The Political Graveyard: Utica, New York

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Utica, New York
including Old Fort Schuyler
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Utica, 1832-1981 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph Kirkland 1832 Horatio Seymour as of 1843 Ward Hunt 1844 Joshua A. Spencer as of 1848 Charles H. Doolittle 1853 Roscoe Conkling as of 1858-59 John Butterfield as of 1865 John Thomas Spriggs as of 1868-80 James S. Sherman as of 1884-86 Alexander T. Goodwin as of 1892 John G. Gibson as of 1896 Richard W. Sherman 1900-01 Charles A. Talcott 1902-06 Richard W. Sherman 1906-07 Frederick Gillmore 1910-11 James D. Smith as of 1915-16 James K. O'Connor 1920-21 Fred J. Douglas 1922-24 Frederick Gillmore as of 1925-27 Fred J. Rath as of 1928-29 Charles S. Donnelley as of 1930-33 Samuel Sloan as of 1934-35 Vincent R. Corrou as of 1935-43 J. Bradbury German, Jr. as of 1944 Boyd E. Golder 1946-55 John T. McKennan 1956-59

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1853 Mar 1: Charles H. Doolittle (Dem), elected.

1909 Nov 2: Frederick Gillmore (Dem), elected.

1911 Nov 7: Frank J. Baker (Rep), elected.

1921 Nov 8: Fred J. Douglas (Rep), elected.

1925 Nov 3: Frederick Gillmore (Dem), elected.

1927 Nov 8: Fred J. Rath (Rep), elected.

1929 Nov 5: Charles S. Donnelley (Dem), elected.

1933 Nov 7: Samuel Sloan (Rep), elected.

1935 Nov 5: Vincent R. Corrou (Dem), elected.

1937 Nov 2: Vincent R. Corrou (Dem & American Labor), elected.

1939 Nov 7: Vincent R. Corrou (Dem), elected.

1943 Nov 2: J. Bradbury German, Jr. (Rep), elected.

1949 Nov 8: Boyd E. Golder (Dem & American Labor), elected.

1951 Nov 6: Boyd E. Golder (Dem & Liberal), elected.

1955 Nov 8: John T. McKennan (Dem), elected.

1959 Nov 3: Frank M. Dulan (Rep), elected.

1981: John Zogby, defeated.

Postmasters at Utica, 1798-1974 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel Carrington 1798-1802 John Carrington 1802 Marcus Hitchcock 1803-28 James Platt 1828-29 Augustine G. Dauby 1829-49 Joseph A. Shearman 1849-53 Isaiah Tiffany 1853-58 Joseph M. Lyon 1858-61 Charles H. Hopkins 1861-66 James McQuade 1866-67 Charles H. Hopkins 1867-80 Erastus Clark 1880-82 Judson T. Stevens 1882-87 E. Prentiss Bailey 1887-91 James Miller 1891-96 E. Prentiss Bailey 1896-1900 Rufus Daggett 1900-08 Harry W. Roberts 1908-11 Thomas Wheeler 1911-15 John G. Gibson 1915-19 William M. Philleo 1919-21 William M. Philleo 1921-34 Charles S. Donnelley 1935 Charles S. Donnelley 1935-55 Stanley L. Evans 1955-57 Stanley L. Evans 1957-74

Old Fort Schuyler
(renamed Utica 1798)

Postmasters at Old Fort Schuyler, 1795-98 (may be incomplete!)
John Post 1795-96 Benjamin Woodward 1796-97 Samuel Carrington 1797-98

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