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

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Mayors and Postmasters of Johnstown, New York

Mayors of Johnstown, 1896-1975 (may be incomplete!)
Charles M. Knox as of 1896 Chauncey Heagle as of 1900-01 James S. Ireland as of 1902-03 James L. Northrup as of 1904-05 Isaac Morris as of 1906 Charles O. Cross as of 1907 Frank Beebe 1908-09 Abram Harrison 1910-11 Clarence W. Smith 1914-15 Borden D. Smith as of 1916 Clarence W. Smith 1918-19 William W. Chamberlain 1920-21 Percy A. Ripton 1922 William W. Chamberlain 1926-27 Percy A. Ripton as of 1928-29 Harry A. Jenner as of 1930-37 Walter P. Barter as of 1938-41 Percy A. Ripton as of 1942-44 Milton C. Sutton as of 1947-49 Harvey W. Mansfield as of 1950-57 Donald B. Bellinger as of 1959 Peter S. Wilson 1963-75

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1909 Nov 2: Abram Harrison (Dem), elected.

1911 Nov 7: Abram Harrison (Dem), elected.

1915 Nov 2: Borden D. Smith (Rep), elected.

1921 Nov 8: Percy A. Ripton (Dem), elected.

1925 Nov 3: William W. Chamberlain (Rep), elected.

1927 Nov 8: Percy A. Ripton (Dem), elected.

1929 Nov 5: Harry A. Jenner (Rep), elected.

1933 Nov 7: Harry A. Jenner (Rep), elected.

1937 Nov 2: Walter P. Barter (Rep), elected.

1949 Nov 8: Harvey W. Mansfield (Rep), elected.

Postmasters at Johnstown, 1795-1947 (may be incomplete!)
Richard Dodge 1795-1801 Nathan Brewster 1801-15 Howland Fish 1815-17 Tobias A. Stoutenburg 1817-38 Henry B. Matthews 1838-41 Charles S. Lobdell 1841-43 Henry B. Matthews 1843-49 Daniel B. Cady 1849-52 Peter J. McKinlay 1852-53 James Dunn 1853-61 William B. Comrie 1861-68 Bradford T. Simmons 1868-83 Mortimer Wade 1883-88 Michael D. Murray 1888-90 Andrew J. Thompson 1890-94 Edwin Baylies 1894-98 Cyrus Durey 1898-1907 George M. Deyoe 1907-15 P. C. McIntyre as of 1916 Abram Harrison as of 1917-18 Joseph O. Harrison as of 1919-20 George M. Durey as of 1921 Joseph A. Colin as of 1928 McIntyre Fraser as of 1937-47

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