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

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Mayors and Postmasters of Norwich, New York

Mayors of Norwich, 1915-59 (may be incomplete!)
Fred McMullen as of 1915-16 Linn H. Babcock as of 1920-26 D. H. Curnalia as of 1927-29 Frank Zuber as of 1930-43 James W. Flanagan as of 1944-47 J. Frederic Benedict as of 1948-49 Joseph Letson 1952-55 Frank J. Portelli as of 1955-56 Adelbert Button as of 1959

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1927 Nov 8: D. H. Curnalia (Rep), elected; Katherine Stoddard (Dem), defeated.

1929 Nov 5: Frank Zuber (Rep), elected.

1933 Nov 7: Frank Zuber (Rep), elected.

1935 Nov 5: Frank Zuber (Rep), elected.

1937 Nov 2: Frank Zuber (Rep & Dem), elected.

1943 Nov 2: James W. Flanagan (Dem), elected.

1949 Nov 8: J. Frederic Benedict (Rep), elected.

1951 Nov 6: Joseph Letson (Rep), elected.

1955 Nov 8: Frank J. Portelli (Rep), elected unopposed.

1959 Nov 3: J. Leo Weiler (Ind), elected.

Postmasters at Norwich, 1805-1986 (may be incomplete!)
Hascall Ransford 1805-11 Perez Randall 1811-19 Nathan Chamberlin 1819 Lot Clark 1819-23 Squire Smith 1823-25 Lot Clark 1825-29 John Clapp 1829-39 Squire Smith 1839-41 Jonathan Wells 1841-42 Squire Smith 1842-49 James Thompson 1849 Henry DeForest 1849-53 Elisha B. Smith 1853-54 Sherwood S. Merritt 1854-61 Harmon Bennett 1861-69 George M. Tillson 1869-73 Ezra B. Barnett 1873-77 James K. Spaulding 1877-85 Frank W. Rogers 1885-89 Frank B. Mitchell 1889-94 Samuel A. Jones 1894-1900 James H. Throop 1900-05 J. Johnson Ray 1905-13 Edward S. Moore 1913-23 William A. Baldwin 1923-28 Albert N. Cobb 1928 Albert N. Cobb 1928-33 Hugh M. Bulger 1933-34 Hugh M. Bulger 1934-45 James F. Byrne 1945-49 John R. Dunn 1949-54 Ward C. Hazard 1954-63 David E. Lee 1963-65 David E. Lee 1965-86

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