List of Odyssey Mayors
Mayors of Odyssey have been revealed during the course of the show.
[edit] Index
| Name | Term | First Episode Mentioned |
|---|---|---|
| Horace McAlister | Before 1794 or After 1862 | #92: “The Ill-Gotten Deed” |
| Abel McAlister | Circa 1794 | #539: “Called On in Class” |
| Mayor Wells | Circa 1909 | #631: “A Capsule Comes to Town” |
| Charles Donigol | Circa 1942 | #631: “A Capsule Comes to Town” |
| Mayor Perkins | Circa 1988 | #10: “Nothing to Fear” |
| Bill Jenkins | Unknown - 1992 | #214: “The Living Nativity” |
| Tom Riley | 1992 - 1997 | #286: “Tom for Mayor, Part 1” |
| Margaret Faye | 1997 - 2009 | #380: “The One About Trust, Part 1” |
| Spencer Hicks | 2010 - | #667: “The Mystery of the Clock Tower, Part 1” |
[edit] Mayors
[edit] Horace McAlister
Horace McAlister has been revealed as the founder of Odyssey in many episodes, and is presumably the first mayor of the town.
[edit] Inconsistencies
In the episode, #636: “A Class Reenactment”, it is revealed that Horace McAlister was the founder, and probably the first mayor of Odyssey, and lived on a homestead. However, in #633: “License to Deprive”, it is found that the oldest house in Odyssey, the McAlister House, was built in 1794, almost 70 years before the Homestead act was signed in 1862. Furthermore, Abel McAlister lived through a flood that destroyed the entire town of Odyssey (#539: “Called On in Class”) which means that the oldest house in Odyssey (the McAlister House) built in 1794 and is still standing, must have been built after that flood. That means that Horace McAlister must have been mayor prior to 1794.
[edit] Abel McAlister
Abel McAlister (related to Horace and other McAlisters) was a mayor of Odyssey. In #539: “Called On in Class”, it is mentioned that a flood "completely wiped out the town". This means that Odyssey had to rebuild sometime after. #633: “License to Deprive” states that the oldest house in Odyssey still standing was built in 1794. Since Abel served after the flood, his term must have been in the late 18th century.
[edit] Mayor Wells
Eugene mentions Mayor Wells briefly when discussing the time capsule in #631: “A Capsule Comes to Town”. He is found on a photograph dated from 1909.
[edit] Charles Donigol
Charles Donigol is another mayor found with the discovery of the time capsule. His term was somewhere from 1939-1945, as WWII is mentioned.
[edit] Mayor Perkins
John Whittaker mentions in #10: “Nothing to Fear” that "Mayor Perkins was out of town" so he couldn’t attend his meeting at city hall. Mayor Perkins is the first Mayor to serve at the same time of a particular show. No other information is known, however, the episode was broadcast in 1988. If real time has any relationship with the inconsistent "Odyssey time", then Mayor Perkins term includes this year.
[edit] Bill Jenkins
Bill Jenkins is the first mayor of Odyssey to be widely proclaimed as the mayor of Odyssey. He first appears in #214: “The Living Nativity”, after a Nativity scene is challenged by the Rathbones. Jenkins resigns in #286: “Tom for Mayor, Part 1” for unknown reasons, which prompts Tom Riley to run for office.
[edit] Tom Riley
Tom Riley is convinced to run for mayor in #286: “Tom for Mayor, Part 1”. He wins the election against opponent Bart Rathbone. Riley is mentioned many times afterword as being the mayor, most importantly during the Blackgaard saga, where his position is challenged by a scandal during his campaign.
Tom served from 1992 - 1997, based on broadcast time.
[edit] Margaret Faye
In #380: “The One About Trust, Part 1” and #381: “The One About Trust, Part 2” businesswoman Margaret Faye beats returning candidate, Bart Rathbone and wins mayoral office.
Faye served from 1997 - 2009.
[edit] Spencer Hicks
Spencer Hicks is the current mayor of Odyssey. However, his election was never talked about, his just mentioned as mayor in #667: “The Mystery of the Clock Tower, Part 1”, aired in 2010.
[edit] Mayoral candidates
[edit] Bart Rathbone
Bart Rathbone runs against both Tome Riley and Margaret Faye, unsuccessfully.
[edit] Regis Blackgaard
Villain Regis Blackgaard runs for mayor in album 25. This becomes essential to his master plan in the Blackgaard saga.
[edit] Other Mayors
According to The Official Guide, an early idea for Album 50 was to reveal Regis Blackgaard's great-great grandfather, Terrence, as a previous mayor of Odyssey. This idea never surfaced.
[edit] Resources
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