The Political Graveyard: Postmasters of Seaford, Delaware

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Postmasters of Seaford, Delaware

Postmasters at Seaford, 1826-1977 (may be incomplete!)
Aaron Swiggett 1826-27 David Conwell 1827-29 Robert Hopkins 1829 Jeremiah McNeilly 1829-36 James Scott 1836-42 Asbury W. Prettyman 1842-43 Jeremiah McNeilly 1843-46 James Darbee 1846-50 Francis Brown 1850-53 William F. Robinson 1853-61 James Darbee 1861-66 John W. Phillips 1866-69 Jacob P. Obier 1869-75 John K. Brown 1875-77 Lewis E. Wallace 1877-85 Charles H. G. Horsey 1885 John W. Phillips 1886 Henry L. Phillips 1886-91 Severn A. Brown 1891-96 Edward M. Scott 1896-1900 Jesse T. Sharpe 1900-05 Edward F. Prettyman 1905-09 Irwin M. Chipman 1909-13 Orlando W. Short 1913-22 James E. Willey 1922-34 Joseph H. Cox 1934-54 J. Kenneth Fleetwood 1954-56 Mark T. Berryman 1956 Mark T. Berryman 1956-77

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1885 Dec 21: Charles H. G. Horsey, died in office.

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