The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Athens, Ohio

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Mayors and Postmasters of Athens, Ohio

Mayors of Athens, 1828-1996 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph Dane 1828-32 John Gillmore 1832-33 Samuel Miller 1833-36 Isaac N. Norton 1836-37 Henry Bartlett 1837-38 John Brown II 1839-42 Norman Root 1842-43 John Brown II 1843-48 Samuel Miller 1848-49 John Brown II 1849-50 Samuel Miller 1850-52 John Brown II 1852-53 Norman Root 1853-64 Joseph M. Dana 1864-67 George W. Baker 1867-68 Joseph M. Dana 1868-69 Hiram C. Martin 1869-70 William Golden 1870-78 Emmett Tompkins 1878-79 James Perry Wood 1880-84 Judiah Higgins 1884-88 Edward T. Rose 1888-90 Charles H. Mintun 1890-94 William Stephen Wilson 1894-96 O. E. Davis 1896-99 Edward T. Rose 1899-1902 Henry Logan 1902-06 Gilbert E. Day 1906-07 Silas E. Hedges 1907-10 Charles M. Slaughter 1910-14 Oliver F. Rowland 1914-17 Erwin C. Woodworth 1918-19 Thomas B. Roush 1920-22 Clarence M. Gill 1922-23 Leander A. Koons 1924-25 Alex M. Moore 1926-29 Robert Simpson Wood 1930-31 Len B. McCune 1934-37 Clifford C. Cornell 1938-41 Franz L. Woodworth 1942-47 William P. Mickle 1948-51 Peter B. Seel 1952-57 William H. Herbert 1957 Kenneth W. Lands 1958-61 Raymond Shepard 1962-71 Donald L. Barrett 1972-83 Edward Ray Beckett, Jr. 1984-87 Sara Ague Hendricker 1988-95 Richard Abel 1996

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1879 Dec 31: Emmett Tompkins, resigned.

1880 Jan 1: James Perry Wood, appointed.

1899 Sep 29: O. E. Davis, resigned.

1907: Gilbert E. Day, resigned.

1922 Nov 6: Thomas B. Roush, resigned.

1933 Nov 7: Len B. McCune (Dem), elected.

1949 Nov 8: William P. Mickle (Rep), elected.

1957 Feb 12: Peter B. Seel, died in office.

Postmasters at Athens, 1816-1911 (may be incomplete!)
Eliphaz Perkins as of 1816 John Perkins as of 1845 W. W. Kurtz as of 1881 C. C. Sheldon as of 1887 George W. Baker as of 1889-91 C. D. Gist 1901-05 Charles H. Bryson as of 1911

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1905 Nov 6: C. D. Gist, died in office.

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