The Political Graveyard: New Canaan, Connecticut

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New Canaan, Connecticut
First Selectmen, Wardens, Postmasters

First Selectmen of New Canaan, 1888-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Benjamin P. Mead as of 1888 John F. Bliss as of 1896 George E. Raymond as of 1897-1901 Charles P. Fish as of 1904 Franklin Stevens as of 1908-09 Charles W. Hodges as of 1910-11 John H. Behre as of 1915 Robert B. Morse as of 1919 Rodney Light as of 1920 George T. Smith as of 1921-27 Clarence E. Costales as of 1947-57 Jeb Walker as of 2009-12

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1989 Nov 7: Louis J. Moreno (Rep), elected unopposed.

Wardens of New Canaan, 1896-1930 (may be incomplete!)
George E. Seeley, Jr. as of 1896-97 J. Irving Benedict as of 1904 Edward B. Lawrence as of 1909 Harry C. Turner as of 1910 John H. Behre as of 1911 Thomas Tunney as of 1917-20 William B. Simon as of 1921-22 B. H. Keeler as of 1926-27 Wilbur J. Dixon as of 1928 George R. Stevens as of 1929 Lewis B. Sutton as of 1930

Postmasters at New Canaan, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
S. B. Hoyt as of 1901

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