Mayors of Wilmington, 1832-2024(may beincomplete!)
RichardH. Bayard 1832-34NicholasG. Williamson 1834-43DavidC. Wilson 1843-45AlexanderPorter 1845-48WilliamHuffington 1848-50JoshuaE. Driver 1850-51ColumbusP. Evans 1851-52WilliamHemphill Jones 1852-53JohnA. Alderdice 1853-54JamesF. Heyward 1854-55WilliamB. Wiggins 1855-56WilliamHuffington 1856-57GeorgeW. Sparks 1857-58ThomasYoung 1858-60VincentC. Gilpin 1860-63JohnM. Turner 1863-65JoshuaMaris 1865-67JoshuaS. Valentine 1867-72JoshuaL. Simms 1872-75WilliamG. Whiteley 1875-78JohnP. Allmond 1878-82JohnP. Wales 1882-85CalvinB. Rhoads 1885-91SandsburyJ. Wiley 1891-93E.G. Shortridge 1893-94CharlesR. Jefferies 1895JohnC. Fahey 1899GeorgeM. Fisher 1903CharlesD. Bird 1903HoraceWilson 1905-07HarrisonW. Howell 1911-15JohnW. Lawson as of 1919WilliamG. Taylor as of 1919FrankC. Sparks 1931-33WilliamSpeer 1933-35WalterW. Bacon 1935-40AlbertW. James as of 1941-44JosephS. Wilson 1947-49JamesF. Hearn 1949-53AugustWalz as of 1954-55EugeneLammot 1957-60JohnE. Babiarz 1961-69ThomasC. Maloney as of 1973-77JamesM. Baker 2001-13DennisP. Williams 2013-17MikePurzycki 2017- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1872:JoshuaL. Simms (Dem), elected;EdwardJ. Dougherty (Rep), defeated. 1875:WilliamG. Whiteley (Dem), elected;JoshuaS. Valentine (Rep), defeated. 1878 Sep 3:JohnP. Allmond (Dem), elected;CharlesH. Gallagher (Rep), defeated;WilliamA. Murphy (Greenback), defeated. 1882 Jun 3:JohnP. Wales (Rep), elected;JosephL. Carpenter (Dem), defeated. 1885 Jun 6:CalvinB. Rhoads (Dem), elected;HenryC. Conrad (Rep), defeated. 1893 Jun 3:E.G. Shortridge (Rep), elected;WilliamB. Norton (Dem), defeated. 1895 Jun 1:CharlesR. Jefferies (Dem), elected;JacobH. Lewis (Rep), defeated. 1899 Jun 3:JohnC. Fahey (Dem), elected;GeorgeW. Bush (Rep), defeated. 1903 Jun 6:CharlesD. Bird (Dem), elected. 1905 Jun 3:HoraceWilson (Rep), elected. 1913 Jun 7:HarrisonW. Howell (Rep), elected;WillardSpringer (Dem), defeated;FrancisI. du Pont (Progressive), defeated. 1931 Jun 6:FrankC. Sparks (Rep), elected;HowardDuane (Dem), defeated. 1933 Jun 3:WilliamSpeer (Dem), elected;FrankC. Sparks (Rep), defeated. 1935 Jun 1:WalterW. Bacon (Rep), elected;WilliamSpeer (Dem), defeated. 1937 Jun 5:WalterW. Bacon (Rep), elected;AlbertW. Bird (Dem), defeated. 1943 Jun 5:AlbertW. James (Rep), elected;HenryGeorge III (Dem), defeated. 1949 Jun 4:JamesF. Hearn (Rep), elected;PhilipA. Traynor (Dem), defeated. 1951 Jun 2:JamesF. Hearn (Rep), elected;GeorgeGray Thouron (Dem), defeated. 1956 Nov 6:EugeneLammot, elected. 1964 Aug 15:JohnE. Babiarz (Dem), nominated;EugeneLammot (Dem), defeated in primary. 1964 Nov 3:JohnE. Babiarz (Dem), elected. 1996 Sep 7:JamesH. Sills, Jr. (Dem), nominated;LorettaWalsh (Dem), defeated in primary;RobertF. Poppiti (Dem), defeated in primary;BrendaC. Phillips (Dem), defeated in primary. 1996 Nov 5:JamesH. Sills, Jr. (Dem), elected;BradleyJ. Zuber (Rep), defeated. 2012 Nov 6:DennisP. Williams (Dem), elected. 2016 Sep 13:MikePurzycki (Dem), nominated;DennisP. Williams (Dem), defeated in primary. 2016 Nov 8:MikePurzycki (Dem), elected. 2024 Nov 5:JohnC. Carney (Dem), elected unopposed.
Postmasters at Wilmington, 1776-1974(may beincomplete!)
JacobBroom 1776-92JohnWebster 1792-94SamuelBrynes 1794-96EnochWelsh 1796-98EdwardGilpin 1798-1802JosephBringhurst 1802-20NicholasG. Williamson 1820-41JacobAlrichs 1841-43NicholasG. Williamson 1843WilliamR. Sellars 1843-49HenryH. J. Naff 1849-53JohnMcClung 1853-56HenryF. Askew 1856-61ArthurH. Grimshaw 1861-66JosephM. Barr 1866-69JamesLewis 1869-74WilliamM. Pyle 1874-82WilliamY. Swiggett 1882-86RobertH. Taylor 1886-90DanielF. Stewart 1890-94EnochMoore 1894-98HughC. Browne 1898-1901WilliamH. Heald 1901-06HenryC. Conrad 1906-09M.Howard Jester 1909-13JamesJ. English 1913-23LeRoyW. Hickman 1923-28AlexanderR. Abrahams 1928AlexanderR. Abrahams 1928-33JamesJ. Cahill 1933-34JamesJ. Cahill 1934-48WilliamBerl, Jr. 1948-50WilliamBerl, Jr. 1950-56WilliamJ. McBlain 1956-57AugustWalz 1957AugustWalz 1957-74
Collectors of Customs at Wilmington, 1789-1909(may beincomplete!)
GeorgeBush 1789-97ArnoldNaudain 1841-45JesseSharpe as of 1854T.F. Crawford as of 1869LewisThompson 1876-81HenryM. Barlow as of 1891RobertG. Houston 1903-05DavidS. Clark as of 1909
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Wilmington, 1879-1951(may be incomplete!)
JamesMcIntire as of 1879HenryT. Graham as of 1919-21WallaceS. Handy as of 1927-32WillardF. Deputy as of 1936JamesH. Latchum as of 1941NormanCollison as of 1945-47ErnestE. Killen as of 1951 | |
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