The Political Graveyard: New Orleans, Louisiana

2002 Feb 2: C. Ray Nagin, nominated; Richard Pennington, nominated; Paulette R. Irons, defeated in primary; James M. Singleton, defeated in primary; Troy A. Carter, defeated in primary; Vernon Palmer, defeated in primary; Leonard Lucas, defeated in primary; Emile Labat, defeated in primary; Quentin R. Brown, Jr., defeated in primary; Thomas Delahay Dunn, Jr., defeated in primary; Timothy Hill, defeated in primary; Clarence Hunt, defeated in primary; Manny Bruno, defeated in primary; Ed Cerrone, defeated in primary; Albert Jones, defeated in primary.

2002 Mar 2: C. Ray Nagin, elected; Richard Pennington, defeated.

Postmasters at New Orleans, 1804-1983 (may be incomplete!)
Blaise Cenas 1804-10 Thomas B. Johnson 1810-24 George Croghan 1824-26 Antoine Dupuy 1826-29 David C. Ker 1829 William H. Ker 1829-39 William McQueen 1839-40 Gabriel Montamat 1840-41 William DeBuys 1841-43 John Bennett Dawson 1843 Alexander G. Penn 1843-49 Michel Musson 1849-53 William G. Kendall 1853-55 Arthur S. Nevitt 1855-57 Robert E. McHatton 1857-58 Samuel F. Marks 1858-60 John Leonard Riddell 1860-62 John M. G. Parker 1862-65 Robert W. Taliaferro 1865-68 Walter Smallwood 1868-69 Charles W. Lowell 1869-73 Charles W. Ringgold 1873-75 John M. G. Parker 1875-78 Algernon S. Badger 1878-79 William L. McMillen 1879-83 Washington B. Merchant 1883-85 Samuel H. Buck 1885-87 George W. Nott 1887-90 Stephen M. Eaton 1890-94 Frank H. Daniels 1894-98 John R. G. Pitkin 1898-1901 Ferdinand B. Earhart 1901 David G. Baldwin 1901-02 J. Watts Kearny 1902-05 Thomas J. Woodward 1905-09 William J. Behan 1909-11 Alexander F. Leonhardt 1911-14 Joseph Voegtle 1914-16 Charles Janvier 1916-25 William L. S. Gordon 1925-33 Charles A. Stevens 1933-36 Joseph J. Ferguson 1936 Joseph J. Ferguson 1936-44 Ralph Handlin 1944-45 A. Frank Fairley 1945-68 Paul V. Burke 1968 Paul V. Burke 1968-83

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1901 Jul 9: Ferdinand B. Earhart, died in office.

Registers of U.S. Land Office at New Orleans, 1816-95 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel H. Harper as of 1816 Richard Henry Cuny as of 1869 George McDuffie Brumby as of 1895

Receivers of U.S. Land Office at New Orleans, 1816-95 (may be incomplete!)
Alfred Lorrain as of 1816 Henry L. Jones as of 1869 Charles P. Johnston as of 1895

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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