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Portland, Maine
including Cliff Island, Deering Center, Diamond, East Deering, Long Island, Peaks Island, Stroudwater, Woodfords
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs, Suveyors of Customs, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Portland, 1832-1992 (may be incomplete!)
Jonathan Dow 1832 Andrew L. Emerson 1832 John Anderson 1833 Levi Cutter 1834-40 James C. Churchill 1841 John Anderson 1842 Eliphalet Greely 1843-48 J. B. Cahoon 1849-50 Neal Dow 1851 Albion K. Parris 1852 J. B. Cahoon 1853-54 Neal Dow 1855 J. T. McCobb 1856 William Willis 1857 Jedediah Jewett 1858-59 Joseph Howard 1860 W. W. Thomas 1861-62 Jacob McLellan 1863-65 A. E. Stevens 1866-68 Jacob McLellan 1868-69 William L. Putnam 1869-70 Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr. 1870-73 George P. Wescott 1873-75 R. M. Richardson 1875-76 Francis Fessenden 1876-77 Moses M. Butler 1877-79 George Walker 1879-80 William Senter 1880-82 Charles F. Libby 1882-83 John W. Deering 1883-84 Marquis F. King 1884-85 John W. Deering 1885-86 Charles J. Chapman 1886-89 Holman S. Melcher 1889-91 George W. True 1891-92 Darius H. Ingraham 1892 James P. Baxter 1893-96 Charles H. Randall 1897-98 Frank W. Robinson 1899-1900 Frederic E. Boothby 1901-03 James P. Baxter 1904-05 Nathan Clifford 1906-07 Adam P. Leighton 1908-09 Charles A. Strout 1910 Oakley C. Curtis 1911-14 William M. Ingraham 1915 Wilford G. Chapman 1916-17 Charles B. Clarke 1918-21 Carroll S. Chaplin 1922-23 Tom Allen as of 1991-92

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1872 Mar 4: Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr. (Rep), elected; Cleaves (Dem), defeated; Morgan (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1873 Mar 3: George P. Wescott (Rep), elected; Cleaves (Dem), defeated.
  • 1874 Mar 2: George P. Wescott (Rep), elected.
  • 1888: Neal Dow (Dem), defeated.
  • 1894 Mar 5: James P. Baxter (Rep), elected.
  • 1895 Mar 4: James P. Baxter (Rep), elected; George E. Bird (Dem), defeated; Deering (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1896: George E. Bird, defeated.
  • 1898: Darius H. Ingraham (Dem), defeated.
  • 1901 Dec 2: Frederic E. Boothby (Rep), elected; John F. A. Merrill (Dem), defeated; Daniel P. Parker (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1909 Dec 6: Charles A. Strout (Rep), elected; Oakley C. Curtis (Dem), defeated; Percy F. Morse (Socialist), defeated; William F. Eustis (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1912 Dec 2: Oakley C. Curtis (Dem), elected; Walter G. Hay (Rep), defeated; Charles Oerter, Jr. (Socialist), defeated; Chester I. Orr (Prohibition), defeated.

    Postmasters at Portland, 1804-1970 (may be incomplete!)
    Thomas M. Prentiss 1804-05 Joshua Wingate, Jr. 1805 James Wingate 1805-15 Robert Ilsley 1815-28 Nathaniel Low 1828-29 Nathaniel Mitchell 1829-34 Thomas Todd 1834-39 Nathaniel Mitchell 1839-41 Sylvanus R. Lyman 1841-45 Nathan L. Woodbury 1845-49 Joshua Dunn 1849-53 Nathan L. Woodbury 1853-57 Samuel Jordan 1857-61 Andrew T. Dole 1861-65 Woodbury Davis 1865-71 Charles W. Goddard 1871-84 Clark H. Barker 1884-85 Joshua S. Palmer 1885-90 Herbert G. Briggs 1890-91 John C. Small 1891-96 George L. Swett 1896-1900 Clark H. Barker 1900-05 Fred H. King 1905-13 Oscar R. Wish 1913-22 Charles A. Robinson 1922-34 Helen C. Donahue 1934 Helen C. Donahue 1934-49 James A. McVicar 1949-51 Joseph L. Cook 1951-60 Edward I. Bernstein 1960-62 John R. Fortin 1962 John R. Fortin 1962-70

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1871 Aug 13: Woodbury Davis, died in office.
  • 1905 Jan 21: Clark H. Barker, died in office.

    Collectors of Customs at Portland, 1789-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    Nathaniel Fosdick 1789-1803 John Chandler 1829-37 John Anderson 1837-41 John Anderson 1843-48 Robert P. Dunlap 1848-49 Ezra Carter, Jr. as of 1854 Moses Macdonald 1857-61 Lot M. Morrill 1877-81 Fred N. Dow 1883-85 Fred N. Dow 1890-95 Charles M. Moses as of 1909-11 Willis T. Emmons 1913-15 Charles M. Sleeper as of 1917-21 Carl E. Milliken 1923-27 Frank M. Hume 1927-33 John H. Dooley 1933-39 Joseph T. Sylvester as of 1941-51

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1939 Dec 15: John H. Dooley, died in office.

    Cliff Island

    Postmasters at Cliff Island, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    Lillie W. Southard as of 1901

    Deering Center

    Postmasters at Deering Center, 1889 (may be incomplete!)
    C. S. Chadbourne as of 1889

    Diamond

    Postmasters at Diamond, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    C. H. Ross as of 1901

    East Deering

    Postmasters at East Deering, 1889 (may be incomplete!)
    E. Knight as of 1889

    Long Island

    Postmasters at Long Island, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    Samuel H. Marston as of 1901

    Peaks Island

    Postmasters at Peaks Island, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    M. Morse as of 1901

    Stroudwater

    Postmasters at Stroudwater, 1893 (may be incomplete!)
    E. M. Jacobs as of 1893

    Woodfords

    Postmasters at Woodfords, 1893 (may be incomplete!)
    William H. Motley as of 1893

    Portland

    Surveyors of Customs at Portland, 1870-1931 (may be incomplete!)
    George W. True 1870-81 Nathan Cleaves as of 1891 Joshua L. Chamberlain 1909-14 Cyrus W. Davis 1914-17 William M. Ingraham 1917-22 Edward E. Philbrook 1922-30 Frank B. W. Welch as of 1930-31

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1914 Feb 24: Joshua L. Chamberlain, died in office.
  • 1917 Nov 1: Cyrus W. Davis, died in office.
  • 1930 Jan 4: Edward E. Philbrook, died in office.

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Portland, 1867-79 (may be incomplete!)
    Nathaniel J. Miller as of 1867 Franklin J. Rollins as of 1879

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