The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Taunton, Massachusetts

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Mayors and Postmasters of Taunton, Massachusetts

Mayors of Taunton, 1865-2011 (may be incomplete!)
Edmund H. Bennett 1865-67 Stephen H. Rhodes 1867-70 Daniel L. Mitchell 1870-73 William H. Fox 1873-74 George H. Babbitt 1874-76 Onias S. Paige 1877-79 Charles F. Johnson 1880-82 Horatio I. Cushman 1883 Charles F. Hanson 1884-85 Richard Henry Hall 1886 Everett D. Godfrey 1887 Richard Henry Hall 1888-89 Arthur M. Alger 1890 Francis S. Babbitt 1891-93 Willis K. Hodgman 1894 Charles A. Reed 1895 Benjamin Morris 1896 Nathaniel J. W. Fish 1897-99 Arthur M. Alger 1900 John O'Hearn 1901 Richard Everett Warner 1902-04 John H. Eldredge 1905 John B. Tracey 1906-07 Edgar Crossman 1908-09 William S. Woods 1910-11 Nathaniel J. W. Fish 1912-16 Arthur E. Poole 1936-39 John F. Parker 1953 Joseph C. Chamberlain 1954-55 Thaddus M. Strojny 2000 Robert G. Nunes as of 2007 Charles Crowley as of 2011

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1867 Jun 19: Edmund H. Bennett, resigned.

1889 Dec 3: Arthur M. Alger (Rep & Citizens), elected; Francis S. Babbitt (Dem), defeated.

1890 Dec 2: Francis S. Babbitt, elected.

1893 Dec 5: Willis K. Hodgman (Rep), elected.

1894 Dec 4: Charles A. Reed (Rep), elected.

1901 Dec 3: Richard Everett Warner, elected; John O'Hearn (Dem), defeated.

1904 Dec 6: John H. Eldredge (Independent Republican), elected; Richard Everett Warner, defeated.

1911 Dec 5: Nathaniel J. W. Fish, elected; William S. Woods, defeated.

1953 Nov 3: Joseph C. Chamberlain, elected; Peter B. Gay, defeated.

1999 Nov 2: Thaddus M. Strojny, elected; Barry J. Amaral, defeated.

Postmasters at Taunton, 1792-1901 (may be incomplete!)
Nicholas Tillinghast 1792-95 Nicholas Tillinghast 1797-1803 Samuel Hodges 1803 James Hodges 1804-10 James L. Hodges 1810-26 S. B. Sargeant as of 1897 W. E. Dunbar as of 1901

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1810 Oct 10: James Hodges, died in office.

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