The Political Graveyard: Colchester, Connecticut

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Colchester, Connecticut
including Westchester, North Westchester, Comstocks Bridge
First Selectmen, Wardens, Postmasters

First Selectmen of Colchester, 1888-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Edward L. Strong as of 1888 Frank B. Taylor as of 1896 Leander Chapman as of 1897-1904 John R. Backus as of 1906 Samuel H. Kellogg as of 1907-09 H. Wallis as of 1910 T. Swan Rathbun as of 1911 Samuel H. Kellogg as of 1915-17 Edwin R. Gillette as of 1919 Samuel McDonald as of 1920 Edwin R. Gillette as of 1921 Samuel McDonald as of 1922 Fred O. Brown as of 1924 Samuel McDonald as of 1926 Charles A. Kramer as of 1927 William B. Gerhardt as of 1937 William B. Gerhardt as of 1947-50 Michael J. Stula as of 1954-57 Gregg B. Schuster as of 2011-12

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1989 Nov 7: F. Duncan Green, Jr. (Rep), elected; Gregory E. Kehaya (Dem), defeated.

Wardens of Colchester, 1888-1957 (may be incomplete!)
William H. Van Horn as of 1888 Leander Chapman as of 1896-97 Leander Chapman as of 1904 A. L. Stebbins as of 1909-10 John R. Backus as of 1911 Frederick E. Baker as of 1917-28 Lucius C. Brown as of 1929-30 William J. McDonald as of 1937 Harvey W. Thomas as of 1947-50 Hyman Alpert as of 1954-56 George Boson as of 1957

Postmasters at Colchester, 1798-1980 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel A. Peters 1798-1818 Ralph Isham 1818-32 Amherst D. Scovell 1832-37 Benjamin Trumbull 1837-41 Joshua B. Wheeler 1841-43 Pomeroy Hall 1843-45 Daniel Bulkeley 1845-49 Albert B. Isham 1849-53 David A. Fox 1853-57 Olcott Worthington 1857-61 Charles H. Rogers 1861-67 Joseph A. Foote 1867-68 Charles H. Rogers 1868-85 Giles G. Wickwire 1885-92 Samuel H. Kellogg 1892-95 Clifford B. Rogers 1895-1900 Frederick A. Smith 1900-01 Joanna Madeline Clifford 1933-37 Joanna Madeline Clifford 1937-44 John J. Shea 1944-45 John J. Shea 1945-59 Sarah B. Friedman 1959-61 Elizabeth J. Cohen 1961-63 Elizabeth J. Cohen 1963-80

Westchester

Postmasters at Westchester, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
E. Brown as of 1901

North Westchester

Postmasters at North Westchester, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
George T. Clark as of 1901

Comstocks Bridge

Postmasters at Comstocks Bridge, 1885-1901 (may be incomplete!)
E. M. Brown as of 1885-1901

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