Mayors of Hartford, 1774-2023(may be incomplete!)
ThomasSeymour 1774-1812ChaunceyGoodrich 1812-15JonathanBrace 1815-24NathanielTerry 1824-31ThomasS. Williams 1831-35HenryL. Ellsworth 1835JaredGriswold 1835JeremyHoadley 1835-36HenryHudson 1836-40ThomasK. Brace 1840-43AmosM. Collins 1843-47PhilipRipley 1847-51EbenezerFlower 1851-53WilliamJ. Hamersley 1853-54HenryC. Deming 1854-58TimothyM. Allyn 1858-60HenryC. Deming 1860-62CharlesBenton 1862WilliamJ. Hamersley 1862-64AllynS. Stillman 1864-66CharlesR. Chapman 1866-72HenryC. Robinson 1872-74JosephH. Sprague 1874-78GeorgeG. Sumner 1878-80MorganG. Bulkeley 1880-88JohnG. Root 1888-90HenryC. Dwight 1890-92WilliamWaldo Hyde 1892-94LeveretBrainard 1894-96MilesB. Preston 1896-1900AlexanderHarbison 1900-02IgnatiusA. Sullivan 1902-04WilliamF. Henney 1904-08EdwardW. Hooker 1908-10EdwardL. Smith 1910-12LouisR. Cheney 1912-14JosephH. Lawler 1914-16FrankA. Hagarty 1916-18RichardJ. Kinsella 1918-20NewtonC. Brainard 1920-22RichardJ. Kinsella 1922-24NormanC. Stevens 1924-28WalterE. Batterson 1928-31WilliamJ. Rankin 1931-33JosephWatson Beach 1933-35ThomasJ. Spellacy 1935-43DennisP. O'Connor 1943WilliamH. Mortensen 1943-45CorneliusA. Moylan 1945-46EdwardN. Allen 1947-48CyrilColeman 1948-51JosephV. Cronin 1951-53DominickJ. DeLucco 1953-55JosephV. Cronin 1955-57JamesH. Kinsella 1957-60DominickJ. DeLucco 1960-61WilliamE. Glynn 1961-65GeorgeB. Kinsella 1965-67AntoninaP. Uccello 1967-71GeorgeA. Athanson 1971-81ThirmanL. Milner 1981-87CarrieSaxon Perry 1987-93MichaelP. Peters 1993-2001EddiePerez 2001-10PedroE. Segarra 2010-15LukeBronin 2016- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1812 May 28:ThomasSeymour, resigned. 1815 Aug 18:ChaunceyGoodrich, died in office. 1835 Jun 15:HenryL. Ellsworth, resigned. 1835 Nov 22:JaredGriswold, died in office. 1843 Apr 17:ThomasK. Brace, resigned. 1858 Apr 12:TimothyM. Allyn (Rep), elected;JohnA. Taintor (Dem), defeated. 1862 Feb 27:HenryC. Deming, resigned. 1864 Apr 11:AllynS. Stillman (Union), elected;WilliamJ. Hamersley (Dem), defeated. 1866 Apr 9:CharlesR. Chapman (Dem), elected;AllynS. Stillman (Union), defeated. 1868 Apr 6:CharlesR. Chapman (Dem), elected;JamesL. Howard (Rep), defeated. 1870 Apr 4:CharlesR. Chapman (Dem), elected;JamesL. Howard (Rep), defeated. 1872 Apr 1:HenryC. Robinson (Rep), elected;NathanielB. Stevens (Dem), defeated;NormandSmith (Labor Reform), defeated;F.H. Williams, defeated. 1874 Apr 6:JosephH. Sprague (Dem), elected;HenryC. Robinson (Rep), defeated. 1876 Apr 3:JosephH. Sprague (Dem), elected;AlexanderHarbison (Rep), defeated;WilliamJ. Hamersley (Citizens), defeated. 1878 Apr 1:GeorgeG. Sumner (Dem), elected;MorganG. Bulkeley (Rep), defeated;PinkneyW. Ellsworth (National), defeated. 1880 Apr 5:MorganG. Bulkeley (Rep), elected;CharlesR. Chapman (Dem), defeated. 1882 Apr 3:MorganG. Bulkeley (Rep), elected;CharlesM. Joslyn (Dem), defeated. 1884 Apr 7:MorganG. Bulkeley (Rep), elected;CharlesM. Joslyn (Dem), defeated. 1886 Apr 5:MorganG. Bulkeley (Rep), elected;EdwardM. Graves (Dem), defeated. 1888 Apr 2:JohnG. Root (Rep), elected;CharlesM. Joslyn (Dem), defeated;DeWittC. Pond (People's), defeated. 1890 Apr 7:HenryC. Dwight (Rep), elected;CharlesR. Chapman (Dem), defeated. 1892 Apr 4:WilliamWaldo Hyde (Dem), elected;HenryC. Dwight (Rep), defeated. 1894 Apr 2:LeveretBrainard (Rep), elected;GeorgeUlrich (Dem), defeated. 1896 Apr 6:MilesB. Preston (Dem), elected;AlexanderHarbison (Rep), defeated. 1898 Apr 4:MilesB. Preston (Dem), elected;EdwardC. Frisbie (Rep), defeated;BenjaminF. Beardsly (People's), defeated. 1900 Apr 2:AlexanderHarbison (Rep), elected;WilliamWaldo Hyde (Dem), defeated. 1902 Apr 7:IgnatiusA. Sullivan (Dem), elected;WilliamB. Dwight (Rep), defeated. 1904 Apr 4:WilliamF. Henney (Rep), elected;IgnatiusA. Sullivan (Dem), defeated;RichardB. Chamberlain (Socialist), defeated;JacobBrewer (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1906:WilliamF. Henney (Rep), elected. 1908:EdwardW. Hooker (Rep), elected. 1910 Apr 5:EdwardL. Smith (Dem), elected;EdwardW. Hooker (Rep), defeated. 1912 Apr 2:LouisR. Cheney (Rep), elected;ThomasJ. Spellacy (Dem), defeated. 1914:JosephH. Lawler (Dem), elected. 1916 Apr 4:FrankA. Hagarty (Rep), elected;RichardJ. Kinsella (Dem), defeated. 1918 Apr 2:RichardJ. Kinsella (Dem), elected;FrankA. Hagarty (Rep), defeated. 1920 Apr 6:NewtonC. Brainard (Rep), elected;RichardJ. Kinsella (Dem), defeated. 1922 Apr 4:RichardJ. Kinsella (Dem), elected;AnsonT. McCook (Rep), defeated. 1924 Apr 1:NormanC. Stevens (Rep), elected;RichardJ. Kinsella (Dem), defeated. 1926 Apr 6:NormanC. Stevens (Rep), elected;EdwardW. Broder (Dem), defeated. 1928:WalterE. Batterson (Rep), elected. 1929 Nov 5:WalterE. Batterson (Rep), elected;JohnF. Gaffey (Dem), defeated. 1931 Nov 3:WilliamJ. Rankin (Dem), elected;WilliamJ. Mulligan (Rep), defeated. 1933 Nov 7:JosephWatson Beach (Rep), elected;WilliamJ. Rankin (Dem), defeated. 1935 Nov 5:JohnA. Pilgard (Dem), elected, but died before taking office;JosephWatson Beach (Rep), defeated. 1937 Nov 2:ThomasJ. Spellacy (Dem), elected;JosephWatson Beach (Rep), defeated;JamesL. McGuire (Ind), defeated. 1939 Nov 7:ThomasJ. Spellacy (Dem), elected;JosephB. Griffin (Rep), defeated. 1941 Nov 4:ThomasJ. Spellacy (Dem), elected;JosephB. Griffin (Rep), defeated. 1943 Jun 18:ThomasJ. Spellacy, resigned. 1943 Nov 2:WilliamH. Mortensen (Rep), elected;DennisP. O'Connor (Dem), defeated. 1945 Nov 6:CorneliusA. Moylan (Rep), elected;ThomasJ. Spellacy (Dem), defeated. 1946 Dec 24:CorneliusA. Moylan, died in office. 1947 Nov 4:CyrilColeman, elected. 1949 Nov 8:CyrilColeman, elected. 1953 Nov 3:DominickJ. DeLucco (Dem), elected. 1959:JamesH. Kinsella (Dem), elected. 1969 Nov 4:AntoninaP. Uccello (Rep), elected;JosephAdinolfi (Dem), defeated;WilberG. Smith (Ind), defeated;GeorgeB. Kinsella (Ind), defeated. 1971 Apr 12:AntoninaP. Uccello, resigned. 1979 Sep 11:GeorgeA. Athanson (Dem), nominated;NicholasR. Carbone (Dem), defeated in primary. 1979 Nov 6:GeorgeA. Athanson (Dem), elected. 1981 Sep 8:GeorgeA. Athanson (Dem), candidate in inconclusive primary;ThirmanL. Milner (Dem), candidate in inconclusive primary;RobertF. Ludgin (Dem), candidate in inconclusive primary;JohannaMurphy (Dem), candidate in inconclusive primary. 1981 Oct 13:ThirmanL. Milner (Dem), nominated;GeorgeA. Athanson (Dem), defeated in primary;RobertF. Ludgin (Dem), defeated in primary;JohannaMurphy (Dem), defeated in primary. 1981 Nov 3:ThirmanL. Milner (Dem), elected;MichaelT. McGarry (Rep), defeated;RobertF. Ludgin (Ind), defeated. 1983 Nov 8:ThirmanL. Milner (Dem), elected;W.Ross Hatch (Rep), defeated. 1985 Nov 5:ThirmanL. Milner (Dem), elected;EuniceStrong Groark (Rep), defeated. 1987 Sep 15:CarrieSaxon Perry (Dem), nominated;RichardP. Lawlor (Dem), defeated in primary. 1987 Nov 3:CarrieSaxon Perry (Dem), elected;PhilipL. Steele (Rep), defeated. 1989 Nov 7:CarrieSaxon Perry (Dem), elected;RosemaryZ. Cardwell (Rep), defeated. 1991 Sep 11:CarrieSaxon Perry (Dem), nominated;RobertJ. Jackson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1991 Nov 5:CarrieSaxon Perry (Dem), elected unopposed. 1993 Sep 14:CarrieSaxon Perry (Dem), nominated;MichaelP. Peters (Dem), defeated in primary;HenriettaMilward (Dem), defeated in primary;YolandaCastillo (Dem), defeated in primary. 1993 Nov 2:MichaelP. Peters, elected;CarrieSaxon Perry (Dem), defeated;KennethA. Mink, defeated;NoraWyatt, Jr., defeated. 1995 Sep 12:MichaelP. Peters (Dem), nominated;ElizabethD. Horton=Sheff (Dem), defeated in primary. 1995 Nov 7:MichaelP. Peters (Dem), elected;ElizabethD. Horton=Sheff, defeated. 1997 Nov 4:MichaelP. Peters (Dem), elected;KennethA. Mink, defeated. 1999 Sep 14:MichaelP. Peters (Dem), nominated;JuanA. Morales (Dem), defeated in primary. 1999 Nov 2:MichaelP. Peters (Dem), elected;W.Michael Downes, defeated. 2001 Sep 11:EddiePerez (Dem), nominated;RobertF. Ludgin (Dem), defeated in primary. 2001 Nov 6:EddiePerez (Dem), elected;RobertF. Ludgin, defeated;NoraWyatt, Jr., defeated;RichardLion (Libertarian), defeated;KennethA. Mink, defeated;W.Michael Downes, defeated. 2003 Nov 4:EddiePerez, elected;MichaelT. McGarry, defeated;RichardLion, defeated. 2007 Sep 11:EddiePerez (Dem), nominated;I.Charles Mathews (Dem), defeated in primary;ArtFeltman (Dem), defeated in primary;FrankD. Barrows (Dem), defeated in primary. 2007 Nov 6:EddiePerez (Dem), elected;I.Charles Mathews, defeated;MinnieGonzalez, defeated;JamesStan McCauley, defeated;ThirmanL. Milner, defeated;RaulDeJesus, defeated. 2010 Jun 25:EddiePerez, resigned. 2011 Sep 13:PedroE. Segarra (Dem), nominated;EdwinVargas (Dem), defeated in primary. 2011 Nov 8:PedroE. Segarra (Dem), elected;JamesStan McCauley, defeated;EdwinVargas, defeated;PatriceSmith, defeated. 2015 Sep 16:LukeBronin (Dem), nominated;PedroE. Segarra (Dem), defeated in primary. 2015 Nov 3:LukeBronin (Dem), elected;JoelCruz, Jr., defeated;TheodoreT. Cannon (Rep), defeated;PatriceSmith, defeated;W.Michael Downes, defeated. 2019 Sep 10:LukeBronin (Dem), nominated;EddiePerez (Dem), defeated in primary;BrandonMcGee (Dem), defeated in primary. 2019 Nov 5:LukeBronin (Dem), elected;EddiePerez, defeated;JamesStan McCauley (Rep), defeated;GiselleS. Jacobs, defeated;AaronLewis, defeated;W.Michael Downes, defeated;TyronR. Butler, defeated.
First Selectmen of Hartford, 1888-1957(may beincomplete!)
GeorgeW. Fowler as of 1888ThomasJ. Blake as of 1896AugustW. Budde as of 1897-1901HalseyB. Philbrick as of 1904-17RaoulW. D'Arche as of 1919-20LouisElsner as of 1921-22MaxM. Wild as of 1926-27CharlesE. Grubar as of 1947RobertJ. Beckwith as of 1949-54AmericoT. Pace as of 1955-57
Postmasters at Hartford, 1775-1972(may beincomplete!)
WilliamEllery 1775-78ThomasHilldrup 1778-94EzekielWilliams 1795-1803JohnDodd 1803-09JonathanLaw 1809-29BenjaminH. Norton 1829JohnM. Niles 1829-36GideonWelles 1836-41CharlesL. Porter 1841-43JosephPratt 1843-46NormandLyman 1846-49EzraS. Hamilton 1849-53WilliamJ. Hamersley 1853-61EdwardS. Cleveland 1861-69EdwardW. Whitaker 1869-71H.C. Beckwith 1871JohnH. Burnham 1871-81WilliamFaxon 1881LeonardA. Dickinson 1881-85CharlesR. Chapman 1885-90JohnC. Kinney 1890-91EdwardB. Bennett 1891-96FrankP. Furlong 1896-1900EdwardB. Bennett 1900-07FrankA. Hagarty 1907-15DavidA. Wilson 1915-23HarryK. Taylor 1923-24HarryK. Taylor 1924-30JamesW. Gilson 1930JamesW. Gilson 1930-35WilliamJ. Rankin 1935WilliamJ. Rankin 1935-45EdwardJ. Dillon 1945-47EdwardJ. Dillon 1947-48JohnF. Heneghan 1948-50JohnF. Heneghan 1950-72
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Hartford, 1888-1951(may be incomplete!)
AlexanderTroup as of 1888JohnI. Hutchinson as of 1891RobertO. Eaton 1908-13JamesJ. Walsh as of 1917-19RobertO. Eaton 1921-33EdwardG. Dolan as of 1933AndrewD. Bitgood 1934ThomasS. Smith as of 1936-41FrankW. Kraemer as of 1945-47JohnJ. Fitzpatrick as of 1951
Collectors of Customs at Hartford, 1888-1909(may beincomplete!)
CharlesC. Hubbard as of 1888EzraB. Bailey as of 1891FrankS. Kellogg as of 1909 | |
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