Mayors of Binghamton, 1867-2013(may beincomplete!) AbelBennett 1867JabezF. Rice 1868JobN. Congdon 1869-70WaltonDwight 1871ShermanD. Phelps 1872BenjaminN. Loomis 1873DelanceyM. Halbert 1874CharlesMcKinney 1875JohnRankin 1876CharlesButler 1877-78JamesH. Bartlett 1879HoraceN. Lester 1880DuncanR. Grant 1881JamesK. Weldon 1882J.Stuart Wells 1883GeorgeA. Thayer 1884BenajahS. Curran as of 1892GeorgeE. Green as of 1893-99JeromeDe Witt as of 1900-01SamuelL. Smith as of 1902-05HiramH. Woodburn as of 1906-07ClarenceM. Slausen 1908-09JohnJ. Irving 1910-11WilliamR. Ely as of 1915FrankH. Truitt as of 1916-17HarryC. Walker as of 1918ThomasA. Wilson as of 1920-21JohnA. Giles as of 1924-25ClarenceJ. Cook as of 1926-27NormanA. Boyd as of 1928-31MilesM. Smith 1932-35JamesT. Ivory 1935ThomasW. Behan 1936-37CharlesW. Kress 1938-41FancherM. Hopkins 1942-43WalkerB. Lounsbery as of 1944-49DonaldW. Kramer as of 1950-57JohnJ. Burns 1958-65JosephW. Esworthy as of 1966AlfredJ. Libous as of 1975 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1880 Feb 10:HoraceN. Lester (Rep), elected. 1909 Nov 2:JohnJ. Irving (Dem), elected. 1911 Nov 7:JohnJ. Irving (Dem), elected. 1915 Nov 2:FrankH. Truitt (Prohibition), elected. 1921 Nov 8:ThomasA. Wilson (Rep), elected. 1923 Nov 6:JohnA. Giles (Rep), elected;JohnJ. Irving (Dem), defeated. 1925 Nov 3:ClarenceJ. Cook (Dem & Independent Republican), elected. 1927 Nov 8:NormanA. Boyd (Rep), elected. 1931 Nov 3:MilesM. Smith (Fusion), elected;C.Mossman McLean (Citizens), defeated. 1935 Jul 29:MilesM. Smith, resigned. 1935 Nov 5:ThomasW. Behan (Rep), elected. 1937 Sep 16:JohnJ. Burns (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1937 Sep 16:CharlesW. Kress (Rep), nominated;RobertH. Badger (Rep), defeated in primary;RanaS. Cooper (Rep), defeated in primary. 1937 Nov 2:CharlesW. Kress (Rep), elected;JohnJ. Burns (Dem), defeated. 1943 Sep 15:FancherM. Hopkins, died in office. 1943 Nov 3:WalkerB. Lounsbery (Rep), elected. 1949 Nov 8:DonaldW. Kramer (Dem), elected. 1953 Nov 3:DonaldW. Kramer (Dem), elected. 1957:JohnJ. Burns, elected. 1961:JohnJ. Burns, elected. 1993:JohnJ. Burns, defeated. 2013 Nov 5:RichardDavid (Rep), elected;TeriRennia (Dem), defeated.
Postmasters at Binghamton, 1836-1947(may beincomplete!) TracyRobinson as of 1836EdwardB. Stephens as of 1874-82GeorgeW. Dunn as of 1883E.H. Freeman as of 1887GeorgeW. Dunn as of 1892CharlesA. Hull as of 1893-94CharlesF. Terhue as of 1897JamesH. Roberts as of 1901-07FancherM. Hopkins as of 1915-21HenryB. Mulford as of 1925-35MichaelL. Sullivan as of 1937CharlesW. Craig as of 1943-47
(renamed Binghamton about 1830)
Postmasters at Chenango Point, 1816(may beincomplete!) JacobMcKinney as of 1816
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Binghamton, 1867-79(may be incomplete!) SimonC. Hitchcock as of 1867BenjaminDe Voe as of 1879 | |
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