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Hartford, Connecticut
Mayors, First Selectmen, Postmasters

Mayors of Hartford, 1774-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas Seymour 1774-1812 Chauncey Goodrich 1812-15 Jonathan Brace 1815-24 Nathaniel Terry 1824-31 Thomas S. Williams 1831-35 Henry L. Ellsworth 1835 Jared Griswold 1835 Jeremy Hoadley 1835-36 Henry Hudson 1836-40 Thomas K. Brace 1840-43 Amos M. Collins 1843-47 Philip Ripley 1847-51 Ebenezer Flower 1851-53 William J. Hamersley 1853-54 Henry C. Deming 1854-58 Timothy M. Allyn 1858-60 Henry C. Deming 1860-62 Charles Benton 1862 William J. Hamersley 1862-64 Allyn S. Stillman 1864-66 Charles R. Chapman 1866-72 Henry C. Robinson 1872-74 Joseph H. Sprague 1874-78 George G. Sumner 1878-80 Morgan G. Bulkeley 1880-88 John G. Root 1888-90 Henry C. Dwight 1890-92 William Waldo Hyde 1892-94 Leveret Brainard 1894-96 Miles B. Preston 1896-1900 Alexander Harbison 1900-02 Ignatius A. Sullivan 1902-04 William F. Henney 1904-08 Edward W. Hooker 1908-10 Edward L. Smith 1910-12 Louis R. Cheney 1912-14 Joseph H. Lawler 1914-16 Frank A. Hagarty 1916-18 Richard J. Kinsella 1918-20 Newton C. Brainard 1920-22 Richard J. Kinsella 1922-24 Norman C. Stevens 1924-28 Walter E. Batterson 1928-31 William J. Rankin 1931-33 Joseph Watson Beach 1933-35 Thomas J. Spellacy 1935-43 Dennis P. O'Connor 1943 William H. Mortensen 1943-45 Cornelius A. Moylan 1945-46 Edward N. Allen 1947-48 Cyril Coleman 1948-51 Joseph V. Cronin 1951-53 Dominick J. DeLucco 1953-55 Joseph V. Cronin 1955-57 James H. Kinsella 1957-60 Dominick J. DeLucco 1960-61 William E. Glynn 1961-65 George B. Kinsella 1965-67 Antonina P. Uccello 1967-71 George A. Athanson 1971-81 Thirman L. Milner 1981-87 Carrie Saxon Perry 1987-93 Michael P. Peters 1993-2001 Eddie A. Perez 2001-08 Pedro E. Segarra as of 2012

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1812 May 28: Thomas Seymour, resigned.
  • 1815 Aug 18: Chauncey Goodrich, died in office.
  • 1835 Jun 15: Henry L. Ellsworth, resigned.
  • 1835 Nov 22: Jared Griswold, died in office.
  • 1843 Apr 17: Thomas K. Brace, resigned.
  • 1858 Apr 12: Timothy M. Allyn (Rep), elected; John A. Taintor (Dem), defeated.
  • 1862 Feb 27: Henry C. Deming, resigned.
  • 1864 Apr 11: Allyn S. Stillman (Union), elected; William J. Hamersley (Dem), defeated.
  • 1866 Apr 9: Charles R. Chapman (Dem), elected; Allyn S. Stillman (Union), defeated.
  • 1868 Apr 6: Charles R. Chapman (Dem), elected; James L. Howard (Rep), defeated.
  • 1870 Apr 4: Charles R. Chapman (Dem), elected; James L. Howard (Rep), defeated.
  • 1872 Apr 1: Henry C. Robinson (Rep), elected; Nathaniel B. Stevens (Dem), defeated; Normand Smith (Labor Reform), defeated; F. H. Williams, defeated.
  • 1874 Apr 6: Joseph H. Sprague (Dem), elected; Henry C. Robinson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1876 Apr 3: Joseph H. Sprague (Dem), elected; Alexander Harbison (Rep), defeated; William J. Hamersley (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1878 Apr 1: George G. Sumner (Dem), elected; Morgan G. Bulkeley (Rep), defeated; Pinkney W. Ellsworth (National), defeated.
  • 1880 Apr 5: Morgan G. Bulkeley (Rep), elected; Charles R. Chapman (Dem), defeated.
  • 1882 Apr 3: Morgan G. Bulkeley (Rep), elected; Charles M. Joslyn (Dem), defeated.
  • 1884 Apr 7: Morgan G. Bulkeley (Rep), elected; Charles M. Joslyn (Dem), defeated.
  • 1886 Apr 5: Morgan G. Bulkeley (Rep), elected; Edward M. Graves (Dem), defeated.
  • 1888 Apr 2: John G. Root (Rep), elected; Charles M. Joslyn (Dem), defeated; DeWitt C. Pond (People's), defeated.
  • 1890 Apr 7: Henry C. Dwight (Rep), elected; Charles R. Chapman (Dem), defeated.
  • 1892 Apr 4: William Waldo Hyde (Dem), elected; Henry C. Dwight (Rep), defeated.
  • 1894 Apr 2: Leveret Brainard (Rep), elected; George Ulrich (Dem), defeated.
  • 1896 Apr 6: Miles B. Preston (Dem), elected; Alexander Harbison (Rep), defeated.
  • 1898 Apr 4: Miles B. Preston (Dem), elected; Edward C. Frisbie (Rep), defeated; Benjamin F. Beardsly (People's), defeated.
  • 1900 Apr 2: Alexander Harbison (Rep), elected; William Waldo Hyde (Dem), defeated.
  • 1902 Apr 7: Ignatius A. Sullivan (Dem), elected; William B. Dwight (Rep), defeated.
  • 1904 Apr 4: William F. Henney (Rep), elected; Ignatius A. Sullivan (Dem), defeated; Richard B. Chamberlain (Socialist), defeated; Jacob Brewer (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1906: William F. Henney (Rep), elected.
  • 1908: Edward W. Hooker (Rep), elected.
  • 1910 Apr 5: Edward L. Smith (Dem), elected; Edward W. Hooker (Rep), defeated.
  • 1912 Apr 2: Louis R. Cheney (Rep), elected; Thomas J. Spellacy (Dem), defeated.
  • 1914: Joseph H. Lawler (Dem), elected.
  • 1916 Apr 4: Frank A. Hagarty (Rep), elected; Richard J. Kinsella (Dem), defeated.
  • 1918 Apr 2: Richard J. Kinsella (Dem), elected; Frank A. Hagarty (Rep), defeated.
  • 1920 Apr 6: Newton C. Brainard (Rep), elected; Richard J. Kinsella (Dem), defeated.
  • 1922 Apr 4: Richard J. Kinsella (Dem), elected; Anson T. McCook (Rep), defeated.
  • 1924 Apr 1: Norman C. Stevens (Rep), elected; Richard J. Kinsella (Dem), defeated.
  • 1926 Apr 6: Norman C. Stevens (Rep), elected; Edward W. Broder (Dem), defeated.
  • 1928: Walter E. Batterson (Rep), elected.
  • 1929 Nov 5: Walter E. Batterson (Rep), elected; John F. Gaffey (Dem), defeated.
  • 1931 Nov 3: William J. Rankin (Dem), elected; William J. Mulligan (Rep), defeated.
  • 1933 Nov 7: Joseph Watson Beach (Rep), elected; William J. Rankin (Dem), defeated.
  • 1935 Nov 5: John A. Pilgard (Dem), elected, but died before taking office; Joseph Watson Beach (Rep), defeated.
  • 1937 Nov 2: Thomas J. Spellacy (Dem), elected; Joseph Watson Beach (Rep), defeated; James L. McGuire (Ind), defeated.
  • 1939 Nov 7: Thomas J. Spellacy (Dem), elected; Joseph B. Griffin (Rep), defeated.
  • 1941 Nov 4: Thomas J. Spellacy (Dem), elected; Joseph B. Griffin (Rep), defeated.
  • 1943 Jun 18: Thomas J. Spellacy, resigned.
  • 1943 Nov 2: William H. Mortensen (Rep), elected; Dennis P. O'Connor (Dem), defeated.
  • 1945 Nov 6: Cornelius A. Moylan (Rep), elected; Thomas J. Spellacy (Dem), defeated.
  • 1946 Dec 24: Cornelius A. Moylan, died in office.
  • 1947 Nov 4: Cyril Coleman, elected.
  • 1949 Nov 8: Cyril Coleman, elected.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Dominick J. DeLucco (Dem), elected.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Antonina P. Uccello (Rep), elected; Joseph Adinolfi (Dem), defeated; Wilber G. Smith (Ind), defeated; George B. Kinsella (Ind), defeated.
  • 1971 Apr 12: Antonina P. Uccello, resigned.
  • 1979 Sep 11: George A. Athanson (Dem), nominated; Nicholas R. Carbone (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1979 Nov 6: George A. Athanson (Dem), elected.
  • 1981 Sep 8: George A. Athanson (Dem), candidate in inconclusive primary; Thirman L. Milner (Dem), candidate in inconclusive primary; Robert F. Ludgin (Dem), candidate in inconclusive primary; Johanna Murphy (Dem), candidate in inconclusive primary.
  • 1981 Oct 13: Thirman L. Milner (Dem), nominated; George A. Athanson (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert F. Ludgin (Dem), defeated in primary; Johanna Murphy (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Thirman L. Milner (Dem), elected; Michael T. McGarry (Rep), defeated; Robert F. Ludgin (Ind), defeated.
  • 1983 Nov 8: Thirman L. Milner (Dem), elected; W. Ross Hatch (Rep), defeated.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Thirman L. Milner (Dem), elected; Eunice Strong Groark (Rep), defeated.
  • 1987 Sep 15: Carrie Saxon Perry (Dem), nominated; Richard P. Lawlor (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Carrie Saxon Perry (Dem), elected; Philip L. Steele (Rep), defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Carrie Saxon Perry (Dem), elected; Rosemary Z. Cardwell (Rep), defeated.
  • 1991 Sep 11: Carrie Saxon Perry (Dem), nominated; Robert J. Jackson (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1991 Nov 5: Carrie Saxon Perry (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1993 Sep 14: Carrie Saxon Perry (Dem), nominated; Michael P. Peters (Dem), defeated in primary; Henrietta Milward (Dem), defeated in primary; Yolanda Castillo (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1993 Nov 2: Michael P. Peters, elected; Carrie Saxon Perry (Dem), defeated; Kenneth A. Mink, defeated; Nora Wyatt, Jr., defeated.
  • 1995 Sep 12: Michael P. Peters (Dem), nominated; Elizabeth D. Horton=Sheff (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1995 Nov 7: Michael P. Peters (Dem), elected; Elizabeth D. Horton=Sheff, defeated.
  • 1997 Nov 4: Michael P. Peters (Dem), elected; Kenneth A. Mink, defeated.
  • 1999 Sep 14: Michael P. Peters (Dem), nominated; Juan A. Morales (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1999 Nov 2: Michael P. Peters (Dem), elected; W. Michael Downes, defeated.
  • 2001 Sep 11: Eddie A. Perez (Dem), nominated; Robert F. Ludgin (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Eddie A. Perez (Dem), elected; Robert F. Ludgin, defeated; Nora Wyatt, Jr., defeated; Richard Lion (Libertarian), defeated; Kenneth A. Mink, defeated; W. Michael Downes, defeated.
  • 2003 Nov 4: Eddie A. Perez, elected; Michael T. McGarry, defeated; Richard Lion, defeated.
  • 2007 Sep 11: Eddie A. Perez (Dem), nominated; I. Charles Mathews (Dem), defeated in primary; Art J. Feltman (Dem), defeated in primary; Frank D. Barrows (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2007 Nov 6: Eddie A. Perez (Dem), elected; I. Charles Mathews, defeated; Minnie Gonzalez, defeated; James Stan McCauley, defeated; Thirman L. Milner, defeated; Raul DeJesus, defeated.

    First Selectmen of Hartford, 1888-1957 (may be incomplete!)
    George W. Fowler as of 1888 Thomas J. Blake as of 1896 August W. Budde as of 1897-1901 Halsey B. Philbrick as of 1904-17 Raoul W. D'Arche as of 1919-20 Louis Elsner as of 1921-22 Max M. Wild as of 1926-27 Charles E. Grubar as of 1947 Robert J. Beckwith as of 1949-54 Americo T. Pace as of 1955-57

    Postmasters at Hartford, 1775-1972 (may be incomplete!)
    William Ellery 1775-78 Thomas Hilldrup 1778-94 Ezekiel Williams 1795-1803 John Dodd 1803-09 Jonathan Law 1809-29 Benjamin H. Norton 1829 John M. Niles 1829-36 Gideon Welles 1836-41 Charles L. Porter 1841-43 Joseph Pratt 1843-46 Normand Lyman 1846-49 Ezra S. Hamilton 1849-53 William J. Hamersley 1853-61 Edward S. Cleveland 1861-69 Edward W. Whitaker 1869-71 H. C. Beckwith 1871 John H. Burnham 1871-81 William Faxon 1881 Leonard A. Dickinson 1881-85 Charles R. Chapman 1885-90 John C. Kinney 1890-91 Edward B. Bennett 1891-96 Frank P. Furlong 1896-1900 Edward B. Bennett 1900-07 Frank A. Hagarty 1907-15 David A. Wilson 1915-23 Harry K. Taylor 1923-24 Harry K. Taylor 1924-30 James W. Gilson 1930 James W. Gilson 1930-35 William J. Rankin 1935 William J. Rankin 1935-45 Edward J. Dillon 1945-47 Edward J. Dillon 1947-48 John F. Heneghan 1948-50 John F. Heneghan 1950-72

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