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

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Mayors and Postmasters of Olean, New York

Mayors of Olean, 1894-1959 (may be incomplete!)
Nicholas V. V. Franchot 1894-98 Peter C. Foley 1910-11 William H. Simpson as of 1915 Foster Studholme 1916-19 Willis Z. Georgia 1920-21 Peter C. Foley 1922 George H. Pierce 1923-29 Earl C. Vedder 1930-31 Albert J. Carr 1932-33 Fred W. Forness, Jr. 1934-37 John E. McAuliffe 1938-39 Fred W. Forness, Jr. 1940-41 Walkerman D. Dugan 1942-43 Thomas A. Gustafson 1943-51 William N. Davis 1952-53 Thomas A. Gustafson 1954-55 Ivers J. Norton 1956-59

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1909 Nov 2: Peter C. Foley (Dem), elected.

1911 Nov 7: Peter C. Foley (Dem), elected.

1915 Nov 2: Foster Studholme (Rep), elected.

1917 Nov 6: Foster Studholme (Rep & Prohibition), elected; Peter C. Foley (Dem), defeated; Gaius C. Smith (Socialist), defeated.

1919 Nov 4: Willis Z. Georgia (Rep), elected; Peter C. Foley (Dem), defeated; Gaius C. Smith (Socialist), defeated.

1921 Nov 8: Peter C. Foley (Dem), elected.

1925 Nov 3: George H. Pierce (Rep), elected.

1927 Nov 8: George H. Pierce (Rep), elected.

1929 Nov 5: Earl C. Vedder (Rep), elected.

1933 Nov 7: Fred W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), elected.

1935 Nov 5: Fred W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), elected; Howard K. Jaekle (Rep), defeated; John G. Cooper (Socialist), defeated.

1937 Nov 2: John E. McAuliffe (Rep), elected; Fred W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), defeated; John G. Cooper (Socialist), defeated.

1939 Nov 7: Fred W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), elected.

1941 Nov 4: Walkerman D. Dugan (Rep & Dem), elected; John G. Cooper (American Labor), defeated.

1943 Jan 2: Walkerman D. Dugan, resigned.

1943 Feb 23: Thomas A. Gustafson (Rep), elected; James V. Rogers (Dem), defeated; John G. Cooper (American Labor), defeated.

1943 Nov 2: Thomas A. Gustafson (Rep), elected; Fred W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), defeated; John G. Cooper (American Labor), defeated.

1949 Nov 8: Thomas A. Gustafson (Rep), elected.

1951 Nov 6: William N. Davis (Rep), elected.

1955 Nov 8: Ivers J. Norton (Rep), elected; Raymond M. Haggerty, Sr. (Dem), defeated.

1959 Nov 3: Ivers J. Norton (Rep & Dem), elected.

Postmasters at Olean, 1817-1969 (may be incomplete!)
Horatio Orton 1817-20 Sylvanus Russell 1820-24 Henry Bryan 1824-29 Darror Swain 1829-30 Frederic L. Martin 1830-39 David Day 1839-49 Olcott P. Boardman 1849-53 David Day 1853-57 Henry W. Fish 1857-61 Rufus L. Page 1861-70 James G. Johnson 1870-77 George N. Fobes 1877-78 Milton B. Fobes 1878-81 Wilson R. Page 1881-86 Calvin S. Stowell 1886-90 Wilson R. Page 1890-94 Frank L. Stowell 1894-98 George M. Mayer 1898-1910 Edward Troy 1910-15 Herbert D. Sibley 1915-24 Copeland E. Smith 1924-33 Dennis W. Keating 1933-34 Dennis W. Keating 1934 Margaret E. Keating 1935-36 Margaret E. Keating 1936-41 John Joseph Shortell 1941-52 James V. Rogers 1952-53 Donald R. Harvison 1953-54 Donald R. Harvison 1954-69

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1934 Dec 13: Dennis W. Keating, died in office.

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