Mayors of Olean, 1894-1959(may be incomplete!) NicholasV. V. Franchot 1894-98PeterC. Foley 1910-11WilliamH. Simpson as of 1915FosterStudholme 1916-19WillisZ. Georgia 1920-21PeterC. Foley 1922GeorgeH. Pierce 1923-29EarlC. Vedder 1930-31AlbertJ. Carr 1932-33FredW. Forness, Jr. 1934-37JohnE. McAuliffe 1938-39FredW. Forness, Jr. 1940-41WalkermanD. Dugan 1942-43ThomasA. Gustafson 1943-51WilliamN. Davis 1952-53ThomasA. Gustafson 1954-55IversJ. Norton 1956-59 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1909 Nov 2:PeterC. Foley (Dem), elected. 1911 Nov 7:PeterC. Foley (Dem), elected. 1915 Nov 2:FosterStudholme (Rep), elected. 1917 Nov 6:FosterStudholme (Rep & Prohibition), elected;PeterC. Foley (Dem), defeated;GaiusC. Smith (Socialist), defeated. 1919 Nov 4:WillisZ. Georgia (Rep), elected;PeterC. Foley (Dem), defeated;GaiusC. Smith (Socialist), defeated. 1921 Nov 8:PeterC. Foley (Dem), elected. 1925 Nov 3:GeorgeH. Pierce (Rep), elected. 1927 Nov 8:GeorgeH. Pierce (Rep), elected. 1929 Nov 5:EarlC. Vedder (Rep), elected. 1933 Nov 7:FredW. Forness, Jr. (Dem), elected. 1935 Nov 5:FredW. Forness, Jr. (Dem), elected;HowardK. Jaekle (Rep), defeated;JohnG. Cooper (Socialist), defeated. 1937 Nov 2:JohnE. McAuliffe (Rep), elected;FredW. Forness, Jr. (Dem), defeated;JohnG. Cooper (Socialist), defeated. 1939 Nov 7:FredW. Forness, Jr. (Dem), elected. 1941 Nov 4:WalkermanD. Dugan (Rep & Dem), elected;JohnG. Cooper (American Labor), defeated. 1943 Jan 2:WalkermanD. Dugan, resigned. 1943 Feb 23:ThomasA. Gustafson (Rep), elected;JamesV. Rogers (Dem), defeated;JohnG. Cooper (American Labor), defeated. 1943 Nov 2:ThomasA. Gustafson (Rep), elected;FredW. Forness, Jr. (Dem), defeated;JohnG. Cooper (American Labor), defeated. 1949 Nov 8:ThomasA. Gustafson (Rep), elected. 1951 Nov 6:WilliamN. Davis (Rep), elected. 1955 Sep 13:IversJ. Norton (Rep), nominated;WilliamN. Davis (Rep), defeated in primary. 1955 Nov 8:IversJ. Norton (Rep), elected;RaymondM. Haggerty, Sr. (Dem), defeated. 1959 Nov 3:IversJ. Norton (Rep & Dem), elected.
Postmasters at Olean, 1817-1969(may beincomplete!) HoratioOrton 1817-20SylvanusRussell 1820-24HenryBryan 1824-29DarrorSwain 1829-30FredericL. Martin 1830-39DavidDay 1839-49OlcottP. Boardman 1849-53DavidDay 1853-57HenryW. Fish 1857-61RufusL. Page 1861-70JamesG. Johnson 1870-77GeorgeN. Fobes 1877-78MiltonB. Fobes 1878-81WilsonR. Page 1881-86CalvinS. Stowell 1886-90WilsonR. Page 1890-94FrankL. Stowell 1894-98GeorgeM. Mayer 1898-1910EdwardTroy 1910-15HerbertD. Sibley 1915-24CopelandE. Smith 1924-33DennisW. Keating 1933-34DennisW. Keating 1934MargaretE. Keating 1935-36MargaretE. Keating 1936-41JohnJoseph Shortell 1941-52JamesV. Rogers 1952-53DonaldR. Harvison 1953-54DonaldR. Harvison 1954-69 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1934 Dec 13:DennisW. Keating, died in office. | |
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