Mayors of Auburn, 1869-1954(may be incomplete!) ThomasLittlefield 1869S.P. Miller 1870-71ThomasLittlefield 1871-75JamesDingley 1875-77HannibalR. Smith 1877-79ThomasLittlefield 1879-81GeorgeS. Woodman 1881-84B.F. Sturgis 1884-85LewisW. Haskell 1885-87A.M. Penley 1887-89AlbertR. Savage 1889-92WinchesterG. Lowell 1892-93W.W. Bolster 1893-94HillmanSmith 1894-95NathanW. Harris 1896-98WilliamH. Wiggin 1899J.S. P. H. Wilson 1900-01EbenG. Eveleth 1902-03AlonzoQ. Miller 1904-05DavidR. Hastings 1906J.R. Webber 1907IrvingL. Merrill 1908-11CharlesE. Williams 1912AlvinW. Fowles 1913-14HenryR. Porter 1915-16RalphF. Burnham 1917-19HenryE. Goss 1920-21CharlesS. Cummings 1922-25FredR. Walton 1926-29LloydH. McFadden 1930-33GeorgeC. Wing, Jr. 1934-35ErnestE. Estes as of 1936-37L.Kenneth Green as of 1938-44RosaireL. Halle 1949EdwardM. Field 1949-53MerleMerrill as of 1954 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1872 Mar 4:ThomasLittlefield (Rep), elected;Woodmer(Labor Reform & Dem), defeated. 1873 Mar 3:ThomasLittlefield (Rep), elected. 1874 Mar 2:ThomasLittlefield (Rep), elected. 1891 Mar 2:AlbertR. Savage (Rep), elected;Mason(Dem), defeated. 1892 Mar 7:WinchesterG. Lowell (Rep), elected. 1893 Mar 6:W.W. Bolster (Citizens), elected;WinchesterG. Lowell, defeated. 1894 Mar 5:HillmanSmith (Rep), elected. 1905 Mar 6:AlonzoQ. Miller (Rep), elected;EverettL. Philoon (Dem), defeated. 1909 Mar 1:IrvingL. Merrill (Rep), elected;SamuelR. Robinson (Dem), defeated. 1925 Dec 9:FredR. Walton (Rep), elected;N.F. Woodbury (Dem), defeated. 1929 Dec 11:LloydH. McFadden (Rep), elected;LewisW. Haskell, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1947:CharlesA. Pomeroy (Dem), defeated. 1949 Sep 12:EdwardM. Field, elected;RosaireL. Halle, defeated.
Postmasters at Auburn, 1852-1973(may beincomplete!) GeorgeRinker, Jr. as of 1852-53RufusPenley 1860-61S.Oakes 1861HenryLittle as of 1883DelanceYoung as of 1885-89JohnC. Blake as of 1891-93JohnH. Twombley as of 1895-97WinchesterG. Lowell as of 1899-1913FerdinandE. Stevens as of 1931RalphVerville 1950-54DonaldC. Gautier 1954DonaldC. Gautier 1954-73
(nowAuburn)
Postmasters at Danville, 1860-1931(may beincomplete!) OliverC. Waterman as of 1860-61HarrietW. Ingersoll as of 1883-85PeterM. Austin as of 1889CharlesThurston as of 1893-1903GraceBonney as of 1931
(nowAuburn)
Postmasters at Dirigo, 1896-1901(may beincomplete!) EugeneH. Libby 1896-1901
(nowAuburn)
Postmasters at East Auburn, 1860-99(may beincomplete!) J.E. Briggs as of 1860-61D.A. Whitman as of 1883-85CharlesT. Curtis as of 1889C.F. Curtis as of 1893-99
(nowAuburn)
Postmasters at West Auburn, 1860-93(may beincomplete!) A.C. Howard as of 1860-61JohnM. Perry as of 1883E.S. Crafts as of 1885-93
(now Auburn)
Postmasters at North Auburn, 1860-99(may beincomplete!) LeviPerry as of 1860-61IsaacOsgood as of 1883-93GeorgeB. Osgood as of 1895IsaacOsgood as of 1897-99
(now Auburn)
Postmasters at South Auburn, 1883-85(may beincomplete!) L.Lovejoy as of 1883J.G. Dexter as of 1885
(now Auburn)
Postmasters at Auburn Plains, 1889-91(may beincomplete!) FredA. Allen as of 1889-91
(now Auburn)
Postmasters at Lewiston Junction, 1901(may beincomplete!) SamuelG. Gould as of 1901 | |
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