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Brookfield, Connecticut
including Brookfield Center
First Selectmen, Postmasters


First Selectmen of Brookfield, 1871-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Harvey Roe 1871-74 Harvey Roe 1879-81 David H. Meeker as of 1888 Elmer H. Northrop as of 1896 David H. Meeker as of 1897 William B. Roe as of 1898-1901 John S. Thornhill as of 1904-07 Frederick H. Beers as of 1908-09 John S. Thornhill as of 1910-15 William B. Roe as of 1917 John S. Thornhill as of 1919-21 Arthur R. Joyce as of 1922 John S. Thornhill as of 1924 Edgar H. Beers as of 1926-27 Louis J. Covill as of 1937 Royal S. Alcox as of 1947-50 Louis G. Anderson as of 1954-57 Bill Davidson as of 2011-12

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1961 Oct 2: Wesley S. Kennen (Rep), elected; Robert L. McGinniss (Dem), defeated.
  • 1963 Oct 7: Wesley S. Kennen (Rep), elected; Robert L. McGinniss (Dem), defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Bonnie P. Smith (Rep), elected; Kenneth V. Keller (Dem), defeated.


    Postmasters at Brookfield, 1816-1903 (may be incomplete!)
    Robert B. Ruggles as of 1816 Andrew Northrop as of 1885 Henry S. Beers as of 1887 Junius F. Smith as of 1901-03


    Brookfield Center

    Postmasters at Brookfield Center, 1885-1903 (may be incomplete!)
    Alfred Somers as of 1885-1903

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