The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Richmond, Indiana

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Mayors and Postmasters of Richmond, Indiana

Mayors of Richmond, 1869-1956 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas Warren Bennett as of 1869-71 James F. Hibberd as of 1875-77 Thomas Warren Bennett as of 1877-83 Thomas Warren Bennett as of 1885-87 Laurence A. Handley 1929 John R. Britten 1939-44 Lester E. Meadows 1950-55 Roland H. Cutter as of 1956

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1929 Nov 5: Windsor B. Harris (Rep), elected; Laurence A. Handley (Dem), defeated.

1942 Nov 3: John R. Britten (Rep), elected.

1951 Nov 6: Lester E. Meadows (Rep), elected; Roland H. Cutter (Dem), defeated.

Postmasters at Richmond, 1818-1977 (may be incomplete!)
Robert Morrison 1818-30 Daniel Reid 1830-36 James W. Borden 1836-40 Lynde Elliott 1840-41 Achilles Williams 1841-43 Daniel D. Sloan 1843-46 James Elder 1846-49 Caleb R. Williams 1849-53 James Elder 1853-61 Achilles Williams 1861-66 Edwin A. Jones 1866-69 Isaac H. Julian 1869-71 Benjamin W. Davis 1871-78 Almon Samson 1878-82 Edwin D. Palmer 1882-85 James Elder 1885-86 James F. Elder 1886-90 Isaac Jenkinson 1890-94 John G. Schwegman 1894-98 Perry J. Freeman 1898-1902 Daniel Surface 1902-06 J. Albert Spekenhier 1906-10 Edgar M. Haas 1910-14 Charles B. Beck 1914-22 Ray H. Weisbrod 1922-28 Henry W. Dueker 1928-29 Elmer E. Eggemeyer 1929-31 Maude K. Eggemeyer 1931-32 James J. McCauley 1932-36 Sarah Brokamp 1936 Fred B. Pickett 1936-55 Arthur R. Bietry 1955-57 Arthur R. Bietry 1957-77

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