Dewey C. Bailey

Dewey C. Bailey

32nd Mayor of Denver
In office 1919–1923
Preceded by	William Fitz Randolph Mills
Succeeded by	Benjamin F. Stapleton
Personal details
Born	(1860-09-01)September 1, 1860 Coldwater, Michigan
Died	December 17, 1937(1937-12-17) (aged 77) Denver, Colorado

Dewey Crossman Bailey (September 1, 1860 – December 17, 1937) was an American politician who served as the Republican mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1919 to 1923.^[1] Among the other events of his administration, in August 1920 Denver streetcar workers struck, causing a multi-day riot and requiring the insertion of federal troops.

Bailey was a United States Marshall for Colorado from 1897 to 1915.^[2] He died of heart disease in 1937.^[3]

References

↑ "History of the Office". Denver Office of the Mayor. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
↑ "Blonger Bros. - The Grafters Club: Dewey C. Bailey". The Grafters Club. 1923-03-27. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
↑ "Dewey Bailey Dies In Denver". Greeley Daily tribune. December 18, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.

Mayors of Denver, Colorado

Moore Cook Steck Brendlinger Clark DeLano Clayton Stiles Harper Bates Case Barker Buckingham Stiles Sopris Morris Routt Bates Lee Londoner Rogers Van Horn McMurry Johnson Wright Speer Arnold Perkins Sharpley Speer Mills Bailey Stapleton Begole Stapleton Newton Nicholson Batterton Currigan McNichols Peña Webb Hickenlooper Vidal Hancock

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