Mayors of Youngstown, 1850-2012(may beincomplete!) JohnHeiner 1850-51RobertW. Tayler 1851-52StephenF. Burnett 1852-53WilliamG. Moore 1853-55WilliamRice 1855-56ThomasW. Sanderson 1856-57ReubenCarroll 1857-62PeterW. Keller 1862-63JohnManning 1863ThomasH. Wells 1863-64BrainardS. Higley 1864-66GeorgeMcKee 1866-72JohnD. Raney 1872-74WilliamM. Osborn 1874-76MatthewLogan 1876-80WilliamJ. Lawthers 1880-84WalterL. Campbell 1884-86SamuelA. Steele 1886-88RandallMontgomery 1888-92I.B. Miller 1892-96EdmondH. Moore 1896-1900FrankL. Brown 1900-02W.T. Gibson 1903-05FrankL. Baldwin 1906-07AlvinW. Craver 1908-12FredA. Hartenstein 1912-16CarrollThornton 1916-18AlvinW. Craver 1918-20FredJ. Warnock 1920-22GeorgeOles 1922WilliamG. Reese 1922-23CharlesScheible 1924-27JosephL. Heffernan 1928-31MarkE. Moore 1932-35LionelEvans 1936-39WilliamB. Spagnola 1940-43RalphW. O'Neill 1944-47CharlesP. Henderson 1948-54FrankX. Kryzan 1954-59FrankR. Franko 1960-61HarryN. Savesten 1962-63AnthonyB. Flask 1964-69JackHunter 1970-78J.Phillip Richley 1978-84PatrickJ. Ungaro 1984-97GeorgeMcKelvey 1997-2005JayWilliams 2006-11ChuckSammarone 2011- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1850 Jun 15:JohnHeiner, elected. 1851 Apr 7:RobertW. Tayler, elected. 1852 Apr 5:StephenF. Burnett, elected. 1853 Apr 4:WilliamG. Moore, elected. 1854 Apr 3:WilliamG. Moore, elected. 1855 Apr 2:WilliamRice, elected. 1856 Apr 7:ThomasW. Sanderson, elected. 1857 Apr 6:ReubenCarroll, elected. 1858:ReubenCarroll, elected. 1859:ReubenCarroll, elected. 1860:ReubenCarroll, elected. 1861:ReubenCarroll, elected. 1862 Apr 7:PeterW. Keller, elected. 1863:JohnManning, resigned. 1863 Apr 6:JohnManning, elected. 1864 Apr 4:BrainardS. Higley, elected. 1865 Apr 3:BrainardS. Higley, elected. 1866 Apr 2:GeorgeMcKee, elected. 1867 Apr 1:GeorgeMcKee, elected. 1868 Apr 6:GeorgeMcKee, elected. 1870 Apr 4:GeorgeMcKee, elected. 1872 Apr 1:JohnD. Raney, elected. 1874 Apr 6:WilliamM. Osborn, elected. 1876 Apr 3:MatthewLogan, elected. 1878 Apr 1:MatthewLogan, elected. 1880 Apr 5:WilliamJ. Lawthers, elected. 1882 Apr 3:WilliamJ. Lawthers, elected. 1937:GusHall (Communist), defeated. 1949 Nov 8:CharlesP. Henderson (Rep), elected. 1955 Nov 8:FrankX. Kryzan (Dem), elected;J.Fred Knott (Rep), defeated. 2001 Nov 6:GeorgeMcKelvey (Dem), elected unopposed. 2005 Nov 8:JayWilliams, elected;RobertF. Hagan (Dem), defeated;MaggyLorenzi, defeated;RobertC. Korchnak (Rep), defeated;BrendanJ. Gilmartin, defeated;JoeLouis Teague, defeated.
Postmasters at Youngstown, 1801-1976(may beincomplete!) CalvinPease 1801-03CharlesDutton 1803-13SamuelWhite 1813-15CharlesDutton 1815-18WilliamRayen 1818-39AsahelMedbury 1839-41JamesHeylep 1841CalebB. Wick 1841-43WilliamWoodbridge 1843-45AlexanderMcKinnie 1845-49JonathanEdwards 1849-53AlexanderMcKinnie 1853-61ThomasL. Moore 1861-68CorydonB. Streeter 1868-76AustinR. Seagrave 1876-81GeorgeJ. Williams 1881-85HenryC. Cassidy 1885-89EdwardH. Hosmer 1889-93GeorgeB. Snyder 1893-98OnesimusP. Shaffer 1898-1913GeorgeB. Snyder 1913-22BenjaminE. Westwood 1922-34JohnJ. Farrell 1934-36CarlArmstrong 1937AlvinW. Craver 1938AlvinW. Craver 1938-41JohnE. Doyle 1941JohnE. Doyle 1941-59ChesterW. Bailey 1959-60ChesterW. Bailey 1960-76 | |
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