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Newburyport, Massachusetts
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs, Suveyors of Customs, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Newburyport, 1851-2011 (may be incomplete!)
Caleb Cushing 1851-52 Henry Johnson 1852-53 Moses Davenport 1854-55 William Cushing 1856-58 Albert Currier 1859-60 Moses Davenport 1861 George W. Jackman, Jr. 1861-62 Isaac H. Boardman 1863 George W. Jackman, Jr. 1864-65 William Graves 1866 Eben F. Stone 1867 Nathaniel Pierce 1868-69 Robert Couch 1870 Elbridge G. Kelley 1871-72 Warren Currier 1873-74 Benjamin F. Atkinson 1875-76 George W. Jackman, Jr. 1877 Jonathan Smith 1878 John J. Currier 1879-80 Robert Couch 1881 Benjamin Hale 1882 William A. Johnson 1883-84 Thomas C. Simpson 1885 Charles C. Dame 1886 J. Otis Winkley 1887 William H. Huse 1888 Albert C. Titcomb 1888-89 Elisha P. Dodge 1890-91 Orin J. Gurney 1892-95 Andrew R. Curtis 1896-97 George H. Plumer 1898 Thomas Huse 1899-1900 Moses Brown 1901-02 James F. Carens 1903-04 William F. Houston 1905-06 Albert F. Hunt 1907 Irvin Besse 1908 Albert F. Hunt 1909 Robert E. Burke 1910-12 Hiram H. Landford 1913-14 Clarence J. Fogg 1915-16 Walter B. Hopkinson 1917-18 David P. Page 1919-20 Andrew J. Gillis 1929-31 Andrew J. Gillis 1953 Henry Graf, Jr. 1954-55 Mary M. Carrier 1999 Lisa L. Mead 2000 John F. Moak as of 2007 Donna Holaday as of 2011

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1852 Jun 21: Caleb Cushing, resigned.
  • 1857 Dec 14: William Cushing (Citizens), elected; Colby (Temperance), defeated.
  • 1861 Feb 18: Moses Davenport, died in office.
  • 1888 Mar 28: William H. Huse, died in office.
  • 1905 Dec 12: William F. Houston (Municipal), elected.
  • 1931 Dec 8: Gayden W. Morrill, elected; Andrew J. Gillis, defeated.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Henry Graf, Jr., elected; Andrew J. Gillis, defeated.
  • 1999 Nov 2: Lisa L. Mead, elected; Mary M. Carrier, defeated.

    Postmasters at Newburyport, 1773-1970 (may be incomplete!)
    Bulkeley Emerson 1773-1801 Joseph Emerson 1801-07 Stephen Cross 1807-09 Caleb Cross 1810-13 Charles Turner, Jr. 1813-16 Moses Lord 1816-40 Joseph Couch 1840-41 Benjamin W. Hale 1841-46 Stephen Ilsley 1846-50 Frederick J. Coffin 1850-53 John M. Cooper 1853-58 George W. Jackman, Jr. 1858-61 Nathan A. Moulton 1861-66 George J. L. Colby 1866-69 Richard Plumer 1869-77 Isaac P. Noyes 1877-86 Samson Levy 1886-90 Willard J. Hale 1890-94 William C. Cuseck 1894-98 Fred E. Smith 1898-1906 Fred L. Atkinson 1906-11 William C. Coffin 1911-16 James F. Carens 1916-22 William F. Runnells 1922-36 John Woods Kelley 1936-51 John M. Kelleher 1951-53 Wilbert L. Randall 1953-54 Albert C. Coltin 1954-56 Albert C. Coltin 1956-68 Leo H. J. Murray 1968-70

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1809 Mar 30: Stephen Cross, died in office.

    Collectors of Customs at Newburyport, 1789-1909 (may be incomplete!)
    Stephen Cross 1789-92 Dudley A. Tyng as of 1802 James Blood as of 1854 William H. Huse 1870-81 Thomas C. Simpson as of 1891 Thomas Huse as of 1909

    Surveyors of Customs at Newburyport, 1802 (may be incomplete!)
    Michael Hodge as of 1802

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Newburyport, 1879 (may be incomplete!)
    Charles C. Dame as of 1879

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