The Political Graveyard: Biddeford, Maine

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Biddeford, Maine
including Biddeford Pool, Fortune Rock
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Biddeford, 1855-2003 (may be incomplete!)
Daniel E. Somes 1855-56 James Andrews 1857 Cyrus Gordon 1858-59 Jonathan Tuck 1860 Esreff H. Banks 1860 Seth S. Fairfield 1861-62 John Q. Adams 1863-64 Charles A. Shaw 1865-66 Ferguson Haines 1867-68 James R. Clark 1869 E. W. Wedgwood 1870-71 Francis G. Warren 1872 James H. McMullan 1873 Francis G. Warren 1874-75 John H. Burnham 1876 Alfred Pierce 1877 Charles M. Moses 1878 James A. Strout 1879 Charles M. Moses 1880 Elisha E. Clark 1881-82 Edward W. Staples 1883-85 Samuel F. Parcher 1886-87 Charles E. Goodwin 1888-89 Edward W. Staples 1890-93 Charles S. Hamilton 1894-95 Carlos Heard 1896-97 Levi W. Stone 1898-99 Nathaniel B. Walker 1900-01 Joseph Cooch 1902-03 Nathaniel B. Walker 1904-05 Gilman P. Littlefield 1906-07 Cornelius Horigan 1908-09 Albert O. Marcille 1910-12 James G. C. Smith 1913-15 Leopold A. Girard 1916 Hartley C. Banks 1917-19 Thomas F. Locke 1920 Ulysses E. Fosdick 1921 Edward H. Drapeau 1922-25 George C. Precourt 1926-29 Cornelius Horigan 1930-31 Jerome A. Morin 1932-33 George E. Beauchesne 1934 Arthur J. Remillard 1935 Frederick H. Mitchell 1936 Wilfred Landry 1937-40 Louis B. Lausier 1941-44 Louis B. Lausier as of 1953-54 Donna J. Dion as of 2003

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1907 Mar 11: Gilman P. Littlefield (Rep), elected.

Postmasters at Biddeford, 1852-1976 (may be incomplete!)
Jonathan Tuck as of 1852-53 J. M. Goodwin 1860-61 L. O. Cowan 1861 Esreff H. Banks 1883-85 T. Shaw, Jr. as of 1887-89 Elisha E. Clark as of 1891-93 J. G. Shaw as of 1895-97 Elisha E. Clark as of 1899-1903 Charles E. Atwood as of 1907-11 Ernest L. Harmon as of 1931 Arthur J. Remillard 1936 Arthur J. Remillard 1936-55 Theodore L. Simard 1955-56 Willie H. LaVerriere 1956-76

Biddeford Pool
(now Biddeford)

Postmasters at Biddeford Pool, 1887-1931 (may be incomplete!)
G. H. Hussey as of 1887-99 Alberta Hussey as of 1901-03 Estelle Goldthwaite as of 1931

Fortune Rock

Postmasters at Fortune Rock, 1889-1901 (may be incomplete!)
G. K. Burnham as of 1889 William C. Bryant as of 1901

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