The Political Graveyard: Rockville, Maryland

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Rockville, Maryland
including Montgomery Court House
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Rockville, 1888-2002 (may be incomplete!)
William V. Bouic 1888-90 Daniel F. Owens 1890 William V. Bouic 1890-91 Hattersley W. Talbott 1892-93 Jacob Poss 1893-94 John G. England 1894-96 Joseph Reading 1896-98 Spencer C. Jones 1898-1901 Hattersley W. Talbott 1901-06 Lee Offutt 1906-16 Willis B. Burdette 1916-18 Lee Offutt 1918-20 O. M. Linthicum 1920-24 Charles G. Holland 1924-26 J. Roger Spates 1926-32 Douglas Blandford 1932-46 G. LaMar Kelly 1946-52 Daniel Weddle 1952-54 Dickran Y. Hovsepian 1954-58 Alexander J. Greene 1958-62 Frank A. Ecker 1962-68 Achilles M. Tuchtan 1968-72 Matthew J. McCartin 1972-74 William E. Hanna, Jr. 1974-82 John R. Freeland 1982-84 Viola D. Hovsepian 1984-85 Steven Van Grack 1985-87 Douglas M. Duncan 1987-93 James Coyle 1993-95 Rose G. Krasnow 1995-2001 Larry Giammo 2001-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1948 May 3: G. LaMar Kelly, elected unopposed.

2001 Nov 6: Larry Giammo, elected; Robert Wright, defeated.

Postmasters at Rockville, 1825-1986 (may be incomplete!)
Gassaway Perry 1825-32 John Adamson, Jr. 1832-33 William W. Thompson 1833 John Adamson, Jr. 1833-36 Samuel C. Veirs 1836-40 H. Franklin Veirs 1841 Nathan Holland 1841-45 Henry F. Veirs 1845-49 John Poole 1849 William Thomas Poole 1849-50 John Braddock, Jr. 1850-51 Matthew Fields 1851-53 Thomas G. Harris 1853 John W. Spates 1853-55 Charles M. Price 1855-56 David H. Bonic 1856-61 Thomas L. Bailey 1861-63 Richard M. Williams 1863 John T. Bevans 1863-70 John G. England 1870-85 Albert J. Almoney 1885-89 Thomas Dawson 1889-93 Albert J. Almoney 1893-97 Charles B. Jones 1897-1901 James P. B. Veits 1901-10 Willis B. Burdette 1910-14 Winifred E. Berry 1914-15 John L. Johns 1915 William S. Day 1915-16 Joseph Reading 1916-21 Harry A. Dawson 1921-25 Willis B. Burdette 1925-26 Willis B. Burdette 1926-30 George W. Mullican 1930-31 Charles M. Jones 1931-35 George L. Edmonds 1935 George L. Edmonds 1935-43 Norman E. Ward 1943-44 Norman E. Ward 1944-52 Bernard Joseph Poss 1952-53 Henry A. Dawson 1953 Henry A. Dawson 1953-55 Hugh H. Hassell 1955-56 Hugh H. Hassell 1956-61 Bert M. Drott 1961 Lee C. Hocker 1961-63 Lee C. Hocker 1963-86

Montgomery Court House
(renamed Rockville)

Postmasters at Montgomery Court House, 1794-1825 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas P. Willson 1794-1813 Enoch Busson 1813-14 Brice Selby 1814-16 John Braddock 1816-17 John Adamson, Jr. 1817-25

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