The Political Graveyard: Mayors of New Haven, Connecticut

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Mayors of New Haven, Connecticut

Mayors of New Haven, 1784-1990 (may be incomplete!)
Roger Sherman 1784-93 Elizur Goodrich 1803-22 Simeon Baldwin 1826 William Bristol 1827 David Daggett 1828 Ebenezer Seeley 1832-33 Philip S. Galpin 1845 Henry E. Peck 1846-50 Ralph I. Ingersoll 1851 Lucien W. Sperry 1867 William P. Shelton 1877-79 Hobart B. Bigelow 1878 Samuel A. York 1887-88 Henry F. Peck 1889-90 Joseph B. Sargent 1891-94 Albert C. Hendrick 1895-96 Cornelius T. Driscoll 1899-1901 John Payne Studley 1905 Frank J. Rice 1910-17 Samuel Campner 1917 David E. FitzGerald 1918-22 John B. Tower 1927 Thomas A. Tully 1929-31 John W. Murphy 1932-45 William C. Celentano 1946-53 Richard C. Lee 1954-70 Bartholomew F. Guida 1970-75 Frank Logue 1977-79 Biagio DiLieto 1979-89 John Daniels 1990

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1793 Jul 23: Roger Sherman, died in office.

1879: William P. Shelton, defeated.

1917 Jan 18: Frank J. Rice, died in office.

1923: David E. FitzGerald (Dem), elected; Charles Walker (Rep), defeated.

1927 Nov 8: John B. Tower (Rep), elected; Philip Troup (Dem), defeated.

1929: Thomas A. Tully (Rep), elected; Philip Troup (Dem), defeated.

1931 Nov 3: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; Lawson W. Hall (Rep), defeated.

1933 Nov 7: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; Edward L. White (Rep), defeated.

1937 Nov 2: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; George F. Barnes (Rep), defeated.

1939 Nov 7: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; William C. Celentano (Rep), defeated.

1941 Nov 4: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; Thomas R. Fitzsimmons (Rep), defeated.

1943 Nov 2: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; Angus M. Fraser (Rep), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated.

1945 Nov 6: William C. Celentano (Rep), elected; John W. Murphy (Dem), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated.

1947 Nov 4: William C. Celentano (Rep), elected; Frank M. Anastasio (Dem), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated.

1949 Nov 8: William C. Celentano (Rep), elected; Richard C. Lee (Dem), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated.

1951 Nov 6: William C. Celentano (Rep), elected; Richard C. Lee (Dem), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated; John M. Marsalka (People's), defeated.

1953: Richard C. Lee, elected.

1969: Henry E. Parker (Dem), defeated in primary.

1969 Nov 4: Bartholomew F. Guida (Dem), elected; Paul C. Capra (Rep), defeated.

1971: Henry E. Parker, defeated.

1979 Sep 11: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), nominated; Frank Logue (Dem), defeated in primary; Henry E. Parker (Dem), defeated in primary.

1979 Nov 6: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), elected.

1981 Sep 8: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), nominated; Anthony M. Ciarlone (Dem), defeated in primary.

1981 Nov 3: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), elected; Elaine W. Noe (Rep), defeated.

1983 Nov 8: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), elected; Edward White, Jr. (Rep), defeated.

1989: Robie Pooley (Rep), defeated.

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