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New Haven, Connecticut
including Fair Haven East
Mayors, First Selectmen, Postmasters, Wardens

Mayors of New Haven, 1784-2018 (may be incomplete!)
Roger Sherman 1784-93 Samuel Bishop 1793-1803 Elizur Goodrich 1803-22 George Hoadley 1822-26 Simeon Baldwin 1826-27 William Bristol 1827-28 David Daggett 1828-30 Ralph I. Ingersoll 1830-31 Dennis Kimberly 1831-32 Ebenezer Seeley 1832-33 Noyes Darling 1833-34 Henry C. Flagg 1834-39 Samuel Johnson Hitchcock 1839-42 Philip S. Galpin 1842-46 Henry E. Peck 1846-50 Aaron N. Skinner 1850-54 Chauncey Jerome 1854-55 Alfred Blackman 1855-56 Philip S. Galpin 1856-60 Harmanus M. Welch 1860-63 Morris Tyler 1863-65 Erastus C. Scranton 1865-66 Lucien W. Sperry 1866-69 William Fitch 1869-70 Henry G. Lewis 1870-76 William R. Shelton 1877-78 Hobart B. Bigelow 1879-80 John B. Robertson 1881-82 Henry G. Lewis 1883-84 George F. Holcomb 1885-86 Samuel A. York 1887-88 Henry F. Peck 1889-90 Joseph B. Sargent 1891-94 Albert C. Hendrick 1895-96 Frederick B. Farnsworth 1897-98 Cornelius T. Driscoll 1899-1901 John P. Studley 1901-07 James B. Martin 1908-09 Frank J. Rice 1910-17 Samuel Campner 1917 David E. FitzGerald 1918-25 John B. Tower 1926-28 Thomas A. Tully 1929-31 John W. Murphy 1932-45 William C. Celentano 1946-53 Richard C. Lee 1954-69 Bartholomew F. Guida 1970-75 Frank Logue 1976-79 Biagio DiLieto 1980-89 John Daniels 1990-93 John DeStefano, Jr. 1994-2013 Toni N. Harp 2014-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1793 Jul 23: Roger Sherman, died in office.
  • 1822 Jun 4: Elizur Goodrich, resigned.
  • 1826 May 11: George Hoadley, resigned.
  • 1850 Jun 3: Aaron N. Skinner (Whig), elected unopposed.
  • 1851 Jun 2: Aaron N. Skinner (Whig), elected.
  • 1852 May 31: Aaron N. Skinner (Whig), elected unopposed.
  • 1853 Jun 6: Aaron N. Skinner (Whig), elected.
  • 1863 Jun 2: Harmanus M. Welch, resigned.
  • 1866: Lucien W. Sperry, elected.
  • 1867: Lucien W. Sperry, elected.
  • 1868: Lucien W. Sperry, elected.
  • 1879: William R. Shelton, defeated.
  • 1901 Apr 16: John P. Studley (Rep), elected; Cornelius T. Driscoll (Dem), defeated.
  • 1903 Apr 21: John P. Studley (Rep), elected; Thomas I. Kinney (Dem), defeated.
  • 1905 Apr 18: John P. Studley (Rep), elected; William S. Pardee (Dem), defeated; Elizur H. Sperry (Non-Partisan Municipal League), defeated.
  • 1907 Oct 7: James B. Martin (Dem), elected; Minotte E. Chatfield (Rep), defeated.
  • 1909 Oct 4: Frank J. Rice (Rep), elected; James B. Martin (Dem), defeated.
  • 1911 Oct 3: Frank J. Rice (Rep), elected; James B. Martin (Dem), defeated; Abram Ford (Socialist), defeated; Frank S. Butterworth (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1913 Oct 7: Frank J. Rice (Rep), elected; John J. Lane (Dem), defeated.
  • 1915 Oct 5: Frank J. Rice (Rep), elected; Albert W. Mattoon (Dem), defeated; John L. Martin (Socialist), defeated; Charles W. Hulse (Prohibition), defeated; Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1917 Jan 18: Frank J. Rice, died in office.
  • 1917 Oct 2: David E. FitzGerald (Dem), elected; Samuel Campner (Rep), defeated.
  • 1919 Oct 7: David E. FitzGerald (Dem), elected; James A. Haggerty (Rep), defeated.
  • 1921 Oct 4: David E. FitzGerald (Dem), elected; Frederick L. Ford (Rep), defeated; Horace W. Williams (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1923 Nov 6: David E. FitzGerald (Dem), elected; Charles M. Walker (Rep), defeated; Morris Rice (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1925 Nov 3: John B. Tower (Rep), elected; John J. Lane (Dem), defeated.
  • 1927 Nov 8: John B. Tower (Rep), elected; Philip Troup (Dem), defeated.
  • 1929 Nov 5: Thomas A. Tully (Rep), elected; Philip Troup (Dem), defeated; Charles H. O'Connell (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1931 Nov 3: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; Lawson W. Hall (Rep), defeated.
  • 1933 Nov 7: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; Edward L. White (Rep), defeated.
  • 1937 Nov 2: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; George F. Barnes (Rep), defeated.
  • 1939 Nov 7: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; William C. Celentano (Rep), defeated.
  • 1941 Nov 4: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; Thomas R. Fitzsimmons (Rep), defeated.
  • 1943 Nov 2: John W. Murphy (Dem), elected; Angus M. Fraser (Rep), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1945 Nov 6: William C. Celentano (Rep), elected; John W. Murphy (Dem), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1947 Nov 4: William C. Celentano (Rep), elected; Frank M. Anastasio (Dem), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1949 Nov 8: William C. Celentano (Rep), elected; Richard C. Lee (Dem), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1951 Nov 6: William C. Celentano (Rep), elected; Richard C. Lee (Dem), defeated; Alfred E. Tong (Socialist), defeated; John M. Marsalka (People's), defeated.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Richard C. Lee (Dem), elected; William C. Celentano (Rep), defeated.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Richard C. Lee (Dem), elected.
  • 1969: Henry E. Parker (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Bartholomew F. Guida (Dem), elected; Paul C. Capra (Rep), defeated.
  • 1971: Henry E. Parker, defeated.
  • 1975: Bartholomew F. Guida (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1975 Nov 4: Frank Logue (Dem), elected; John Esposito (Rep), defeated; Joelle R. Fishman (Communist), defeated.
  • 1977: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Frank Logue (Dem), elected; Frank Mongillo (Rep), defeated; Joelle R. Fishman (Communist), defeated.
  • 1979 Sep 11: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), nominated; Frank Logue (Dem), defeated in primary; Henry E. Parker (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1979 Nov 6: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), elected; George E. Longyear (Rep), defeated.
  • 1981 Sep 8: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), nominated; Anthony M. Ciarlone (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), elected; Elaine W. Noe (Rep), defeated.
  • 1983 Nov 8: Biagio DiLieto (Dem), elected; Edward White, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 1989 Sep 12: John Daniels (Dem), nominated; John DeStefano, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1989 Nov 7: John Daniels (Dem), elected; Robie Pooley (Rep), defeated; Matthew Borenstein, defeated.
  • 1991 Nov 5: John Daniels (Dem), elected.
  • 1993 Nov 3: John DeStefano, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2001 Nov 6: John DeStefano, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2003 Nov 4: John DeStefano, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2005 Nov 8: John DeStefano, Jr. (Dem), elected; Eric J. Brown, Jr. (Green), defeated; Gary L. Jenkins, defeated; Leslie Harper Blatteau, defeated; Roger Uihlein, defeated.
  • 2007 Nov 6: John DeStefano, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2009 Nov 3: John DeStefano, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2011 Nov 3: John DeStefano, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2013: Toni N. Harp (Dem), elected.
  • 2015: Toni N. Harp (Dem), elected.
  • 2017: Toni N. Harp (Dem), elected.

    First Selectmen of New Haven, 1888-1957 (may be incomplete!)
    James Reynolds as of 1888 Roswell B. Farren as of 1896 Philip Hugo as of 1897 Charles S. Hamilton as of 1899-1901 Thomas O'Brien, Jr. as of 1904 Joseph McLaughlin as of 1908-09 Henry Hillman as of 1910 Anthony J. Verdi as of 1911 James J. Clancey as of 1915-20 John W. Coogan as of 1921 Fred Guida as of 1922 Israel J. Jacobs as of 1926-27 Charlotte Hodson as of 1947-50 Harry Bernblum as of 1954 Samuel C. Schlein as of 1955-57

    Postmasters at New Haven, 1772-1970 (may be incomplete!)
    Christopher Kilby 1772-75 Elias Beers 1775-1802 Jesse Atwater 1802-14 William Henry Jones 1814-42 Henry Huggins 1842-44 Edward A. Mitchell 1844-49 John B. Robertson 1849-53 Lucius A. Thomas 1853-61 Nehemiah D. Sperry 1861-85 Benjamin R. English 1885-90 Nehemiah D. Sperry 1890-94 Francis G. Beach 1894-98 James A. Howarth 1898-1914 Philip Troup 1914-22 Charles W. Birely 1922 Charles W. Birely 1922-34 Pierce M. Maher 1934-36 Patrick J. Goode 1936 Patrick J. Goode 1936-50 William J. Higgins 1950 William J. Higgins 1950-53 Thomas J. Guiney 1953-54 Frank A. Lattanzi 1954-56 Frank A. Lattanzi 1956-70

    Fair Haven East

    Wardens of Fair Haven East, 1888-1917 (may be incomplete!)
    William A. Wright as of 1888 F. W. J. Sizer as of 1896-97 George K. Clark as of 1904 John H. Thompson as of 1909-10 James J. Horan as of 1911 Clifford E. Minor as of 1917

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