Various goats elected mayor in the USA
Multiple goats have held public office in the United States
Clay Henry of Lajitas, Texas
1986
Lincoln the Goat – honorary mayor of Fairhaven, Vermont
2019
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Louis Pasteur: Chemist and Pasteurizer of Beer and Wine
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