The Political Graveyard: New London, Connecticut

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New London, Connecticut
Mayors, First Selectmen, Postmasters

Mayors of New London, 1784-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Richard Law as of 1784 Elias Perkins as of 1829-33 John P. C. Mather as of 1845 Frederic W. Allen as of 1867 Thomas M. Waller as of 1873 Robert Coit as of 1879 C. A. Williams as of 1887-88 George F. Tinker as of 1889-91 Ralph Wheeler as of 1892-93 Andrew J. Bentley 1894 James P. Johnston as of 1895-97 Bryan F. Mahan as of 1903-06 Benjamin L. Armstrong 1906-09 Bryan F. Mahan as of 1909-12 Ernest E. Rogers as of 1917 E. Frank Morgan as of 1920-21 Lucius E. Whiton as of 1922 William C. Fox 1926-27 James A. May 1927-28 Malcolm M. Scott as of 1929 Cornelius D. Twomey as of 1930 E. Frank Morgan as of 1931 James A. May 1932 Malcolm M. Scott as of 1933 Alton T. Miner as of 1934 Cornelius D. Twomey as of 1935 Leo B. Reagan as of 1940 Lewis B. Doane as of 1941-43 Richard R. Morgan as of 1947 Samuel J. Selleck as of 1949 Fred Benvenuti as of 1950 Frank Kelly as of 1951 Fred Benvenuti as of 1953 Thomas J. Griffin as of 1954 Richard J. Duggan as of 1955 Thomas G. Martin as of 1955-56 Moses A. Savin as of 1957 Thomas L. Harrington as of 1975 Leo E. Jackson as of 1979-80 Robert M. Pero as of 2010-12

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1907 Oct 7: Benjamin L. Armstrong, elected.

1909 Oct 4: Bryan F. Mahan (Dem), elected.

First Selectmen of New London, 1888-1957 (may be incomplete!)
Abner N. Sterry as of 1888 Charles Prentis as of 1896-1908 Edwin L. da Silva as of 1909-10 William L. White as of 1911 Joseph F. Fitzpatrick as of 1919-20 Lawrence S. M. Cook as of 1921-22 William L. White as of 1926-27 E. Clement Sugrue as of 1947 Nicola Magro as of 1949 Frank L. Delmore as of 1950 Laurette J. Beckwith as of 1954-55 Mary J. Riley as of 1956 Laurette J. Beckwith as of 1957

Postmasters at New London, 1773-1988 (may be incomplete!)
John S. Miller 1773-75 Nathaniel Shaw 1775-76 Gurdon Saltonstall 1776-85 Timothy Green 1786 Lyman Law 1794-97 Richard Douglass II 1797-1816 Ebenezer Way 1816-38 Caleb J. Allen 1838-41 James H. Turner 1841-46 Stanley G. Trott 1846-50 James H. Turner 1850-53 James B. Lyman 1853-58 Stanley G. Trott 1858-62 Julius W. Eggleston 1862-66 Charles W. Butler 1866-70 Betsy A. Mower 1870-78 William H. Tubbs 1878-85 George D. Whittlesey 1885-90 Nathan J. Allender 1890-93 Hezekiah B. Smith 1893-94 Bryan F. Mahan 1894-98 John McGinley 1898-1915 Bryan F. Mahan 1915-23 Walter M. Slocum 1923-24 Walter M. Slocum 1924-28 Philip K. Dewire 1929 Philip K. Dewire 1929-33 Edward Corcoran 1933-35 James R. May 1935-42 Timothy J. Sullivan 1942-43 Timothy J. Sullivan 1943-65 Anthony S. Facas 1965-68 Anthony S. Facas 1968-88

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1785 Sep 19: Gurdon Saltonstall, died in office.

1923 Nov 16: Bryan F. Mahan, died in office.

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