Mayors of Worcester, 1848-2012(may be incomplete!)
LeviLincoln, Jr. 1848-49HenryChapin 1849-51PeterC. Bacon 1851-52JohnS. C. Knowlton 1853-54GeorgeW. Richardson 1855IsaacDavis 1856GeorgeW. Richardson 1857IsaacDavis 1858AlexanderH. Bullock 1859WilliamW. Rice 1860IsaacDavis 1861P.Emory Aldrich 1862D.Waldo Lincoln 1863-64PhineasBall 1865JamesB. Blake 1866-70HenryChapin 1870EdwardEarle 1871GeorgeF. Verry 1872ClarkJillson 1873EdwardL. Davis 1874ClarkJillson 1875-76CharlesB. Pratt 1877-79FrankH. Kelley 1880-81ElijahB. Stoddard 1882SamuelE. Hildreth 1883CharlesG. Reed 1884-85SamuelWinslow 1886-89FrancisA. Harrington 1890-92HenryA. Marsh 1893-95AugustusB. R. Sprague 1896-97RufusB. Dodge, Jr. 1898-1901PhilipJ. O'Connell 1901EdwardF. Fletcher 1902-03WalterH. Blodget 1904-05JohnT. Duggan 1906-07JamesLogan 1908-11DavidF. O'Connell 1912GeorgeM. Wright 1913-16PehrG. Holmes 1917-19PeterF. Sullivan 1920-23MichaelJ. O'Hara 1924-31JohnC. Mahoney 1932-35WalterJ. Cookson 1936JohnS. Sullivan 1936-37WilliamA. Bennett 1938-45CharlesF. Sullivan 1946-49AndrewB. Holmstrom 1950-53JamesD. O'Brien 1954-59JosephC. Casdin 1959JamesD. O'Brien 1960-61JohnM. Shea 1962JosephC. Casdin 1962-63PaulV. Mullaney 1963-65GeorgeA. Wells 1966-67JosephC. Casdin 1967-68JohnM. Shea 1969GeorgeA. Wells 1970-71JosephM. Tinsley 1971ThomasJ. Early 1972-73JosephM. Tinsley 1973IsraelKatz 1974-75ThomasJ. Early 1976-79JordanLevy 1980-81SaraRobertson 1982-83JosephM. Tinsley 1984-85JohnB. Anderson 1986TimothyJ. Cooney, Jr. 1987JordanLevy 1988-93RaymondV. Mariano 1994-2001TimMurray 2002-07KonstantinaLukes 2007-10JosephC. O'Brien 2010-12JosephM. Petty 2012- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1848:LeviLincoln, Jr. (Citizens), elected;R.A. Miller (Temperance), defeated. 1849:HenryChapin (Free Soil), elected;IsaacDavis (Citizens), defeated. 1850:HenryChapin (Free Soil), elected;JohnW. Lincoln (Whig), defeated;PlinyMerrick (Liberal), defeated. 1851:PeterC. Bacon (Free Soil), elected;IsaacDavis (Dem), defeated;CharlesThurber (Juvenile), defeated;WarrenLazell (Citizens), defeated. 1851:PeterC. Bacon (Free Soil), elected;JohnW. Lincoln (Dem), defeated. 1852:JohnS. C. Knowlton (Coalition), elected;EmoryWashburn (Whig), defeated;WilliamDickinson (Temperance), defeated;AlbertTolman (Free Soil), defeated. 1853:JohnS. C. Knowlton (Coalition), elected;AlexanderH. Bullock (Whig), defeated;AlbertTolman (Free Soil), defeated;WilliamDickinson (Temperance), defeated. 1854:GeorgeW. Richardson (Know-Nothing), elected;JamesE. Estabrook (Dem), defeated. 1855:IsaacDavis (Citizens), elected;P.Emory Aldrich (Rep), defeated;WilliamT. Merrifield (Know-Nothing), defeated;JohnS. C. Knowlton (Ind), defeated. 1856:GeorgeW. Richardson (Know-Nothing), elected;DwightFoster (Rep), defeated. 1857 Dec 14:IsaacDavis (Citizens), elected;PutnamW. Taft (Union), defeated. 1858:AlexanderH. Bullock (Citizens), elected;WilliamW. Rice (Rep), defeated. 1859:WilliamW. Rice (Rep), elected;D.Waldo Lincoln (Dem), defeated. 1860:IsaacDavis (Citizens), elected;GeorgeM. Rice (Rep), defeated. 1861:P.Emory Aldrich (Rep), elected;IsaacDavis (Citizens), defeated. 1862:D.Waldo Lincoln (Citizens), elected;DavidS. Messenger (Rep), defeated. 1863:D.Waldo Lincoln (Citizens), elected unopposed. 1864:PhineasBall (Rep), elected;D.Waldo Lincoln (Citizens), defeated. 1865:JamesB. Blake (Rep), elected;D.Waldo Lincoln (Citizens), defeated. 1866:JamesB. Blake (Rep), elected unopposed. 1867:JamesB. Blake (Rep), elected;IsaacDavis (Citizens), defeated. 1868:JamesB. Blake (Rep), elected unopposed. 1869:JamesB. Blake (Rep), elected;J.Henry Hill (Dem), defeated. 1870 Dec 12:JamesB. Blake (Rep), elected;J.Henry Hill (Dem), defeated. 1870 Dec 18:JamesB. Blake, died in office. 1870 Dec 19:HenryChapin, appointed. 1871:EdwardEarle (Rep), elected;FrankH. Kelley (Citizens), defeated. 1871:GeorgeF. Verry (Citizens), elected;GeorgeCrompton (Rep), defeated. 1872:ClarkJillson (Rep), elected;GeorgeF. Verry (Citizens), defeated. 1873:EdwardL. Davis (Citizens), elected;ClarkJillson (Rep), defeated. 1874:ClarkJillson (Ind), elected;EdwardL. Davis (Citizens), defeated. 1875:ClarkJillson (Ind), elected;GeorgeF. Verry (Dem), defeated. 1876:CharlesB. Pratt (Dem), elected;JosephH. Walker (Rep), defeated. 1877:CharlesB. Pratt (Citizens), elected;WilliamS. Lincoln (Citizens), defeated;TimK. Earle (Prohibition), defeated. 1878:CharlesB. Pratt (Citizens), elected;WilliamDickinson (Citizens), defeated. 1879:FrankH. Kelley (Citizens), elected;ElijahB. Stoddard (Rep), defeated;HoraceH. Bigelow (Dem), defeated;ArthurJ. Marble (People's), defeated. 1880:FrankH. Kelley (Citizens), elected;ClarkJillson (Citizens), defeated. 1881:ElijahB. Stoddard (Citizens), elected;CalvinL. Hartshorn (Ind), defeated. 1882:SamuelE. Hildreth (Rep), elected;ElijahB. Stoddard (Citizens), defeated. 1883:CharlesG. Reed (Citizens), elected;SamuelE. Hildreth (Rep), defeated. 1884:CharlesG. Reed (Citizens), elected;SamuelE. Hildreth (Rep), defeated. 1885:SamuelWinslow (Rep), elected;CharlesB. Pratt (Dem), defeated;EdwardD. Conant (Prohibition), defeated. 1886:SamuelWinslow (Rep), elected;JohnR. Thayer (Dem), defeated. 1887:SamuelWinslow (Rep), elected;AndrewAthy (Dem), defeated;HoraceM. Hedden (Prohibition), defeated. 1888:SamuelWinslow (Rep), elected;LevisG. White (Citizens & Dem), defeated. 1900 Dec 18:WilliamA. Lytle (Rep), candidate in inconclusive election;PhilipJ. O'Connell (Dem), candidate in inconclusive election;AddisonW. Barr (Socialist), candidate in inconclusive election;EdgarS. Goodwill (Socialist Labor), candidate in inconclusive election. 1901 Feb 19:PhilipJ. O'Connell (Dem), elected;WilliamA. Lytle (Rep), defeated. 1901 Dec 10:EdwardF. Fletcher (Rep), elected;PhilipJ. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;CharlesG. Marcy (Socialist), defeated;JohnT. Hargraves (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1902:EdwardF. Fletcher (Rep), elected;PhilipJ. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;ThomasP. Abbott (Socialist), defeated. 1903:WalterH. Blodget (Rep), elected;DavidF. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;OlofBokelund (Socialist), defeated;DanielJ. Weare (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1904:WalterH. Blodget (Rep), elected;DavidF. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;HowardA. Gibbs (Socialist), defeated;WalterJ. Hoar (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1905 Dec 12:JohnT. Duggan (Dem), elected;MelvinG. Overlock (Rep), defeated;LouisF. Weiss (Socialist), defeated. 1906:JohnT. Duggan (Dem), elected;MelvinG. Overlock (Rep), defeated;LouisF. Weiss (Socialist), defeated. 1907:JamesLogan (Rep), elected;JohnT. Duggan (Dem), defeated;EliotWhite (Socialist), defeated. 1908:JamesLogan (Rep), elected;ThomasJ. Barrett (Dem), defeated;ThomasP. Abbott (Socialist), defeated. 1909 Dec 14:JamesLogan (Rep), elected;JamesF. McGovern (Dem), defeated;GustafA. Quist (Socialist), defeated. 1910 Dec 13:JamesLogan (Rep), elected;DavidF. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;GustafA. Quist (Socialist), defeated. 1911:DavidF. O'Connell (Dem), elected;GeorgeF. Brooks (Rep), defeated;LouisF. Weiss (Socialist), defeated. 1912 Dec 10:GeorgeM. Wright (Rep), elected;DavidF. O'Connell (Dem), defeated. 1913:GeorgeM. Wright (Rep), elected;ThomasJ. Barrett (Dem), defeated;J.W. Armour (Progressive), defeated;MaxE. Lubin (Socialist), defeated. 1914 Dec 8:GeorgeM. Wright (Rep), elected;JamesF. Carberry (Dem), defeated;MaturinB. Magoon (Socialist), defeated. 1915:GeorgeM. Wright (Rep), elected;JohnH. Reardon (Dem), defeated. 1916:PehrG. Holmes (Rep), elected;JohnH. Reardon (Dem), defeated. 1931:JohnC. Mahoney (Dem), elected. 1933:HenryO. Tilton (Rep), defeated. 1936 Jun 11:WalterJ. Cookson, died in office. 1937 Nov 2:WilliamA. Bennett (Rep), elected;JohnS. Sullivan (Dem), defeated. 1939 Nov 7:WilliamA. Bennett (Rep), elected;JohnS. Sullivan (Dem), defeated. 1943:CharlesF. Sullivan, defeated. 1945:CharlesF. Sullivan, elected. 1962 Aug 31:JohnM. Shea, resigned. 1967 Jan 3:GeorgeA. Wells, resigned. 1971 Jan 4:GeorgeA. Wells, resigned. 1987 Nov 3:JordanLevy, elected;JohnB. Anderson, defeated;GustafCoontz, defeated;JosephF. Diliberto, defeated. 1989 Nov 7:JordanLevy, elected;LynneH. Simonds, defeated;JosephF. Diliberto, defeated;MargaretM. Donovan, defeated. 1991 Nov 5:JordanLevy, elected;TimothyJ. Cooney, Jr., defeated;KonstantinaLukes, defeated;WilliamS. Coleman III, defeated. 1993 Nov 2:RaymondV. Mariano, elected;JohnB. Anderson, defeated;KonstantinaLukes, defeated;AustinA. Heath, defeated. 1995 Nov 7:RaymondV. Mariano, elected;RobertJ. Hennigan, Jr., defeated;WilliamS. Coleman III, defeated. 1997 Nov 4:RaymondV. Mariano, elected;WilliamS. Coleman III, defeated. 1999 Nov 2:RaymondV. Mariano, elected;KonstantinaLukes, defeated;GeorgeA. Fox III, defeated. 2001 Nov 6:TimMurray, elected;WilliamS. Coleman III, defeated. 2003 Nov 4:TimMurray, elected;JuanA. Gomez, defeated;WilliamS. Coleman III, defeated. 2005 Nov 8:TimMurray, elected;KonstantinaLukes, defeated;JuanA. Gomez, defeated;WilliamJ. McCarthy, defeated;WilliamS. Coleman III, defeated. 2007 Nov 6:KonstantinaLukes, elected;FrederickC. Rushton, defeated;GaryRosen, defeated;WilliamS. Coleman III, defeated. 2009 Nov 3:JosephC. O'Brien, elected;KonstantinaLukes, defeated;KateToomey, defeated;EmmanuelTsitsilianos, defeated. 2011 Nov 8:JosephM. Petty, elected;KonstantinaLukes, defeated;CarmenL. Carmona, defeated;WilliamS. Coleman III, defeated.
Postmasters at Worcester, 1802-1981(may beincomplete!)
JamesWilson 1802-33JubalHarrington 1833-39MaturinL. Fisher 1839-49EdwardW. Lincoln 1849-54EmoryBanister 1854-61JohnMilton Earle 1861-66JosiahPickett 1866-87JamesE. Estabrook 1887-91J.Evarts Greene 1891-1902JamesW. Hunt 1902-15JohnA. Thayer 1915-17FrederickW. Chase 1917-18JamesF. Healy 1918-41JohnT. Sheehan 1941-42JohnT. Sheehan 1942-46JohnA. Marshall 1946-49JohnA. Marshall 1949-58StanleyE. Johnson 1958-59StanleyE. Johnson 1959-62EdwardJ. Small 1962-63JohnB. Howarth 1963-64JohnB. Howarth 1964-81 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1917 Jul 31:JohnA. Thayer, died in office. | |
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