The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Laredo, Texas

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Mayors and Postmasters of Laredo, Texas

Mayors of Laredo, 1848-2015 (may be incomplete!)
Basilio Benavides 1848-50 Jose Maria Gonzalez 1851 William Franklin Alexander 1852-54 Bartolome Garcia 1855 Santos Benavides 1856 Refugio Benavides 1857 Bartolome Garcia 1858 Refugio Benavides 1859 Tomas Trevino 1860 Juan Francisco=Farias 1861 Bartolome Garcia 1862-64 Nicolas Sanchez 1865 Agustin Salinas 1866-67 Samuel M. Jarvis 1868 Agustin Salinas 1869-73 Hugh James 1874-76 Atanacio Vidaurri 1877 Rosendo Garcia 1878 Julian Garcia 1879-80 Porfirio Benavides 1881-82 Dario Sanchez 1883 Porfirio Benavides 1884 Dario Sanchez 1885 E. A. Atlee 1886-90 C. A. McLane 1891-94 Andrew Hans Thaison 1895 L. J. Christian 1896-98 A. E. Vidaurri 1899-1900 Amador Sanchez 1901-09 Robert McComb 1910-19 L. Villegas 1920-25 Albert Martin 1926-39 Hugh S. Cluck 1940-54 J. C. Martin, Jr. 1954-77 Aldo Tatangelo 1978-90 Saul Ramirez 1990-97 Elizabeth G. Flores 1998-2006 Raul G. Salinas 2006-14 Pete Saenz 2014-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

2006 Jun 17: Raul G. Salinas, elected.

Postmasters at Laredo, 1849-1988 (may be incomplete!)
Augustin Soto 1849-56 Edward J. Jerdan 1856-57 Michael Lidwill 1857-58 John Z. Leyendecker 1858-59 Tandy K. Anderson 1859 Refugio Benavides 1859-61 J. M. Rodriguez 1861-62 Refugio Benavides 1862-63 R. Martin 1863-66 E. R. Greenleaf 1866 Samuel R. Stevens 1866-68 Guadalupe Garcia 1868-70 Francisco Villareal 1870-73 John Z. Leyendecker 1873-78 John C. Jefferies 1878 Angus Ford 1878-82 Hanson A. Burbank 1882-87 Dalziel H. Randolph 1887-91 Frank H. Pierce 1891-95 Clarence W. McNeil 1895-99 Frank H. Pierce 1899-1906 John A. Gray 1906-10 Fred H. Ligarde 1910-14 Jerry N. Worsham 1914-22 Fred H. Ligarde 1922-23 Fred H. Ligarde 1923-27 Sol Rubenstein 1927-31 George E. Scratchley 1931-32 William B. Hamilton 1932-35 Jennie R. Goodman 1935 Jennie R. Goodman 1935-60 George E. Scratchley 1960-62 Carlos I. Palacios 1962-63 Carlos I. Palacios 1963-88

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