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Binghamton, New York
including Chenango Point
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Binghamton, 1867-2013 (may be incomplete!)
Abel Bennett 1867 Jabez F. Rice 1868 Job N. Congdon 1869-70 Walton Dwight 1871 Sherman D. Phelps 1872 Benjamin N. Loomis 1873 Delancey M. Halbert 1874 Charles McKinney 1875 John Rankin 1876 Charles Butler 1877-78 James H. Bartlett 1879 Horace N. Lester 1880 Duncan R. Grant 1881 James K. Weldon 1882 J. Stuart Wells 1883 George A. Thayer 1884 Benajah S. Curran as of 1892 George E. Green as of 1893-99 Jerome De Witt as of 1900-01 Samuel L. Smith as of 1902-05 Hiram H. Woodburn as of 1906-07 Clarence M. Slausen 1908-09 John J. Irving 1910-11 William R. Ely as of 1915 Frank H. Truitt as of 1916-17 Harry C. Walker as of 1918 Thomas A. Wilson as of 1920-21 John A. Giles as of 1924-25 Clarence J. Cook as of 1926-27 Norman A. Boyd as of 1928-31 Miles M. Smith 1932-35 James T. Ivory 1935 Thomas W. Behan 1936-37 Charles W. Kress 1938-41 Fancher M. Hopkins 1942-43 Walker B. Lounsbery as of 1944-49 Donald W. Kramer as of 1950-57 John J. Burns 1958-65 Joseph W. Esworthy as of 1966 Alfred J. Libous as of 1975

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1880 Feb 10: Horace N. Lester (Rep), elected.
  • 1909 Nov 2: John J. Irving (Dem), elected.
  • 1911 Nov 7: John J. Irving (Dem), elected.
  • 1915 Nov 2: Frank H. Truitt (Prohibition), elected.
  • 1921 Nov 8: Thomas A. Wilson (Rep), elected.
  • 1923 Nov 6: John A. Giles (Rep), elected; John J. Irving (Dem), defeated.
  • 1925 Nov 3: Clarence J. Cook (Dem & Independent Republican), elected.
  • 1927 Nov 8: Norman A. Boyd (Rep), elected.
  • 1931 Nov 3: Miles M. Smith (Fusion), elected; C. Mossman McLean (Citizens), defeated.
  • 1935 Jul 29: Miles M. Smith, resigned.
  • 1935 Nov 5: Thomas W. Behan (Rep), elected.
  • 1937 Sep 16: John J. Burns (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1937 Sep 16: Charles W. Kress (Rep), nominated; Robert H. Badger (Rep), defeated in primary; Rana S. Cooper (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1937 Nov 2: Charles W. Kress (Rep), elected; John J. Burns (Dem), defeated.
  • 1943 Sep 15: Fancher M. Hopkins, died in office.
  • 1943 Nov 3: Walker B. Lounsbery (Rep), elected.
  • 1949 Nov 8: Donald W. Kramer (Dem), elected.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Donald W. Kramer (Dem), elected.
  • 1957: John J. Burns, elected.
  • 1961: John J. Burns, elected.
  • 1993: John J. Burns, defeated.
  • 2013 Nov 5: Richard David (Rep), elected; Teri Rennia (Dem), defeated.

    Postmasters at Binghamton, 1836-1947 (may be incomplete!)
    Tracy Robinson as of 1836 Edward B. Stephens as of 1874-82 George W. Dunn as of 1883 E. H. Freeman as of 1887 George W. Dunn as of 1892 Charles A. Hull as of 1893-94 Charles F. Terhue as of 1897 James H. Roberts as of 1901-07 Fancher M. Hopkins as of 1915-21 Henry B. Mulford as of 1925-35 Michael L. Sullivan as of 1937 Charles W. Craig as of 1943-47

    Chenango Point
    (renamed Binghamton about 1830)

    Postmasters at Chenango Point, 1816 (may be incomplete!)
    Jacob McKinney as of 1816

    Binghamton

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Binghamton, 1867-79 (may be incomplete!)
    Simon C. Hitchcock as of 1867 Benjamin De Voe as of 1879

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