Mayors of Albany, 1686-2013(may be incomplete!)
PeterSchuyler 1686-94JohannesAbeel 1694-95EvertBancker 1695-96DirckWesselse Ten Broeck 1696-98HendrickHansen 1698-99PieterVan Brugh 1699-1700JanJansen Bleecker 1700-01JohannesBleecker 1701-02AlbertRyckman 1702-03JohannesSchuyler 1703-06DavidSchuyler 1706-07EvertBancker 1707-09JohannesAbeel 1709-10RobertLivingston the Younger 1710-19MyndertSchuyler 1719-21PieterVan Brugh 1721-23MyndertSchuyler 1723-25JohannesCuyler 1725-26RutgerBleecker 1726-29JohannesDePeyster 1729-31HansHansen 1731-32JohannesDePeyster 1732-33EdwardHolland 1733-41JohannesSchuyler 1741-42CornelisCuyler 1742-46DirckTen Broeck 1746-48JacobC. Ten Eyck 1748-50RobertSanders 1750-54JohannesHansen 1754-56SybrantG. Van Schaick 1756-61VolkertP. Douw 1761-70AbrahamC. Cuyler 1770-76JohnBarclay 1778-79AbrahamTen Broeck 1779-83JohnJ. Beekman 1783-86JohnLansing, Jr. 1786-90AbrahamYates 1790-96AbrahamTen Broeck 1796-99PhilipS. Van Rensselaer 1799-1814ElishaJenkins 1814-19PhilipS. Van Rensselaer 1819-21CharlesE. Dudley 1821-24AmbroseSpencer 1824-26JamesStevenson 1826-28CharlesE. Dudley 1828-29JohnTownsend 1829-31FrancisBloodgood 1831-34ErastusCorning 1834-37TeunisVan Vechten 1837-38JaredRathbone 1838-41TeunisVan Vechten 1841-42BarentP. Staats 1842-43FriendHumphrey 1843-45JohnKeyes Paige 1845-46WilliamParmelee 1846-48JohnTaylor 1848-49FriendHumphrey 1849-50FranklinTownsend 1850-51EliPerry 1851-54WilliamParmelee 1854-56EliPerry 1856-60GeorgeH. Thacher 1860-62EliPerry 1862-66GeorgeH. Thacher 1866-68CharlesE. Bleecker 1868-70GeorgeH. Thacher 1870-74EdmundL. Judson 1874-76A.Bleecker Banks 1876-78MichaelN. Nolan 1878-83JohnSwinburne 1883-84A.Bleecker Banks 1884-86JohnBoyd Thacher 1886-88EdwardA. Maher 1888-90JamesH. Manning 1890-94OrenE. Wilson 1894-95JohnBoyd Thacher 1896-97ThomasJ. Van Alstyne 1898-99JamesH. Blessing 1900-01CharlesH. Gaus 1902-08HenryF. Snyder 1909JamesB. McEwan 1910-13JosephW. Stevens 1914-17JamesR. Watt 1918-21WilliamS. Hackett 1922-26JohnBoyd Thacher 1926-40HermanF. Hoogkamp 1940-41ErastusCorning II 1942-83FrankS. Harris 1944-45ThomasM. Whalen III 1983-93GeraldD. Jennings 1994- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1903:WilliamGorham Rice, defeated. 1911 Nov 7:JamesB. McEwan (Rep), elected. 1915 Nov 2:JosephW. Stevens (Rep), elected. 1919 Nov 4:JamesR. Watt (Rep), elected;ReynoldsKing Townsend (Dem), defeated. 1921 Nov 8:WilliamS. Hackett (Dem), elected. 1925 Nov 3:WilliamS. Hackett (Dem), elected;EdwardEaston (Rep), defeated. 1926 Mar 4:WilliamS. Hackett, died in office. 1929 Nov 5:JohnBoyd Thacher (Dem), elected. 1933 Nov 7:JohnBoyd Thacher (Dem), elected;ReynoldsKing Townsend (Fusion), defeated. 1937 Nov 2:JohnBoyd Thacher (Dem), elected;WilliamJ. Walker (Rep), defeated. 1941 Nov 4:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;BenjaminR. Hoff (Rep), defeated;MorrisZuckerman (American Labor), defeated. 1945 Nov 6:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;HaroldJ. Murphy (Rep), defeated. 1949 Nov 8:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;CharlesE. Walsh (Rep), defeated;BerylBeach (Liberal), defeated;MorrisZuckerman (Unity), defeated. 1953 Nov 3:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;ThomasE. Mulligan, Jr. (Rep), defeated;ScottK. Gray, Jr. (American Labor), defeated. 1957 Nov 5:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;EdwardRay (Rep), defeated. 1961 Nov 7:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;RobertK. Hudnut (Rep), defeated. 1965 Nov 2:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;JacobOlshansky (Rep), defeated. 1969 Nov 4:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;AlbertS. Hartheimer (Rep), defeated;JosephL. Kennedy (Conservative), defeated;EdwardCarhart (Liberal), defeated. 1973 Nov 6:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;CarlE. Touhey (Rep), defeated;VincentD. Bytner (Citizens), defeated. 1977 Sep 8:ErastusCorning II (Dem), nominated;HowardC. Nolan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1977 Nov 8:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;E.Michael Ruberti (Rep), defeated;HowardC. Nolan (Liberal), defeated;KevinE. Kellogg (Socialist Workers), defeated;ChristopherLewis (Labor), defeated. 1981 Nov 3:ErastusCorning II (Dem), elected;CharlesTouhey (Rep), defeated;FredDusenbury (Citizens), defeated. 1983 May 28:ErastusCorning II, died in office. 1985:ThomasM. Whalen III, elected. 1989:ThomasM. Whalen III, elected. 1993:GeraldD. Jennings (Dem), elected. 2013 Nov 5:KatherineM. Sheehan (Dem), elected;JesseCalhoun (Rep), defeated;TheresaPortelli (Green), defeated;JosephSullivan (Conservative), defeated.
Postmasters at Albany, 1775-1969(may beincomplete!)
MatthewVisscher 1775-82AbrahamG. Lansing 1782-92GeorgeW. Mancius 1792-1814PeterP. Dox 1814-15GarretL. Dox 1816SolomonSouthwick 1816-22SolomonVan Rensselaer 1822-39AzariahC. Flagg 1839-41SolomonVan Rensselaer 1841-43JamesD. Wasson 1843-49LewisBenedict 1849-50JamesKidd 1850-53JohnH. Reynolds 1853-54CorneliusVosburgh 1854-58CalvertComstock 1858-61GeorgeDawson 1861-66SylvanusH. H. Parsons 1866JosephDavis II 1866-69MorganL. Filkins 1869-70JohnF. Smyth 1870-77WilliamH. Craig 1877-85DanielV. O'Leary 1885-89JamesM. Warner 1889-94FrancisH. Woods 1894-99ChaunceyE. Argersinger 1899-1908JamesB. McEwan 1908-09HenryF. Synder 1909-14WilliamH. Murray 1914-21WilliamG. Van Cott 1922PearlaS. Kling 1922-34EdwardP. McCormack 1934-35EdwardP. McCormack 1935-40JohnP. Hayes 1940-41JohnP. Hayes 1941-54HenryW. Class 1954-55HenryA. Goetz 1955-57HenryA. Goetz 1957-60FrankJ. Murphy 1960-61JohnJ. Murray 1961-63JohnJ. Murray 1963-67JohnF. Schumaker 1967JohnF. Schumaker 1967-69
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Albany, 1867-1951(may be incomplete!)
TheodoreTownsend as of 1867RalphP. Lathrop as of 1879JohnG. Ward as of 1909CyrusDurey 1911-14RoscoeIrwin 1914-21CyrusDurey 1921-33HarryM. Hickey as of 1941-47WalterR. Sturr as of 1951
Surveyors of Customs at Albany, 1875-1911(may beincomplete!)
JohnC. Whitney 1875-77WilliamN. S. Sanders as of 1879-81JohnM. Bailey as of 1891WilliamBarnes, Jr. 1899-1911 | |
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