The Political Graveyard: Danbury, Connecticut

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Danbury, Connecticut
including Mill Plain
Mayors, First Selectmen, Wardens, Postmasters

Mayors of Danbury, 1890-2012 (may be incomplete!)
L. LeGrand Hopkins 1890-91 Charles S. Peck 1891-93 Charles S. Andrews 1893-95 G. Mortimer Rundle 1895-97 John R. Booth as of 1904 William C. Gilbert as of 1909-10 N. Burton Rogers as of 1911 Anthony Sunderland 1913-19 William C. Gilbert as of 1920-22 A. Homer Fillow as of 1926-27 Anthony Sunderland 1927-30 G. Walter Morgan as of 1931-34 Adam A. Roth 1935-37 Martin J. Cunningham 1937-40 William J. Hannan as of 1941-50 Arthur Filkie as of 1951 John P. Previdi as of 1953-55 John A. DeFine, Jr. as of 1955-57 Charles A. Ducibella as of 1975 Mark D. Boughton as of 2010-12

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1927 Mar 28: Anthony Sunderland (Dem), elected; John C. Serre (Rep), defeated.

1937 Mar 29: Byron W. Austin (Dem), elected, but died before taking office; Adam A. Roth (Rep), defeated.

1937 Jun 21: Martin J. Cunningham (Dem), elected; Adam A. Roth (Rep), defeated.

1989 Nov 7: Gene F. Eriquez (Dem), elected; Joseph H. Sauer, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Richard M. Hunt, defeated.

2009 Nov 3: Mark D. Boughton (Rep), elected; Gary M. Goncalves (Dem), defeated.

First Selectmen of Danbury, 1888-1963 (may be incomplete!)
Nathaniel B. Selleck as of 1888 Alexander Turner as of 1896-1910 Morris Meyers as of 1911 Stephen B. Treadwell as of 1915-19 Elijah Sturdevant as of 1920-27 Charles I. Sweeney as of 1947-49 Joseph H. Sauer as of 1950-63

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1961 Oct 2: Joseph H. Sauer (Rep), elected; Norman A. Buzaid (Dem), defeated.

1963 Oct 7: Joseph H. Sauer (Rep), elected; Peter A. Musnicki (Dem), defeated.

Wardens of Danbury, 1888 (may be incomplete!)
Charles H. Wilcox as of 1888

Postmasters at Danbury, 1786-1986 (may be incomplete!)
James Clark 1786-92 Oliver Burr 1792-97 Ebenezer Russel White 1797-1808 Zalmon Wildman 1808-35 Frederick S. Wildman 1835 Daniel A. Hoyt 1835-41 Phineas D. Crosby 1841-44 Ira R. Wildman 1844-49 Francis Fairchild 1849 William P. Stevens 1849-50 Edward W. Sanford 1850-53 Francis Fairchild 1853-61 Edward A. Brown 1861-70 Phineas D. Crosby 1870-76 John Tweedy 1876-86 Aaron C. Seeley 1886-91 John Tweedy 1891-95 Charles B. Mason 1895-1900 Augustus G. Ising 1900-01 Guy I. Robb 1956-57 Jack A. Vacarelli 1957-58 Jack A. Vacarelli 1958-86

Mill Plain

Postmasters at Mill Plain, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
John Senior as of 1901

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