On This Date in Minnesota History: August 5

August 5, 2012 - The position of "Mayor of Dorset" (Minn.) is a symbolic one, the town being run by a group of five local business owners. The town holds a yearly election at the "Taste of Dorset" festival, residents paying $1 to add a name of their choice to a hat, with a random slip being drawn to select a Mayor.

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On this date, then three-year-old Robert "Bobby" Tufts became mayor for a one-year term, when his name was drawn. Bobby became a media darling, appearing on the Today Show, Good Morning America and a number of other TV shows, promoted as the country’s youngest mayor.

Bobby Tufts2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset,_Minnesota


¹http://www.carstravelfood.com/2013/08/14/explore-a-day-in-dorset-minnesota/

²Photo credit: <a href="http://papertreiger.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/bobby-tufts.jpg">Wordpress.com</a>

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