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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Payette, Idaho</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Moss</a> 1891-92 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#020.11.49">J. H. Richards</a> 1892-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown8.html#196.62.36">Travis Brown</a> 1894-95 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#057.17.07">A. B. Moss</a> 1895-97 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#063.94.63">W. A. Coughanour</a> 1897-99 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#771.03.44">David Lamme</a> 1899-1900 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#063.94.63">W. A. Coughanour</a> 1900-01 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sarig-saunder.html#697.36.81">Frank M. Satoris</a> 1901-04 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#719.84.60">Frank Crighton</a> 1904-05 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#734.19.18">R. E. Haynes</a> 1905-07 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#063.94.63">W. A. Coughanour</a> 1907-11 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brandow-branstrom.html#738.54.68">Hillary J. Brannock</a> 1911-13 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/compton.html#301.18.54">C. B. Compton</a> 1913-15 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/venable.html#711.19.38">Burt Venable</a> 1915-17 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#059.77.77">I. R. Woodward</a> 1917-33 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood5.html#428.98.05">J. J. Wood</a> 1933-35 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#059.77.77">I. R. Woodward</a> 1935-41 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a> 1941-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalton.html#070.60.10">Ursus Dalton</a> 1953-55 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a> 1955-56 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kinney.html#497.44.16">A. V. Kinney</a> 1956-59 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#726.70.18">C. T. Clauser</a> 1959-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#612.65.69">Leonard J. Josephson</a> 1961-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#266.23.59">Wesley Roehr</a> 1969-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html#917.36.20">Dick E. Butcher</a> 1978-89 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#940.90.07">Floyd Moyer</a> 1990-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#001.69.24">James E. McCue</a> 1994-98 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosby.html#881.71.73">Ann Crosby</a> 1998-2001 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heisel-hellyer.html#217.84.36">Mark Heleker</a> 2002-05 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#188.80.69">Doug Henderson</a> 2005-09 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#644.50.36">Jeffrey T. Williams</a> 2010- Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!) <li> 1903 Apr 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sarig-saunder.html#697.36.81">Frank M. Satoris</a>, elected unopposed. <li> 1904 Apr 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#719.84.60">Frank Crighton</a> (Citizens Improvement), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett5.html#093.10.34">J. M. Bennett</a> (Good Government), defeated. <li> 1905 Apr 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#734.19.18">R. E. Haynes</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett5.html#093.10.34">J. M. Bennett</a>, defeated. <li> 1907 Apr 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#063.94.63">W. A. Coughanour</a>, elected unopposed. <li> 1911 Apr 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#063.94.63">W. A. Coughanour</a>, defeated. <li> 1913 Apr 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/compton.html#301.18.54">C. B. Compton</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#734.19.18">R. E. Haynes</a>, defeated. <li> 1915 Apr 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/venable.html#711.19.38">Burt Venable</a> (Citizens), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#063.94.63">W. A. Coughanour</a> (People's), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slavens-slingluff.html#768.52.20">Levi Slinker</a> (Taxpayers), defeated. <li> 1919 Apr 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#059.77.77">I. R. Woodward</a>, elected unopposed. <li> 1925 Apr 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#059.77.77">I. R. Woodward</a> (Citizens), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murrell-myer.html#735.82.23">H. O. Musgrove</a> (Ind), defeated. <li> 1933 Apr 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood5.html#428.98.05">J. J. Wood</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#059.77.77">I. R. Woodward</a>, defeated. <li> 1935 Apr 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#059.77.77">I. R. Woodward</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccallen-mccarter.html#774.14.93">B. F. McCarroll</a>, defeated. <li> 1937 Apr 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#059.77.77">I. R. Woodward</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spriggs-springweiler.html#973.61.20">C. C. Springstun</a>, defeated. <li> 1939 Apr 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#059.77.77">I. R. Woodward</a>, elected unopposed. <li> 1941 Apr 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#059.77.77">I. R. Woodward</a>, defeated. <li> 1943 Apr 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a>, elected unopposed. <li> 1945 Apr 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#254.69.69">L. W. Brainard</a>, defeated. <li> 1949 Apr 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodges.html#658.97.35">Archie W. Hodges</a>, defeated. <li> 1951 Apr 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a>, elected unopposed. <li> 1953 Apr 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalton.html#070.60.10">Ursus Dalton</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a>, defeated. <li> 1955 Apr 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a>, elected. <li> 1956 Jul 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#031.53.89">John A. McMillan</a>, died in office. <li> 1957 Apr 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kinney.html#497.44.16">A. V. Kinney</a>, elected unopposed. <li> 1959 Apr 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#726.70.18">C. T. Clauser</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy-kensey.html#634.19.61">A. V. Kennion</a>, defeated. <li> 1961 Apr 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#612.65.69">Leonard J. Josephson</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#726.70.18">C. T. Clauser</a>, defeated. <li> 1963 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#612.65.69">Leonard J. Josephson</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#726.70.18">C. T. Clauser</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshman-marthinsen.html#880.69.12">Leo Marsters</a>, defeated. <li> 1965 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#612.65.69">Leonard J. Josephson</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paris.html#784.63.08">Ralph Paris</a>, defeated. <li> 1969: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#612.65.69">Leonard J. Josephson</a>, resigned. <li> 1973 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#266.23.59">Wesley Roehr</a>, elected unopposed. <li> 1977 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html#917.36.20">Dick E. Butcher</a>, elected unopposed. <li> 1981 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html#917.36.20">Dick E. Butcher</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#216.32.53">Reid Holcomb</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#341.36.83">Jerry Quada</a>, defeated. <li> 1985 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html#917.36.20">Dick E. Butcher</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/califano-callaghan.html#888.28.46">Rod Calkins</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogden.html#806.33.53">Lawrence Ogden</a>, defeated. <li> 1989 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#940.90.07">Floyd Moyer</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#018.17.78">Jim Lewis</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roe.html#119.23.77">Chuck Roe</a>, defeated. <li> 2001 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heisel-hellyer.html#217.84.36">Mark Heleker</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosby.html#881.71.73">Ann Crosby</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson1.html#578.74.08">Becky Thompson</a>, defeated. <li> 2021 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#532.70.86">Craig L. Jensen</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/looney-lorch.html#101.45.02">Daniel Lopez</a>, defeated. <a name=2><hr></a> Postmasters at Payette, 1889-1971 (may be incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#993.18.43">George P. Johnson</a> 1889-93 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#063.94.63">W. A. Coughanour</a> 1893-97 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driscoll.html#721.36.39">Timothy Driscoll</a> 1897 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#993.18.43">George P. Johnson</a> 1897-1903 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/venable.html#711.19.38">Burt Venable</a> 1903-15 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowman.html#791.32.06">E. T. Bowman</a> 1915-20 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white1.html#778.61.11">Albert E. White</a> 1920-28 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowman.html#480.70.95">Logan M. Bowman</a> 1937 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowman.html#480.70.95">Logan M. Bowman</a> 1937-57 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leszynski-levi.html#198.95.10">Glenn E. Levers</a> 1957-58 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leszynski-levi.html#198.95.10">Glenn E. Levers</a> 1958-71 </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/payette.html ">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/payette.html </a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>