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Mayors and Postmasters of Haverhill, Massachusetts

Mayors of Haverhill, 1889-2011 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas E. Burnham as of 1890-92 Joseph L. Willett as of 1953 B. L. Durgin as of 1954-55 James A. Rurak as of 1999-2000 James J. Fiorentini as of 2004-11

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1889 Dec 3: Thomas E. Burnham (Rep), elected; Joseph H. Sheldon (Dem), defeated.
  • 1894 Dec 4: Samuel L. Jewett, elected.
  • 1918 Dec 3: Charles H. Croy, elected.
  • 1999 Nov 2: James A. Rurak, elected; Maureen M. Corbett, defeated.

    Postmasters at Haverhill, 1795-1977 (may be incomplete!)
    John Wingate 1795 William Wingate 1795-96 Moses Wingate 1796-1806 Stephen Minot 1806-12 Francis Eaton 1812-17 William Batchelder 1817-18 Nathan Burrill 1818-24 James Gale 1824-36 Thomas G. Farnsworth 1836-41 Charles B. Hall 1841-49 Caleb Hersey 1849-53 James V. Smiley 1853-58 David P. Bodfish 1858-61 Edwin P. Hill 1861-69 David Boynton 1869-76 William E. Blunt 1876-88 Gilman L. Sleeper 1888-92 Henry H. Johnson 1892-97 John J. Winn 1897-1901 Horace I. Pinkham 1901-09 Charles M. Hoyt 1909-13 Lot F. McNamara 1913-20 George F. McNamara 1920-22 Frank D. Babcock 1922-34 Clarence B. LeGacy 1934-36 George F. McNamara 1936-37 Gladys S. McNamara 1937-38 Gladys S. McKeigue 1938-39 Raymond V. McNamara 1939-59 Hugo A. Taglieri 1959-60 Hugo A. Taglieri 1960-77

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1920 Jul 31: Lot F. McNamara, died in office.
  • 1937 Dec 4: George F. McNamara, died in office.
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