The Political Graveyard: St. Albans, West Virginia

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St. Albans, West Virginia
including Coalsmouth
Mayors, City Managers, Postmasters

Mayors of St. Albans, 1919-99 (may be incomplete!)
W. H. Miller as of 1919 Claude L. Smith as of 1929 W. H. Miller as of 1934 H. M. Escue as of 1937 G. H. Ellis as of 1939-40 W. J. H. Knapp as of 1941-42 F. D. Burgess as of 1943-44 R. F. Lipscomb as of 1945-47 George W. Pride as of 1948 Gregory L. Funk as of 1949-53 Averil L. Ramsey as of 1959-60 Frank E. Oliver as of 1961-64 Averil L. Ramsey as of 1965-72 Clyde D. Alford as of 1973-76 James R. Randall as of 1977-80 Averil L. Ramsey as of 1981-83 A. Eddie Bassitt as of 1985-96 Jack Gessel as of 1999

City Managers of St. Albans, 1949-51 (may be incomplete!)
Rufus Dunlap as of 1949-51

Postmasters at St. Albans, 1872-1975 (may be incomplete!)
Richard H. Lee 1872 John S. Cunningham 1872-74 America M. Baldwin 1874-1910 Ulysses S. Jarrett 1910-14 Guy F. McComas 1914-19 Ulysses S. Jarrett 1919-20 William A. Burgess 1920-21 Ulysses S. Jarrett 1921-34 Harry E. Riddleberger 1934-51 William E. Harbour 1951-53 Alden H. Hager 1953-54 Ralph C. May 1954-55 Ralph C. May 1955-61 Charles W. Good 1961-62 Joseph V. Canfield 1962 Joseph V. Canfield 1962-67 George W. Hartman 1967-69 George W. Hartman 1969-75

Coalsmouth
(renamed St. Albans)

Postmasters at Coalsmouth, 1863-72 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel Benedict 1863-64 Dan J. Lewis 1864-71 Richard H. Lee 1871-72

Coalsmouth
(became part of West Virginia 1863)

Postmasters at Coalsmouth, 1817-63 (may be incomplete!)
Benjamin Cole 1817-25 George Davenport 1825-26 John Capehart 1826-35 James T. Teays 1835-38 John K. Porter 1838-39 James T. Teays 1839-40 John Capehart 1840-46 Benjamin S. Thompson 1846-51 Charles P. Turner 1851-52 Joseph T. Sims 1852-53 R. H. M. Smith 1853-57 C. Carroll Capehart 1857-60 Samuel Benedict 1860-63

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