The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Long Beach, California

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Mayors and Postmasters of Long Beach, California

Mayors of Long Beach, 1908-2011 (may be incomplete!)
Charles H. Windham 1908-12 Ira S. Hatch 1912-14 Louis N. Whealton 1914-15 William T. Lisenby 1915-21 Charles A. Buffum 1921-24 Ray R. Clark 1924-26 Fillmore Condit 1926-27 Oscar L. Hauge 1927-30 Asa E. Fickling 1930-33 Merritt E. Paddock 1933-34 Carl Fletcher 1934-36 Thomas M. Eaton 1936-38 Clarence E. Wagner 1938-39 Francis H. Gentry 1939-42 Clarence E. Wagner 1942-45 Herbert E. Lewis 1945-47 Burton W. Chace 1947-53 Lyman B. Sutter 1953-54 George M. Vermillion 1954-57 Ray C. Kealer 1957-60 Edwin W. Wade 1960-75 Thomas J. Clark 1975-80 Eunice N. Sato 1980-82 Thomas J. Clark 1982-84 Ernie Kell 1984-94 Beverly L. O'Neill 1994-2006 Bob Foster 2006-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1930 Jul 7: Asa E. Fickling, elected.

2006 Jun 6: Bob Foster, elected.

Postmasters at Long Beach, 1885-1972 (may be incomplete!)
William W. Lowe 1885-87 George W. Farrington 1887-88 Frank Hart 1888-89 Edmund B. Cushman 1889 Frank Hart 1889-91 John C. Charles 1891-93 Martin C. Holman 1893-95 Frank L. Wingard 1895-99 George F. Hirsch 1899-1913 Walter J. Desmond 1913-22 Charles H. Windham 1922 Fred W. McCullah 1922-23 Fred W. McCullah 1923-35 Howard K. Goodwin 1935-36 Howard K. Goodwin 1936-53 George J. McMillin 1953-54 George J. McMillin 1954-61 John Osler 1961-62 David Selcer 1962-64 David Selcer 1964-69 John G. Chaffee 1969-70 John G. Chaffee 1970-72

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