The Political Graveyard: Putnam, Connecticut

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Putnam, Connecticut
including East Putnam, Putnam Heights
Mayors, First Selectmen, Postmasters

Mayors of Putnam, 1896-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Lebbeus E. Smith as of 1896-97 Lucius H. Fuller as of 1899 Lucius H. Fuller as of 1902 Franklin W. Perry as of 1904 John J. McGarry as of 1909 Archibald Macdonald as of 1910-11 John J. McGarry as of 1917 A. W. Marcy as of 1918-21 Archibald Macdonald as of 1922 Victor Chapdelaine as of 1926-27 Charles A. Richard as of 1928-31 Leon A. Talbot as of 1932-33 Francis H. Murphy as of 1934-35 William Perry Barber as of 1940 Harvey J. Grinsell as of 1943 Harvey J. Grinsell as of 1947 John N. Dempsey as of 1949-57 William St. Onge 1961-62 Richard Place as of 2012

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1989 Nov 7: Donald R. St. Onge (Dem), elected; Samuel J. Roberts (Rep), defeated.

First Selectmen of Putnam, 1888-1957 (may be incomplete!)
Omer La Rue as of 1888 Artemas H. Corbin as of 1896 Charles D. Torrey as of 1897-99 Alexander A. Houghton as of 1901 Clarendon M. Green as of 1904 Clarence E. Pierce as of 1908-11 Clarence E. Pierce as of 1919-27 Gerald Caron as of 1947 Ferdinand Gagnon as of 1950-57

Postmasters at Putnam, 1855-1981 (may be incomplete!)
John O. Fox 1855-61 Hiram N. Brown 1861-67 John O. Fox 1867-69 Perry P. Wilson 1869-85 Edward Mullan 1885-90 Patrick O'Leary 1890-94 Frank G. Letters 1894-1901 Norman J. Bonneville 1965-68 Alfred C. Dion 1968-81

East Putnam

Postmasters at East Putnam, 1864-79 (may be incomplete!)
John P. Watson 1864-68 Ezra Parker 1868-75 Augustus Houghton 1876-79

Putnam Heights

Postmasters at Putnam Heights, 1875-1900 (may be incomplete!)
Ezra Parker 1875-76 Sylvester W. Ames 1876 Emma L. Ames 1876-1900

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