Pennsylvania Secretaries of Internal Affairs, 1875-1968
(May be incomplete!)
William
McCandless 1875-79
Aaron
K. Dunkle 1879-83
J.
Simpson Africa 1883-87
Thomas
J. Stewart 1887-95
Isaac
B. Brown 1895
James
W. Latta 1895-1903
Isaac
B. Brown 1903-07
Henry
Houck 1907-17
Paul
W. Houck 1917-19
James
F. Woodward 1919-27
Genevieve
Blatt 1955-66
John
K. Tabor 1967-68
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1895 Jan 16:
Thomas
J. Stewart, resigned;
Isaac
B. Brown, appointed.
1910:
John
J. Casey, defeated.
1917 Mar 13:
Henry
Houck, died in office.
1918 Nov 5:
James
F. Woodward (Rep & Washington), elected;
Asher
R. Johnson (Dem), defeated;
Thomas
H. Hamilton (Prohibition), defeated;
William
Adams (Socialist), defeated;
Jerome
C. Reis (Single Tax), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
James
F. Woodward (Rep), elected;
A.
Marshall Thompson (Dem), defeated;
Charles
I. Dunbar (Progressive), defeated;
Ella
Broomell (Prohibition), defeated;
Mary
Winsor (Socialist), defeated;
Lewis
Ryan (Single Tax), defeated;
Thomas
E. North (Industrial), defeated.
1926 Nov 2:
James
F. Woodward (Rep & Labor), elected;
John
Murphy (Dem), defeated;
Elizabeth
M. Sherman (Prohibition), defeated;
William
J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;
Max
Jenkins (Workers), defeated;
Sarah
W. Dix (Commonwealth Land), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
Philip
H. Dewey (Rep), elected;
Lucy
D. Winston (Dem), defeated;
Frank
Note (Communist), defeated;
Fred
W. Litten (Prohibition), defeated;
David
Rinne (Socialist), defeated.
1934 Nov 6:
Thomas
A. Logue (Dem), elected;
M.
Harvey Taylor (Rep), defeated;
Franz
E. Daniel (Socialist), defeated;
Mabel
D. Pennock (Prohibition), defeated;
Dan
H. Slinger (Communist), defeated;
Charles
W. Kane (Industrial Labor), defeated.
1954 May 18:
Genevieve
Blatt (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1954 May 18:
Gaynelle
M. Dixon (Rep), nominated;
William
S. Livengood, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1954 Nov 2:
Genevieve
Blatt (Dem), elected;
Gaynelle
M. Dixon (Rep), defeated;
Elizabeth
Frazier (Progressive), defeated;
Thomas
Grady (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1958 May 20:
Genevieve
Blatt (Dem), nominated;
Michael
A. Cannavino (Dem), defeated in primary;
Lucian
J. Ciletti (Dem), defeated in primary.
1958 May 20:
Andrew
J. Gleason (Rep), nominated;
Albert
R. Pechan (Rep), defeated in primary.
1958 Nov 4:
Genevieve
Blatt (Dem), elected;
Andrew
J. Gleason (Rep), defeated.
1962 May 15:
Genevieve
Blatt (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1962 May 15:
Audrey
R. Kelly (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1962 Nov 6:
Genevieve
Blatt (Dem), elected;
Audrey
R. Kelly (Rep), defeated;
Herman
A. Johansen (Socialist Labor), defeated.
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