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Bridgeton, New Jersey
including Bridgetown
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs

Mayors of Bridgeton, 1909-2007 (may be incomplete!)
Linwood W. Erickson as of 1929-32 Thomas A. Dailey as of 1950-55 James B. Begley as of 2007

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1909 Nov 2: George Hampton (Dem), elected.
  • 1930 Nov 4: Linwood W. Erickson (Dem), elected; Percy Owen (Rep), defeated.

    Postmasters at Bridgeton, 1816-1978 (may be incomplete!)
    Curtis Ogden as of 1816 Daniel B. Thompson 1845-50 Stacy P. Kirkbride 1850-53 Henry Sheppard 1853-61 George W. Johnson 1861-65 Joseph S. Miner 1865-66 Samuel R. Fithian 1866-67 Joseph S. Miner 1867-83 John Trenchard 1883-87 Samuel A. Laning 1887-90 Isaac T. Nichols 1890 William N. Hewitt 1890-94 Samuel A. Laning 1894-96 Charles H. Pierson 1896-1901 Henry Graham 1901-09 Morris Davis 1909-13 Waters B. Huff 1913-22 Ralph G. Riggins 1922-30 Benjamin Elwell 1930-31 Benjamin Elwell 1931-34 Walter M. MacPherson 1934-36 Walter M. MacPherson 1936-53 Sherwood A. MacPherson 1953-55 Sherwood A. MacPherson 1955-78

    Collectors of Customs at Bridgeton, 1789-1909 (may be incomplete!)
    Eli Elmer 1789-1803 Ebenezer Elmer 1808-17 Ebenezer Elmer 1822-32 Alexander R. Fithian as of 1891 William B. Boone as of 1909

    Bridgetown

    Collectors of Customs at Bridgetown, 1834-97 (may be incomplete!)
    Daniel Garrison 1834-38 William S. Bowen as of 1854 Joseph H. Elmer 1862-81 George W. McGowan 1897

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