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Appointmentm at Incorporation
{ 02' the C ity ®f Miami Beach.
March 26, 1915
MAYOR
J. N. Lummus, Sr;
ALDERMEN
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C. H. Perry
H. H. Filer
T. E. James
Thomas J. Pancoaat
W. E. Brown
W. E. Norton
F. C. B. LeGro
First Miami Beach General
Election.
October 28, 1918
MAYOR } Votes
Thomas a. Pancoaat 31
ALDERMEN (7 elected)
C. R. Meloy ~
J. N. Lummus, Sr. 39
R. A. coachman 37
John H L®vi 3~}
John F. Oliver 2
J. Arthur Pancoaat 25
H. H. Schmitt 15
OFFICIAL
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Second Miami Bsaeh General
Election.
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October 25, 1920
MAYOR Votes
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T. E. Jam®a 153
COUNCILMEN (5 elected)
Frank C. Dickey 135
John H. L®vi 123
Frank H. Henning 120
W. E. Norton 120
H. K. B. Davis 116
R. A. Coachman 7
J. A. Pancoaat 2
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MIAMy BEACH
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Third Miami Beach Gen®ral
Election. '
October 23, 1922
" MAYOR Votes
~L. F. Snedigar 169
T. J. Pancoaat 113
Thomas E. James 105
COUNCILMEN (5 elected)
J. N. Lummus, Jr. 234
Frank H. Henning 1?9
Wm. A. Scott 163
C. B. Floyd 158
Frank C. Heal 152
Charl®a R. Meloy 149
Wes: E. Norton 117
Gilbert H. Hutchinson 111
Alvin L. Sammons 99
Harold H. Bailey 97
Jeremiah Reid 9?
Fourth Miami Beach General
Election.
December 16, 1924
MAYOR Votes
L. F. Snedigar 327
COUNCILMEN (5 elected)
John H. Levi 375
C . B. Floyd 31~1~.
Harry M. Hice 320
Wm. A. Scott 262
Frank C. Heal 195
Milton H. Farr 153
Harry McCarthy 138
Mrs. Iva Sproule-Baker 85
Mra. Lutie S. Osborn 79
Claude C. Matlack 62
Sixth Miami Beach General
Election.
December 18, 1928
MAYOR Votee
i~L. F. Snedigar 840
vat C. Cleary 836
Wm. E. Walsh 201
Edward Robertson 122
Wm. G. McRae 122
COUNCILMEN (5 elected)
John H. Levi 1087
C. L. Clements 1081
H. M. Bankhead 1038
Harry M. Hice 954
C. B. Floyd 870
J. C. Brown 848
Horac® C. Young 778
John B. Reid 727
Charles F. Wheeler 704
Arthur L. Higbee 474
E. P. Wheelan 264
Medos Granelle 254
Horatio Floyd 192
Edward F. Hammond 134
Eugene E. Evans 141
E. J. Pearce 129
John A. Callahan 101
Fifth Misuni B®ach General
Election.
December 21, 1926
MAYOR
~J. N. Commas, Jr.
John B. Reid
John T. Callahan
H.. A. McMahon
Wm. G. McRae
COUNCILMEN ( 5 elected)
,~ D. Richard Mead'
Harry McCarthy
Harry M. Hice
Wm. A. Scott
Frank H. Henning
C. E. Brogdon
J. C. Brown
Gilb®rt A. Jones
J. P. Caldwell
A. F. Dulbs
O. B. Furry
Frank C. Heal
A. Kenneth Aranoff
John A. Callahan
Frank N. Rogers
Theodore Blau
John Miller
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Votes
966
557
263
18
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695
684
560
542
536
536
459
378
377
294
262
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142
139
Mayor
Seventh Miami Beach General
Election.
December 16, 1930
MAYOR Votes
Val C. Cleary 1169
A. Frank Katzentine 1012
H. M. Bankhead 517
COUNCILMEN (5 elected)
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Harry M. Hice 1312
D. Richard Mead 1270
Arthur Childers 1255
Harry McCarthy 1051 ~•
~ Baron de Hirsch Meyer 1027
C. B. Floyd 1006
Robert W. Ralston 922
Wm. Burbridge 855
Charles F. Wheeler 768
J. C. Kimball 554
Ben Battle 540
Lyman W. Rogers 490
Medos Gravelle 232
L. A. Mitchell 126
Mayor
Ninth Miami Beach General
Election.
December 18t 1934
MAYOR
#L. F. Snedigar
A. Frank Katzentine
COUNCILMEN (5 el®cted)
Arthur Childers
Val C. Cleary
Robert W. Ralston
Wm. Burbridge
Harry M. Hice
E. L. Keuling
E. H. Griffith
C. L. Clements
Charles F. Wheeler
John B. Reid
Roland Grant
E. A. Woolfe
Qualified voters 4097
• Ballots cast 3496
Percentage 85
Yotes
2145
1499
2176
2101
2043
2022
1656
1237
1066
975
851
368
88
Eighth Miami Beach General
Election.
December 20, 1932
MAYOR Votes
~A. Frank Katzentine 1716
Val C. Cleary 1112
Otto stegemann 49
COUNCILMEN -t 5 elected)
John H. Levi 1409
Baron de Hirsch Meyer ~ 1311
E. L. Keuling 11 0
Robert W. Ralston 1167
Wm. Burbricc~ge
6 119
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.Arthur Childers
1018
Charles F. Wheeler 956
Robert A. Taylor 92
C. L. Clements 83.
Harry McCarthy 74
M. G. Gilroy 614
L. M. Graves 525
Paul Pollak 523
Sam R. Dav®nport 98
Lyman W. Rogers 37
~.tMayor
Tenth Miami Beach General
•Election.
June 1, 1937
MAYOR ELECTION ABOLISHED
COUNCILMEN ( 5 elected) Votes
3~John H. Levi 2601
Baron de Hirsch Meyer 2456
Robert W. Ralston 2344
Harry M. Hice 2210
Wm. Burbridge 187?
Herbert A. Frisk 1613
Benjamin Cohen 1264
Charles F. Wheeler 780
L. M. Graves 697
James Boykin 683
Charles Tobin 419
Joe Clemente 393
T. W. Palmer 308
Ben H. Taylor 283
B. V. Frooks 204
Maurice Klein 190
Wm. E. Watkins 85
;Mayor
Qualified voters 6044
Ballots cast 4881
Percentage 7?
Eleventh~Miami Beach General
Election.
June 6, 1939
COUNCILMEN (5 elected) Yotes
Val C. Cleary
Robert W. Ralston
Harry M. Hice
Herbert A. Frink
Mitchell Wolfson
Wm. Burbridge
Benjamin Cohen
M. J. Dallett
L. F. Snedigar
Charles F. Wheeler
R. P. Barnett
B. J. Reilly
J. C. Kimball
Wm. E. Watkins
Sam E. Haber
3459
2980
2771
253t~
232
2311
2251
1719
1687
669
601
368
276
169
146
Mayor
Qualified voters
Ballots cast
Percentage
8552.
6657
77
Thirteenth Miami Beach General
Election.
June 1, 1943
COUNCILMEN ( 5 elected) Votes
Mitchell Wolfson
Ralph Pole
Val C. Cleary
John H. Levi
D. Lee Powell
Robert W. Ralston
Charles S. Tobin
Ben Bronston
E. Q. Rogers
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Qualified voters
Ballots cast
Percentage
10,119
5,040
49
3290
3126
2798
2356
2335
2066
1659
1625
248
Twelfth Miami Beach General
Election.
June 3, 1941
COUNCILMEN (5 elected)
Herbert A. Frink
Wm. Burbridge
Baron de Hirsch Meyer
Mitchell Wolfson
John H. Levi
Benjamin Cohen
Charles S. Tobin
John C. Frazur®
'Harry McCarthy
Franklin Ford
Samuel Bender
Park Grundy
Walter Ruhlman
Wm. Tepper
James Quinn
Joe Mechlow
Votes
374
3511
3491
3318
2961
i~84
1397
1388
941
264
216
114
109
98
75
xYal C. Cleary, holdover
councilman, appointed fnayor.
Qualified voters 11,694
Ballots cast 7,495
Percentag® 65
Fourteenth Miami Beach General
Election-.
June 5, 1945
COUNCILMEN (5 ®lected) Votes
#Herbert A. Frink
D. Lee Powell
Wm. Burbridge
L. 'F. Snedigar
John H. Levi
Harry Zukernick
Maurice Klein
Sidney Ellison
Harold Spaet
Sam Gold
H. L. Purdue
Dr. Sohn M. Larimer
Mayor
Qualified voters 10,091
Ballots cast 7,853
Percentage 7?
4071
3384
3075
3068
2982
2817
2438
2375
2250
2078
1454
392
Fifteenth Miami Beach General
Election.
June 3, 194?
COUNCILMEN (5 ®lectad)
Marcie Liberman
Maurice Kiein
Wm. Burbridge
L. F. Snedigar
Harold Turk
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Ralph Pole
Melvin Richard
Sam Gold
J. C. Kimball
Theresa Kanter
Ed L. Owens
Edward Herr
Frances Warriner
J. P. Jeffres
Mayor
Qualified vot®rs 16,066
Ballots cast 11,579
Percentage 72
Votes
5232
5057
4342
4275
4091
4061
362,3
2466
1588
1431
921
69?
378
319
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Sixteenth Miami Beach General
Election.
June 7, 1949
COUNCILMEN ( 5 elected) Votes
Harold Turk 5718
Wm. Burbridgs 5441
Melvin Richard 5409
D. Lee Powell 14.613
Burnett Roth 4523
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Harry Zukernick 3910
Herbert A. Frink 3905
Aaron Courahon 3036
E. A. Woolfe 2130
A. J. Kaplan 1330
Hy1an Kout 1076
Sam Gold 987
Louis Shafkin 755
Charles Westcourt 609
James Norton 582-
Darby R athman 514
James B. Quinn ~ 3pq
Robert Teaney 198
Mike Golub 140
Fritz Rahn 97
Al S. Cohn 96
Max Thurston 47
Mayor
Qualified voters 18,133
Ballots cast 11,763
Percentage 64.5
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Seventeenth Miami Beach General
Election.
June 5, 1951
COUNCILMEN (4 ®lected) Votes
~D. Lse Powell 5325.
Burnett Roth 4801
Marcie Liberman 4668
Bernard Frank 3973
Harold Shapiro 3321
Jack A. Abbott 3187
Aaron Courshon 2810
Jack D. Gordon 2201
Frank A. Martin 2199
J. J. Farrey 2082
Maurice Klein 1806
Morris Berick 1772
Charles Westcourt 960
Ben Kempler 883
Louis Shafkin 363
Melvin I. Muroff 261
James H. Norton 229
Jackson Davis 204
James B. Quinn 115
Nathan Schwartz 110
Al Feinstein 105
Meyer Golub 100
Jacob Siegel 77
Ray Redman 73
Fritz Rahn 69
Max Mogull 63
Seymour Greenbaum 30
~fMayor
Qualified voters 21,906
Ballots cast 12,802
P®rcentage 60
Eighteenth Miami Beach G®neral
Election.
June 2, 1953.
COUNCILMEN (4 ®lected)
Harold Shapiro
Harold Spaet
Bernard Frank
Harold Turk
Melvin Richard
Darby Rathman
Harry Plissner
,A. J. Kaplan
Charles Westcourt
James Ruby
Nat Malmuth
A. Budd Cutl®r
M. H. Rosenhouse
George Whitney
Martin Dr®xel
Samuel Bromberg
Votes
6757
6720
6367
6077
5661
532
1324
1122
1075
755
60~
389
281
158
Mayor
Qualified voters
Ballots cast
Percentag®
19,631
13,429
60
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Nineteenth Miami Beach General
Election
June 7, 1955
s''OUNCILMEN (4 elected)
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*D. Lee Powell
Marcie Lieberman
Melvin J. Richard
Samuel J. Halperin
Leonard A. Wien
Harold Turk
Burnett Roth
Charles Hall
*Mayor
Qualified voters
Ballots cast
Percentage
Votes
6570
6333
6059
5375
5106
4802
4114
3566
19, 904
14,281
72
Twenty-first Miami Beach General
Election
June 2, 1959
COUNCILMEN (4 elected)
*D. Lee Powell
Marcie Lieberman
Melvin J. Richard
Wolfie Cohen
Hal Hertz
Revy Balk in
Samuel Rivkind
Irving Hoffman
Votes
7216
6599
6414
5439
4,7 34
3546
2862
2394
*Mayor
Qualified voters
Ballots cast
Percentage
21,958
12,760
58
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Twentieth Miami Beach General
Election
June 4, 1957
COUNCILMEN (4 elected) Votes
*Kenneth Oka
Harold B. Spaet
Bernard A. Frank
Harold Shapiro
Irving Hoffman
Darby Rathman•
Hal Hertz
Saul Meringoff
*Mayor
Qualified voters
Ballots cast
~;; rcentage
7904
5631
5587
5383
4881
4630
3369
1102
21,925
13 , 443
61
Twenty-second Miami Beach General
.f Election
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June 6, 1961
COUNCILMEN (4 elected)
*Kenneth Oka
Malvin Englander
Bernard A. Frank
Wolfie Cohen
Hal Hertz
Bernard A. Wieder
Henry Coleman
Leo Eisenstein
Ted Cohen
*Mayor
Qualified voters 25,290
Ballots cast 14,913
Percentage 59
Votes
8082
7022
6303
5884
5778
4369
3432
3430
2646
INCORPORATION CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CITY CHARTER
MARCH 26, 1915 MAY 25, 1917
M A Y O R S
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1. J. N. Lummus 1917 1918 I
2. Thomas J. Pancoast 1918 1920 II
3. T. E. James 1920 192•,2 III
4. Louis F. Snedigar 1922 1924 IV
5. Louis F. Snedigar (re-+elected) 1924 1926
6. J. N. Lummus, Jr. 1926 1928 V
7. Louis F. Snedigar 1928 1930
8. Val C. Cleary 1930 1932 VI
9. A. Frank Kazentine 1932 1934 VII
10. Louis F. Snedigar 1934 1937
11. John H. Levi 1937 1939 VIII
12. John H. Levi (re-elected) 1939 1941
13. Val C. Cleary * 1941 1943
14. Major Mitchell Wolfson (June~October) 1943 IX
John H. Levi (Acting Mayor Oct-Jan)
15. John H. Levi (January 5, 1944) 1944 1945
16. Herbert A. Frink 1945 1947 X
17.
~ Marcie Liberman 1947 1949 XI
' 18. Harold Turk 1949 1951 XII
19. D. Lee Powell 1951 1953 XIII
20. Harold Shapiro .~ 1953 1955 XIV
21. D. Lee Powell ,,, 1955 1957
22. Kenneth Oka 1957 1959 XV
23. D. Lee Powell 1959 1961
* 1941-1943 Herbert A. Frink declined to be Mayor being substitu ted
by hold-over Councilman Cleary.