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Ellsworth, Maine
including Bayside, Ellsworth Falls, Lakewood, Nicolin, North Ellsworth, West Ellsworth
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs

Mayors of Ellsworth, 1869-1930 (may be incomplete!)
James F. Davis 1869-70 Calvin G. Peck 1871-72 Monroe Young 1873 Joseph T. Grant 1874-75 Monroe Young 1876-77 Joseph T. Grant 1878 James F. Davis 1879-80 Roscoe Holmes 1881-82 James F. Davis 1883 John B. Redman 1884-85 H. B. Mason 1886-87 Fred B. Aiken 1888-89 James F. Davis 1890-91 Albert H. Norris 1892-93 Nehemiah H. Higgins 1893-95 George P. Dutton 1895-96 Robert Gerry 1896-97 Henry E. Davis 1897-98 Joseph M. Higgins 1898-99 Arthur W. Greely 1899-1903 Alexander C. Hagerthy 1903-07 Arthur W. Greely 1907-08 Frank F. Simonton 1908-10 Alexander C. Hagerthy 1910-11 Charles H. Leland 1911-12 John A. Cunningam 1912-14 Alexander C. Hagerthy 1914-20 Frank D. Heath 1920-21 George S. Foster 1921-24 Lewis Hodgkins 1924-27 Monroe Y. McGown 1927-30

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1893 Mar 6: Albert H. Norris (Rep), candidate in inconclusive election; Nehemiah H. Higgins (Dem), candidate in inconclusive election; Albert F. Burnham (People's), candidate in inconclusive election.
  • 1893 Mar 20: Nehemiah H. Higgins (Dem), elected; Albert H. Norris (Rep), defeated.
  • 1894 Mar 5: Nehemiah H. Higgins (Dem), elected; Fred B. Aiken (Rep), defeated.
  • 1895 Mar 4: George P. Dutton (Citizens), elected; Silas I. Grant (People's), defeated.
  • 1896 Mar 2: George P. Dutton (Citizens), candidate in inconclusive election; Robert Gerry (People's), candidate in inconclusive election.
  • 1896 Apr 6: Robert Gerry (People's), elected; Henry E. Davis (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1905 Mar 6: Alexander C. Hagerthy (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1909 Mar 1: Frank F. Simonton (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1913 Mar 3: John A. Cunningam (Dem), elected; Monroe Y. McGown (Rep), defeated.

    Postmasters at Ellsworth, 1816-1980 (may be incomplete!)
    Alfred Langdon as of 1816 Hamilton Joy 1860-61 L. D. Jordan 1861 A. W. Cushman as of 1883-85 A. W. Greeley as of 1889 A. R. Devereaux as of 1893-95 H. H. Harden as of 1897-99 Frank W. Rollins as of 1901-09 Harold A. Moore 1941 Edwin M. Moore 1941-65 Roland L. Quite 1965-67 Joseph E. Howell 1967 Joseph E. Howell 1967-80

    Bayside

    Postmasters at Bayside, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    John S. Whitmore as of 1901

    Ellsworth Falls

    Postmasters at Ellsworth Falls, 1860-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    D. T. Bonzey as of 1860-61 C. Bonzey, Jr. as of 1889 Lillian G. Mitchell as of 1901

    Lakewood

    Postmasters at Lakewood, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    George D. Garland as of 1901

    Nicolin

    Postmasters at Nicolin, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    Charles Higgins as of 1901

    North Ellsworth

    Postmasters at North Ellsworth, 1860-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    James McGown as of 1860-61 L. A. Maddocks as of 1901

    West Ellsworth

    Postmasters at West Ellsworth, 1860-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    James F. Hooper as of 1860-61 A. K. Hooper as of 1893 Clara J. Carter as of 1901

    Ellsworth

    Collectors of Customs at Ellsworth, 1854-1911 (may be incomplete!)
    Thomas D. Jones as of 1854 John D. Hopkins 1873-81 Erastus Redman as of 1889 John D. Hopkins as of 1891 John B. Redman 1894-98 Henry Whiting 1898-1911 Omar W. Tapley 1911

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1911 Jan 22: Henry Whiting, died in office.
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