The Political Graveyard: Portage, Pennsylvania

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Portage, Pennsylvania
including Sonman
Burgesses, Postmasters

Burgesses of Portage, 1923-60 (may be incomplete!)
John Doney, Sr. as of 1923 Ralph George as of 1960

Postmasters at Portage, 1842-1970 (may be incomplete!)
Bernard McColgan 1842-46 John McColgan 1846-48 James McColgan 1848-51 John McColgan 1851-56 Henry Allenbaugh 1870-73 John C. Noel 1873-85 Peter McGough 1885-89 John A. Troxell 1889-93 Andrew Smith 1893-95 John J. McDonnell 1895-96 Maggie D. Ake 1896-1900 Caleb Plummer 1900-07 Joseph C. Lauffer 1907-13 Patrick F. Campbell 1913-22 Ambrose D. Mitchell 1922-26 Foston W. Eichler 1926-35 James W. Nash 1935-36 James W. Nash 1936-54 Lea E. Derrick 1954-55 Donald C. Shaffer 1955-56 Donald C. Shaffer 1956-70

Sonman
(renamed Portage about 1873)

Postmasters at Sonman, 1856-73 (may be incomplete!)
Albert F. Cantwell 1856-59 Bernard McColgan 1859-64 James A. Shoemaker 1864-68 William D. Jones 1868-69 Henry Allenbaugh 1869-70 Henry Allenbaugh 1873

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