Borough Presidents of Queens, 1897-2017(may beincomplete!)
FrederickW. Bowley 1898-1901JosephCassidy 1902-05JosephBermel 1906-08LawrenceGresser 1908-11MauriceE. Connolly 1911-28BernardM. Patten 1928GeorgeU. Harvey 1929-41JamesA. Burke 1942-49MauriceA. FitzGerald 1950-51JosephF. Mafera 1951JamesA. Lundy 1952-57JamesJ. Crisona 1958-59JohnT. Clancy 1959-62MarioJ. Cariello 1963-68SidneyLeviss 1969-71DonaldR. Manes 1971-86ClaireK. Shulman 1986-2001HelenM. Marshall 2002-13MelindaKatz 2014- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1897 Nov 2:FrederickW. Bowley (Dem & German-American), elected;FelixFritsche (Rep & Independent Voters), defeated;FrederickW. Dunton (Gold Democratic), defeated;JamesA. Renwick (Citizens Union), defeated;CharlesBerg (Socialist Labor), defeated;EarlLee (Prohibition), defeated;JamesDavren (United Democracy), defeated. 1901 Nov 5:JosephCassidy (Dem), elected;HenryDoht (Rep), defeated;RobertB. Lawrence (Citizens Union), defeated. 1903 Nov 3:JosephCassidy (Dem), elected;JamesE. Clonin (Rep & Citizens Union), defeated. 1905:JosephCassidy (Dem), defeated. 1908 Apr 29:JosephBermel, resigned. 1909:JosephCassidy (Dem), defeated. 1909 Nov 2:LawrenceGresser (Fusion), elected. 1911 Sep 26:LawrenceGresser, removed. 1917 Nov 6:MauriceE. Connolly (Dem), elected;NewmanH. Raymond (Prohibition), defeated. 1921 Sep 13:MauriceE. Connolly (Dem), nominated;DenisO'Leary (Dem), defeated in primary. 1921 Sep 13:EdgarF. Hazelton (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1921 Nov 8:MauriceE. Connolly (Dem), elected;EdgarF. Hazelton (Rep), defeated;BarnetWolff (Socialist), defeated;FredHesse, defeated. 1925 Sep 15:MauriceE. Connolly (Dem), nominated;C.Pope Caldwell (Dem), defeated in primary. 1925 Sep 15:JohnL. Karle (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1925 Sep 15:JamesOneal (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1925 Nov 3:MauriceE. Connolly (Dem), elected;JohnL. Karle (Rep), defeated;JamesOneal (Socialist), defeated. 1928 Apr 3:MauriceE. Connolly, resigned. 1929:GeorgeE. Powers (Workers), defeated. 1933 Sep 19:CharlesS. Colden (Dem), nominated;JosephP. Farley (Dem), defeated in primary. 1933 Sep 19:GeorgeU. Harvey (Rep), nominated;EmilWolfertz (Rep), defeated in primary. 1933 Sep 19:JamesOneal (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1933 Nov 7:GeorgeU. Harvey (Rep & City Fusion), elected;CharlesS. Colden (Dem & Jeffersonian), defeated;RobertS. Girling (Reunion & Taxpayers), defeated;RichardE. Welden (Vigilant), defeated;JamesF. O'Kelly (Assurance), defeated;JamesOneal (Socialist), defeated;GeorgeE. Powers (Communist), defeated. 1937 Sep 16:WilliamF. Brunner (Dem), nominated;JamesA. Burke (Dem), defeated in primary. 1937 Sep 16:GeorgeU. Harvey (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1937 Nov 2:GeorgeU. Harvey (Rep & City Fusion), elected;WilliamF. Brunner (Dem), defeated;LeonardLazarus (Socialist), defeated. 1941 Nov 4:JamesA. Burke (Dem), elected;GeorgeU. Harvey (Rep & City Fusion), defeated;A.Joseph Donnelly (American Labor), defeated. 1945 Nov 6:JamesA. Burke (Dem), elected;GeorgeArchinal (Rep), defeated;ThomasJ. Gray (No Deal), defeated. 1949 Sep 6:MauriceA. FitzGerald (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1949 Sep 6:JamesA. Lundy (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1949 Sep 6:MaryMurphy (American Labor), nominated unopposed. 1949 Sep 6:GeorgeRifkin (Liberal), nominated unopposed. 1949 Nov 8:MauriceA. FitzGerald (Dem), elected;JamesA. Lundy (Rep), defeated;GeorgeRifkin (Liberal), defeated;MaryMurphy (American Labor), defeated. 1951 Aug 25:MauriceA. FitzGerald, died in office. 1951 Nov 6:JamesA. Lundy (Rep), elected. 1953 Sep 15:JamesA. Phillips (Dem), nominated;JohnT. Clancy (Dem), defeated in primary. 1953 Sep 15:JamesA. Lundy (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1953 Sep 15:HerbertA. Shingler (American Labor), nominated unopposed. 1953 Sep 15:JohnF. Rapp (Liberal), nominated unopposed. 1953 Nov 3:JamesA. Lundy (Rep), elected;JamesA. Phillips (Dem), defeated;JohnF. Rapp (Liberal & Ind), defeated;HerbertA. Shingler (American Labor), defeated. 1957 Sep 10:JamesJ. Crisona (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1957 Sep 10:JamesA. Lundy (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1957 Sep 10:JamesJ. Crisona (Liberal), nominated unopposed. 1957 Nov 5:JamesJ. Crisona (Dem & Liberal & City Fusion), elected;JamesA. Lundy (Rep), defeated. 1959:RobertE. Barnes (Rep), defeated. 1961 Nov 7:JohnT. Clancy (Dem), elected;RobertE. Barnes (Rep & Civic Action), defeated;LeoBrown (Liberal), defeated. 1965 Nov 2:MarioJ. Cariello (Dem & Rep), elected;MichaelJ. Yorke (Conservative), defeated. 1969 Jun 17:SidneyLeviss (Dem), nominated;JohnJ. Santucci (Dem), defeated in primary;LeonardP. Stavisky (Dem), defeated in primary;MarthaKregman Zelman (Dem), defeated in primary. 1969 Nov 4:SidneyLeviss (Dem), elected;MortonGreenspan (Liberal), defeated;RalphKress (Rep), defeated;HughF. McShane (Conservative), defeated. 1971 Nov 2:DonaldR. Manes (Dem & Rep), elected;RobertJ. Hanophy (Conservative), defeated. 1973 Nov 6:DonaldR. Manes (Dem & Rep), elected;CatherineS. Lynch (Conservative), defeated;VictorLevin (Liberal), defeated. 1985:DonaldR. Manes, elected. 1986 Feb 11:DonaldR. Manes, resigned. 2001 Sep 25:HelenM. Marshall (Dem), nominated;CarolA. Gresser (Dem), defeated in primary;SheldonS. Leffler (Dem), defeated in primary. 2001 Nov 6:HelenM. Marshall (Dem & Liberal), elected;AlC. Stabile (Rep & Conservative), defeated;DorothyWilliams-Pereira (Green), defeated. 2005 Nov 8:HelenM. Marshall (Dem & Working Families), elected;PhilipT. Sica (Rep & Conservative), defeated. 2009 Sep 15:HelenM. Marshall (Dem), nominated;MarcC. Leavitt (Dem), defeated in primary;RobertSchwartz (Dem), defeated in primary. 2009 Nov 3:HelenM. Marshall (Dem & Working Families), elected;RobertA. Hornak (Rep), defeated;RobertSchwartz (Conservative), defeated. 2013 Sep 10:TonyAvella (Dem), defeated in primary. 2013 Nov 5:MelindaKatz (Dem), elected;TonyArcabascio (Rep), defeated;EverlyBrown, defeated.
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Mayors of Long Island City, 1870-97(may beincomplete!)
AbramD. Ditmars 1870-71HenryS. DeBevoise 1872-75AbramD. Ditmars 1875JohnQuinn 1876HenryS. DeBevoise 1876-83GeorgePetry 1883-86PatrickJ. Gleason 1887-92HoratioS. Sanford 1893-95PatrickJ. Gleason 1896-97 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1886:W.Remsen Taylor (Rep), defeated. 1892 Nov 8:HoratioS. Sanford (Jeffersonian Democratic), elected;PatrickJ. Gleason (Dem), defeated;LuciusN. Manley (Rep), defeated. 1895 Nov 5:PatrickJ. Gleason (Dem), elected;JohnP. Madden (Jeffersonian Democratic), defeated;BenjaminG. Strong (Rep), defeated;Woodruff,defeated.
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Postmasters at Astoria, 1881-87(may beincomplete!)
HenryC. Johnson as of 1881-83A.Flannakan as of 1887
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Postmasters at Bayside, 1874-1907(may beincomplete!)
WilliamS. Brockaw as of 1874BenjaminR. Newcomb as of 1881-83JamesHope as of 1887G.H. Drapel as of 1892JamesHope as of 1893-97JohnJ. Johnston as of 1901GeorgeBouse as of 1907
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Postmasters at Broad Channel, 1907-28(may beincomplete!)
AlfredShaw as of 1907EttaShaw as of 1915-18SelenaHarris as of 1919-21JoshuaBrady as of 1925ElizabethH. Oschmann as of 1928
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Postmasters at College Point, 1881-1901(may beincomplete!)
FerdinandGentner as of 1881-82G.E. Plitt as of 1887AlbertHeumm as of 1901
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Postmasters at Corona, 1881-1901(may beincomplete!)
ThomasW. Howard as of 1881FrankWickham as of 1882-87JohnF. Nesbit as of 1901
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Postmasters at Creedmoor, 1881-1901(may beincomplete!)
RosaKlein as of 1881-82JohnF. Klein as of 1887MargaretC. Graf as of 1901
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Postmasters at Far Rockaway, 1881-1943(may beincomplete!)
EugeneH. Cole as of 1881D.H. Jennings as of 1887ThomasHenderson as of 1893-94AndrewMcTigue as of 1897HenryA. France as of 1901WilliamJ. McVay as of 1915-17ThomasA. McMahon as of 1918-21GeorgeF. Vreeland as of 1925-28EuphemiaM. Fitter as of 1937-43
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Postmasters at Flushing, 1836-1943(may beincomplete!)
JosephBloodgood as of 1836JohnW. Rickey as of 1881A.W. Smith as of 1887E.F. Harris as of 1893-94JamesH. Quinlan as of 1897JohnD. Van Nostrand as of 1901AlfredJ. Kennedy 1913-21JohnA. Rapelye as of 1925-28JosephA. Doyle as of 1937-43
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Postmasters at Fort Totten, 1915-18(may beincomplete!)
GeorgeH. Martens as of 1915-18
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Postmasters at Fosters Meadow, 1881-1901(may beincomplete!)
JosephS. Roeckel as of 1881-1901
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Postmasters at Glendale Station, 1881-1901(may beincomplete!)
PeterL. Affourtit as of 1881-87MargaretO'Donoghue as of 1901
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Postmasters at Jamaica, 1797-1971(may beincomplete!)
EliphaletWickes 1797-1805NehemiahHinckman 1806-07EliphaletWickes 1807-35JamesRider 1835-41JohnC. Smith 1841-45MartinJohnson 1845-49RichardBrush 1849-53MartinV. N. Rider 1853-57ZebulonM. P. Black 1857-61CharlesWelling 1861-66HiramU. Rider 1866-69CharlesWelling 1869-82GeorgeW. Callow 1882-86PaulBarthel 1886-90GeorgeW. Callow 1890-94GeorgeC. Damon 1894-99HenryM. Haviland 1899-1907WarrenB. Ashmead 1907-14DanielF. Shea 1914-23SkidmorePettit, Jr. 1923-24SkidmorePettit, Jr. 1924-28LorenzD. Brown 1928LorenzD. Brown 1928-34GilbertW. Rosenquest 1934-35GilbertW. Rosenquest 1935-57EdwardH. Essig 1957-59EdwardH. Essig 1959-71
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Postmasters at Little Neck, 1881-1901(may beincomplete!)
StephenWilson as of 1881-87CharlesA. Van Nostrand as of 1897StephenWilson as of 1901
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Postmasters at Long Island City, 1861-1970(may beincomplete!)
JonathanPeck 1861-62CharlesCornwall 1862-64JohnP. Gilbert 1864-66JamesH. Orr 1866-67LewisGraves 1867-80WilliamBridge 1880-87JamesA. McKenna 1887-89WilliamRichensteen 1889-93JamesA. McKenna 1893-97GeorgeRipperger 1897-1910JohnWagner 1910-14JamesW. Kelly 1914-23HenryStrube 1923-24HenryStrube 1924-32WilliamJ. Thornton 1932-37FrancisJ. Littig 1937-39MosesSymington 1939-54GeorgeA. Albrecht 1954-55GeorgeA. Albrecht 1955-62JohnJ. Daly 1962HenryC. Schreiber 1962-64HenryC. Schreiber 1964-68PeterJ. Ruggiero 1968-70
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Postmasters at Maspeth, 1881-1901(may beincomplete!)
S.A. Brackenbury as of 1881T.F. McDonald as of 1887HenryE. Mooney as of 1901 | |
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