The Political Graveyard: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
including Winston, Salem
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Winston-Salem, 1913-2013 (may be incomplete!)
Oscar B. Eaton 1913-17 Robert W. Gorrell 1917-21 James G. Hanes 1921-25 Thomas Barber 1925-29 George W. Coan, Jr. 1929-35 W. T. Wilson 1935-39 James R. Fain 1939-41 R. J. 'Dick' Reynolds 1941-42 J. Wilbur Crews 1942-43 George W. Coan, Jr. 1943-45 George D. Lentz 1945-49 Marshall C. Kurfees 1949-61 John B. Surratt 1961-63 M. C. 'Red' Benton 1963-70 Franklin Shirley 1970-77 Wayne A. Corpening 1977-89 Martha Wood 1989-97 Jack A. Cavanagh, Jr. 1997-2001 Allen Joines 2001-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

2001 Nov 6: Allen Joines (Dem), elected; Jack A. Cavanagh, Jr. (Rep), defeated.

2005: Allen Joines (Dem), elected.

2009 Nov 3: Allen Joines (Dem), elected unopposed.

Postmasters at Winston-Salem, 1901-74 (may be incomplete!)
Charles A. Reynolds as of 1901-05 William Bryan Booe 1938-39 William Bryan Booe 1939-56 M. Vance Hickman 1956-61 Charles R. Isgett 1961-63 Charles R. Isgett 1963-74

Winston
(merged to form Winston-Salem 1913)

Mayors of Winston, 1859-1913 (may be incomplete!)
William Barrow 1859-60 Peter A. Wilson 1860-61 Robert Gray 1861-62 H. K. Thomas 1862-65 Thomas J. Wilson 1865-66 T. T. Best 1866-68 Jacob Tise 1868-71 J. W. Alspaugh 1871-72 T. T. Best 1872-73 J. W. Alspaugh 1873-74 T. T. Best 1874-75 J. W. Alspaugh 1875-76 D. P. Mast 1876 A. B. Gorrell 1876-77 Martin Grogan 1877-78 A. B. Gorrell 1878-82 Peter A. Wilson 1882-83 John C. Buxton 1883-84 Samuel H. Smith 1884-85 Charles Buford 1885-86 Thomas J. Wilson 1886-87 Charles Buford 1887-90 D. P. Mast 1890-92 Robah B. Kerner 1892-93 Garland E. Webb 1893-94 Eugene E. Gray 1894-96 P. W. Crutchfield 1896-98 A. B. Gorrell 1898 J. F. Griffith 1898-1900 Oscar B. Eaton 1900-11 Rufus I. Dalton 1911-13

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1876 Dec 1: D. P. Mast, resigned.

1884 Nov 1: John C. Buxton, resigned.

1885 Aug 4: Samuel H. Smith, resigned.

1898: A. B. Gorrell, died in office.

1909: Oscar B. Eaton, elected.

Postmasters at Winston, 1887-89 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel H. Smith as of 1887-89

Salem
(merged to form Winston-Salem 1913)

Mayors of Salem, 1857-1913 (may be incomplete!)
Charles Brietz 1857-58 Elias A. Vogler 1858-59 Charles Brietz 1859-60 Augustus T. Zevely 1860-63 John G. Sides 1863-64 Joshua Boner 1864-65 Augustus T. Zevely 1865-66 Charles Brietz 1866-67 John P. Vest 1867-68 Augustus Fogle 1868-73 John P. Vest 1873-74 Elias A. Vogler 1874-75 Rufus L. Patterson 1875-76 Augustus Fogle 1876-78 J. F. Shaffner 1878-84 C. H. Fogle 1884-88 Augustus Fogle 1888-89 Henry E. Fries 1889-92 J. H. Stockton 1892-93 T. B. Douthit 1893-94 C. S. Hauser 1894-96 Samuel E. Butner 1896-1901 J. A. Vance 1901-03 Samuel E. Butner 1903-07 Frank Vogler 1907-11 F. A. Fogle 1911-13

Postmasters at Salem, 1887-89 (may be incomplete!)
T. B. Douthit as of 1887-89

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