Mayors of Yonkers, 1872-2021(may be incomplete!)
JamesC. Courter 1872-74JosephMasten 1874-75WilliamA. Gibson 1876-77JosephMasten 1878-80NortonP. Otis 1880-82SamuelG. Swift 1882-84WilliamG. Stahlnecker 1884-86J.Harvey Bell 1886-90JamesMillward 1890-92JamesH. Weller 1892-94JohnG. Peene 1894-97LeslieM. Sutherland 1898-1901MichaelJ. Walsh 1902-03JohnE. Andrus 1904-05JohnH. Coyne 1906-07NathanA. Warren 1908-09JamesT. Lennon 1910-17WilliamJ. Wallin 1918-21WalterM. Taussig 1922-23AlfredE. Watson 1923UlrichWeisendanger 1924-25WilliamA. Walsh 1926-27ThomasF. Larkin 1928JohnJ. Fogarty 1928-31JosephF. Loehr 1932-39JohnJ. Condon 1940-41BenjaminF. Barnes 1942-43CurtissE. Frank 1944-49JohnJ. Whalen 1949EdithP. Welty 1949KristenKristensen 1950-61JohnE. Flynn 1962-66JamesF. X. O'Rourke 1966-69AlfredB. DelBello 1970-73AngeloR. Martinelli 1974-79GeraldE. Loehr 1980-81NicholasJ. Wasicsko as of 1988-89TerrenceM. Zaleski as of 1992-95JohnD. Spencer 1996-2003PhilAmicone 2004-11MikeSpano 2012- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1873:RobertP. Getty, defeated. 1880 Mar 30:NortonP. Otis (Rep), elected;JosephMasten (Dem), defeated. 1882 Mar 28:SamuelG. Swift (Dem), elected. 1884 Mar 25:WilliamG. Stahlnecker (Dem), elected;RudolphEickemeyer (Rep), defeated. 1886 Mar 30:J.Harvey Bell (Dem), elected;NortonP. Otis (Rep), defeated. 1888 Mar 27:J.Harvey Bell (Dem), elected;EdwardUnderhill (Rep), defeated. 1890 Mar 25:JamesMillward (Rep), elected;PeterU. Fowler (Dem), defeated;DennisMurphy (Ind), defeated. 1892 Mar 29:JamesH. Weller (Rep), elected;B.F. Holde (Dem), defeated;DennisMurphy (Ind), defeated. 1894 Mar 27:JohnG. Peene (Rep), elected;JohnKendrick Bangs (Dem), defeated. 1895 Nov 5:JohnG. Peene (Rep), elected;JohnEylers (Dem), defeated. 1897 Nov 2:LeslieM. Sutherland (Rep), elected;ThomasEwing, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1899 Nov 7:LeslieM. Sutherland (Rep), elected;ThomasEwing, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1901 Nov 5:MichaelJ. Walsh (Dem), elected;JohnE. Andrus (Rep), defeated. 1903 Nov 3:JohnE. Andrus (Rep), elected;MichaelJ. Walsh (Dem), defeated. 1905 Nov 7:JohnH. Coyne (Dem), elected;WilliamC. Kellogg (Rep), defeated. 1907 Nov 5:NathanA. Warren (Rep), elected;JohnH. Coyne (Dem), defeated. 1909 Nov 2:JamesT. Lennon (Dem), elected;NathanA. Warren (Rep), defeated. 1911 Nov 7:JamesT. Lennon (Dem), elected;DanielCashin (Rep), defeated. 1913 Nov 4:JamesT. Lennon (Dem), elected;WilliamJ. Wallin (Rep & Citizens Union), defeated;JohnH. Coyne (Progressive), defeated. 1915 Sep 28:JamesT. Lennon (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1915 Sep 28:GideonH. Peck (Rep), nominated;ArthurS. Maudlin (Rep), defeated in primary. 1915 Sep 28:HarryM. Malone (Progressive), nominated unopposed. 1915 Nov 2:JamesT. Lennon (Dem), elected;GideonH. Peck (Rep), defeated;RobertPearson (Socialist), defeated;HarryM. Malone (Progressive), defeated. 1917 Sep 17:WilliamJ. Wallin (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1917 Sep 19:JamesT. Lennon (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1917 Nov 6:WilliamJ. Wallin (Rep), elected;JamesT. Lennon (Dem), defeated;RobertPearson (Socialist), defeated. 1921:JamesJ. Lynch (Rep), defeated in primary. 1921 Nov 8:WalterM. Taussig (Dem), elected;UlrichWeisendanger (Rep), defeated. 1923 Nov 6:UlrichWeisendanger (Rep), elected;WalterM. Taussig (Dem), defeated. 1923 Nov 21:WalterM. Taussig, died in office. 1925 Nov 3:WilliamA. Walsh (Dem), elected;UlrichWeisendanger (Rep), defeated. 1927 Nov 8:ThomasF. Larkin (Dem), elected;AlfredE. Watson (Rep), defeated. 1928 Jul 25:ThomasF. Larkin, died in office. 1928 Nov 6:JohnJ. Fogarty (Rep), elected;LeonardG. McAneny (Dem), defeated. 1929 Nov 5:JohnJ. Fogarty (Rep), elected;EdwardJ. Murray (Dem), defeated. 1931 Sep 15:JosephF. Loehr (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1931 Sep 15:HarryLaragh (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1931 Nov 3:JosephF. Loehr (Dem), elected;HarryLaragh (Rep), defeated;RobertPearson (Socialist), defeated. 1933 Nov 7:JosephF. Loehr (Dem), elected;FrankB. Cotter (Rep), defeated. 1935 Sep 17:JosephF. Loehr (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1935 Sep 17:JohnJ. Condon (Rep), nominated;UlrichWeisendanger (Rep), defeated in primary. 1935 Nov 5:JosephF. Loehr (Dem), elected;JohnJ. Condon (Rep), defeated;OttoA. Riegelman (Socialist), defeated. 1937 Nov 2:JosephF. Loehr (Dem), elected;FrankB. Cotter (Rep), defeated;OttoA. Riegelman (Socialist), defeated. 1949 Sep 1:CurtissE. Frank, resigned. 1949 Nov 8:KristenKristensen (Rep), elected;JohnJ. Whalen (Dem), defeated. 1951 Aug 21:J.Jay Devitt (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1951 Aug 21:KristenKristensen (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1951 Aug 21:HerbertC. Hewitt (American Labor), nominated unopposed. 1951 Aug 21:MagnoSapere (Liberal), nominated unopposed. 1951 Nov 6:KristenKristensen (Rep), elected;J.Jay Devitt (Dem), defeated;HerbertC. Hewitt (American Labor), defeated;MagnoSapere (Liberal), defeated. 1953 Nov 3:KristenKristensen (Rep), elected;W.Cronin (Dem & Liberal), defeated. 1955 Sep 13:JohnA. Vaccaro (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1955 Sep 13:KristenKristensen (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1955 Sep 13:JohnA. Vaccaro (Liberal), nominated unopposed. 1955 Nov 8:KristenKristensen (Rep), elected;JohnA. Vaccaro (Dem & Liberal), defeated. 1957 Nov 5:KristenKristensen (Rep), elected;SchuylerB. Patterson (Dem), defeated;WilliamE. Slater (Liberal), defeated. 1959 Nov 3:KristenKristensen (Rep), elected;RobertW. Cacace (Dem & Liberal), defeated. 1961 Nov 7:JohnE. Flynn (Rep), elected;AloysiusMoczydlowski (Dem), defeated;MaryF. Van Nes (Liberal), defeated. 1963 Nov 5:JohnE. Flynn (Rep), elected;W.J. Spitzer (Dem & Liberal), defeated. 1987:NicholasJ. Wasicsko, elected;AngeloR. Martinelli (Rep), defeated. 1989:NicholasJ. Wasicsko, defeated. 1995:TerrenceM. Zaleski (Dem), defeated. 1995 Nov 7:JohnD. Spencer (Rep), elected. 1999:SamBorrelli (Dem), defeated. 1999 Nov 2:JohnD. Spencer (Rep), elected. 2003 Sep 9:JoeL. Farmer (Dem), nominated;PaulineGalvin (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnLiszewski (Dem), defeated in primary;SamBorrelli (Dem), defeated in primary. 2003 Sep 9:PhilAmicone (Rep), nominated;MikeSpano (Rep), defeated in primary;VincenzaRestiano (Rep), defeated in primary. 2003 Nov 4:PhilAmicone (Rep), elected;JoeL. Farmer (Dem), defeated. 2015 Nov 3:MikeSpano (Dem & Working Families), elected;BillNuckel (Rep & Reform), defeated.
Village Presidents of Yonkers, 1855-72(may beincomplete!)
WilliamRadford 1855-56WilliamW. Woodworth 1857-58RobertP. Getty 1859ThomasF. Morris 1860JohnT. Warring 1861-62EverettClapp 1863-64JamesC. Bell 1865-66JustusLawrence 1867-68IsaacH. Knox 1869-70RobertP. Getty 1871-72
Postmasters at Yonkers, 1796-1978(may beincomplete!)
AlpheusPierson 1796-1809AaronVark 1809-41ThomasO. Farrington 1841-43JohnBashford 1843-48EstherA. Bashford 1848-60GeorgeL. Andrews 1860-61WilliamH. Post 1861-65LeviP. Rose 1865-69MatthewF. Rowe 1869-81WilliamMacfarlan 1881-83MarvinN. Jones 1883-86EdwinR. Keyes 1886LillianC. Keyes 1886-90JohnPentreath 1890-94JohnG. P. Holden 1894-98HenryOsterheld 1898-1905JohnN. Parsons 1905-10NathanA. Warren 1910-14JohnN. Parsons 1914-17MichaelJ. Walsh 1917-19JamesJ. Fleming 1919JamesJ. Fleming 1919-23AlbertC. Bogert 1923-24AlbertC. Bogert 1924-36WilliamCronin 1936WilliamCronin 1936-51FrancisP. Tobin 1951-52FrancisP. Tobin 1952-78 | |
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