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Manchester, Connecticut
including South Manchester, Manchester Green, Buckland, Highland Park, Manchester Station, North Manchester, Oakland
Mayors, First Selectmen, Postmasters

Mayors of Manchester, 2009-12 (may be incomplete!)
Louis A. Spedaccini as of 2009-12

First Selectmen of Manchester, 1888-1957 (may be incomplete!)
Charles D. Parsons as of 1888 Clarence G. Watkins as of 1896-1901 Thomas H. Weldon as of 1904 Arthur B. Keeney as of 1907-08 William E. Alvord as of 1909 Horace B. Cheney as of 1910-11 Howard I. Taylor as of 1915-17 Aaron Johnson as of 1919-21 William C. Cheney as of 1922 Robert V. Treat as of 1926-27 Cecil W. England as of 1947 William S. Davis as of 1949-50 Ella M. Quish 1954-57 John H. Bowen as of 1956

Postmasters at Manchester, 1887-1970 (may be incomplete!)
Walter W. Cowles 1887-89 Morgan E. White 1889-90 Levi Drake 1890-94 Charles I. Balch 1894-98 Charles H. Rose 1898-1902 Jessie S. Rose 1902-15 Frederick W. Wall 1915-22 Ernest F. Brown 1923 Ernest F. Brown 1923-33 Frank B. Crocker 1933-36 Thomas J. Quish 1936-37 Thomas J. Quish 1937-42 Harold Olin Grant 1942-56 Alden E. Bailey 1956-57 Alden E. Bailey 1957-70

South Manchester

Postmasters at South Manchester, 1851-1933 (may be incomplete!)
Ward Cheney 1851-54 Frank W. Cheney 1854-55 Ward Cheney 1855-57 Hector Chapman 1857-59 Ralph Cheney 1859-61 Alfred B. Pitkin 1861 William H. Cheney 1861-88 Albert J. Spencer 1888-89 Walter B. Cheney 1889-94 Rollin M. Rood 1894-98 Walter B. Cheney 1898-1913 Henry R. Cheney 1913 Thomas J. Quish 1913-22 Oliver F. Toop 1922-31 Frank B. Crocker 1931-32 Frank B. Crocker 1932-33

Manchester Green

Postmasters at Manchester Green, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
J. A. Alvord as of 1901

Buckland

Postmasters at Buckland, 1885-1903 (may be incomplete!)
Hollis G. Parker as of 1885-87 Robert McIlvane as of 1901-03

Highland Park

Postmasters at Highland Park, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
Robert N. Stanley as of 1901

Manchester Station

Postmasters at Manchester Station, 1850-61 (may be incomplete!)
Melancthon Hudson 1850-61 John O. Spencer 1861

North Manchester

Postmasters at North Manchester, 1862-87 (may be incomplete!)
John O. Spencer 1862-68 Moses Scott 1868-85 Walter W. Cowles 1885-87

Oakland

Postmasters at Oakland, 1841-50 (may be incomplete!)
William Scott 1841-43 James H. Porter 1843-44 Edward N. Hudson 1844 Whiting Risley 1844-49 Melancthon Hudson 1849-50

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