The Political Graveyard: Attleboro, Massachusetts

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Attleboro, Massachusetts
including East Attleboro
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Attleboro, 1918-2011 (may be incomplete!)
H. Winslow Brown as of 1937 Cyril K. Brennan as of 1953-55 Judith H. Robbins as of 1999-2000 Kevin J. Dumas as of 2007-11

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1918 Dec 3: Philip E. Brady, elected.

1921: Eliza Daggett, defeated.

1923: George A. Sweeney (Dem), elected.

1953 Nov 3: Cyril K. Brennan, elected; Louis Lamaureaux, defeated; Ernest Rottenberg, defeated.

1999 Nov 2: Judith H. Robbins, elected; Gerald Keane, defeated.

Postmasters at Attleboro, 1816-1971 (may be incomplete!)
Israel Hatch as of 1816 Lyman W. Dean 1836-50 Nathan C. Luther 1850-53 Lyman W. Dean 1853-61 Nathan C. Luther 1861-81 Abijah T. Wales 1881-86 Philip E. Brady 1886-90 Lorin W. Barnes 1890-94 George A. Sweeney 1894-98 John A. Thayer 1898-1914 William J. Kenney 1914-23 Joseph V. Curran 1923-35 George A. Sweeney 1935-51 James Francis Murray 1951-52 Francis J. O'Neil 1952-66 Edward Murphy 1966-67 Cyril K. Brennan 1967-68 Martin H. Mazmanian 1968 Ernest A. Paradis 1968-69 Martin H. Mazmanian 1969-71

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1935 Sep 12: Joseph V. Curran, died in office.

East Attleboro
(part of Attleboro)

Postmasters at East Attleboro, 1823-36 (may be incomplete!)
Ezra Bassett 1823-24 Samuel M. Holman 1824-30 Orville S. Balcolm 1830-34 Willard Blackington 1834-35 Lyman W. Dean 1835-36

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