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Anderson, Indiana
including Andersontown
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Anderson, 1933-63 (may be incomplete!)
Harry R. Baldwin 1933-42 C. D. Rotruck as of 1944 G. Lester McDonald as of 1950-51 Noland C. Wright as of 1952-55 Ralph R. Ferguson 1956-63

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1959 Nov 3: Ralph R. Ferguson (Dem), elected.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Frank H. Allis (Rep), elected; Ralph R. Ferguson (Dem), defeated.

    Postmasters at Anderson, 1849-1986 (may be incomplete!)
    Townsend T. Sharp 1849-51 Allicus Liddall 1851 Townsend T. Sharp 1851-52 George W. Bowen 1852 John W. Davis 1852-53 Nineveh Berry 1853-54 Joseph Fulton 1854-61 William H. H. Lewis 1861-65 Harrison J. Brown 1865-78 Stephen Metcalf 1878-85 John W. Pence 1885-89 Hiram J. Daniels 1889-93 Dale J. Crittenberger 1893-97 Albert A. Small 1897-1901 Robert P. Grimes 1901-07 Thomas L. Dehority 1907-12 Henry P. Hardie 1912-16 John L. Fraley 1916-24 Alfred V. Rescher 1924 Alfred V. Rescher 1924-33 Lola F. Sigler 1933-34 Harry L. Brendel 1934-35 Harry L. Brendel 1935-38 Charles E. George 1938-39 Ira G. Davis 1939-56 Wendell L. Hollingsworth 1956-61 Howard L. Ring 1961-64 Howard L. Ring 1964-86

    Andersontown
    (renamed Anderson)

    Postmasters at Andersontown, 1824-49 (may be incomplete!)
    John Berry 1824-27 John C. Berry 1827-28 Dickinson Burt 1828-29 Robert N. Williams 1829-37 John M. Cluny 1837-38 Cyrus Willets 1838-39 Nineveh Berry 1839-41 James Calvert 1841-43 Nineveh Berry 1843-45 John Gallimore 1845-47 Richard Lake 1847-49 Townsend T. Sharp 1849

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