The Political Graveyard: Derby, Connecticut

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Derby, Connecticut
including Birmingham
Mayors, First Selectmen, Postmasters, Wardens

Mayors of Derby, 1894-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas J. O'Sullivan as of 1894 William C. Atwater as of 1895-96 Charles S. Chaffee as of 1897 George P. Sullivan as of 1904 James B. Atwater as of 1909-10 James A. Miles as of 1911 George P. Sullivan as of 1917-20 James B. Atwater as of 1921-22 Frank J. Conway as of 1923-28 William J. Riordan as of 1929-34 George P. Sullivan as of 1935 Cornelius F. Caldwell as of 1940-43 Patrick H. Dempsey as of 1947 Anthony Dirienzo as of 1949-57 Eugene D. Micci as of 1975 Anthony Staffieri as of 2011-12

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1926 Nov 2: Frank J. Conway (Dem), elected.

1989 Nov 7: Richard A. Grande (Dem), elected; James Marchitto (Rep), defeated.

2009 Nov 3: Anthony Staffieri (Rep), elected; Daniel P. Foley, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

First Selectmen of Derby, 1888-1957 (may be incomplete!)
John B. Quillinan as of 1888 Abijah H. Gilbert as of 1896 James P. Conaty as of 1897-98 Eugene Beecher as of 1899-1904 John O'Dell as of 1906 Benjamin N. Bird as of 1907 John O'Dell as of 1908 Benjamin N. Bird as of 1909 John O'Dell as of 1910-11 Benjamin N. Bird as of 1915 John J. Hurley as of 1917 John L. Ungerer as of 1919-20 Owen J. McCarthy as of 1921-24 Henry A. Haugh as of 1926 Jerry McCarthy as of 1927 Margaret McCarthy as of 1947 Anthony Dirienzo as of 1949-57

Postmasters at Derby, 1816-1974 (may be incomplete!)
Russell Hitchcock as of 1816 A. F. Sherwood as of 1885 S. E. Chaffee as of 1901 Joseph G. Kennedy 1935-36 John J. Mahony 1936-46 Howard Macciocca 1946-49 Howard Macciocca 1949-74

Birmingham

Wardens of Birmingham, 1888 (may be incomplete!)
George S. Arnold as of 1888

Postmasters at Birmingham, 1885-87 (may be incomplete!)
W. J. Clark as of 1885-87

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