The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Parkersburg, West Virginia

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Mayors and Postmasters of Parkersburg, West Virginia

Mayors of Parkersburg, 1861-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Milton P. Amiss as of 1861-62 Charles Brooks Smith as of 1878-80 Jacob B. Jackson as of 1879 W. B. Pedigo as of 1907-11 J. Loyal Gilbert as of 1919 Allen C. Murdoch as of 1929 Allen C. Murdoch as of 1934 H. R. DeBussey as of 1935-37 J. S. Dunn as of 1938-40 Earl Stephens as of 1941-43 Golden Underwood as of 1944-46 Carlton E. Welch as of 1947-48 Golden Underwood as of 1949-52 Glen M. Alleman 1953 William G. Brown 1953-55 Clarence W. Hylbert as of 1959 Dean T. Jackson as of 1961 William G. Brown as of 1962-64 Dean T. Jackson as of 1965-67 Glen B. Gainer, Jr. as of 1968-70 William P. A. Nicely 1970-77 Al Smith as of 1978-81 Pat S. Pappas as of 1981-85 William P. A. Nicely 1986-89 Eugene A. Knotts as of 1996-97 Jimmy Colombo as of 1999

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

2008 May 13: Robert D. Newell (Dem), nominated unopposed.

2008 May 13: Mark Ray (Rep), nominated unopposed.

2008 Nov 4: Robert D. Newell (Dem), elected; Mark Ray (Rep), defeated.

2012 May 8: Robert D. Newell (Dem), nominated; Gerald E. Board (Dem), defeated in primary.

2012 May 8: Sharyn Tallman (Rep), nominated unopposed.

2012 Nov 6: Robert D. Newell (Dem), elected; Sharyn Tallman (Rep), defeated.

Postmasters at Parkersburg, 1863-1970 (may be incomplete!)
James M. Boreman 1863-78 Charles F. Scott 1878-86 Alfred N. Williams 1886-90 Stowell S. Hazen 1890-94 John S. Camden 1894-98 Edward McCreary 1898-1902 Gordon B. Gibbens 1902-07 Frank S. Smith 1907-13 Simms Powell 1913-17 Walter E. Stout 1917-19 Walter E. Stout 1919-22 K. E. Ruttencutter 1922 K. E. Ruttencutter 1922-23 George McDonald 1923 George McDonald 1923-27 Evan W. See 1927-28 James W. Bee 1928 James W. Bee 1928-33 Anna M. Stephenson 1933-34 Anna M. Stephenson 1934-40 Fred Gainer 1940-56 Walter L. Ferrell 1956-57 William A. Swearingen 1957-58 William A. Swearingen 1958-70

Parkersburg
(became part of West Virginia in 1863)

Postmasters at Parkersburg, 1805-63 (may be incomplete!)
J. G. Laidley 1805-06 John Stephenson 1806-11 Thomas Neale 1811-21 William Tefft 1821-29 Daniel R. Neale 1829-41 George W. Saunders 1841-51 Alexander M. Sterrett 1851-52 Thomas G. Smith 1852-61 James M. Boreman 1861-63

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