The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Salem, Massachusetts

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Mayors and Postmasters of Salem, Massachusetts

Mayors of Salem, 1836-2022 (may be incomplete!)
Leverett Saltonstall 1836-38 Stephen C. Phillips 1838-42 Stephen P. Webb 1842-45 Joseph S. Cabot 1845-49 Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. 1849-51 David Pingree 1851-52 Charles W. Upham 1852-53 Asahel Huntington 1853-54 Joseph Andrew 1854-56 William S. Messervy 1856-58 Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. 1858-60 Stephen P. Webb 1860-63 Stephen G. Wheatland 1863-64 Joseph B. F. Osgood 1865 David Roberts 1866-67 William Cogswell 1868-69 Nathaniel Brown 1870-71 Samuel Calley 1872 William Cogswell 1873-74 Henry Williams 1875-76 Henry K. Oliver 1877-80 Samuel Calley 1881-82 William M. Hill 1883-84 Arthur Huntington 1885 John M. Raymond 1886-89 Robert Rantoul 1890-93 James H. Turner 1894-97 David P. Waters 1898 James H. Turner 1899 David M. Little 1900 John F. Hurley 1901-02 Joseph N. Peterson 1903-05 Thomas G. Pinnock 1906-07 John F. Hurley 1908-09 Arthur P. Howard 1910 Rufus D. Adams 1911-12 John F. Hurley 1913-14 Mathias J. O'Keefe 1915 Henry P. Benson 1916-17 Denis J. Sullivan 1918-23 George J. Bates 1924-37 Edward A. Coffey 1938-47 Joseph B. Harrington 1948-49 Francis X. Collins 1950-69 Samuel E. Zoll 1970-73 Jean A. Levesque 1973-83 Anthony V. Salvo 1984-89 Neil J. Harrington 1990-97 Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr. 1998-2005 Kim Driscoll 2006-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1905 Dec 12: Thomas G. Pinnock (Rep), elected.

1953 Nov 3: Francis X. Collins, elected unopposed.

1997: Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr., elected.

1999 Sep 14: Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr., nominated; John J. Donahue, nominated; James T. Ryan, defeated in primary; Mark E. Blair, defeated in primary; William R. Burns, Jr., defeated in primary; Michael P. Blatty, defeated in primary.

1999 Nov 2: Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr., elected; John J. Donahue, defeated.

2001 Sep 25: Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr., nominated; John J. Donahue, nominated; Michael P. Blatty, defeated in primary.

2001 Nov 6: Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr., elected; John J. Donahue, defeated.

2005 Sep 20: Kim Driscoll, nominated; Kevin R. Harvey, nominated; Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr., defeated in primary.

2005 Nov 8: Kim Driscoll, elected; Kevin R. Harvey, defeated.

Postmasters at Salem, 1853-1901 (may be incomplete!)
George B. Loring 1853-58 W. F. Cass as of 1897 W. H. Merrill as of 1901

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