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Mayors and Postmasters of Northampton, Massachusetts

Mayors of Northampton, 1883-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Benjamin E. Cook, Jr. 1884-86 Arthur G. Hill 1887-88 Jeremiah Brown 1889-90 Jasper E. Lambie 1891 John B. O'Donnell 1892-93 Henry A. Kimball 1894-95 John N. Mason 1896 John L. Mather 1897 Henry P. Field 1898 John L. Mather 1899-1900 Arthur Watson 1901 Henry C. Hallett 1902-04 Theobald M. Connor 1905-06 Egbert I. Clapp 1907 James W. O'Brien 1908-09 Calvin Coolidge 1910-11 William H. Feiker 1912-16 Alvertus J. Morse 1917-19 M. J. FitzGerald 1920-21 Harry E. Bicknell 1922-23 Edward J. Woodhouse 1924 William H. Feiker 1925 William Welch 1926-27 Jesse A. G. Andre 1928-29 Homer C. Bliss 1930-33 James P. Boland 1934-35 Charles L. Dunn 1936-37 William H. Feiker 1938-39 Charles J. O'Connor 1940-41 Walter O'Donnell 1942-44 Edmond J. Lampron 1945-46 Edwin L. Olander 1947-49 Luke F. Ryan 1950-51 Pierre Drewsen 1952-53 James Cahillane 1954-59 Durbin H. Wells 1960-61 Wallace J Puchalski 1962-69 Sean M. Dunphy 1970-75 David Cramer 1976-77 Harry S. Chapman 1978-79 David B. Musante 1980-91 Mary Ford 1992-99 Mary Clare Higgins 2000-11 David Narkewicz 2012-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1883: Benjamin E. Cook, Jr., elected.
  • 1886: Arthur G. Hill, elected.
  • 1888: Jeremiah Brown, elected.
  • 1889 Dec 3: Jeremiah Brown (Dem), elected; Richard W. Irwin (Rep), defeated.
  • 1890: Jasper E. Lambie, elected.
  • 1891: John B. O'Donnell, elected.
  • 1893 Dec 5: Henry A. Kimball (Dem), elected; Clark (Rep), defeated.
  • 1894 Dec 4: Henry A. Kimball (Dem), elected.
  • 1895: John N. Mason, elected.
  • 1896: John L. Mather, elected.
  • 1897: Henry P. Field, elected.
  • 1898: John L. Mather, elected.
  • 1900: Arthur Watson, elected.
  • 1901: Henry C. Hallett, elected.
  • 1904: Theobald M. Connor, elected.
  • 1906: Egbert I. Clapp, elected.
  • 1907: James W. O'Brien, elected.
  • 1911 Dec 5: William H. Feiker (Rep), elected.
  • 1918 Dec 3: Alvertus J. Morse (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1919: M. J. FitzGerald, elected.
  • 1921: Harry E. Bicknell, elected.
  • 1923: Edward J. Woodhouse, elected.
  • 1924: William H. Feiker, elected.
  • 1925: William Welch, elected.
  • 1927: Jesse A. G. Andre, elected.
  • 1929: Homer C. Bliss, elected.
  • 1933: James P. Boland, elected.
  • 1935: Charles L. Dunn, elected.
  • 1937: William H. Feiker, elected.
  • 1939: Charles J. O'Connor, elected.
  • 1941: Walter O'Donnell, elected.
  • 1944: Edmond J. Lampron, elected.
  • 1946: Edwin L. Olander, elected.
  • 1949: Luke F. Ryan, elected.
  • 1951: Pierre Drewsen, elected.
  • 1953 Nov 3: James Cahillane (Dem), elected; Pierre Drewsen (Rep), defeated.
  • 1959: Durbin H. Wells, elected.
  • 1961: Wallace J Puchalski, elected.
  • 1963: Jack Morse, defeated.
  • 1969: Sean M. Dunphy, elected.
  • 1975: David Cramer, elected.
  • 1977: Harry S. Chapman, elected.
  • 1979: David B. Musante, elected.
  • 1991: Mary Ford, elected.
  • 1999 Nov 2: Mary Clare Higgins, elected; Tony M. Long, defeated.

    Postmasters at Northampton, 1897-1969 (may be incomplete!)
    Arthur F. Nutting as of 1897 L. L. Campbell as of 1901 Charles H. Sawyer 1924-36 Edward E. Cooney 1936-37 Edward E. Cooney 1937-51 Harry John Ubertalli 1951-52 John F. Murphy 1952-69

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