The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of North Adams, Massachusetts

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Mayors and Postmasters of North Adams, Massachusetts

Mayors of North Adams, 1896-2011 (may be incomplete!)
Albert C. Houghton 1896-97 H. Torrey Cady 1898-99 Edward S. Wilkinson 1900-02 Valmore A. Whitaker 1902-03 Frank D. Stafford 1903-04 Marshall R. Ford 1905-06 Frank D. Stafford 1907-08 John H. Waterhouse 1909-10 Charles L. Frink 1911-12 Wallace E. Brown 1913-15 John W. Gale 1916 Ezra D. Whitaker 1917-20 Harvey A. Gallup 1921-22 William K. Greer 1923-24 William Johnson 1925-32 Archie J. Pratt 1933-34 William Johnson 1935-36 Francis J. O'Hara 1937-40 Faxon Bowen 1941-42 Cornelius E. O'Brien 1943-46 James A. Bowes 1947-51 Ernest H. Rosasco 1952-53 James M. Lilly 1954-55 Julius M. Calvi 1956-57 Joseph R. Bianco 1958-59 Louis J. Diamond 1960-61 Francis C. Florini 1962-67 James F. Cleary 1968-69 Joseph R. Bianco 1970-77 Richard C. Lamb 1978-83 John R. Taft, Jr. 1983 John Barrett III 1984- Richard Alcombright as of 2011

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1902 Oct 14: Edward S. Wilkinson, died in office.

1918 Dec 3: Ezra D. Whitaker, elected.

1983 Oct 31: Richard C. Lamb, resigned.

1999 Nov 2: John Barrett III, elected; John A. Gwozdz, defeated.

Postmasters at North Adams, 1813-1989 (may be incomplete!)
Nathan Putnam 1813-15 William Waterman 1815-27 William E. Brayton 1827-49 Edward R. Tinker 1849-53 Henry Willmarth 1853 Abel Wetherbee 1853-61 Edwin Rogers 1861-79 John B. Tyler 1879-87 George L. Rice 1887-89 William F. Darby 1889-94 Henry S. Lyons 1894-98 William F. Darby 1898-1914 Michael O. Haggerty 1914-23 James T. Potter 1923 James T. Potter 1923-36 William W. Dooling 1936-49 Harry Pring 1949 Thomas A. Hosty 1949-50 Harold V. Gunnason 1950-60 Francis C. Florini 1960-61 Raymond L. Merrigan 1961-64 Raymond L. Merrigan 1964-89

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1949 May 26: William W. Dooling, died in office.

1960 May 9: Harold V. Gunnason, died in office.

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