The Political Graveyard: Bath, Maine

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Bath, Maine
including Winnegance
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Bath, 1848-1945 (may be incomplete!)
David C. Magoun 1848 Freeman H. Morse 1849-50 John O. Patten 1851-52 Bernard C. Bailey 1853-54 Freeman H. Morse 1855 William Rice 1856-58 Israel Putnam 1859-65 John Hayden 1866 Israel Putnam 1867 James T. Patten 1868-69 S. D. Bailey 1870 James D. Robinson 1871-73 William Rice 1873-76 Edwin Reed 1876-78 John G. Richardson 1878-80 Thomas W. Hyde 1880-82 James C. Ledyard 1882-84 George H. Nichols 1884-85 James W. Wakefield 1885-89 George Moulton, Jr. 1889-90 Charles E. Patten 1890-91 Fritz H. Twitchell 1891-93 John O. Shaw 1893-94 James W. Wakefield 1894-95 Randall D. Bibber 1895-98 Joseph Torrey 1898-99 Charles E. Hyde 1899-1901 Samuel R. Percy 1901-02 Edward W. Hyde 1902-05 Elwell S. Crosby 1905-06 D. Howard Spear 1906-07 George E. Hughes 1907-09 John S. Hyde 1909-11 Frank A. Small 1911-13 Edward W. Larrabee 1913-14 Arthur J. Dunton 1914-15 John A. Small 1915-18 J. Edward Drake 1918-20 Charles H. Cahill 1920-22 Joseph Torrey 1922-23 Oliver Moses 1923-24 Allen M. Irish 1924-25 George W. Dean 1925-26 Charles H. Cahill 1926-29 Harold P. Small 1930-32 John A. Lord 1933 Harold P. Small 1934 Arthur Sewall 1935-37 Donald N. Small 1938 Arthur Sewall 1939 Robert H. Haskell 1940 Walter C. Rogers 1941 Walter C. Rogers as of 1945

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1872 Mar 4: James D. Robinson (Rep), elected.

1873 Mar 3: William Rice (Rep & Citizens), elected.

1874 Mar 2: William Rice (Rep), elected.

1891 Mar 2: Fritz H. Twitchell (Rep), elected.

1894 Mar 5: James W. Wakefield (Rep), elected.

1895 Mar 4: Randall D. Bibber (Rep), elected.

1905 Mar 6: Elwell S. Crosby (Rep), elected; Frank A. Small (Dem), defeated.

1909 Mar 1: John S. Hyde (Rep), elected; Frank A. Small (Dem), defeated.

Postmasters at Bath, 1816-1972 (may be incomplete!)
David Stinson as of 1816 R. R. Haines 1852-53 J. C. Snow 1853-61 Charles T. Greenlief 1861 W. E. Hogan as of 1883-85 George H. Nichols as of 1887-89 W. E. Hogan as of 1891-93 Ernest F. Kelley as of 1895-97 Hiram A. Huse as of 1898-1903 Seth T. Snipe as of 1907-09 Edward W. Hyde as of 1911 Henry W. Owen, Jr. as of 1931 Edward N. Hartnett 1941-42 Edward N. Hartnett 1942-58 Edward L. Larrabee 1958-59 Edward L. Larrabee 1959-72

Winnegance
(now Bath)

Postmasters at Winnegance, 1893-1901 (may be incomplete!)
W. A. Perry as of 1893 John L. Cook as of 1901

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