Editing Benton Harbor, Michigan (section)

===Mayors since 1971===
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! style="background:#F5DEB3"|  <small>Mayors of Benton Harbor, Michigan</small>
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| [[Charles F. Joseph]]
| 1971–1975
| First African-American mayor of Benton Harbor<ref>{{Cite news|first=Julie |last=Swidwa |title= Benton Harbor, Bridging Gaps  |newspaper=[[Herald Palladium]]|date=December 20, 2005 |url=https://www.heraldpalladium.com/localnews/benton-harbor-bridging-gaps/article_a824a03a-828e-5a8c-a0ed-1f0e89552c5e.html  }}</ref>
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| [[Joel Patterson]]
|  1976–1979<br /> 1980–1981
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| [[Wilce Cooke]]
|  1982–1983<br /> 1984–1987
| <ref name=Cook>{{Cite news|title= Former Benton Harbor Mayor Wilce Cooke Dies  |newspaper=[[WSJM-FM|WSJM]]|date=August 3, 2021 |url=https://www.wsjm.com/2021/08/03/former-benton-harbor-mayor-dies/  }}</ref>
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| William Wolf
| 1987–1990
| <ref name=Bizarre>{{Cite news|title=Voting has bizarre touch   |newspaper=[[Lansing State Journal]]|date=November 5, 1987 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/208726748/?terms=%22Henry%20Nickleberry%22&match=1  }}</ref>
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| [[Emma Hull]]
|  1991–1997
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Louise |last=Wrege |title= Former mayor loses home to fire  |newspaper=[[Herald Palladium]]|date=April 27, 2015 |url=https://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/local/former-mayor-loses-home-to-fire/article_492e04e9-e9b2-5f30-b735-42ea60001ec4.html  }}</ref>
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| [[Wilce Cooke]]<br /> (2nd term)
|  2004–2007<br /> 2007–2011<br /> 
| <ref name=Cook/>
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| [[James Hightower (mayor)]]
|  2012–2015
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| [[Marcus Muhammad]]
|  2015–Present
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Maureen |last= McFadden|title= Michigan's New Mayors: A conversation with Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad |newspaper=[[WNDU-TV|WNDU]]|date=February 23, 2016 |url=https://www.wndu.com/content/news/Michianas-New-Mayors-The-Changing-of-the-Guard-369828211.html  }}</ref>
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