The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Lynchburg, Virginia

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Mayors and Postmasters of Lynchburg, Virginia

Mayors of Lynchburg, 1937-56 (may be incomplete!)
L. E. Lichford as of 1937 Clarence G. Burton 1946 J. V. Morrison as of 1952 John L. Suttenfield as of 1953-56

Postmasters at Lynchburg, 1794-1978 (may be incomplete!)
John F. Powell 1794-98 William Norvell 1798-1805 Josiah Leake 1805-06 Seth Ward 1806-15 Collin Buckner 1815-18 John D. Murrell 1818-42 Lillburn H. Trigg 1842-46 Robert Cawthorn 1846-50 William M. Blackford 1850-53 Robert H. Glass 1853-61 Alexander McDonald 1861 James T. Pritchard 1865 John B. Walthall 1865-69 John F. Wilson 1869-81 Clifford Statham 1881-83 R. Page W. Morris 1883-85 Charles W. Button 1885-87 Tipton D. Jennings 1887-91 James M. McLaughlin 1891-96 Watkins L. Moorman 1896-1902 James M. McLaughlin 1902-15 Isaac H. Adams, Jr. 1915-24 John M. B. Lewis 1924-25 John M. B. Lewis 1925-34 John H. Cave 1934-35 John H. Cave 1935-45 Samuel W. West 1945-46 Samuel W. West 1946-49 John H. Coleman 1949-51 John H. Coleman 1951-57 Owen K. Blackburne 1957 Owen K. Blackburne 1957-64 John D. Ripley, Jr. 1964-66 John D. Ripley, Jr. 1966-78

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