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Canterbury, Connecticut
including South Canterbury, Packerville, Westminster
First Selectmen, Postmasters


First Selectmen of Canterbury, 1901-89 (may be incomplete!)
Braman M. Johnson as of 1901

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1989 Nov 7: Raymond A. Guillet (Dem), elected; Lloyd L. Anderson (Rep), defeated.


    Postmasters at Canterbury, 1802-1981 (may be incomplete!)
    William Fitch Morre 1802-05 Gad Buckeley 1805-18 Stephen Coit 1818-20 Gad Buckeley 1820-24 Jedediah Johnson 1824-39 Chester Lyon 1839-41 Richard Fenner 1841-45 Samuel Burlingame 1845-49 Charles J. Aspinwall 1849-53 Samuel Burlingame 1853-54 Marvin H. Sanger 1854-57 Charles Morse 1857-58 Marvin H. Sanger 1858-60 Charles Morse 1860-61 William H. Gordon 1861-64 Joseph P. Lester 1864-66 Marvin H. Sanger 1866-69 John P. Kingsley 1869-70 Thomas G. Clark 1870 John P. Kingsley 1870-71 Milton Kingsley 1871-73 Thomas T. Potter 1873-75 John P. Kingsley 1875-80 Henry F. William 1880-82 John P. Kingsley 1882-86 Samuel J. P. Ladd 1886-92 Arthur H. Mathewson 1892-94 Olive D. Sanger 1894-98 Eva M. Hoxie 1898-1903 James W. Gaskill 1933-35 James W. Gaskill 1935-44 William F. Newton 1944-46 William F. Newton 1946-62 Robert V. Laws 1962-63 Robert V. Laws 1963-81


    South Canterbury

    Postmasters at South Canterbury, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    Gorton C. Spicer as of 1901


    Packerville

    Postmasters at Packerville, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    Thomas J. Brown as of 1901


    Westminster

    Postmasters at Westminster, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    Irving F. Palmer as of 1901

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