Mayors of Corning, 1896-2009(may be incomplete!) W.W. Adams as of 1896W.L. McGeorge as of 1900GeorgeW. Lane as of 1901-02JohnL. Miller as of 1903-04ValentineRettig as of 1905-07ThomasA. McNamara 1908-09FrederickA. Ellison 1910-11LewisN. Lattin as of 1915GeorgeW. Lane as of 1916GeorgeW. Lane as of 1920-21JamesP. Hallahan as of 1925HarryA. Rood as of 1926-27WilliamH. Tew as of 1928-29JohnL. Miller 1930-33AlfredG. Hood 1933-35DanielStimson as of 1936-47HowardF. V. Cole as of 1948-49GeorgeE. Keenan 1952-53JosephL. Andrews 1954-55DanielStimson as of 1956-57GeorgeE. Keenan as of 1959JosephJ. Nasser as of 1960-66TomReed 2008-09 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1909 Nov 2:FrederickA. Ellison (Dem), elected. 1911 Nov 7:FrederickA. Ellison (Dem), elected. 1921 Nov 8:SamuelE. Quackenbush (Rep), elected. 1925 Nov 3:HarryA. Rood (Rep & Dem), elected. 1927 Nov 8:WilliamH. Tew (Rep), elected. 1929 Nov 5:JohnL. Miller (Rep), elected. 1933 Jan 6:JohnL. Miller, died in office. 1933 Nov 7:AlfredG. Hood (Rep), elected. 1935 Nov 5:DanielStimson (Rep & Dem), elected. 1937 Nov 2:DanielStimson (Rep), elected. 1939 Nov 7:DanielStimson (Rep), elected. 1943 Nov 2:DanielStimson (Rep & Dem), elected. 1949 Nov 8:HowardF. V. Cole (Rep), elected. 1951 Nov 6:GeorgeE. Keenan (Dem), elected. 1953 Nov 3:JosephL. Andrews (Rep), elected. 1955 Sep 13:DanielStimson (Rep), nominated;ChesterJ. Hardenberg (Rep), defeated in primary. 1955 Nov 8:DanielStimson (Rep), elected;FrankL. King (Dem), defeated. 1959 Nov 3:JosephJ. Nasser (Rep), elected. 2003 Nov 4:AlanD. Lewis, Sr. (Rep & Conservative), elected unopposed. 2005 Nov 8:FrankP. Coccho (Dem), elected;AlanD. Lewis, Sr. (Rep & Conservative), defeated. 2007 Nov 6:TomReed (Rep & Independence), elected;FrankP. Coccho (Dem), defeated. 2009 Nov 3:RichardP. Negri (Rep & Independence), elected;FrankP. Coccho (Dem), defeated.
Postmasters at Corning, 1840-1969(may beincomplete!) PhiloP. Hubbell 1840-41ShubaelB. Denton 1841-44JohnMcBurney 1844-45GeorgeP. Loveland 1845-48PhiloP. Hubbell 1848-49WilliamB. Whiting 1849-51ThomasMessenger 1851DavidB. Cumpston 1851-53GeorgeW. Dyer 1853-56CharlesC. B. Walker 1856-60DwightA. Fuller 1860-61CharlesH. Thomson 1861-72GeorgeW. Pratt 1872-77EdwardClisdell 1877-81EphraimP. Rogers 1881-86FrankB. Brown 1886-90GeorgeW. Pratt 1890-94GeorgeW. Drake 1894-98JohnS. Kennedy 1898-1905HarryH. Pratt 1905-14JohnW. Lynahan 1914-23BenjaminW. Wellington 1923-35HarrieJ. Millspaugh 1935HarrieJ. Millspaugh 1935-46JohnF. Kennedy 1946-47JohnF. Kennedy 1947-52SebastianJ. Frey 1952-53FloydW. English 1953-54FloydW. English 1954-68JohnW. Ross 1968AlexanderKosty 1968-69
(now Corning)
Postmasters at Painted Post, 1826-40(may beincomplete!) DanielE. Brown 1826-31EdwardBacon 1831-33PhiloP. Hubbell 1833-40 | |
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