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

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Mayors and Postmasters of Charlotte, North Carolina

Mayors of Charlotte, 1853-2009 (may be incomplete!)
William F. Davidson 1853-57 David Parks 1857-59 Jennings B. Kerr 1859-60 William A. Owens 1861-62 Robert F. Davidson 1862-63 Samuel A. Harris 1864-65 H. M. Pritchard 1865-66 Samuel A. Harris 1866-67 F. W. Ahrens 1867-68 H. M. Pritchard 1868-69 Clement Dowd 1869-71 John A. Young 1871-73 William F. Davidson 1873-75 William Johnston 1875-78 B. R. Smith 1878-79 F. I. Osborne 1879-80 F. S. DeWolfe 1880-83 W. C. Maxwell 1883-84 William Johnston 1884-87 F. Brevard McDowell 1887-91 R. J. Brevard 1891-95 James H. Weddington 1895-97 E. B. Spring 1897-99 J. D. McCall 1899-1901 Peter Marshall Brown 1901-05 Samuel S. McNinch 1905-07 T. S. Franklin 1907-09 T. W. Hawkins 1909-11 Charles A. Bland 1911-15 T. L. Kirkpatrick 1915-17 Frank R. McNinch 1917-20 John M. Wilson 1920-21 James O. Walker 1921-24 Harvey W. Moore 1924-26 David M. Abernathy 1926-27 F. Marion Redd 1927-29 George E. Wilson, Jr. 1929-31 Charles E. Lambeth 1931-33 Arthur E. Wearn 1933-35 Ben E. Douglas 1935-41 E. McA. Currie 1941-43 H. H. Baxter 1943-49 Victor Shaw 1949-53 Philip L. Van Every 1953-57 James Saxon Smith 1957-61 Stanford R. Brookshire 1961-69 John Belk 1969-77 Kenneth R. Harris 1977-79 Eddie Knox 1979-83 Harvey B. Gantt 1983-87 Sue Myrick 1987-91 Richard Vinroot 1991-95 Pat McCrory 1995-2009

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1995 Sep 26: Hoyle Martin (Dem), nominated; David Erdman (Dem), defeated in primary.

1995 Sep 26: Pat McCrory (Rep), nominated; Ed Peacock (Rep), defeated in primary; Steve James (Rep), defeated in primary.

1995 Nov 7: Pat McCrory (Rep), elected; Hoyle Martin (Dem), defeated.

1997 Sep 23: Jim Harwood (Dem), nominated; Leonard Harris (Dem), defeated in primary.

1997 Sep 23: Pat McCrory (Rep), nominated; Ken Pfenninger (Rep), defeated in primary.

1997 Nov 4: Pat McCrory (Rep), elected; Jim Harwood (Dem), defeated.

1999 Sep 21: Ella B. Scarborough (Dem), nominated; Leonard Harris (Dem), defeated in primary.

1999 Nov 2: Pat McCrory (Rep), elected; Ella B. Scarborough (Dem), defeated.

2001 Sep 25: Ella B. Scarborough (Dem), nominated; Susan Burgess (Dem), defeated in primary; Ron Morgan (Dem), defeated in primary.

2001 Nov 6: Pat McCrory (Rep), elected; Ella B. Scarborough (Dem), defeated.

2003 Sep 23: Craig Madans (Dem), nominated; Leonard Harris (Dem), defeated in primary.

2003 Sep 23: Pat McCrory (Rep), nominated; Michael J. Castano (Rep), defeated in primary; Edward J. Mulheren (Rep), defeated in primary.

2003 Nov 4: Pat McCrory (Rep), elected; Craig Madans (Dem), defeated; Carlton L. Harvey (Libertarian), defeated.

2005 Sep 27: Pat McCrory (Rep), nominated; Martin Davis (Rep), defeated in primary.

2005 Nov 8: Pat McCrory (Rep), elected; Craig Madans (Dem), defeated.

2007 Sep 11: Pat McCrory (Rep), nominated; Ken Gjertsen (Rep), defeated in primary.

2007 Nov 6: Pat McCrory (Rep), elected; Beverly Earle (Dem), defeated.

2009 Sep 15: John W. Lassiter (Rep), nominated; Martin Davis (Rep), defeated in primary; Jack Sheldon Stratton III (Rep), defeated in primary.

2009 Nov 3: Anthony Foxx (Dem), elected; John W. Lassiter (Rep), defeated.

Postmasters at Charlotte, 1794-1972 (may be incomplete!)
Edward Waine 1794-99 Ephraim B. Davidson 1799-1801 Archibald Frew 1801-10 James Robb 1810-11 Archibald Frew 1811-14 William Davidson 1814-15 Archibald Frew 1815-19 John Vail 1819-20 William Smith 1820-32 Henry B. Williams 1832-44 Joseph W. Hampton 1844-45 Amzi McGinn 1845-47 Harriet E. McGinn 1847 Alexander Beaty 1847-48 Abraham C. Steele 1848-49 Alexander Graham 1849-52 Francis M. Ross 1852-61 Charles A. Frazier 1865-74 Robert E. McDonald 1874-76 William W. Jenkins 1876-85 John A. Young 1885-89 Archibald Brady 1889-93 Thomas R. Robertson 1893-97 Jonas W. Mullen 1897-1903 Robert W. Smith 1903-07 John B. Spence 1907-13 James H. Weddington 1913-22 Judson D. Albright 1922 Judson D. Albright 1922-34 William R. Robertson 1934 Paul R. Younts 1934-41 Keely A. Grice 1941-42 George A. Wilson, Jr. 1942-57 Edward H. Thomas 1957-58 Edward H. Thomas 1958-65 George F. Carpenter 1965-66 George F. Carpenter 1966-72

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