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

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Mayors and Postmasters of Watertown, New York

Mayors of Watertown, 1879-1959 (may be incomplete!)
Denis O'Brien 1879-80 Nelson Burdick as of 1882-83 James B. Wise as of 1896 Francis M. Hugo as of 1911 Isaac R. Breen as of 1915-16 Robert E. Cahill as of 1920-21 John B. Harris as of 1925-35 David D. Kieff as of 1936-39 Charles A. Winslow 1940-47 Henry A. Hudson as of 1948-49 John H. Newman 1952-55 William G. Lachenauer 1956-59

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1884: William S. Carlisle (Dem), defeated.

1903 Nov 3: Charles D. Bingham (Rep), elected; Florentine D. Roth (Dem), defeated; Albert M. Peltier (Social Democratic), defeated; Fred V. Bush (Prohibition), defeated.

1911 Nov 7: Francis M. Hugo (Rep), elected.

1915 Nov 2: Isaac R. Breen (Rep), elected.

1919 Nov 4: Robert E. Cahill (Nonpartisan), elected; Henry J. Kimball (Rep), defeated.

1927 Nov 8: John B. Harris, elected.

1935 Nov 5: David D. Kieff, elected.

1939 Nov 7: Charles A. Winslow, elected.

1943 Nov 2: Charles A. Winslow, elected.

1951 Nov 6: John H. Newman, elected.

1955 Sep 13: William G. Lachenauer, nominated; William J. Flynn, nominated; John H. Newman, defeated in primary.

1955 Nov 8: William G. Lachenauer, elected; William J. Flynn, defeated.

1959 Nov 3: William G. Lachenauer, elected.

Postmasters at Watertown, 1804-1971 (may be incomplete!)
Henry Coffin 1804-06 Joseph Clark 1806-11 Paul Hutchinson 1811-16 Henry H. Sherwood 1816-22 Daniel Lee 1822-29 Alpheus S. Greene 1829-40 Alvin Hunt 1840-41 John F. Hutchinson 1841-45 Pearson Mundy 1845-49 Philo S. Johnson 1849-53 William H. Sigourney 1853-61 Levi Smith 1861-70 William G. Williams 1870-74 Alexander Campbell 1874 William G. Williams 1874-82 Edward M. Gates 1882-86 John C. Streeter 1886-89 Edward M. Gates 1889-93 Charles W. Clare 1893-97 DeWitt C. Middleton 1897-1900 Robert J. Buck 1900-11 Bruce F. Martin 1911-15 A. Raymond Cornwall 1915-24 George A. Hager 1924-36 Francis J. McCarthy 1936 Francis J. McCarthy 1936-47 William L. Farley 1948-50 William L. Farley 1950-57 Harry C. Hager 1957 Harry C. Hager 1957-65 Walter F. Brady 1965-67 Walter F. Brady 1967-71

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1947 Aug 14: Francis J. McCarthy, died in office.

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