The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Mt. Vernon, New York

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Mayors and Postmasters of Mt. Vernon, New York

Mayors of Mt. Vernon, 1892-2015 (may be incomplete!)
Edward F. Brush 1892-94 Edson Lewis 1894-96 Edwin W. Fiske 1896-1903 Edward F. Brush as of 1904-07 Edwin W. Fiske 1910-17 Edward F. Brush as of 1918-19 Elmer L. Kincaid as of 1920-21 William D. MacQuesten as of 1924-27 James Berg 1928-31 Leslie V. Bateman 1932-35 Denton Pearsall, Jr. as of 1936-39 William Hart Hussey 1940-51 Joseph P. Vaccarella 1952-59 P. Raymond Sirignano as of 1960-63 Joseph P. Vaccarella as of 1964-66

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1892 May 17: Edward F. Brush (Rep), elected; John Berry (Dem), defeated.

1894 May 15: Edson Lewis (Rep), elected; Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), defeated.

1896 May 10: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), elected; William Archer (Rep), defeated.

1898 May 17: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), elected; Walter C. Reed (Rep), defeated.

1900 May 15: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), elected.

1901 Nov 5: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), elected; Edward F. Brush (Rep), defeated.

1903 Nov 3: Edward F. Brush (Rep), elected.

1905 Nov 7: Edward F. Brush (Ind), elected; William Archer (Rep), defeated; William D. Grant (Dem), defeated.

1907 Nov 5: Benjamin Howe (Rep), elected.

1909 Nov 2: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), elected.

1911 Nov 7: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), elected; George H. Taylor, Jr. (Rep), defeated.

1913 Nov 4: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), elected; James Berg (Rep), defeated; William D. Howe (Progressive), defeated.

1915 Nov 2: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), elected.

1917: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), defeated; Edward F. Brush, elected.

1921 Nov 8: Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), elected.

1923 Nov 6: William D. MacQuesten (Rep), elected; Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), defeated.

1927: Clarence G. Martens (Rep), defeated in primary.

1927 Nov 8: James Berg (Rep), elected; Edwin W. Fiske (Dem), defeated.

1931: James Berg, resigned; Leslie V. Bateman (Dem), elected.

1931 Sep 15: Leslie V. Bateman (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1931 Sep 15: Clarence G. Martens (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1935 Sep 17: Leslie V. Bateman (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1935 Sep 17: Denton Pearsall, Jr. (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1935 Nov 5: Denton Pearsall, Jr. (Rep), elected; Leslie V. Bateman (Dem), defeated.

1939 Sep 17: Ranson Caygill (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1939 Sep 19: William Hart Hussey (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1939 Sep 19: A. Berman (American Labor), nominated unopposed.

1939 Nov 7: William Hart Hussey (Rep), elected; Ranson Caygill (Dem), defeated; A. Berman (American Labor), defeated.

1943 Nov 2: William Hart Hussey (Rep), elected; Oscar L. Spears (Dem), defeated.

1947 Nov 4: William Hart Hussey (Rep), elected; Michael I. Silverstein (Dem & Liberal), defeated.

1951 Aug 21: Joseph P. Vaccarella (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1951 Aug 21: William Hart Hussey (Rep), nominated; Harold Ruscher (Rep), defeated in primary.

1951 Aug 21: Joseph P. Vaccarella (Liberal), nominated unopposed.

1951 Nov 6: Joseph P. Vaccarella (Dem & Liberal), elected; William Hart Hussey (Rep), defeated; Harold Ruscher (Ind), defeated.

1955 Sep 13: Joseph P. Vaccarella (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1955 Sep 13: Elmer Hildreth (Rep), nominated; Harold Ruscher (Rep), defeated in primary.

1955 Sep 13: Joseph P. Vaccarella (Liberal), nominated unopposed.

1955 Nov 8: Joseph P. Vaccarella (Dem & Liberal), elected; Elmer Hildreth (Rep), defeated.

1959 Nov 3: P. Raymond Sirignano (Rep), elected; Herbert W. Aronson (Dem & Liberal), defeated.

1963 Nov 5: Joseph P. Vaccarella (Dem & Liberal), elected; P. Raymond Sirignano (Rep), defeated; Harry Krauss (Conservative), defeated.

2015 Nov 3: Richard Thomas (Dem & Rep & Independence & Reform), elected; Ruth H. Thompson (Working Families), defeated; Ernest D. Davis, defeated; Deborah Reynolds (Conservative), defeated.

Postmasters at Mt. Vernon, 1881-1947 (may be incomplete!)
Andrew Bridgeman as of 1881 D. Quackinbush as of 1887 Clarence S. McClellan as of 1897 David O. Williams as of 1901 Stephen Van Tassel as of 1915-21 Sumter L. Happy as of 1928 Eugene S. Fiske as of 1937-47

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