The Political Graveyard: South Portland, Maine

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South Portland, Maine
including Cape Elizabeth, Cape Cottage, Bowery Beach, Cape Elizabeth Depot, Willard
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of South Portland, 1899-1934 (may be incomplete!)
Edward C. Reynolds 1899-1900 Charles N. Trefethen 1901-02 George T. Spear 1903-04 George H. Weeks, Jr. 1905-07 Fred G. Hamilton 1908-09 John A. S. Dyer 1910-13 Charles E. West 1914-18 Frederick W. Hinckley 1919 William R. McDonald 1920-25 George H. Minott 1926-28 Edward Perley Bullock 1929-30 Josiah F. Cobb 1931-32 Simon M. Hamlin 1933-34

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1905 Mar 6: George H. Weeks, Jr. (Dem), elected; Bion B. Small (Rep), defeated.

1909 Mar 1: Fred G. Hamilton (Rep), elected; Sherman G. Willard (Dem), defeated.

Postmasters at South Portland, 1893 (may be incomplete!)
J. F. Merriman as of 1893

Cape Elizabeth
(included South Portland until 1895)

Postmasters at Cape Elizabeth, 1893-99 (may be incomplete!)
Howard E. Dyer as of 1893-95 Jabez Marriner as of 1897-99

Cape Cottage
(located in Cape Elizabeth)

Postmasters at Cape Cottage, 1901-31 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph W. Armstrong as of 1901-03 Harvey M. Armstrong as of 1931

Bowery Beach

Postmasters at Bowery Beach, 1887-1901 (may be incomplete!)
Evelina M. Mariner as of 1887-91 Hiram L. Staples as of 1901

Cape Elizabeth Depot

Postmasters at Cape Elizabeth Depot, 1860-89 (may be incomplete!)
J. L. Frasier as of 1860-61 Martha E. Whitney as of 1889

Willard

Postmasters at Willard, 1893 (may be incomplete!)
J. Simmonton as of 1893

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