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Nashua, New Hampshire
including Dunstable
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Nashua, 1901-2006 (may be incomplete!)
M. A. Taylor as of 1901 William H. Barry as of 1911-14 Henri Alphonse Burque 1920-24 Eaton D. Sargent as of 1924-27 Alvin A. Lucier as of 1937 Eugene H. Lemay as of 1939 Hugh Gregg as of 1950 Lester H. Burnham as of 1953-54 Mario J. Vagge as of 1962 Bernard A. Streeter 2000-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1939 Nov 7: Eugene H. Lemay, elected.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Lester H. Burnham, elected; Claude E. Nichols, defeated.
  • 1999: Bernard A. Streeter, elected.

    Postmasters at Nashua, 1837-1972 (may be incomplete!)
    John M. Hunt 1837-41 Josiah A. Wheat 1841-43 David Philbrick 1843-45 Charles P. Danforth 1845-50 Aaron P. Hughes 1850-53 George Bowers 1853-61 Alvin Beard 1861-64 George Swain 1864-66 Aaron F. Stevens 1866-67 George Swain 1867-72 Henry B. Atherton 1872-76 Henry A. Marsh 1876-85 Mark R. Buxton 1885-86 Albert N. Flinn 1886-90 Rowe R. Hooper 1890-94 Albert N. Flinn 1894-98 John A. Spalding 1898-1913 Frank W. Maynard 1913 Horace C. Phaneuf 1913-17 George E. Danforth 1917 Henri T. Ledoux 1917-21 George E. Danforth 1921-33 Jeremiah D. Hallisey 1933-34 Jeremiah D. Hallisey 1934-42 Evelyn C. Earley 1942-43 Evelyn C. Earley 1943-72

    Dunstable
    (renamed Nashua)

    Postmasters at Dunstable, 1803-37 (may be incomplete!)
    Noah Lovewell 1803-20 John M. Hunt 1820-37

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