The Political Graveyard: Rye, New York

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Rye, New York
Mayors, Village Presidents, Postmasters

Mayors of Rye, 1926-2017 (may be incomplete!)
John M. Morehead 1926-30 Livingston Platt 1930-43 Grenville S. Sewall 1944-47 Karl T. Frederick as of 1948-49 Joseph A. Hannan as of 1950-55 Robert P. Hughes as of 1956-59 H. Clay Johnson 1962-66 Edmund C. Grainger, Jr. 1966-74 John Carey 1974-82 Frederick J. Hunziker 1982-86 Mary Ann Ilse 1986-90 Warren R. Ross 1990-94 Edward B. Dunn 1994-98 Steve Otis 1998-2010 Douglas French 2010-13 Joseph A. Sack 2014-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1929 Mar 19: John M. Morehead, elected.

1930 Mar 18: Livingston Platt, elected unopposed.

1931 Mar 17: Livingston Platt, elected unopposed.

1935 Mar 19: Livingston Platt (Citizens), elected unopposed.

1937: Livingston Platt, elected.

1941 Nov 4: Livingston Platt, elected.

1943 Nov 2: Grenville S. Sewall (Citizens), elected; E. Bird Kelly (People's), defeated.

1949 Nov 8: Joseph A. Hannan (Rep & Dem), elected unopposed.

1951 Aug 21: Joseph A. Hannan (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1951 Nov 6: Joseph A. Hannan (Rep), elected unopposed.

1953 Nov 3: Joseph A. Hannan (Rep & Dem), elected unopposed.

1955 Sep 13: John A. Pateracki, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1955 Sep 13: Robert P. Hughes (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1955 Nov 8: Robert P. Hughes (Rep), elected; John A. Pateracki, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1959 Nov 3: Robert P. Hughes (Rep), elected; T. I. Sheridan, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1961 Nov 7: H. Clay Johnson (Rep), elected; John Carey (Dem), defeated.

1963 Nov 5: H. Clay Johnson (Rep), elected unopposed.

2013 Nov 5: Joseph A. Sack (Rep & Conservative), elected; Peter W. Jovanovich, defeated; Nancy L. Silberkleit, defeated; Mark Cunningham, defeated.

Village Presidents of Rye, 1913-26 (may be incomplete!)
Theodore Fremd 1913-26

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1925 Mar 17: Theodore Fremd, elected unopposed.

Postmasters at Rye, 1836-1977 (may be incomplete!)
David H. Mead as of 1836 Benjamin S. Olmstead as of 1881 Disbrow Budd as of 1887 Disbrow Budd as of 1897 Alexander M. Harriott as of 1901-16 Michael Daly as of 1917-21 W. F. Billington as of 1928 Teresa V. Ball 1934-35 Teresa V. Ball 1935-47 Cornelius S. Ball 1947-49 Cornelius S. Ball 1949-77

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