The Political Graveyard: Vernon, Connecticut

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Vernon, Connecticut
including Rockville, Vernon Center, Talcottville
Mayors, First Selectmen, Postmasters

Mayors of Vernon, 1967-2017 (may be incomplete!)
Frank J. McCoy 1970-75 Thomas A. Benoit 1976-77 Frank J. McCoy 1978-79 Marie A. Herbst 1980-87 Stephen C. Marcham 1988-89 John F. Drost 1990-93 Edward C. Slattery 1994-95 Tony Muro 1996-97 Joe Grabinski 1998-99 Stephen C. Marcham 2000-01 Diane Wheelock 2002-03 Ellen L. Marmer 2004-07 Jason L. McCoy 2008-11 George F. Apel 2012-13 Daniel A. Champagne 2014-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1967: John E. Grant (Rep), elected; Peter Humphry (Dem), defeated.

1969 Nov 4: Frank J. McCoy (Rep), elected; Seymour E. Lauitt (Dem), defeated.

1971 Nov 2: Frank J. McCoy (Rep), elected; Albert S. Smith (Dem), defeated.

1973 Nov 6: Frank J. McCoy (Rep), elected; James J. Roche (Dem), defeated.

1975 Nov 4: Thomas A. Benoit (Dem), elected; Frank J. McCoy (Rep), defeated.

1977 Nov 8: Frank J. McCoy (Rep), elected; Thomas A. Benoit (Dem), defeated.

1979 Nov 6: Marie A. Herbst (Dem), elected; Frank J. McCoy (Rep), defeated.

1981 Nov 3: Marie A. Herbst (Dem), elected; John E. Grant (Rep), defeated.

1983 Nov 8: Marie A. Herbst (Dem), elected.

1985 Nov 5: Marie A. Herbst (Dem), elected; George W. Russell (Rep), defeated.

1987 Nov 3: Stephen C. Marcham (Dem), elected; Robert J. Callahan (Rep), defeated.

1989 Nov 7: John F. Drost (Dem), elected; John L. Giulietti, defeated.

1991 Nov 5: John F. Drost (Dem), elected; George W. Russell (Rep), defeated.

1993 Nov 2: Edward C. Slattery (Rep), elected; Marie A. Herbst (Dem), defeated.

1995 Nov 7: Tony Muro (Dem), elected; Edward C. Slattery (Rep), defeated.

1997 Nov 4: Joe Grabinski (Rep), elected; Tony Muro (Dem), defeated.

1999 Nov 2: Stephen C. Marcham (Dem), elected; Joe Grabinski (Rep), defeated.

2001 Nov 6: Diane Wheelock (Rep), elected; Chester W. Morgan (Dem), defeated.

2003 Nov 4: Ellen L. Marmer (Dem), elected; Diane Wheelock (Rep), defeated.

2005 Nov 8: Ellen L. Marmer (Dem), elected; Robert Kleinhans (Rep), defeated.

2007 Nov 6: Jason L. McCoy (Rep), elected; Ellen L. Marmer (Dem), defeated; James Webb Wilson, defeated.

2009 Nov 3: Jason L. McCoy (Rep), elected; Michelle Arn (Dem), defeated.

2011 Nov 8: George F. Apel (Rep), elected; Pauline A. Schaefer (Dem), defeated; Gordon W. Paterson, defeated; James E. Krupienski, defeated.

2013 Nov 5: Daniel A. Champagne (Rep), elected; Thomas A. DiDio (Dem), defeated.

2015 Nov 3: Daniel A. Champagne (Rep), elected; Teri-Lynn Rogers (Dem), defeated.

First Selectmen of Vernon, 1888-1957 (may be incomplete!)
Henry G. Ransom as of 1888 John E. Fahey as of 1896-97 Parley B. Leonard as of 1899-1910 Frederick J. Cooley as of 1911 Charles M. Squires as of 1920-22 George Arnold, Jr. as of 1926-27 Ernest A. Schindler as of 1947 Herbert I. Pagani as of 1950-57

Postmasters at Vernon, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
G. G. Tillinghast as of 1901

Rockville

Mayors of Rockville, 1889-1965 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel Fitch 1890-91 William V. McNerney 1891-93 E. Stevens Henry 1894-95 Edwin L. Heath 1896-99 William H. Loomis 1900-03 George Forster 1904-11 Lyman T. Tingier 1912-13 S. Tracy Noble 1914-15 John P. Cameron 1916-19 Frederick G. Hartenstein 1920-21 Joseph Grist 1922-23 John P. Cameron 1924-27 George Forster 1928-29 Albert E. Waite 1930-33 George C. Scheets 1934-35 Claude A. Mills 1936-41 Raymond E. Hunt 1942-47 Frederick S. Berger 1948-56 Herman G. Olson 1956-60 Leo B. Flaherty, Jr. 1960-65

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1889 Dec 2: Samuel Fitch (Rep), elected; Silas Putnam (Dem), defeated.

1941 Dec 2: Raymond E. Hunt, elected.

Postmasters at Rockville, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
George W. Randall as of 1901

Vernon Center

Postmasters at Vernon Center, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
S. G. Butler as of 1901

Talcottville

Postmasters at Talcottville, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
John G. Talcott as of 1901

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