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Mayors of Portland, Maine

Mayors of Portland, 1832-1992 (may be incomplete!)
Jonathan Dow 1832 Andrew L. Emerson 1832 John Anderson 1833 Levi Cutter 1834-40 James C. Churchill 1841 John Anderson 1842 Eliphalet Greely 1843-48 J. B. Cahoon 1849-50 Neal Dow 1851 Albion K. Parris 1852 J. B. Cahoon 1853-54 Neal Dow 1855 J. T. McCobb 1856 William Willis 1857 Jedediah Jewett 1858-59 Joseph Howard 1860 W. W. Thomas 1861-62 Jacob McLellan 1863-65 A. E. Stevens 1866-68 Jacob McLellan 1868-69 William Lebaron Putnam 1869-70 Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr. 1870-73 George P. Wescott 1873-75 R. M. Richardson 1875-76 Francis Fessenden 1876-77 Moses M. Butler 1877-79 George Walker 1879-80 William Senter 1880-82 Charles F. Libby 1882-83 John W. Deering 1883-84 Marquis F. King 1884-85 John W. Deering 1885-86 Charles J. Chapman 1886-89 Holman S. Melcher 1889-91 George W. True 1891-92 Darius H. Ingraham 1892 James P. Baxter 1893-96 Charles H. Randall 1897-98 Frank W. Robinson 1899-1900 Frederic E. Boothby 1901-03 James P. Baxter 1904-05 Nathan Clifford 1906-07 Adam P. Leighton 1908-09 Charles A. Strout 1910 Oakley C. Curtis 1911-14 William M. Ingraham 1915 Wilford G. Chapman 1916-17 Charles B. Clarke 1918-21 Carroll S. Chaplin 1922-23 Thomas H. Allen 1991-92

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1872 Mar 4: Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr. (Rep), elected; Cleaves (Dem), defeated; Morgan (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1873 Mar 3: George P. Wescott (Rep), elected; Cleaves (Dem), defeated.
  • 1874 Mar 2: George P. Wescott (Rep), elected.
  • 1894 Mar 5: James P. Baxter (Rep), elected.
  • 1895 Mar 4: James P. Baxter (Rep), elected; George E. Bird (Dem), defeated.
  • 1896: George E. Bird, defeated.
  • 1898: Darius H. Ingraham (Dem), defeated.
  • 1901 Dec 2: Frederic E. Boothby (Rep), elected; John F. A. Merrill (Dem), defeated; Daniel P. Parker (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1909 Dec 6: Charles A. Strout (Rep), elected; Oakley C. Curtis (Dem), defeated; Percy F. Morse (Socialist), defeated; William F. Eustis (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1912 Dec 2: Oakley C. Curtis (Dem), elected; Walter G. Hay (Rep), defeated; Charles Oerter, Jr. (Socialist), defeated; Chester I. Orr (Prohibition), defeated.

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