The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Hudson, New York

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Mayors and Postmasters of Hudson, New York

Mayors of Hudson, 1785-1966 (may be incomplete!)
Seth Jenkins 1785-93 Thomas Jenkins 1793-1808 Robert Jenkins 1808-13 John Tallman 1813-15 Robert Jenkins 1815-20 John Tallman 1820-21 Alexander Coffin 1821-23 Rufus Reed 1823-24 Thomas Bay 1825-26 Oliver Wiswall 1827-28 Samuel White 1829 Samuel Anable 1830-32 Henry Smith 1833-35 Robert G. Frary 1836 Robert McKinstry 1837-38 Allen Jordan 1839 George W. Cook 1840 Robert G. Frary 1840-42 Samuel Anable 1842-43 Charles Darling 1843-44 Cyrus Curtiss 1844-46 Robert G. Frary 1846-47 Matthew Mitchell 1847-49 Hugh McClellan 1849-51 Peter S. Burger 1851-52 George H. Power 1852-53 Joshua T. Waterman 1853-54 Peter S. Wynkoop 1854 John C. Dormandy 1855-56 Joshua T. Waterman 1857-58 Jacob W. Hoysradt 1859-60 Samuel Bachman 1861-62 Jacob Ten Broeck 1863-64 Harper W. Rogers 1865-66 Jacob W. Hoysradt 1867-68 Harper W. Rogers 1869-70 George H. Power 1871-72 Cornelius H. Evans 1873-74 James N. Townsend 1875-76 Cornelius H. Evans 1877-78 Joshua T. Waterman 1879-80 William H. Traver 1881-82 Cyrus Macy 1883-84 Henry L. Gregg 1885-86 Samuel G. Rowles 1887-88 Henry L. Gregg 1889-90 Levi F. Longley 1891-92 George G. Miller 1893-94 George H. Tator 1895-96 Richard A. M. Deeley 1897-99 Charles S. Harvey 1899-1903 William A. Harder 1903-05 William S. Hallenbeck as of 1905-06 Henry Hudson as of 1907-09 James C. Armstrong as of 1910-11 William Wortman 1915-16 Charles S. Harvey as of 1920 Henry C. Galster as of 1921 Charles S. Harvey as of 1925-27 Henry Hudson as of 1928-29 Michael J. Degnan as of 1930-31 Archland M. Best 1932-33 Frank W. Wise as of 1934-35 Fred Wheeler 1936-37 William Wortman 1938-39 Earl J. Colwell as of 1940-44 Earl J. Colwell as of 1947-49 John L. Kelly as of 1952-59 Bartholomew F. Delaney as of 1966

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1844 Apr 2: Cyrus Curtiss (Whig), elected; Charles Darling (Dem), defeated.

1874: James N. Townsend (Rep), elected; Cyrus Macy (Dem), defeated.

1876 Dec 5: Cornelius H. Evans (Dem), elected; Joshua T. Waterman (Rep), defeated.

1878: Joshua T. Waterman (Rep), elected; Nathan Dosenheim (Dem), defeated.

1880: William H. Traver, elected unopposed.

1882 Dec 5: Cyrus Macy (Dem), elected; James N. Townsend (Rep), defeated.

1884 Dec 2: Henry L. Gregg (Dem), elected; A. Wheelock Rice (Rep), defeated.

1886: Samuel G. Rowles, elected.

1888: Henry L. Gregg, elected.

1890 Dec 2: Levi F. Longley (Dem), elected.

1896 Dec 1: Richard A. M. Deeley (Dem), elected.

1899 Mar 21: Charles S. Harvey (Dem), elected; William A. Harder (Rep), defeated.

1901 Mar 19: Charles S. Harvey (Dem), elected.

1903 Mar 17: William A. Harder (Rep), elected.

1925 Nov 3: Charles S. Harvey (Dem), elected.

1927 Nov 8: Henry Hudson (Rep), elected.

1929 Nov 5: Michael J. Degnan (Dem), elected.

1933 Jul 23: Archland M. Best, died in office.

1933 Nov 7: Frank W. Wise (Dem), elected.

1935 Nov 5: Fred Wheeler (Ind), elected.

1937 Nov 2: William Wortman (Dem & Rep), elected; Fred Wheeler (American Labor & Citizens), defeated.

1939 Nov 7: Earl J. Colwell (Rep), elected.

1943 Nov 2: Earl J. Colwell (Rep & Dem), elected.

1949 Nov 8: Carl H. Klein (Dem), elected.

1951 Nov 6: John L. Kelly (Dem & Liberal), elected.

1955 Nov 8: John L. Kelly (Dem), elected; Edward T. Grossman II (Rep), defeated.

1959 Nov 3: John L. Kelly (Dem), elected.

Postmasters at Hudson, 1816-1947 (may be incomplete!)
Alexander Coffin as of 1816 Solomon Wescott as of 1836 William Bryan as of 1881 J. Rider Cady as of 1887 Willard Peck as of 1897 Henry R. Bryan as of 1901-16 John F. Brennen as of 1917-20 May Douds as of 1921 Charles E. Hardy as of 1928 Asahel G. Harvey as of 1937-47

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