The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Asheville, North Carolina

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Mayors and Postmasters of Asheville, North Carolina

Mayors of Asheville, 1869-2009 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas D. Johnston as of 1869 Gallatin Roberts 1919-23 Gallatin Roberts 1927-30 Robert M. Wells as of 1937 Earl W. Eller as of 1952-56

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

2009 Nov 3: Terry M. Bellamy, elected; Robert W. Edwards, defeated.

Postmasters at Asheville, 1800-1973 (may be incomplete!)
Patton 1800 Jeremiah Cleveland 1801-04 Andrew Erwin 1804-07 George Swain 1807-27 William Coleman 1827-42 Montraville Patton 1842-47 Ezra McCall Tate 1847-49 James L. McKee 1849-53 William L. Hilliard 1853-57 James H. Hilliard 1857-60 H. F. Wolstenholme 1865-66 John Jones 1866-73 Henry C. Hunt 1873 John A. Fagg 1873-77 David T. Millard 1877 John A. Fagg 1877-79 Goodson M. Roberts 1879-83 H. L. Gudger 1883-85 William T. Weaver 1885-89 George W. Cannon 1889-93 John P. Kerr 1893-97 Wallace W. Rollins 1897-1914 Owen Gudger 1914-21 Dan W. Hill 1921-22 Dan W. Hill 1922-33 Wythe M. Peyton 1933-34 Wythe M. Peyton 1934-48 George M. Foster 1948-49 Mark Sumner, Sr. 1949-66 Andrew J. Garner 1966 Andrew J. Garner 1966-73

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