Frisinger

Second woman mayor

 
 

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