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Mayors of Lackawanna, New York

Mayors of Lackawanna, 1910-66 (may be incomplete!)
Robert H. Reed as of 1910-11 John Widmer as of 1915-16 John H. Gibbons as of 1920-21 Walter J. Lohr as of 1925-29 Edward T. Malone as of 1930-31 Walter J. Lohr as of 1932-33 Paul J. Tomaka 1934-35 John F. Aszkler as of 1936-41 Michael J. Hughes as of 1942-47 John J. Janiga as of 1948-49 Frank J. Szcyzgiel 1952-53 John J. Janiga 1954-55 Walter J. Paryz, Jr. 1956 Walter Tomljenovich as of 1957 John C. Ogarek as of 1959 Thaddeus E. Orzech as of 1966

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1921 Nov 8: Michael J. Mescall (Dem), elected.
  • 1925 Nov 3: Walter J. Lohr (Rep), elected.
  • 1927 Nov 8: Walter J. Lohr (Rep), elected.
  • 1929 Nov 5: Walter J. Lohr (Rep), elected.
  • 1933 Nov 7: Paul J. Tomaka (Dem), elected.
  • 1935 Nov 5: John F. Aszkler (Rep), elected.
  • 1937 Nov 2: John F. Aszkler (Rep & Socialist), elected; Paul J. Tomaka (Dem & American Labor), defeated.
  • 1939 Nov 7: John F. Aszkler (Rep), elected.
  • 1943 Nov 2: Michael J. Hughes (Dem & American Labor), elected.
  • 1949 Nov 8: John J. Janiga (Dem), elected.
  • 1951 Nov 6: Frank J. Szcyzgiel, elected.
  • 1955 Nov 8: Walter J. Paryz, Jr. (Rep), elected; John J. Janiga (Dem), defeated.
  • 1959 Nov 3: John C. Ogarek (Dem & Liberal), elected.
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