The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Butler, Pennsylvania

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Mayors and Postmasters of Butler, Pennsylvania

Mayors of Butler, 1920-2009 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph A. Heineman as of 1920 George Bob Wick as of 1927 Joseph A. Heineman as of 1929-30 George M. Thompson as of 1935-37 T. R. Nicholson as of 1953 Walter Schweppe as of 1954-56 Harry F. Pepper as of 1960 Walter Schweppe as of 1962 Ronald E. Forcht as of 1982-86

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

2005 May 17: Margaret Stock (Dem), nominated; Richard J. Schontz (Dem), defeated in primary.

2005 May 17: Drusilla Rensel (Rep), nominated unopposed.

2005 Nov 8: Margaret Stock (Dem), elected; Drusilla Rensel (Rep), defeated.

2009 May 19: Margaret Stock (Dem), nominated unopposed.

2009 Nov 3: Margaret Stock (Dem), elected unopposed.

Postmasters at Butler, 1805-1979 (may be incomplete!)
William B. Young 1805-07 John Potts 1807-13 William Gibson 1813-16 Jacob Mechlin, Jr. 1816-24 John Gilchrist 1824-30 Peter Duffy 1830-32 James Potts 1832-35 Patrick Kelly 1835-40 James Graham 1840-41 William B. Lemmon 1841-45 David A. Agnew 1845-49 Joshua J. Sedwick 1849-53 Daniel Coll 1853-61 Joshua J. Sedwick 1861-69 Frank M. Eastman 1869-71 Thomas B. White 1871-79 Sallie A. Robinson 1879-88 Frank M. Eastman 1888-92 John T. Kelly 1892-96 John W. Brown 1896-1900 Josiah B. Black 1900-05 Eli D. Robinson 1905-09 James B. Mates 1909-13 Thomas A. Frazier 1913-16 John J. MacKinney 1916 William T. Mechling 1916-18 William H. Miller 1918-20 George N. Burckhalter 1920-24 Clifford G. Chase 1924-31 Clarence G. Dixon 1931-32 Clarence G. Dixon 1932-36 Lawrence J. Leonard 1936 Lawrence J. Leonard 1936-39 Marjorie Leonard 1939-40 John Brady Murrin 1940-58 Paul R. Faux 1958-59 Paul R. Faux 1959-61 Donald M. Crouch 1961-63 Donald M. Crouch 1963-79

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