The Political Graveyard: Richwood, West Virginia

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Richwood, West Virginia
including Cherry Tree Bottom
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Richwood, 1934-2012 (may be incomplete!)
William D. McClung 1910 Emerson E. Deitz as of 1934 Merle White as of 1941 E. C. Bennette as of 1942-43 H. J. Smith as of 1944-45 N. R. Callahan as of 1946-47 Bob Smith as of 1948-49 James Reynolds as of 1950-51 Clifford G. Cutlip as of 1965 Bill Shuttlesworth as of 1966-67 Edward T. Buck as of 1968-69 Merle White as of 1970-71 Robert D. Spencer as of 1972-73 Merle White as of 1974-75 Bill Shuttlesworth as of 1976-78 John D. McClung as of 1979-80 Don McClung as of 1981-83 Bob Henry Baber 2004-07 James Myles Caldwell 2007-08 John D. McClung 2008-12

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

2007 Sep 3: Bob Henry Baber, resigned.

Postmasters at Richwood, 1881-1979 (may be incomplete!)
James M. Hinkle 1881-84 Elizabeth B. Faulkner 1884-89 George A. Spencer 1889-1900 Thomas C. Griggs 1900-01 Edgar C. Bennette 1901-08 Emerson E. Deitz 1908-16 Fred Amick 1916-19 Worth P. McCluny 1919-23 Emerson E. Deitz 1923 Emerson E. Deitz 1923-32 George E. Hurd 1932-35 Hugh Dunn 1935 Hugh Dunn 1935-44 W. W. Green 1944-45 W. W. Green 1945-62 James A. McKenzie 1962-63 Jack Lee Dotson 1963 Jack Lee Dotson 1963-79

Cherry Tree Bottom
(renamed Richwood)

Postmasters at Cherry Tree Bottom, 1879-81 (may be incomplete!)
James A. Spencer 1879-81

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