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Bangor, Maine
including East Bangor, North Bangor, Six Mile Falls, West Bangor
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Bangor, 1834-1972 (may be incomplete!)
Allen Gilman 1834-35 Edward Kent 1836-37 Rufus Dwinel 1838 J. Wingate Carr 1839-40 Bradford Harlow 1841-43 Jacob Drummond 1844 Joseph Bryant 1845-46 Charles Hayward 1847-48 William Abbott 1848-49 W. H. Mills 1849-50 Elijah L. Hamlin 1851-52 George W. Pickering 1853-54 J. T. K. Hayward 1855-56 Hollis Bowman 1856-58 Isaiah Stetson 1859-62 Samuel H. Dale 1863-65 Albert G. Wakefield 1866-67 Augustus D. Manson 1868 Samuel D. Thurston 1869 Henry E. Prentiss 1870 Samuel H. Dale 1871 Joseph S. Wheelwright 1871-72 Joseph P. Bass 1873 Newell Blake 1874 F. M. Laughton 1875 William B. Hayford 1876 Augustus Choate Hamlin 1877-78 William H. Brown 1879-80 Lysander Strickland 1881-82 Frederick A. Cummings 1883 Samuel F. Humphrey 1884 Edward B. Nealley 1885-86 Charles F. Bragg 1887-89 Edward H. Blake 1890 Joseph F. Snow 1891 Flavius O. Beal 1892-94 Charles L. Snow 1895 Flavius O. Beal 1896-98 Arthur Chapin 1899-1901 William Engel 1902 Flavius O. Beal 1903-04 William B. Peirce 1905-07 John F. Woodman 1907-10 Charles W. Mullen 1911-12 Flavius O. Beal 1913 John G. Utterback 1914-15 Frank Robinson 1915 John F. Woodman 1915-19 Jarvis B. Woods 1920-21 Albert R. Day 1922-23 Charles D. Crosby 1924-26 John Wilson 1927-29 Benjamin W. Blanchard 1930 Norman E. Whitney 1931 John Flaherty as of 1953 William S. Cohen as of 1971-72

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1834: Allen Gilman (Whig), elected; Isaac Hodsdon, defeated.
  • 1871: Samuel H. Dale, died in office.
  • 1907 Mar 11: John F. Woodman (Rep), elected.
  • 1912 Mar 11: Charles W. Mullen (Dem), elected; Charles F. Sweet (Rep), defeated.
  • 1914: Charles D. Stanford (Rep), defeated.
  • 1924 Dec 8: Charles D. Crosby (Rep), elected; T. Herbert White (Dem), defeated.
  • 1927 Dec 12: John Wilson (Rep), elected; Stephen B. McDonald (Dem), defeated.
  • 1930 Dec 8: Norman E. Whitney (Rep), elected; Joseph T. Mullen (Dem), defeated.

    Postmasters at Bangor, 1800-1978 (may be incomplete!)
    Bulkley Emerson 1800-01 William Forbes 1801 Bulkley Emerson 1801-06 Horatio G. Balch 1807-09 William D. Williamson 1809-21 Royal Clark 1821-29 Mark Trafton 1829-39 Charles K. Miller 1839-48 Isaac C. Haynes 1848-49 J. Wingate Carr 1849-53 Isaac C. Haynes 1853-57 Leonard Jones 1857-61 Jason Weeks 1861-66 Charles K. Miller 1866-67 George Fuller 1867-71 Augustus B. Farnham 1871-87 Frederick A. Cummings 1887-90 Augustus B. Farnham 1890-94 Charles E. Bliss 1894-98 John M. Oak 1898-1915 William F. Curran 1915-23 William F. Holden 1923 William F. Holden 1923-36 James G. O'Connor 1936 James G. O'Connor 1936-54 Joseph S. Dinsmore 1954-55 Joseph S. Dinsmore 1955-60 Charles A. Jellison 1960-63 William E. Comer 1963 William E. Comer 1963-78

    East Bangor
    (now Bangor)

    Postmasters at East Bangor, 1889 (may be incomplete!)
    C. H. Bean as of 1889

    North Bangor
    (now Bangor)

    Postmasters at North Bangor, 1860-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    Porter Wiley as of 1860-61 Sarah L. Coudon as of 1901

    Six Mile Falls
    (now Bangor)

    Postmasters at Six Mile Falls, 1860-61 (may be incomplete!)
    Benjamin Gowen as of 1860-61

    West Bangor
    (now Bangor)

    Postmasters at West Bangor, 1893 (may be incomplete!)
    M. D. Barnes as of 1893

    Bangor

    Collectors of Customs at Bangor, 1854-1909 (may be incomplete!)
    George P. Sewall as of 1854 Ebenezer T. Fox 1875-79 Joseph S. Smith as of 1881 Joab W. Palmer as of 1891 Albert R. Day as of 1909

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Bangor, 1867 (may be incomplete!)
    Jeremiah Fenno as of 1867

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