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

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Mayors and Postmasters of Tonawanda, New York

Mayors of Tonawanda, 1911-2013 (may be incomplete!)
Charles Buchmaier as of 1911 Albert J. Cordes as of 1915 William E. Schnell as of 1916 William C. Hubman 1920-21 Christ S. Warren 1922-27 John L. Beyer 1928-33 Christ S. Warren 1934-41 Clarence A. Hackett 1942-47 Eugene H. Duffy 1948-49 Arnold C. Gath 1952-53 Eugene H. Duffy as of 1954-56 Lloyd J. Long as of 1959

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1911 Nov 7: Charles Buchmaier (Rep), elected.

1921 Nov 8: Christ S. Warren (Rep), elected.

1925 Nov 3: Christ S. Warren (Rep), elected.

1927 Nov 8: John L. Beyer (Dem), elected.

1929 Nov 5: John L. Beyer (Dem), elected.

1933 Nov 7: John L. Beyer (Dem), elected.

1935 Nov 5: Christ S. Warren (Rep), elected.

1937 Nov 2: Christ S. Warren (Rep), elected.

1939 Nov 7: Christ S. Warren (Rep), elected.

1943 Nov 2: Clarence A. Hackett, elected.

1949 Nov 8: Eugene H. Duffy (Dem), elected.

1951 Nov 6: Arnold C. Gath (Rep), elected.

1955 Nov 8: Eugene H. Duffy (Dem), elected.

1959 Nov 3: Lloyd J. Long (Rep), elected.

2001 Nov 6: Jack E. Gallagher (Dem & Independence), elected; Ronald J. Pilozzi (Rep & Conservative), defeated; Thomas J. Christy (Taxpayers), defeated.

2013 Nov 5: Rick Davis (Dem), elected; Ronald J. Pilozzi (Rep), defeated.

Postmasters at Tonawanda, 1825-1970 (may be incomplete!)
Palmer Cleveland 1825-28 Joseph T. Bush 1828-38 Isaac S. Youngs 1838-41 Jacob Kibler 1841-53 Selden G. Johnson 1853-55 Christian M. Eggert 1855-61 Roswell W. Driggs 1861-62 Stephen O. Hayward 1862-64 Henry B. Stanley 1864-66 Jeanette Stanley 1866-79 Robert L. Koch 1879-84 Herbert L. Joyce 1884-87 George C. Schwinger 1887-90 Gottlob C. Christ 1890 Christian Schwinger 1890 Gottlob C. Christ 1890-95 Fayette A. Ballard 1895-98 John G. Wallenmeier, Jr. 1898-1905 Peter Dahl 1905-14 Edward F. Dougherty 1914-23 Fred Hahn 1923-35 Walter Frank Baltes 1935 Walter Frank Baltes 1935-48 Franklyn S. Diedrich 1948-53 Karl F. W. Mowitz 1953-54 Karl F. W. Mowitz 1954-63 John J. Cummings 1963-65 John J. Cummings 1965-70

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