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Bronx, New York
including Bartow-on-the-Sound, City Island, Eastchester, Jerome, West Chester
Borough Presidents, Postmasters

Borough Presidents of Bronx, 1897-2017 (may be incomplete!)
Louis F. Haffen 1898-1909 John F. Murray 1909 Cyrus C. Miller 1910-13 Douglas Mathewson 1914-17 Henry Bruckner 1918-33 James J. Lyons 1934-61 Joseph F. Periconi 1962-65 Herman Badillo 1966-69 Robert Abrams 1970-78 Stanley Simon 1979-87 Fernando Ferrer 1987-2001 Adolfo Carrión, Jr. 2002-09 Ruben Diaz, Jr. 2009-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1897 Nov 2: Louis F. Haffen (Dem & National Democratic), elected; Alonzo Bell (Rep), defeated; John E. Eustis (Citizens Union), defeated; Charles Sterle (Socialist), defeated; Charles R. Dunham (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1901 Nov 5: Louis F. Haffen (Dem), elected; James L. Wells (Rep & Citizens Union), defeated.
  • 1903 Nov 3: Louis F. Haffen (Dem), elected; Joseph I. Berry (Rep & Citizens Union), defeated.
  • 1909 Aug 30: Louis F. Haffen, removed.
  • 1909 Nov 2: Cyrus C. Miller (Fusion), elected.
  • 1917 Nov 6: Henry Bruckner (Dem), elected.
  • 1921 Sep 13: Henry Bruckner (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1921 Sep 13: Joseph M. Levine (Rep), nominated; Joseph P. Murphy (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1921 Nov 8: Henry Bruckner (Dem), elected; Joseph M. Levine (Rep), defeated; Edmund Seidel (Socialist), defeated; Charles Brower, defeated; George Donnelly (Rent Payers), defeated.
  • 1925 Sep 15: Henry Bruckner (Dem), nominated; Charles Kuntze (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1925 Sep 15: Peter S. O'Hara (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1925 Sep 15: Samuel A. De Witt (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1925 Nov 3: Henry Bruckner (Dem), elected; Peter S. O'Hara (Rep), defeated; Samuel A. De Witt (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1933 Sep 19: James J. Lyons (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1933 Sep 19: Charles P. Barry (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1933 Sep 19: Edward F. Cassidy (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1933 Nov 7: James J. Lyons (Dem & Recovery), elected; Charles P. Barry (Rep & City Fusion), defeated; Louis Hyman (Communist), defeated; Sigmond Moskovitz (Socialist Labor), defeated; Edward F. Cassidy (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1937 Sep 16: James J. Lyons (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1937 Sep 16: Douglas H. Grieve (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1937 Nov 2: James J. Lyons (Dem), elected; Isidore Nagler (American Labor & City Fusion & Socialist), defeated; Douglas H. Grieve (Rep), defeated.
  • 1941 Nov 4: James J. Lyons (Dem), elected; Matthew M. Levy (American Labor & City Fusion & United City), defeated; Clement H. Smith (Rep), defeated.
  • 1945 Nov 6: James J. Lyons (Dem), elected; Leo Isacson (American Labor), defeated; Pasquale E. Mele (Rep), defeated; James B. Kelley (Liberal), defeated.
  • 1949 Sep 6: James J. Lyons (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Charles S. Mirkin (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Leo Isacson (American Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Ira J. Palestin (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Nov 8: James J. Lyons (Dem), elected; Ira J. Palestin (Liberal), defeated; Leo Isacson (American Labor), defeated; Charles S. Mirkin (Rep), defeated; Jack E. Levine (City Fusion), defeated.
  • 1953 Sep 15: James J. Lyons (Dem), nominated; Aaron Frank (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1953 Sep 15: John M. Diserio (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1953 Sep 15: Carl Trost (American Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1953 Sep 15: Ira J. Palestin (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1953 Nov 3: James J. Lyons (Dem), elected; Ira J. Palestin (Liberal), defeated; John M. Diserio (Rep), defeated; Carl Trost (American Labor), defeated.
  • 1957 Sep 10: James J. Lyons (Dem), nominated; David Westerman (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1957 Sep 10: Joseph F. Periconi (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1957 Sep 10: Max Bloom (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1957 Nov 5: James J. Lyons (Dem), elected; Joseph F. Periconi (Rep), defeated; Max Bloom (Liberal), defeated.
  • 1961 Nov 7: Joseph F. Periconi (Rep & Liberal), elected; John J. Sullivan (Dem), defeated.
  • 1965 Sep 14: Herman Badillo (Dem), nominated; Ivan Walker (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Herman Badillo (Dem), elected; Joseph F. Periconi (Rep), defeated; Edward J. Canavan (Conservative), defeated; Tony Marotta (United Taxpayers), defeated.
  • 1969 Jun 17: Robert Abrams (Dem), nominated; William Kapelman (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1969 Jun 17: John G. Madden (Rep), nominated; Alfred J. Ranieri (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Robert Abrams (Dem), elected; John P. Hagan (Liberal), defeated; John G. Madden (Rep), defeated; Benjamin R. Crosby (Conservative), defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Robert Abrams (Dem & Liberal), elected; Lillian M. Immediato (Rep & Conservative), defeated.
  • 1978 Dec 31: Robert Abrams, resigned.
  • 1979 Sep 11: Stanley Simon (Dem), nominated; Victor Marrero (Dem), defeated in primary; G. Oliver Koppell (Dem), defeated in primary; Joseph L. Galiber (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1979 Nov 6: Stanley Simon (Dem & Rep), elected; Joseph L. Galiber (New Alliance), defeated; G. Oliver Koppell (Liberal), defeated; Jeronimo Dominguez (Right To Life), defeated; Terrence J. Dwyer (Conservative), defeated.
  • 1985: José E. Serrano (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1987: Rafael Mendez (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1987 Mar 11: Stanley Simon, resigned.
  • 1987 Sep 15: Fernando Ferrer (Dem), nominated.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Fernando Ferrer (Dem), elected.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Fernando Ferrer (Dem), elected.
  • 1993 Sep 14: Fernando Ferrer (Dem), nominated.
  • 1993 Nov 2: Fernando Ferrer (Dem), elected.
  • 1997 Sep 9: Fernando Ferrer (Dem), nominated.
  • 1997 Nov 4: Fernando Ferrer (Dem), elected.
  • 2001 Sep 25: Adolfo Carrión, Jr. (Dem), nominated.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Adolfo Carrión, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2005 Nov 8: Adolfo Carrión, Jr. (Dem & Working Families), elected; Kevin Brawley (Rep & Conservative), defeated.
  • 2009 Apr 21: Ruben Diaz, Jr. (Bronx Unity), elected; Anthony J. Ribustello (People First), defeated.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Ruben Diaz, Jr. (Dem & Conservative), elected; Allison M. Oldak (Rep), defeated.
  • 2013 Nov 5: Ruben Diaz, Jr. (Dem), elected; Elizabeth Perri (Rep), defeated; Mark Escoffery-Bey (Ind), defeated; Carl Lundgren (Green), defeated.

    Postmasters at Bronx, 1836-1980 (may be incomplete!)
    John R. Hayward as of 1836 Louis Cohen 1962-65 William A. Carroll, Jr. 1965-66 Henry Platt 1966 Frank J. Viola 1966-67 Frank J. Viola 1967-80

    Bartow-on-the-Sound
    (post office)

    Postmasters at Bartow-on-the-Sound, 1881-87 (may be incomplete!)
    William H. Dumont as of 1881-83 M. Hogan as of 1887

    City Island
    (post office)

    Postmasters at City Island, 1881-87 (may be incomplete!)
    Stephen D. Horton as of 1881 Jerome Bell as of 1882 G. W. Sembler as of 1887

    Eastchester
    (post office)

    Postmasters at Eastchester, 1816-87 (may be incomplete!)
    George Failee as of 1816 Mary C. H. Baker as of 1881-87

    Jerome
    (post office)

    Postmasters at Jerome, 1881 (may be incomplete!)
    Robert McTurck as of 1881

    West Chester
    (post office)

    Postmasters at West Chester, 1881-87 (may be incomplete!)
    Byron Conklin as of 1881 D. J. McGrory as of 1887

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