The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Athens, Georgia

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Mayors and Postmasters of Athens, Georgia

Mayors of Athens, 1918-56 (may be incomplete!)
Andrew C. Erwin 1918-21 T. S. Mell as of 1937 Bob McWhorter 1940-47 Jack R. Wells as of 1951-56

Postmasters at Athens, 1802-1978 (may be incomplete!)
John Carey 1802-05 Addin Lewis 1805-11 James D. Cole 1811-16 James E. Brown 1816-18 William H. Hunt 1818-24 Leander A. Erwin 1824-30 Andrew Graham 1830 William L. Mitchell 1830-31 Alfred M. Nisbet 1831-36 William L. Mitchell 1836-45 John Crawford 1845-59 Thomas Crawford 1859-61 John S. Williford 1865 James C. Caldwell 1865-66 Samuel Williford 1866-69 Howell C. Flournoy 1869-71 William T. Crane 1871-73 Richard S. Taylor 1873-75 John S. Williford 1875 Richard S. Taylor 1875-77 Josiah C. Orr 1877-82 Madison Davis 1882-86 Wiley B. Burnett 1886-90 Madison Davis 1890-93 James D. Farrell 1893-97 Monroe B. Morton 1897-1902 William Fleming 1902-13 Jeptha H. Rucker 1913-21 Paul L. Smith 1921-22 Paul L. Smith 1922-34 David G. Anderson 1934-35 Jonas R. Myers 1935-50 J. Fred Bishop 1950-51 Ellison B. Stone 1951 Hillyer C. King 1951-69 William F. Rumsey 1969-71 William F. Rumsey 1971-78

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