The Political Graveyard: Fredonia, New York

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Fredonia, New York
including Pomfret
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Fredonia, 1947-57 (may be incomplete!)
Harry F. Salhoff as of 1947 Edward F. James as of 1953 Russell R. Joy as of 1957

Postmasters at Fredonia, 1817-1971 (may be incomplete!)
Moseby W. Abell 1817-27 Orrin McCluer 1827-32 Charles J. Orton 1832-35 John Z. Saxton 1835-39 Ebenezer A. Lester 1839-48 Daniel W. Douglass 1848-49 Levi L. Pratt 1849-53 Oscar W. Johnson 1853-55 Lorenzo Morris 1855-61 Charles J. Orton 1861-62 Willard McKinstry 1862-71 Melvin H. Taylor 1871-75 Albert Haywood 1875 Melvin H. Taylor 1875-76 Louis McKinstry 1876-84 Melissa A. Pemberton 1884-88 Philo H. Stevens 1888-92 William B. Barker 1892-95 Arthur R. Moon 1895-99 Melvin H. Taylor 1899-1904 William E. Clark 1904-16 Frank M. Evans 1916-24 Clinton H. Card 1924-36 Harry B. Hickey 1936-37 Harry B. Hickey 1937-42 Harry B. Hickey, Jr. 1942-44 Arthur D. Toomey 1944 Arthur D. Toomey 1944-58 Earl J. Sardeson 1958-59 Earl J. Sardeson 1959-69 Harry B. Hickey, Jr. 1969-71

Pomfret
(now Fredonia)

Postmasters at Pomfret, 1809-17 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel Berry 1809-13 Jacob Houghton 1813-17

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