Mayors of Peekskill, 1939-2015(may be incomplete!) JamesMackay 1940WilliamT. Horton 1940-41RalphF. Hopkins as of 1942-47JohnN. Schneider as of 1948-49JohnE. Hayes as of 1952-56BartholomewA. Moynahan as of 1958-59CyrusA. Bleakley as of 1961GeorgePataki 1981-84MaryF. Foster 2011-13 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1939 Sep 19:JamesMackay (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1939 Sep 19:StuartH. Robinson (Rep), nominated;JosephSchroeder (Rep), defeated in primary. 1939 Sep 19:JamesMackay (American Labor), nominated unopposed. 1939 Nov 7:JamesMackay (Dem & American Labor), elected;StuartH. Robinson (Rep), defeated. 1940 Dec 4:JamesMackay, resigned. 1940 Dec 10:WilliamT. Horton, appointed. 1943 Nov 2:RalphF. Hopkins (Rep), elected;F.P. Berlingoff (Dem), defeated. 1949 Nov 8:FrankJ. Mahoney (Rep), elected;JohnF. Hayes (Dem), defeated. 1951 Aug 21:JohnE. Hayes (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1951 Aug 21:BartholomewA. Moynahan (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1951 Nov 6:JohnE. Hayes (Dem), elected;BartholomewA. Moynahan (Rep), defeated. 1953 Nov 3:JohnE. Hayes (Dem), elected;PeterG. Choulas (Rep), defeated. 1955 Sep 13:JohnE. Hayes (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1955 Sep 13:DouglasH. Rolfe (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1955 Nov 8:JohnE. Hayes (Dem), elected;DouglasH. Rolfe (Rep), defeated. 1957 Nov 5:BartholomewA. Moynahan (Rep), elected. 1959 Nov 3:BartholomewA. Moynahan (Rep), elected;HarryF. Cothren (Dem), defeated. 1961 Nov 7:CyrusA. Bleakley (Rep), elected;WilliamF. Gallagher (Dem), defeated. 1963 Nov 5:SalvatoreT. Gambino (Dem), elected;V.Donohue (Rep), defeated. 2013 Nov 5:FrankA. Catalina (Rep & Conservative), elected;MaryF. Foster (Dem & Working Families), defeated. 2015 Nov 3:FrankA. Catalina (Rep & Reform), elected;KennethC. Martin (Dem & Working Families), defeated.
Village Presidents of Peekskill, 1925-40(may beincomplete!) HicksonF. Hart 1920JamesK. Apgar 1925-27JamesMackay as of 1934-37MyleJ. Holley 1937-39JamesMackay 1940 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1935 Apr 9:JamesMackay (Dem), elected;StuartH. Robinson (Rep), defeated. 1937:MyleJ. Holley (Rep), elected. 1939 Jan 13:MyleJ. Holley, resigned. 1940 Apr 9:JamesMackay (Dem & American Labor), elected;JohnJ. Heleker (Rep), defeated.
Postmasters at Peekskill, 1836-1947(may beincomplete!) WilliamBoyce as of 1836JosephHudson as of 1881N.G. Foshay as of 1887WilliamR. Thorne as of 1897DavidG. Montross as of 1901JohnMabie as of 1915-16FredW. Otte as of 1917-21J.Arthur Haight as of 1928JamesBoylan as of 1937-47 | |
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