Mayors of Newport, 1834-2002(may be incomplete!) FrancisT. Helm 1834-38JohnB. Lindsey 1838-39FrancisT. Helm 1839-45JohnB. Lindsey 1845-49HoratioT. Harris 1849-50JohnN. Taliaferro 1850-51RobertD. Hayman 1851-52T.W. DeCoursey 1852-53GeorgeR. Fearons 1853-55FrederickA. Boyd 1855-56GeorgeR. Fearons 1856-58EdmundW. Hawkins, Sr. 1858-62RobertB. McCracken 1862-66C.P. Buchanan 1866-70RichardH. Hayman 1870-74LouisConstans 1874-75AlbertS. Berry 1876-77WilliamH. Harton 1878-85JamesC. Wright 1886-87M.V. Daly 1888-89AlbertS. Berry 1890-91GeorgeH. Ahlering 1891-93ParisC. Brown 1894-97EdwardBiltz 1897-1900RobertW. Nelson 1900-04AugustHelmbold 1904-08EdwardL. Krieger 1908-12AugustHelmbold 1912-16AndrewJ. Livingston 1916-20JosephG. Hermann 1920-24AndrewJ. Livingston 1924-28FredL. McLane 1928-32FredC. Weber 1932-36JosephG. Hermann 1936-40LeoR. Broering 1940-44OscarO. Hesch 1944-48JamesE. Deckert 1948-52RobertL. Sidell 1952-56AlfredG. Maybury 1956-60RalphMussman 1960-64JohnJ. Peluso 1964-68JohnA. Schmitz 1968-72RolandT. Vories 1972-76JohnJ. Peluso 1976-80IreneDeaton 1980-84StevenGoetz 1984-90TomGuidugli 1990-2002 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1955 Sep 24:AlfredG. Maybury, nominated;ClarenceWilliam Lehkamp, nominated;LarryConnett, defeated in primary;JamesE. Deckert, defeated in primary. 1955 Nov 8:AlfredG. Maybury, elected;ClarenceWilliam Lehkamp, defeated. 1959 Sep 19:RalphMussman, nominated;LawrenceHehman, nominated;RobertA. Fischer, defeated in primary. 1959 Nov 3:RalphMussman, elected;LawrenceHehman, defeated. 1963 Sep 21:JohnJ. Peluso, nominated;RobertAllen, nominated;RolandT. Vories, defeated in primary;CharlesT. Sarakatsannis, defeated in primary;J.Howard McGehey, defeated in primary;TitoCarinci, defeated in primary. 1963 Nov 5:JohnJ. Peluso, elected;RobertAllen, defeated. 1967 Sep 23:JohnA. Schmitz, nominated;RolandT. Vories, nominated;HargisCole, defeated in primary;A.J. 'Tony' Warndorf, defeated in primary;LeonardM. Glasscock, defeated in primary. 1967 Nov 7:JohnA. Schmitz, elected;RolandT. Vories, defeated. 1971 Nov 2:RolandT. Vories, elected;JohnJ. Peluso, defeated. 1975 May 27:JohnJ. Peluso, nominated;CharlesT. Sarakatsannis, nominated;JohnA. Schmitz, defeated in primary. 1975 Nov 4:JohnJ. Peluso, elected;CharlesT. Sarakatsannis, defeated. 1983:StevenGoetz, elected;JohnJ. Peluso, defeated.
Postmasters at Newport, 1800-1971(may beincomplete!) DanielMayo 1800-38FrancisT. Helm 1839-49LouisPerry 1849-50HiramB. Clemons 1850-53JamesM. Boyd 1853-56JohnQ. A. Foster 1856-61WilliamAndrews 1861-66WilliamG. Shuly 1866JohnJ. Thomas 1866-67WilliamG. Terrill 1867-69BenjaminL. Winans 1869-77MaryL. Ross 1877-86PhilipB. Spence 1886-89AnneW. Jenks 1889-93JustusJ. Hetsch 1893-97JohnH. Meyer 1897-1909GeorgeWilhelm 1909-13JacobRoll 1913-21AlfredGowling 1922-24JohnH. Meyer 1924-25JohnH. Meyer 1925-33WilliamA. Eimer 1933-34WilliamA. Eimer 1934-48ClaudeG. Bonar 1948-49ClaudeG. Bonar 1949-63JamesO. Clark 1963-65JamesO. Clark 1965-71 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1838 Dec 25:DanielMayo, died in office. | |
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