The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of San Bernardino, California

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Mayors and Postmasters of San Bernardino, California

Mayors of San Bernardino, 1909-2013 (may be incomplete!)
S. W. McNabb 1909-11 Joseph S. Bright 1911 J. W. Catick as of 1914-18 John A. Henderson as of 1919-23 C. T. Johnson as of 1937 George C. Blair as of 1952-55 Raymond H. Gregory as of 1960 Judith Valles as of 2003

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1911 Mar 14: Joseph S. Bright (Dem), nominated; C. A. Rouse (Dem), defeated in primary.

1911 Mar 14: Ralph E. Swing (Rep), nominated; Joseph S. Bright (Rep), defeated in primary; C. A. Rouse (Rep), defeated in primary.

1911 Apr 11: Joseph S. Bright (Dem), elected; N. A. Richardson (Socialist), defeated; Ralph E. Swing (Rep), defeated.

1919 Apr 14: John A. Henderson, elected; Cecil H. Phillips, defeated.

2009 Nov 3: Virginia Marquez, elected; Esther R. Estrada, defeated.

2013 Nov 5: Wendy J. McCammack, elected; Carey Davis, defeated; Rick Avila, defeated; Rikke Van Johnson, defeated; H. W. Nickel, defeated; Richard T. Castro, defeated; Draymond Crawford, defeated; Charles A. Kelley, defeated; Matt Korner, defeated; Karmel Roe, defeated.

Postmasters at San Bernardino, 1852-1978 (may be incomplete!)
Richard R. Hopkins 1852-55 Daniel M. Thomas 1855-58 Ben Barton 1858-61 Thomas Dickey 1861-64 James C. Peacock 1864-80 William R. Porter 1880-87 John T. Knox 1887-89 Nelson G. Gill 1889-94 James H. Boyd 1894-98 Stephen F. Kelley 1898-1914 Ernest Martin 1914-23 Sherman G. Batchelor 1923-35 Ernest Martin 1935 Ernest Martin 1935-39 Harold P. Thoreson 1939-40 Harold P. Thoreson 1940-42 Walter J. Sullivan 1942-46 Harold P. Thoreson 1946-47 Kenneth W. Dyal 1947-49 Kenneth W. Dyal 1949-54 Russell K. Bates 1954-56 Russell K. Bates 1956-58 Ralph W. Davis 1958-59 Ralph W. Davis 1959-61 Royce E. Barnette 1961-63 Royce E. Barnette 1963-65 Jack K. Lewis 1965-67 Jack K. Lewis 1967-78

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