The Political Graveyard: Cheshire, Connecticut

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Cheshire, Connecticut
including West Cheshire, Brooks Vale
First Selectmen, Mayors, Postmasters

First Selectmen of Cheshire, 1888-1957 (may be incomplete!)
George R. Ives as of 1888 Charles S. Spaulding as of 1896-97 Rienzi H. Stone as of 1898 Alfred S. Bennett as of 1899-1901 Jacob D. Walter as of 1904 Richard H. Morgan as of 1906 Joseph M. Speake as of 1907-08 Henry E. Terrell as of 1909-10 Alfred S. Bennett as of 1911-20 Frank L. Rice as of 1921-27 Birdsey B. Norton as of 1937 Birdsey B. Norton as of 1947-54 Fred W. Bens as of 1955-57

Mayors of Cheshire, 2012 (may be incomplete!)
Timothy P. Slocum as of 2012

Postmasters at Cheshire, 1816-1903 (may be incomplete!)
A. Hitchcock, Jr. as of 1816 E. R. Brown as of 1885 E. C. Andrews as of 1887 G. A. Steele as of 1901-03

West Cheshire

Postmasters at West Cheshire, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
Harriet M. Chidsey as of 1901

Brooks Vale

Postmasters at Brooks Vale, 1885-1903 (may be incomplete!)
S. H. Brooks as of 1885 E. A. Thomson as of 1901-03

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