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Mayors of Yonkers, New York


Mayors of Yonkers, 1880-2004 (may be incomplete!)
Norton P. Otis 1880-82 Samuel G. Swift 1882-84 William G. Stahlnecker 1884-86 J. Harvey Bell 1886-90 James Millward 1890-92 James H. Weller 1892-94 John G. Peene 1894-95 Leslie M. Sutherland 1901 Michael J. Walsh 1902-03 John E. Andrus 1904 John H. Coyne 1906-07 Nathan A. Warren 1908 James T. Lennon 1910-11 James T. Lennon 1915-16 William J. Wallin 1918-21 Walter M. Taussig 1922-23 Alfred E. Watson 1923 Ulrich Weisendanger 1924-25 William A. Walsh 1926-27 Thomas F. Larkin 1928 John J. Fogarty 1928-31 Joseph F. Loehr 1932-39 John J. Condon 1940-41 Benjamin F. Barnes 1942-43 Curtiss E. Frank 1944-49 John J. Whalen 1949 Edith P. Welty 1949 Kristen Kristensen 1950-59 John E. Flynn 1962-65 Nicholas J. Wasicsko 1988-89 Terrence M. Zaleski 1992-95 John Spencer 1996-2003 Phil Amicone 2004-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1880 Mar 30: Norton P. Otis (Rep), elected; Joseph Masten (Dem), defeated.
  • 1882 Mar 28: Samuel G. Swift (Dem), elected.
  • 1884 Mar 25: William G. Stahlnecker (Dem), elected; Rudolph Eickemeyer (Rep), defeated.
  • 1886 Mar 30: J. Harvey Bell (Dem), elected; Norton P. Otis (Rep), defeated.
  • 1888 Mar 27: J. Harvey Bell (Dem), elected; Edward Underhill (Rep), defeated.
  • 1890 Mar 25: James Millward (Rep), elected; Peter U. Fowler (Dem), defeated; Dennis Murphy (Ind), defeated.
  • 1892 Mar 29: James H. Weller (Rep), elected; B. F. Holde (Dem), defeated; Dennis Murphy (Ind), defeated.
  • 1894 Mar 27: John G. Peene (Rep), elected; John Kendrick Bangs (Dem), defeated.
  • 1895 Nov 5: John G. Peene (Rep), elected; John Eylers (Dem), defeated.
  • 1901 Nov 5: Michael J. Walsh (Dem), elected; John E. Andrus (Rep), defeated.
  • 1903: John E. Andrus (Rep), elected.
  • 1905 Nov 7: John H. Coyne (Dem), elected; William C. Kellogg (Rep), defeated.
  • 1907 Nov 5: Nathan A. Warren (Rep), elected; John H. Coyne (Dem), defeated.
  • 1909 Nov 2: James T. Lennon (Dem), elected.
  • 1913: William J. Wallin, defeated.
  • 1915 Nov 2: James T. Lennon (Dem), elected.
  • 1917: William J. Wallin (Rep), elected.
  • 1921: James J. Lynch (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1921 Nov 8: Walter M. Taussig (Dem), elected; Ulrich Weisendanger (Rep), defeated.
  • 1923 Nov 6: Ulrich Weisendanger (Rep), elected; Walter M. Taussig (Dem), defeated.
  • 1923 Nov 21: Walter M. Taussig, died in office.
  • 1925 Nov 3: William A. Walsh (Dem), elected; Ulrich Weisendanger (Rep), defeated.
  • 1927 Nov 8: Thomas F. Larkin (Dem), elected; Alfred E. Watson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1928 Jul 25: Thomas F. Larkin, died in office.
  • 1928 Nov 6: John J. Fogarty (Rep), elected; Leonard G. McAneny (Dem), defeated.
  • 1929 Nov 5: John J. Fogarty (Rep), elected; Edward J. Murray (Dem), defeated.
  • 1931 Nov 3: Joseph F. Loehr (Dem), elected; Harry Laragh (Rep), defeated.
  • 1933 Nov 7: Joseph F. Loehr (Dem), elected; Frank B. Cotter (Rep), defeated.
  • 1935 Sep 17: Joseph F. Loehr (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1935 Sep 17: John J. Condon (Rep), nominated; Ulrich Weisendanger (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1935 Nov 5: Joseph F. Loehr (Dem), elected; John J. Condon (Rep), defeated; Otto A. Riegelman (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1937 Nov 2: Joseph F. Loehr (Dem), elected; Frank B. Cotter (Rep), defeated; Otto A. Riegelman (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1949 Sep 1: Curtiss E. Frank, resigned.
  • 1949 Nov 8: Kristen Kristensen (Rep), elected; John J. Whalen (Dem), defeated.
  • 1951 Nov 6: Kristen Kristensen (Rep), elected.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Kristen Kristensen (Rep), elected; W. Cronin (Dem & Liberal), defeated.
  • 1955 Sep 13: John A. Vaccaro (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1955 Sep 13: Kristen Kristensen (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1955 Sep 13: John A. Vaccaro (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1955 Nov 8: Kristen Kristensen (Rep), elected; John A. Vaccaro (Dem & Liberal), defeated.
  • 1957 Nov 5: Kristen Kristensen (Rep), elected; Schuyler B. Patterson (Dem), defeated; William E. Slater (Liberal), defeated.
  • 1959 Nov 3: Kristen Kristensen (Rep), elected; Robert W. Cacace (Dem & Liberal), defeated.
  • 1961 Nov 7: John E. Flynn (Rep), elected; Aloysius Moczydlowski (Dem), defeated; Mary F. Van Nes (Liberal), defeated.
  • 1963 Nov 5: John E. Flynn (Rep), elected; W. J. Spitzer (Dem & Liberal), defeated.
  • 1987: Nicholas J. Wasicsko, elected; Angelo Martinelli (Rep), defeated.
  • 1989: Nicholas J. Wasicsko, defeated.
  • 1995: John Spencer (Rep), elected; Terrence M. Zaleski (Dem), defeated.
  • 1999: John Spencer (Rep), elected; Sam Borrelli (Dem), defeated.
  • 2003 Sep 9: Joe L. Farmer (Dem), nominated; Pauline Galvin (Dem), defeated in primary; John Liszewski (Dem), defeated in primary; Sam Borrelli (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2003 Sep 9: Phil Amicone (Rep), nominated; Michael J. Spano (Rep), defeated in primary; Vincenza Restiano (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2003 Nov 4: Phil Amicone (Rep), elected; Joe L. Farmer (Dem), defeated.

    Village Presidents of Yonkers, 1855-65 (may be incomplete!)
    James C. Bell 1855 William W. Woodworth 1857-58 James C. Bell 1865

     

     


    		 
       
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