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Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs

Mayors of El Paso, 1873-2022 (may be incomplete!)
Ben S. Dowell 1873-75 Melton A. Jones 1875-76 Solomon Shultz 1880-81 Joseph Magoffin 1881-85 R. C. Lightbody 1885-89 G. E. Hubbard 1889 Richard Caples 1889-93 W. H. Austin 1893-94 Adolph Solomon 1894 A. K. Albers 1894 R. F. Johnson 1894-95 Robert Campbell 1895-97 Joseph Magoffin 1897-1901 Ben F. Hammett 1901-03 Charles Robert Morehead, Jr. 1903-05 Charles Davis, Sr. 1905-07 Joseph Sweeney 1907-10 W. F. Robinson 1910 Charles E. Kelly 1910-15 Tom Lea 1915-17 Charles Davis, Jr. 1917-23 Richard M. Dudley 1923-25 H. P. Jackson 1925-27 R. Ewing Thomason 1927-31 A. B. Poe 1931 R. E. Sherman 1931-37 M. A. Harlan 1937-38 John E. Anderson 1938-47 Dan L. P. Duke 1947 Dan R. Ponder 1947-49 Dan L. P. Duke 1949-51 Fred Hervey 1951-55 W. T. Misenhimer 1955 Tom E. Rogers 1955-57 Raymond Telles 1957-61 Ralph Seitsinger 1961-63 Judson F. Williams 1963-69 Ashley G. Classen 1969 Peter De Wetter 1969-71 Bert Williams 1971-73 Fred Hervey 1973-75 Don Henderson 1975-77 Ray Salazar 1977-79 Thomas D. Westfall 1979-81 Jonathan W. Rogers 1981-89 Suzie Azar 1989-91 Bill Tilney 1991-93 Larry Francis 1993-97 Carlos M. Ramirez 1997-2001 Raymond Caballero 2001-03 Joe Wardy 2003-05 John F. Cook 2005-13 Oscar Leeser 2013-17 Dee Margo 2017-21 Oscar Leeser 2021-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1873 May 17: Ben S. Dowell, elected.
  • 1875 Aug 2: Melton A. Jones, elected; Ben S. Dowell, defeated.
  • 1880 Jul 30: Solomon Shultz, elected.
  • 1881 Aug 9: Joseph Magoffin, elected unopposed.
  • 1883 Aug 14: Joseph Magoffin, elected.
  • 1885 Aug 11: R. C. Lightbody, elected.
  • 1887 Aug 9: R. C. Lightbody, elected.
  • 1889 Apr 18: R. C. Lightbody, resigned.
  • 1889 Jun 28: Richard Caples, elected; Buchanan, defeated.
  • 1891 Apr 14: Richard Caples, elected; W. N. Vilas, defeated.
  • 1893 Apr 11: W. H. Austin, elected; A. M. Loomis, defeated.
  • 1894 Jan 13: W. H. Austin, resigned.
  • 1894 Apr 10: A. K. Albers, elected; W. S. McCutcheon, defeated; J. B. Badger, defeated.
  • 1894 Apr 20: A. K. Albers, resigned.
  • 1925 May 1: Richard M. Dudley, died in office.
  • 1947 Feb 4: John E. Anderson, died in office.
  • 1947 Feb 22: Dan R. Ponder (Dem), nominated; Dan L. P. Duke (Dem), defeated in primary; J. J. Walden, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1947 Apr 8: Dan R. Ponder (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1989 May 6: Suzie Azar, advanced to runoff; Ed Elsey, advanced to runoff; Paul C. Moreno, defeated; Ray Pearson, defeated; Mary Haynes, defeated; Carl Vizcarra, defeated.
  • 1989 May 27: Suzie Azar, elected; Ed Elsey, defeated.
  • 1991 May 4: Bill Tilney, elected; Suzie Azar, defeated; Mark Lozano, defeated; Sandra Theodore, defeated.
  • 1993 May 1: Larry Francis, advanced to runoff; Carlos M. Ramirez, advanced to runoff; Joe C. Pickett, defeated; Bill Tilney, defeated; Rick Ledesma, defeated; Lorrine Beasley, defeated; Mark Lozano, defeated; Sandra Theodore, defeated; James A. McDaniel, defeated; Roberto Rojo, defeated; Pamela Kurpgeweit, defeated; Eugene Lucero, defeated.
  • 1993 May 29: Larry Francis, elected; Carlos M. Ramirez, defeated.
  • 1995 May 6: Larry Francis, elected; Carlos M. Ramirez, defeated; Gene Finke, defeated.
  • 1997 May 3: Carlos M. Ramirez, elected; Raymond Telles, defeated; John Ogaz, defeated.
  • 1999 May 2: Carlos M. Ramirez, elected; Barbara Perez, defeated; Stan Roberts, defeated; Leeland O. White, defeated.
  • 2001 May 5: Raymond Caballero, advanced to runoff; Larry Francis, advanced to runoff; Presi Ortega, defeated; Belen B. Robles, defeated; Carl Munoz Starr, defeated; Leeland O. White, defeated.
  • 2001 May 26: Raymond Caballero, elected; Larry Francis, defeated.
  • 2003 May 3: Joe Wardy, elected; Raymond Caballero, defeated; Jaime O. Perez, defeated; Ray Graham, defeated; Leeland O. White, defeated; Bernie Molina Canton, defeated; Carl Munoz Starr, defeated.
  • 2005 May 7: Joe Wardy, advanced to runoff; John F. Cook, advanced to runoff; Carmen Rodriguez, defeated; Jaime O. Perez, defeated; Matt Carroll, defeated.
  • 2005 Jun 4: John F. Cook, elected; Joe Wardy, defeated.
  • 2009 May 9: John F. Cook, elected; Gus Haddad, defeated; Carlos Rivera, defeated; Alfrank Catucci, defeated; David E. Henderson, defeated; Lee Mendez, defeated.
  • 2013 May 11: Oscar Leeser, advanced to runoff; Steve Ortega, advanced to runoff; Robert D. Cormell, defeated; Hector H. Lopez, defeated; Gus Haddad, defeated; Jaime O. Perez, defeated; Dean Martinez, defeated.
  • 2013 Jun 15: Oscar Leeser, elected; Steve Ortega, defeated.
  • 2017 May 6: Dee Margo, advanced to runoff; David Saucedo, advanced to runoff; Emma Acosta, defeated; Elisa Morales, defeated; Willie Cager, defeated; Jaime O. Perez, defeated; Charles Stapler, defeated; Jorge Artalejo, defeated.
  • 2017 Jun 10: Dee Margo, elected; David Saucedo, defeated.
  • 2020 Nov 3: Oscar Leeser, advanced to runoff; Dee Margo, advanced to runoff; Veronica Carbajal, defeated; Carlos Gallinar, defeated; Dean Martinez, defeated; Calvin Zielsdorf, defeated.
  • 2020 Dec 12: Oscar Leeser, elected; Dee Margo, defeated.

    Postmasters at El Paso, 1852-1972 (may be incomplete!)
    Jarvis Hubbell 1852-55 Archibald C. Hyde 1855-57 Ben S. Dowell 1857-60 Vincent St. Vrain 1860-61 Ben S. Dowell 1861-63 George T. Putnam 1863-66 Archibald C. Hyde 1866 John A. Thayer 1866-68 Louis Cardes 1868-69 Edmond Stine 1869 Henry Schwenker 1869 Edmond Stine 1869-70 Frank C. Marsh 1870-77 Albert Schutz 1877-79 John B. Tays 1879 James Marr 1879-80 Fanny D. Porter 1880-90 James A. Smith 1890-94 John Julian 1894-98 Robert F. Campbell 1898-1902 Theodore B. Olshausen 1902-07 James A. Smith 1907-15 Eugene A. Shelton 1915-22 James J. Ormsbee 1922-23 James J. Ormsbee 1923-26 Luther C. Cole 1926 Henry C. Kramp 1926-27 Henry C. Kramp 1927-33 Milton L. Burleson 1933-34 Milton L. Burleson 1934-53 Charles T. Boyce 1953-55 Charles T. Boyce 1955-61 James J. Kaster, Jr. 1961-63 James J. Kaster, Jr. 1963-72

    Collectors of Customs at El Paso, 1877-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    Sherman C. Slade 1877-79 Abner Tibbetts as of 1881 E. P. Clark as of 1891 Alfred L. Sharpe as of 1909 Zachary L. Cobb as of 1917 Thomas P. Gable as of 1927 Manuel B. Otero as of 1932 Adrian Pool as of 1941 Harris Walthall as of 1946-51

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