The Political Graveyard: Beacon, New York

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Beacon, New York
including Matteawan, Fishkill Landing, Fishkill-on-the-Hudson
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Beacon, 1915-75 (may be incomplete!)
J. Albert Frost as of 1915-17 Samuel Beskin as of 1920-21 Irving B. Stafford as of 1925 E. A. Macomber as of 1926-29 Alfred P. Russell as of 1930-33 Irving J. Justus as of 1934-37 Robert T. Pugsley as of 1938-41 Thomas J. Cunningham 1942-43 J. Gordon Tompkins 1944 Thomas H. DeLaire 1944 J. Lewis Bolton 1947-53 Henry A. Kennelly 1954-59 Charles F. Wolf as of 1966 Robert L. Cahill as of 1975

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1929 Nov 5: Alfred P. Russell (Rep), elected.

1937 Nov 2: Robert T. Pugsley (Rep), elected.

1943 Dec 26: Thomas J. Cunningham, died in office.

1944 Feb 7: J. Gordon Tompkins, appointed.

1944 Apr 3: J. Gordon Tompkins, resigned; Thomas H. DeLaire, appointed.

1949 Nov 8: J. Lewis Bolton (Rep), elected.

1953 Nov 3: Henry A. Kennelly (Dem), elected.

Postmasters at Beacon, 1915-47 (may be incomplete!)
John H. Mara as of 1915-21 Edgar F. Cummings as of 1925-35 Joseph F. Murphy as of 1937 Elizabeth B. Murphy as of 1943-47

Matteawan
(merged to create Beacon 1913)

Postmasters at Matteawan, 1881-1917 (may be incomplete!)
Abraham Van Tine as of 1881 J. Vander Burgh as of 1887 James Forrestel as of 1897 Peter H. Vosburgh as of 1901-17

Fishkill Landing
(merged to create Beacon 1913)

Postmasters at Fishkill Landing, 1816-36 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas Lawrence as of 1816 William Brett as of 1836

Fishkill-on-the-Hudson
(Fishkill Landing post office 1864-1914)

Postmasters at Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, 1881-1901 (may be incomplete!)
David S. McLaughlin as of 1881 W. C. Harris as of 1887 Emory L. Tompkins as of 1893-94 Charles W. Anderson as of 1897 James E. Munger as of 1901

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