Mayors of Norwalk, 1893-2012(may be incomplete!) EdwinO. Keeler 1893-94JamesT. Hubbell 1894-95ArthurC. Wheeler 1895-97CharlesL. Glover 1897-1901GeorgeBuxton 1901-02CharlesL. Glover 1902-03FerdinandB. Smith 1903-04GeorgeBuxton 1904-05CharlesL. Glover 1905WalterDunn 1905-07CharlesA. Scofield 1907-08JohnJ. Cavanagh 1908-09LeemanM. Brundage 1909-10EdwardJ. Finnegan 1910-13FrancisI. Burnell 1913-15CarlAxel Harstrom 1915-17JeremiahDonovan 1917-21CalvinL. Barton 1921-23ThomasRobbins 1923-27AnsonF. Keeler 1927-31HaroldL. Nash 1931-33CharlesC. Swartz 1933-35FrankT. Stack 1935-43RobertB. Oliver 1943-45EdwardJ. Kelley 1945-47IrvingC. Freese 1947-55GeorgeR. Brunjes 1955-57IrvingC. Freese 1957-59JohnShostak 1959-61FrankC. Cooke 1961-65FrankN. Zullo 1965-71DonaldJ. Irwin 1971-75JennieCave 1975-77WilliamA. Collins 1977-81ThomasC. O'Connor 1981-83WilliamA. Collins 1983-87FrankJ. Esposito 1987-2001AlexA. Knopp 2001-05RichardA. Moccia 2005- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1907 Oct 7:CharlesA. Scofield (Rep), elected;FerdinandB. Smith (Dem), defeated. 1911 Oct 2:EdwardJ. Finnegan (Dem), elected;Dilworth(Rep), defeated. 1937 Oct 4:FrankT. Stack (Dem), elected. 1939:IrvingC. Freese (Socialist), defeated. 1941:IrvingC. Freese (Socialist), defeated. 1943:IrvingC. Freese (Socialist), defeated;RobertB. Oliver (Rep), elected;FrankT. Stack (Dem), defeated. 1945:EdwardJ. Kelley (Dem), elected;IrvingC. Freese (Socialist), defeated. 1947 Oct 6:IrvingC. Freese (Socialist), elected;RobertB. Oliver (Rep), defeated;RobertE. Howard (Dem), defeated. 1949 Nov 8:IrvingC. Freese (Socialist), elected;LeRoy D. Downs (Dem), defeated;H.Wesley Gorham (Rep), defeated;JosephMackay (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1951 Nov 6:IrvingC. Freese (Ind), elected;StanleyStroffolino (Rep), defeated;JennieCave (Dem), defeated;JosephMackay (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1953 Nov 3:IrvingC. Freese (Ind), elected;LouisJ. Gardella (Dem), defeated;FrankE. Raymond (Rep), defeated. 1973:JennieCave (Ind), defeated. 1975:JennieCave (Ind), elected. 1977 Nov 8:WilliamA. Collins (Dem), elected;JennieCave (Ind & Conservative), defeated;FrankJ. Esposito (Rep), defeated. 1979 Nov 6:WilliamA. Collins (Dem), elected;ThomasC. O'Connor (Rep), defeated;JennieCave (Ind), defeated. 1981 Nov 3:ThomasC. O'Connor (Rep & Conservative), elected;WilliamA. Collins (Dem), defeated;HenryF. B. Higgins (Ind), defeated. 1983 Nov 8:WilliamA. Collins (Dem), elected;ThomasC. O'Connor (Rep), defeated. 1989 Nov 7:FrankJ. Esposito (Rep), elected unopposed. 2005 Nov 8:RichardA. Moccia (Rep), elected;AlexA. Knopp (Dem), defeated;JoseA. Lucero (Working Families), defeated;MyrticeRiley-Wilson, defeated.
Wardens of Norwalk, 1888(may be incomplete!) JamesG. Gregory as of 1888
First Selectmen of Norwalk, 1888-1957(may beincomplete!) CharlesH. Wheeler as of 1888IsaacSelleck as of 1896-97EphraimThomes as of 1899JamesA. Brown as of 1901SamuelLynes as of 1904AlfredAvison as of 1908JamesA. Brown as of 1909AlfredAvison as of 1910JamesA. Brown as of 1911PhilipH. Fielding as of 1919EllisF. Makin as of 1920-21PhilipCastellano as of 1922-27PatrickJ. Davey as of 1947HenryR. Joyce as of 1949-50StephenSoltesz as of 1954-55LouisJ. Pogany as of 1956PatrickJ. Davey as of 1957
Postmasters at Norwalk, 1901(may be incomplete!) B.S. Keith as of 1901
(consolidated with Norwalk, 1913)
Mayors of South Norwalk, 1870-1913(may beincomplete!) DudleyP. Ely 1870-72WalterC. Quintard 1873-75DudleyP. Ely 1876-77WinfieldS. Hanford 1878WalterC. Quintard 1879ChristianSwartz 1880EdwinAdams 1881ChristianSwartz 1882PeterL. Cunningham 1883RichardH. Golden 1884NelsonTaylor, Jr. 1885JohnL. Richards 1886WilliamB. Hubbell 1887-88FrankComstock 1889EdwinWilcox 1890WilliamB. Reed 1891-92GeorgeLockwood 1893MortimerM. Lee 1894-96CharlesG. Bohannan 1897-98J.Milton Coburn 1898-99CharlesG. Bohannan 1899-1901MortimerM. Lee 1901-02JohnJ. Cavanagh 1902-03CharlesE. Dow 1903-07FrancisI. Burnell 1907-09RobertM. Wolfe 1909-10AlbertM. Pohlman 1910-11WilliamF. Tammany 1911-12RobertM. Wolfe 1912-13 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1907 Oct 7:FrancisI. Burnell (Dem), elected;MatthewCorbett (Rep), defeated. 1911 Oct 2:WilliamF. Tammany (Rep), elected;AlbertM. Pohlman (Dem), defeated.
Postmasters at South Norwalk, 1901(may beincomplete!) E.E. Cronce as of 1901
Postmasters at Rowayton, 1901(may be incomplete!) GeorgeW. Bryan as of 1901
Postmasters at Winnipauk, 1901(may be incomplete!) J.C. Randle as of 1901 | |
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