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Mayors of Kingston, New York

Mayors of Kingston, 1872-1966 (may be incomplete!)
James Girard Lindsley 1872- William Lounsbery 1878-80 James E. Phinney 1900-01 Morris Block 1902-05 A. W. Thompson 1906-07 Walter P. Crane 1908-09 Roscoe Irwin 1910 Aaron Wesley Thompson 191? Palmer Canfield, Jr. 1916 Palmer Canfield, Jr. 1921 Morris Block 1926 Edgar J. Dempsey 1926-31 Eugene B. Carey 1932-33 Conrad J. Heiselman 1934-41 William F. Edelmuth 1942-44 Oscar V. Newkirk 1948-53 Frederick H. Stang 1954-56 Raymond W. Garraghan 1966

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1925 Nov 3: Morris Block (Dem), elected.
  • 1926 Nov 7: Morris Block, died in office.
  • 1927 Nov 8: Edgar J. Dempsey (Rep), elected.
  • 1929 Nov 5: Edgar J. Dempsey (Rep), elected.
  • 1943 Nov 2: William F. Edelmuth (Dem & American Labor), elected.
  • 1949 Nov 8: Oscar V. Newkirk (Rep), elected.


    Village Presidents of Kingston, 1866-70 (may be incomplete!)
    Marius Schoonmaker 1866 Marius Schoonmaker 1869-70

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