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Mayors and Postmasters of Amsterdam, New York


Mayors of Amsterdam, 1885-2000 (may be incomplete!)
John Carmichael 1885 Harlan P. Kline 1886 Thomas Liddle 1887-88 John F. Dwyer 1889 Hicks B. Waldron 1890 William A. Breedon 1891-92 Charles S. Nisbet 1893 George R. Hannon 1894 William A. Fisher 1895-96 William H. Kafman 1897 Zerah S. Westbrook 1898-99 Samuel Wallin 1900-01 William A. Gardner 1902-03 Robert N. Clark 1904-05 Jacob H. Dealy 1906-09 Seely Conover 1910-11 Jacob H. Dealy 1912-13 James R. Cline 1914-17 Seely Conover 1918-19 Theron Akin 1920-23 Carl S. Salmon 1924-29 William A. Gardner 1930-31 Robert B. Brumagim 1932-33 Arthur Carter 1934-43 John Klobukowski 1943 Wilbur H. Lynch 1944-45 Joseph P. Hand 1946-47 Burtiss E. Deal 1948-55 Frank J. Martuscello 1956-57 Thomas F. Gregg 1958-59 Frank J. Martuscello 1960-63 Marcus I. Breier 1964-67 John P. Gomulka 1968-79 Mario Villa 1980-87 Paul M. Parillo 1988-91 Mario Villa 1992-95 John M. Duchessi 1996-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1909 Nov 2: Seely Conover (Rep), elected.
  • 1911 Nov 7: Jacob H. Dealy (Dem), elected.
  • 1915 Nov 2: James R. Cline (Rep), elected.
  • 1921 Nov 8: Theron Akin (Dem & Rep & Socialist), elected.
  • 1925 Nov 3: Carl S. Salmon (Rep), elected.
  • 1927: Theron Akin, defeated for nomination.
  • 1927 Nov 8: Carl S. Salmon (Rep), elected.
  • 1929 Nov 5: William A. Gardner (Dem), elected.
  • 1933 Nov 7: Arthur Carter (Dem), elected.
  • 1935 Nov 5: Arthur Carter (Dem), elected.
  • 1937 Nov 2: Arthur Carter (Dem), elected; Harold B. Schotte (Rep), defeated.
  • 1939 Nov 7: Arthur Carter (Dem), elected.
  • 1949 Nov 8: Burtiss E. Deal (Rep & American Labor), elected.
  • 1951 Nov 6: Burtiss E. Deal (Rep), elected.
  • 1955 Nov 8: Frank J. Martuscello (Rep), elected; John J. Mycek (Dem), defeated.
  • 1959 Nov 3: Frank J. Martuscello (Rep), elected.


    Postmasters at Amsterdam, 1816-1948 (may be incomplete!)
    James Downs as of 1816 Joseph French as of 1836 Almarin Young as of 1874 William J. Kline as of 1881-83 J. Wasserman as of 1887 Richard F. Caney as of 1892 Julia A. Caney as of 1893-97 Thomas Liddle as of 1901-07 Robert E. L. Reynolds as of 1915-21 James McD. Reid as of 1925-28 William A. Gardner as of 1935-43 Thomas J. Tighe, Jr. as of 1947-48

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