The Political Graveyard: Bethel, Connecticut

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Bethel, Connecticut
First Selectmen, Wardens, Postmasters

First Selectmen of Bethel, 1888-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Arthur S. Judd as of 1888 Arthur S. Judd as of 1896-98 William P. Bailey as of 1899-1917 Cady R. Morse as of 1919 Charles H. Hart as of 1920-21 Robert C. Keeler as of 1922-27 Frederick H. Judd as of 1937 Frederick H. Judd as of 1947 Thomas H. Mannion as of 1949-50 Louis C. Shaw as of 1954-57 Matthew S. Knickerbocker as of 2011-12

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1961 Oct 2: David W. Deakin (Dem), elected; William Corbett (Rep), defeated.

1963 Oct 7: David W. Deakin (Dem), elected; Hilton E. Lord (Rep), defeated.

1989 Nov 7: Clifford J. Hurgin (Dem), elected; Geraldine F. Mills (Rep), defeated.

Wardens of Bethel, 1888-1917 (may be incomplete!)
Eli W. Gilbert as of 1888 George H. Hickok as of 1896-97 George H. Hickok as of 1904-09 Benjamin D. Meeker as of 1910 John H. Reid as of 1911 George H. Hickok 1917

Postmasters at Bethel, 1820-1907 (may be incomplete!)
Oliver Shepard 1820-25 Frederick Seeley 1825-41 William A. Judd 1841-43 Hiram Weed 1843-49 William A. Judd 1849-53 Frederick Shepard 1853 William H. Ferry 1853-54 Eli S. Barnum 1854-56 Edward Taylor 1856-57 Ethel A. Beebe 1857-61 Amos Woodman 1861-67 Theron H. Judd 1867-68 Amos Woodman 1868-86 Charles J. Porter 1886-90 Andrew L. Benedict 1890-94 Charles J. Porter 1894-98 Charles K. Bailey 1898-1907

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