The Political Graveyard: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
including South Bethlehem
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Bethlehem, 1917-62 (may be incomplete!)
Archibald Johnston 1918-20 James M. Yeakle as of 1927 Robert Pfeifle as of 1929-37 Earl E. Schaffer as of 1953-60 H. Gordon Payrow, Jr. as of 1962

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1917 Nov 6: Archibald Johnston, elected unopposed.

Postmasters at Bethlehem, 1792-1973 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph Horsfield 1792-1802 George Huber 1802-13 Francis C. Kampman 1813-16 Joseph Rice 1816-20 Owen Rice, Jr. 1820-23 William Rice 1823-25 Owen Rice, Jr. 1825-38 Charles C. Tombler 1838-41 Jacob Kummer 1841-45 Charles C. Tombler 1845-48 William D. Tombler 1848-49 James A. Rice 1849-50 Josephine Rice 1850-53 William F. Miller 1853-56 Charles A. Luckenbach 1856-60 William H. Bush 1860-61 Robert Peysert 1861-77 John Lerch 1877-81 Owen A. Luckenbach 1881-85 George F. Herman 1885-89 Owen A. Luckenbach 1889-91 Henry A. Groman 1891-95 Clayton L. Shimer 1895-1900 Lewis W. Snyder 1900-04 G. William Riegel 1904-17 Allen H. Barthold 1917-21 Harry W. Thatcher 1921-31 John C. Gillespie 1931-32 Robert K. Ritter 1932-34 Harry D. Kutz 1934 Harry D. Kutz 1934 Carrie Kutz 1934-36 Urban W. O'Donnell 1936-51 Marcella E. O'Donnell 1951-53 Harold E. Groman 1953-54 John W. Dawley 1954-55 John W. Dawley 1955-59 C. Earl Garland 1959-61 Donald P. Fischer 1961-64 Donald P. Fischer 1964-73

South Bethlehem
(consolidated with Bethlehem about 1918)

Postmasters at South Bethlehem, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
Frederick W. Ulrich as of 1901

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