The Political Graveyard: Erie, Pennsylvania

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Erie, Pennsylvania
including South Erie
Mayors, Burgesses, Postmasters

Mayors of Erie, 1851-2010 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas C. Colt 1851 Murray Whallon 1852 Alfred King 1853-54 Wilson Laird 1855-56 James Hoskinson 1857 Wilson Laird 1858 Sherburn Smith 1859-61 Prescott Metcalf 1862-64 F. F. Farrar 1865 William L. Scott 1866 Orange Noble 1867-70 William L. Scott 1871 Charles M. Reed 1872-73 Henry Rawle 1874-75 John W. Hammond 1876 Shelden Marvin 1877 David T. Jones 1878-80 Joseph McCarter 1881-82 Philip A. Becker 1883-84 F. F. Adams 1885 F. A. Misner 1886 John C. Brady 1887-88 Charles S. Clarke 1889-92 Walter Scott 1893-95 Robert J. Saltsman 1896-98 John Depinet 1899-1901 William Hardwick 1902-04 Robert J. Saltsman 1905-06 Michael Liebel, Jr. 1907-11 William J. Stern 1911-15 Miles B. Kitts 1916-24 Joseph C. Williams 1924-32 James P. Rossiter 1932-36 Charles R. Barber 1936-47 Gale Ross 1947-48 Sherman Hickey, Jr. 1948 Joseph C. Martin 1948-49 Clairence K. Pulling 1950-52 Thomas W. Flatley 1952-54 George J. Brabender 1954-55 Arthur J. Gardner 1955-62 Charles B. Williamson 1962-66 Louis J. Tullio 1966-89 Patricia Liebel 1989 Joyce A. Savocchio 1990-2001 Richard E. Filippi 2002-05 Joseph E. Sinnott 2006-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1898: John Depinet, elected.

1906: Robert J. Saltsman, died in office.

1912: Robert F. Devine, defeated.

1916: Bernard J. Veit, elected, but died before taking office.

1935: Charles R. Barber, elected.

1939: Charles R. Barber, elected.

1943: Charles R. Barber, elected.

1951 Nov 6: Thomas W. Flatley (Dem), elected; Clairence K. Pulling (Rep), defeated.

1954 Dec 14: Thomas W. Flatley, resigned.

1955 May 17: Arthur J. Gardner (Dem), nominated; James T. Hogan (Dem), defeated in primary; Harold W. Kinter (Dem), defeated in primary; Joseph J. Liebert (Dem), defeated in primary.

1955 May 17: Herbert Foster (Rep), nominated; Charles D. Cowley (Rep), defeated in primary.

1955 Nov 8: Arthur J. Gardner (Dem), elected; Herbert Foster (Rep), defeated.

1959 May 19: Arthur J. Gardner (Dem), nominated; Harold W. Kinter (Dem), defeated in primary; Joseph J. Brennan (Dem), defeated in primary; Gus G. Pulakos (Dem), defeated in primary; William C. Podbielski (Dem), defeated in primary; John M. Crane (Dem), defeated in primary.

1959 May 19: John W. English (Rep), nominated; Charles B. Williamson (Rep), defeated in primary.

1959 Nov 3: Arthur J. Gardner (Dem), elected; John W. English (Rep), defeated.

1989: Patricia Liebel (Dem), defeated in primary.

1989 Nov 10: Louis J. Tullio, resigned.

Burgesses of Erie, 1806-50 (may be incomplete!)
John C. Wallace 1806 Thomas Wilson 1807 George Beuhler 1808-09 John C. Wallace 1810-11 Samuel Hays 1812 Judah Colt 1813 George Moore 1814-15 Thomas H. Sill 1816-17 George Moore 1818-19 Judah Colt 1820-21 John Morris 1822-24 John C. Wallace 1825-27 Tabor Beebe 1828 Thomas H. Sill 1829 William Johns 1830 George A. Elliot 1831 Tabor Beebe 1832 Thomas H. Sill 1833-34 Joseph M. Sterrett 1835 J. B. Langhead 1836-37 James H. White 1838 William Kelley 1839 Myron Goodwin 1840 Rubus S. Reed 1841 Thomas Stewart 1842 Thomas H. Sill 1843-44 Charles W. Kelso 1845 William Kelley 1846-47 Charles W. Kelso 1848 A. W. Brewster 1849 B. B. Vincent 1850

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1806 May 5: John C. Wallace, elected.

Postmasters at Erie, 1811-1980 (may be incomplete!)
Robert Knox 1811-28 James Hughs 1828-33 Robert Cochran 1833-40 Smith Jackson 1840-41 Andrew Scott 1841-45 Robert Cochran 1845-49 Thomas H. Sill 1849-53 Benjamin F. Sloan 1853-61 Joseph M. Sterrett 1861-69 Isaac B. Gara 1869-76 Thomas M. Walker 1876-79 Isaac Moorhead 1879-81 Edmund W. Reed 1881-85 Henry C. Shannon 1885-89 John C. Hilton 1889-94 Charles S. Clarke 1894-98 Isador Sobel 1898-1914 John T. Brew 1914-17 Samuel L. Gibson 1917 Turner W. Shacklett 1918 Joseph A. Hanley 1918-33 Herbert A. Schlaudecker 1933-35 Herbert A. Schlaudecker 1935 Charles H. Schloss 1935-36 Charles H. Schloss 1936-68 Stanley P. Dombroski 1968-70 Stanley P. Dombroski 1970-80

South Erie
(annexed to Erie about 1870)

Burgesses of South Erie, 1866-70 (may be incomplete!)
William Henry 1866-70

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