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New Orleans, Louisiana
Mayors, Postmasters, U.S. Land Office officials, Collectors of Customs, Suveyors of Customs, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of New Orleans, 1803-2018 (may be incomplete!)
Etienne de Boré 1803-04 James Pitot 1804-05 John Watkins 1805-07 James J. Mather 1807-12 Charles Trudeau 1812 Nicholas Girod 1812 LeBreton Dorgenois 1812 Nicholas Girod 1812-15 Augustin Macarty 1815-20 Joseph Roffignac 1820-28 Denis Prieur 1828-38 Paul Bertus 1838 Charles Genois 1838-40 William Freret 1840-42 Denis Prieur 1842-43 Paul Bertus 1843 William Freret 1843-44 Joseph E. Montegut 1844-46 Abial D. Crossman 1846-54 John L. Lewis 1854-56 Charles M. Waterman 1856-58 Gerald Stith 1858-60 John T. Monroe 1860-62 George F. Shepley 1862 Godfrey Weitzel 1862 Jonas H. French 1862 Godfrey Weitzel 1862 Henry C. Deming 1862-63 James F. Miller 1863 Edward Henry Durell 1863 James F. Miller 1863-64 Stephen Hoyt 1864-65 Hugh Kennedy 1865 Samuel Miller Quincy 1865 Glendy Burke 1865 Hugh Kennedy 1865-66 J. A. D. Rozier 1866 George Clark 1866 John T. Monroe 1866-67 Edward Heath 1867-68 John R. Conway 1868-70 Benjamin F. Flanders 1870-72 Louis A. Wiltz 1872-74 Charles J. Leeds 1874-76 Edward Pilsbury 1876-78 Isaac W. Patton 1878-80 Joseph A. Shakspeare 1880-82 William J. Behan 1882-84 J. Valsin Guillotte 1884-88 Joseph A. Shakspeare 1888-92 John Fitzpatrick 1892-96 Walter C. Flower 1896-1900 Paul Capdevielle 1900-04 Martin Behrman 1904-20 Andrew J. McShane 1920-25 Martin Behrman 1925-26 Arthur J. O'Keefe 1926-29 T. Semmes Walmsley 1929-30 T. Semmes Walmsley 1930-36 A. Miles Pratt 1936 Fred A. Earhart 1936 Jesse S. Cave 1936 Robert S. Maestri 1936-46 de Lesseps S. Morrison 1946-61 Victor H. Schiro 1961 Victor H. Schiro 1961-70 Moon Landrieu 1970-78 Ernest N. Morial 1978-86 Sidney J. Barthelemy 1986-94 Marc H. Morial 1994-2002 C. Ray Nagin 2002-10 Mitch Landrieu 2010-18

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1803 Nov 30: Etienne de Boré, appointed.
  • 1804 May 26: Etienne de Boré, resigned.
  • 1804 Jun 2: James Pitot, appointed.
  • 1805 Jul 26: James Pitot, resigned.
  • 1805 Jul 27: John Watkins, appointed.
  • 1807 Mar 9: James J. Mather, appointed.
  • 1812 May 16: James J. Mather, resigned.
  • 1812 Sep 21: Nicholas Girod, elected; James Pitot, defeated.
  • 1814 Sep 5: Nicholas Girod, elected; Augustin Macarty, defeated.
  • 1820: Joseph Roffignac, elected.
  • 1828: Denis Prieur, elected; A. Peuchaud, defeated.
  • 1838 Apr 2: Charles Genois (Whig), elected.
  • 1840: William Freret, elected.
  • 1842: Denis Prieur (Dem), elected; William Freret, defeated.
  • 1843 Feb 7: Denis Prieur, resigned.
  • 1888: Robert C. Davey, defeated.
  • 1892: John Fitzpatrick (Dem), elected.
  • 1896: Charles F. Buck, defeated.
  • 1904: Charles F. Buck, defeated.
  • 1920: Martin Behrman, defeated.
  • 1925: Martin Behrman, elected.
  • 1926 Jan 12: Martin Behrman, died in office.
  • 1930: T. Semmes Walmsley, elected.
  • 1934: T. Semmes Walmsley, elected.
  • 1936 Jun 30: T. Semmes Walmsley, resigned.
  • 1942: Shirley G. Wimberly, defeated.
  • 1946 Jan 22: de Lesseps S. Morrison (Dem), elected; Robert S. Maestri (Dem), defeated; Shirley G. Wimberly (Dem), defeated; Mrs. Louis Patrick Dillon (Dem), defeated; Anthony Deckelmann (Dem), defeated; John Golden (Dem), defeated; Warren Johnson (Dem), defeated.
  • 1950 Jan 24: de Lesseps S. Morrison (Dem), elected; Charles C. Zatarain (Dem), defeated; Alvin A. Cobb (Dem), defeated; Mrs. Louis Patrick Dillon (Dem), defeated; Anthony Deckelmann (Dem), defeated.
  • 1954: de Lesseps S. Morrison, elected.
  • 1958: de Lesseps S. Morrison, elected.
  • 1970: Benjamin C. Toledano (Rep), defeated.
  • 1977: Ernest N. Morial, elected.
  • 1982: William J. Jefferson, defeated.
  • 1986: William J. Jefferson, defeated.
  • 1994: Marc H. Morial, elected; Mitch Landrieu, defeated.
  • 1998 Feb 7: Marc H. Morial, elected; Kathleen Cresson, defeated; Paul Borrello, defeated.
  • 2002 Feb 2: C. Ray Nagin, nominated; Richard Pennington, nominated; Paulette R. Irons, defeated in primary; James M. Singleton, defeated in primary; Troy A. Carter, defeated in primary; Vernon Palmer, defeated in primary; Leonard Lucas, defeated in primary; Emile Labat, defeated in primary; Quentin R. Brown, Jr., defeated in primary; Thomas Delahay Dunn, Jr., defeated in primary; Timothy Hill, defeated in primary; Clarence Hunt, defeated in primary; Manny Bruno, defeated in primary; Ed Cerrone, defeated in primary; Albert Jones, defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Mar 2: C. Ray Nagin, elected; Richard Pennington, defeated.
  • 2006: Mitch Landrieu, defeated.
  • 2010 Feb 6: Mitch Landrieu, elected.
  • 2014 Feb 1: Mitch Landrieu, elected.

    Postmasters at New Orleans, 1804-1983 (may be incomplete!)
    Blaise Cenas 1804-10 Thomas B. Johnson 1810-24 George Croghan 1824-26 Antoine Dupuy 1826-29 David C. Ker 1829 William H. Ker 1829-39 William McQueen 1839-40 Gabriel Montamat 1840-41 William DeBuys 1841-43 John Bennett Dawson 1843 Alexander G. Penn 1843-49 Michel Musson 1849-53 William G. Kendall 1853-55 Arthur S. Nevitt 1855-57 Robert E. McHatton 1857-58 Samuel F. Marks 1858-60 John Leonard Riddell 1860-62 John M. G. Parker 1862-65 Robert W. Taliaferro 1865-68 Walter Smallwood 1868-69 Charles W. Lowell 1869-73 Charles W. Ringgold 1873-75 John M. G. Parker 1875-78 Algernon S. Badger 1878-79 William L. McMillen 1879-83 Washington B. Merchant 1883-85 Samuel H. Buck 1885-87 George W. Nott 1887-90 Stephen M. Eaton 1890-94 Frank H. Daniels 1894-98 John R. G. Pitkin 1898-1901 Ferdinand B. Earhart 1901 David G. Baldwin 1901-02 J. Watts Kearny 1902-05 Thomas J. Woodward 1905-09 William J. Behan 1909-11 Alexander F. Leonhardt 1911-14 Joseph Voegtle 1914-16 Charles Janvier 1916-25 William L. S. Gordon 1925-33 Charles A. Stevens 1933-36 Joseph J. Ferguson 1936 Joseph J. Ferguson 1936-44 Ralph Handlin 1944-45 A. Frank Fairley 1945-68 Paul V. Burke 1968 Paul V. Burke 1968-83

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1901 Jul 9: Ferdinand B. Earhart, died in office.

    Registers of U.S. Land Office at New Orleans, 1816-95 (may be incomplete!)
    Samuel H. Harper as of 1816 Richard Henry Cuny as of 1869 George McDuffie Brumby as of 1895

    Receivers of U.S. Land Office at New Orleans, 1816-95 (may be incomplete!)
    Alfred Lorrain as of 1816 Henry L. Jones as of 1869 Charles P. Johnston as of 1895

    Collectors of Customs at New Orleans, 1850-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    William Freret 1850 Solomon W. Downs as of 1853 Thomas C. Porter as of 1854 William P. Kellogg 1865-68 John E. King 1877 Algernon S. Badger 1879-85 Henry C. Warmoth 1888-92 Theodore S. Wilkinson 1893-98 Henry McCall as of 1909 Clarence S. Hebert as of 1911-13 Murphy J. Foster as of 1915-19 Emile Kuntz as of 1921-29 Ernest F. Koelle as of 1930 Warren Kearny as of 1931-34 A. Miles Pratt as of 1936-47 Wesley R. Wirtz as of 1951

    Surveyors of Customs at New Orleans, 1876-1931 (may be incomplete!)
    J. Madison Wells 1876-79 William B. Hyman as of 1881 William L. McMillen as of 1891 Louis P. Bryant as of 1909-11 E. J. Rodrigue as of 1913 Robert L. Knox as of 1915 A. Arnold Barksdale as of 1917 John Marks as of 1919-21 Henry Dedeaux as of 1925-30 Arthur C. LaVergne as of 1931

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at New Orleans, 1879-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    Morris Marks as of 1879 Augustus T. Wimberly as of 1891 Edward I. Seyburn as of 1909 John Y. Fauntleroy as of 1917 Rufus W. Fontenot as of 1919 D. A. Lines 1922-26 Jacob O. Bender 1926-27 Lawrence A. Merrigan as of 1932 Paul H. Maloney as of 1941 Charles A. Donnelly as of 1946-51

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