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Buffalo, New York
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Buffalo, 1832-2022 (may be incomplete!)
Ebenezer Johnson 1832-33 Andre Andrews 1833-35 Samuel Wilkeson 1835-36 Hiram Pratt 1836-37 Josiah Trowbridge 1837-38 Ebenezer Walden 1838-39 Hiram Pratt 1839-40 Sheldon Thompson 1840-41 Isaac R. Harrington 1841-42 George W. Clinton 1842-43 Joseph G. Masten 1843-44 William Ketchum 1844-45 Joseph G. Masten 1845-46 Solomon G. Haven 1846-47 Elbridge G. Spaulding 1847-48 Orlando Allen 1848-49 Hiram Barton 1849-50 Henry K. Smith 1850-51 James Wadsworth 1851-52 Hiram Barton 1852-53 Eli Cook, Jr. 1853-55 Frederick P. Stevens 1856-57 Timothy T. Lockwood 1858-59 Franklin A. Alberger 1860-61 William Fargo 1862-65 Chandler J. Wells 1866-67 William F. Rogers 1868-69 Alexander Brush 1870-73 Lewis P. Dayton 1874-75 Philip Becker 1876-77 Solomon Scheu 1878-79 Alexander Brush 1880-81 Grover Cleveland 1882 Marcus M. Drake 1882 Harmon S. Cutting 1882-83 John B. Manning 1883-84 Jonathan Scoville 1884-85 Philip Becker 1886-89 Charles F. Bishop 1890-94 Edgar B. Jewett 1895-97 Conrad Diehl 1898-1901 Erastus C. Knight 1902-05 James N. Adam 1906-09 Louis P. Fuhrmann 1910-17 George S. Buck 1918-21 Frank X. Schwab 1922-29 Charles E. Roesch 1930-33 George J. Zimmerman 1934-37 Thomas L. Holling 1938-41 Joseph J. Kelly 1942-45 Bernard J. Dowd 1946-49 Joseph Mruk 1950-53 Steven Pankow 1954-57 Frank A. Sedita 1958-61 Chester Kowal 1962-65 Frank A. Sedita 1966-73 Stanley M. Makowski 1973-77 James D. Griffin 1978-93 Anthony M. Masiello 1994-2005 Byron W. Brown 2006-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1853 Mar 1: Eli Cook, Jr. (Dem), elected; Leroy Farnham (Whig), defeated.
  • 1853 Nov 8: Eli Cook, Jr. (Dem), elected; James C. Harrison (Whig), defeated; Elijah D. Efner (Dem), defeated; George Palmer (Temperance), defeated; Reuben B. Heacock (Ind), defeated.
  • 1855 Nov 6: Frederick P. Stevens (Dem), elected; William A. Bird (American), defeated; Lewis L. Hodges (Rep), defeated.
  • 1857 Jun 9: Timothy T. Lockwood (Dem), elected; Frederick P. Stevens (People's), defeated.
  • 1869 Nov 2: Alexander Brush (Rep), elected.
  • 1877: Solomon Scheu (Dem), elected.
  • 1879: Solomon Scheu (Dem), defeated.
  • 1879 Nov 4: Alexander Brush, elected.
  • 1882 Nov 19: Grover Cleveland, resigned.
  • 1883 Jan 9: John B. Manning (Dem), elected; R. R. Hefford (Rep), defeated.
  • 1887: Solomon Scheu (Dem), defeated.
  • 1901: Herbert P. Bissell (Dem), defeated.
  • 1905 Nov 7: James N. Adam (Dem), elected.
  • 1909 Nov 2: Louis P. Fuhrmann (Dem), elected.
  • 1917 Nov 6: George S. Buck, elected.
  • 1921 Nov 8: Frank X. Schwab, elected; George S. Buck, defeated.
  • 1925 Nov 3: Frank X. Schwab, elected; Ross Graves, defeated.
  • 1929 Sep 17: Frank X. Schwab (Dem), nominated; Charles Diebold, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Frank C. Perkins (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1929 Sep 17: Charles E. Roesch (Rep), nominated; Frank X. Schwab (Rep), defeated in primary; Frank C. Perkins (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1929 Nov 5: Charles E. Roesch (Rep), elected; Frank X. Schwab (Dem), defeated; Frank C. Perkins (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1933 Nov 7: George J. Zimmerman (Dem), elected.
  • 1937 Nov 2: Frank X. Schwab (People's), defeated; Thomas L. Holling (Dem & American Labor), elected; Edwin F. Jaeckle (Rep), defeated.
  • 1941 Sep 16: Frank X. Schwab (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1941 Sep 16: Frank X. Schwab (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1945 Nov 6: Frank X. Schwab (People's), defeated.
  • 1947: John D. Hillery (Dem), defeated.
  • 1949 Nov 8: Joseph Mruk (Rep), elected.
  • 1953: Peter J. Crotty, defeated.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Steven Pankow (Dem), elected.
  • 1973 Mar 5: Frank A. Sedita, resigned; Stanley M. Makowski, appointed.
  • 1977: Arthur O. Eve, defeated.
  • 1985: James D. Griffin (Rep & Conservative), elected; George K. Arthur (Dem), defeated.
  • 1989: William B. Hoyt, defeated.
  • 2001 Sep 25: Anthony M. Masiello (Dem), nominated; Beverly Gray (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Anthony M. Masiello (Dem & Rep & Independence), elected; Judith Einach, defeated.
  • 2013 Nov 5: Byron W. Brown (Dem), elected; Sergio Rodriguez (Rep), defeated.

    Postmasters at Buffalo, 1804-1970 (may be incomplete!)
    Erastus Granger 1804-18 Julius Guiteau 1818-31 Samuel Russell 1831-34 Henry P. Russell 1834 Orange H. Dibble 1834-38 Philip Dorsheimer 1838-41 Charles C. Haddock 1841-45 Philip Dorsheimer 1845-46 Henry K. Smith 1846-49 Isaac R. Harrington 1849-51 James O. Putnam 1851-53 James G. Dickie 1853-59 Israel T. Hatch 1859-61 Almon M. Clapp 1861-66 Joseph Candee 1866-67 Isaac M. Schermerhorn 1867-69 Thomas Blossom 1869-71 Isaac M. Schermerhorn 1871-78 John M. Bedford 1878-87 John B. Sackett 1887-90 Bernard F. Gentsch 1890-94 Howard H. Baker 1894-99 Samuel G. Dorr 1899-1901 Fred Greiner 1901-14 William F. Kasting 1914-16 George J. Meyer 1916 George J. Meyer 1916-19 Charles F. Boine 1919-20 Raymond Bissell 1920-21 Robert W. Gallagher 1921-34 Daniel A. Driscoll 1934 Daniel A. Driscoll 1934-47 John M. Keyes 1947 John M. Keyes 1947-52 James M. Gavin 1952-53 Joseph R. Hawn 1953-54 Joseph R. Hawn 1954-57 Myron F. Blakeney 1957-59 Myron F. Blakeney 1959-70

    Collectors of Customs at Buffalo, 1817-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    Oliver Forward as of 1817 John T. Hudson as of 1854 John Tyler 1877-79 Charles A. Gould as of 1881 William J. Morgan as of 1891 Frederick O. Murray as of 1909 George Bleistein as of 1917 Fred A. Bradley as of 1927-32 Martin O. Bement as of 1941 Ross E. Brown as of 1946-51

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Buffalo, 1867-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    Adrian R. Root as of 1867 Frederick Buell as of 1879 Vincent H. Riordan as of 1917-19 Bert P. Gage as of 1927 Gilbert T. Sugden as of 1932 George T. McGowan as of 1941-51

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