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Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa: And
Reminiscences of Early Days, Volume 1
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1331:. Register & Tribune Company. 1916. pp. 43–60.
1775:"Test of Mayor's Pact With Mitchell May Come Thursday"
1900:"Former Des Moines Mayor Thomas Urban dead at age 86"
1835:. Washington, D.C. Associated Press. 24 November 1928
1801:"John MacVicar – The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa"
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1927:. Associated Press. 25 December 1986. Archived from
1534:. Chicago: Lake City Publishing. 1890. p. 264.
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Portrait and biographical album of Polk County, Iowa
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Annals of Polk County, Iowa, and City of Des Moines
1302:. Union Historical Company. 1880. pp. 670–676
1992:
1592:"Mayor Lane of Des Moines Appoints his Officers"
1321:. Des Moines State Register, Print. p. 259.
1407:. Geo. A. Miller printing Company. p. 650
1346:. James T. White & Co. 1973. p. 453.
1328:Revised Ordinances of the City of Des Moines
1432:. Baker-Trisler Company. pp. 322–323.
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1748:"Hunter Regime in Power With Few Changes"
1151:Nahas served four months as mayor. First
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1861:. Iowa Legislative Services Agency.
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2001:Lists of mayors of places in Iowa
1969:Osher, Chris (February 2, 1994).
1859:Iowa Legislators Past and Present
1773:Churchill, G. W. (2 April 1928).
1618:"Des Moines' New Council Goes In"
1566:"Des Moines' New City Government"
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1925:"Des Moines Mayor Dead at 73"
1855:"Senator Joseph Holmes Allen"
1382:. 20 May 1993. pp. 2Q–5Q
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1230:First African American mayor
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698:April 6, 1908 – April 4, 1910
1426:Andrews, Lorenzo F. (1908).
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2006:Mayors of Des Moines, Iowa
1807:. University of Iowa Press
1674:Ottumwa tri-weekly courier
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1263:January 2, 2024 – Present
1644:"The city has new mayor"
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1877:The Des Moines Register
1779:The Des Moines Register
1752:The Des Moines Register
1648:The Des Moines Register
1510:The Des Moines Register
1472:The Iowa State Register
1380:The Des Moines Register
1280:Des Moines City Council
641:Jeremiah J. Hartenbower
552:William Lytle Carpenter
1722:"New Council Sworn in"
694:Adoniram Judson Mathis
1805:uipress.lib.uiowa.edu
1401:Porter, Will (1898).
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531:James Harvey Phillips
518:1882 – March 15, 1886
474:Resigned from office
453:March 16, 1874 – 1876
436:1873 – March 16, 1874
285:Resigned from office
1953:Newspaperarchive.com
1827:"Mayor is Appointed"
1596:Ceder Repids Gazette
1315:Dixon, J. M (1876).
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156:November 1855 – 1856
35:adding missing items
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1041:Reinhold O. Carlson
882:Joseph Holmes Allen
344:George W. Cleveland
119:October 1853 – 1854
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1726:Sioux City Journal
1700:Des Moines Tribune
1622:Sioux City Journal
1570:Sioux City Journal
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993:Joseph Van Dresser
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498:William H. Merritt
361:Sumner F. Spofford
204:May 1, 1857 – 1858
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188:1857 – May 1, 1857
131:Lampson P. Sherman
85:Term start and end
33:; you can help by
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