The Political Graveyard: Gardiner, Maine

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Gardiner, Maine
including South Gardiner
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Gardiner, 1850-1953 (may be incomplete!)
Robert H. Gardiner 1850 Parker Sheldon 1851 Robert Thompson 1852 Edward Swan 1853 Noah Woods 1854-58 H. B. Hoskins 1859-60 Noah Woods 1861-62 James Nash 1863-64 N. O. Mitchell 1865-66 G. W. Wilcox 1867 Joshua Gray 1867-70 D. C. Palmer 1871-73 H. M. Wentworth 1874-75 J. B. Dingley 1876-78 D. C. Palmer 1879-80 J. E. Ladd 1881 William Perkins 1882-83 S. E. Johnson 1884-85 J. E. Ladd 1886 John W. Berry 1887-88 Albert M. Spear 1889-92 James B. Dingley 1893 Oliver B. Clason 1894-96 James Walker 1897-98 Freeman Patten 1899-1900 Frederic Danforth 1901-02 Edwin L. Russell 1903-04 Charles A. Knight 1905-06 Will C. Atkins 1907-08 Charles H. Gray 1909-10 Bert E. Lamb 1911-17 Charles J. Bragdon 1918-20 Bert E. Lamb 1921-22 Percy K. Hanson as of 1953

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1891 Mar 2: Albert M. Spear (Rep), elected unopposed.

1894 Mar 5: Oliver B. Clason (Rep), elected unopposed.

1895 Mar 4: Oliver B. Clason (Rep), elected unopposed.

1905 Mar 6: Charles A. Knight (Rep), elected; John E. Cunningham (Citizens), defeated.

1909 Mar 1: Charles H. Gray (Rep), elected unopposed.

Postmasters at Gardiner, 1804-1970 (may be incomplete!)
Barzillai Gannett 1804-09 Seth Gay 1809-35 William Palmer 1835-41 Thomas Gay 1841-45 Joseph Merrill 1845-49 Lawson H. Green 1849-53 Frederick P. Theobold 1853-57 Charles A. White 1857-61 John Berry 1861-66 Samuel D. Clay 1866-67 John Berry 1867-82 Daniel A. Palmer 1882-86 Charles A. White 1886-90 Eleazer A. Atwood 1890-92 Fred E. Milliken 1892-96 Fred M. Noyes 1896-1900 George D. Libby 1900-13 William R. Frost 1913-21 Arthur E. Smith 1921-22 Charles J. Bragdon 1922-34 David F. Kelley 1934-35 David F. Kelley 1935-50 Stephen D. Monaghan 1950 James A. Morang 1950-54 Donald D. Willis 1954 Donald D. Willis 1954-70

South Gardiner

Postmasters at South Gardiner, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
Abbie P. Lawrence as of 1901

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