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Honolulu, Hawaii
including Pearl City, Waipahu
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Honolulu, 1909-2000 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph J. Fern 1909-15 Joseph J. Fern 1917-20 John H. Wilson as of 1948 Neal S. Blaisdell as of 1955-69 Frank F. Fasi as of 1969-81 Frank F. Fasi as of 1985-94

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1952: Frank F. Fasi (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1954: Frank F. Fasi (Dem), defeated.
  • 1960: Frank F. Fasi (Dem), defeated.
  • 1968: D. G. 'Andy' Anderson, defeated.
  • 1972: D. G. 'Andy' Anderson, defeated; Mason Altiery, defeated.
  • 1980: Frank F. Fasi (Dem), defeated.
  • 1988: Patsy T. Mink, defeated for nomination.
  • 1992: Whitney T. Anderson, defeated.
  • 1994: Frank F. Fasi, resigned; Whitney T. Anderson, defeated.
  • 1996: Frank F. Fasi (Rep), defeated.
  • 2000: Frank F. Fasi (Rep), defeated.

    Postmasters at Honolulu, 1900-81 (may be incomplete!)
    Joseph M. Oat 1900-05 Joseph G. Pratt 1905-14 William F. Young 1914-16 William C. Peterson 1916-17 David H. MacAdam 1917-26 J. Frank Woolley 1926-31 Charles F. Chillingworth 1931 Charles F. Chillingworth 1931-35 John H. Wilson 1935 John H. Wilson 1935-39 Albert P. Lino 1939-40 Albert P. Lino 1940-58 George T. Hara 1958-59 George T. Hara 1959-66 Hon Chung Chee 1966-67 Hon Chung Chee 1967-81

    Pearl City
    (part of the city-county of Honolulu)

    Postmasters at Pearl City, 1900-73 (may be incomplete!)
    John P. Keppeler 1900-39 Ethel Koi Leong Lau 1939-49 Bella Pung Puaa 1949-52 Bella Pung Puaa 1952-73

    Waipahu
    (part of the city-county of Honolulu)

    Postmasters at Waipahu, 1900-72 (may be incomplete!)
    Harrison D. Johnson 1900-04 John H. Travis 1904-15 Henry A. Juen 1915 John G. Lewis 1915-17 William Miner 1917 William Miner 1917-18 William L. Hardy 1918 Elizabeth H. Travis 1918-31 Louis P. Lino 1931-32 Louis P. Lino 1932-36 Timothy T. Wong 1936-37 Timothy T. Wong 1937-72

    Honolulu

    Collectors of Customs at Honolulu, 1903-61 (may be incomplete!)
    Edward R. Stackable as of 1903-13 Malcolm Argyle Franklin as of 1915-19 Harry E. Murray as of 1921 Jeannette A. Hyde as of 1925-32 J. Walter Doyle as of 1933-41 R. L. Shivers as of 1946-47 H. Tucker Gratz as of 1951 James P. Winne 1953-61

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Honolulu, 1909-51 (may be incomplete!)
    Walter F. Drake as of 1909 Howard Hathaway as of 1917-19 J. Walter Jones as of 1921-27 Albert H. Tarleton as of 1932 Fred H. Kanne as of 1936-46 Henry Robinson as of 1947 James M. Alsup as of 1951

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