The Political Graveyard: McKeesport, Pennsylvania

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McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Mayors, Burgesses, Postmasters

Mayors of McKeesport, 1906-2003 (may be incomplete!)
William H. Coleman as of 1906-09 George H. Lysle as of 1920-37 Frank Buchanan as of 1942 Charles A. Kincaid as of 1953 Andrew J. Jakomas as of 1954-62

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1929 Nov 5: George H. Lysle (Rep), elected; James C. Peairs (Dem), defeated; William P. Mikades (Communist), defeated.

1933 Sep 19: John B. Sweeney (Dem), nominated; W. H. Chambers (Dem), defeated in primary.

1933 Nov 7: George H. Lysle (Rep & Prohibition), elected; John B. Sweeney (Dem & Socialist), defeated; James A. Fulton, defeated.

1941 Nov 4: Frank Buchanan (Dem), elected; George H. Lysle (Rep), defeated.

2003 Nov 4: James R. Brewster (Dem), elected unopposed.

Burgesses of McKeesport, 1842-88 (may be incomplete!)
James R. Hendrickson 1842 William Cook 1843 Thomas Penney 1844 Theodore Marlin 1845 Thomas Penney 1846 Oliver Evans 1847 John Tritch 1848 Robert Shaw 1849 John Wilkinson 1850 J. B. Mitchell 1851 Hugh Rowland 1852 A. Atwater 1853 Thomas Carroll 1854 Thomas Lynch 1855 Hugh Rowland 1856 William H. Hill 1857 Robert Shaw 1858 Thomas Penney 1859-60 James H. Berry 1861 J. W. Patterson 1862-63 Lewis Harvey 1864 William Atwater 1865 James R. Hendrickson 1866-67 A. W. Lukens 1868-70 James F. Ryan 1871 W. P. Wampler 1872-73 James F. Ryan 1874 W. P. Wampler 1875 F. Houghton 1876-77 J. W. Scott 1878-79 Alonzo Innskeep 1880-82 Thomas Tillbrook 1883-84 B. B. Coursin 1885 W. W. Hunter 1886 B. B. Coursin 1887 James A. McLure 1888

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1842 Sep 6: James R. Hendrickson, elected.

Postmasters at McKeesport, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
William E. Harrison as of 1901

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