Mayors of Erie, 1851-2010(may be incomplete!) ThomasC. Colt 1851MurrayWhallon 1852AlfredKing 1853-54WilsonLaird 1855-56JamesHoskinson 1857WilsonLaird 1858SherburnSmith 1859-61PrescottMetcalf 1862-64F.F. Farrar 1865WilliamL. Scott 1866OrangeNoble 1867-70WilliamL. Scott 1871CharlesM. Reed 1872-73HenryRawle 1874-75JohnW. Hammond 1876SheldenMarvin 1877DavidT. Jones 1878-80JosephMcCarter 1881-82PhilipA. Becker 1883-84F.F. Adams 1885F.A. Misner 1886JohnC. Brady 1887-88CharlesS. Clarke 1889-92WalterScott 1893-95RobertJ. Saltsman 1896-98JohnDepinet 1899-1901WilliamHardwick 1902-04RobertJ. Saltsman 1905-06MichaelLiebel, Jr. 1907-11WilliamJ. Stern 1911-15MilesB. Kitts 1916-24JosephC. Williams 1924-32JamesP. Rossiter 1932-36CharlesR. Barber 1936-47GaleRoss 1947-48ShermanHickey, Jr. 1948JosephC. Martin 1948-49ClairenceK. Pulling 1950-52ThomasW. Flatley 1952-54GeorgeJ. Brabender 1954-55ArthurJ. Gardner 1955-62CharlesB. Williamson 1962-66LouisJ. Tullio 1966-89PatriciaLiebel 1989JoyceA. Savocchio 1990-2001RichardE. Filippi 2002-05JosephE. Sinnott 2006- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1898:JohnDepinet, elected. 1906:RobertJ. Saltsman, died in office. 1912:RobertF. Devine, defeated. 1916:BernardJ. Veit, elected, but died before taking office. 1935:CharlesR. Barber, elected. 1939:CharlesR. Barber, elected. 1943:CharlesR. Barber, elected. 1951 Nov 6:ThomasW. Flatley (Dem), elected;ClairenceK. Pulling (Rep), defeated. 1954 Dec 14:ThomasW. Flatley, resigned. 1955 May 17:ArthurJ. Gardner (Dem), nominated;JamesT. Hogan (Dem), defeated in primary;HaroldW. Kinter (Dem), defeated in primary;JosephJ. Liebert (Dem), defeated in primary. 1955 May 17:HerbertFoster (Rep), nominated;CharlesD. Cowley (Rep), defeated in primary. 1955 Nov 8:ArthurJ. Gardner (Dem), elected;HerbertFoster (Rep), defeated. 1959 May 19:ArthurJ. Gardner (Dem), nominated;HaroldW. Kinter (Dem), defeated in primary;JosephJ. Brennan (Dem), defeated in primary;GusG. Pulakos (Dem), defeated in primary;WilliamC. Podbielski (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnM. Crane (Dem), defeated in primary. 1959 May 19:JohnW. English (Rep), nominated;CharlesB. Williamson (Rep), defeated in primary. 1959 Nov 3:ArthurJ. Gardner (Dem), elected;JohnW. English (Rep), defeated. 1989:PatriciaLiebel (Dem), defeated in primary. 1989 Nov 10:LouisJ. Tullio, resigned.
Burgesses of Erie, 1806-50(may be incomplete!) JohnC. Wallace 1806ThomasWilson 1807GeorgeBeuhler 1808-09JohnC. Wallace 1810-11SamuelHays 1812JudahColt 1813GeorgeMoore 1814-15ThomasH. Sill 1816-17GeorgeMoore 1818-19JudahColt 1820-21JohnMorris 1822-24JohnC. Wallace 1825-27TaborBeebe 1828ThomasH. Sill 1829WilliamJohns 1830GeorgeA. Elliot 1831TaborBeebe 1832ThomasH. Sill 1833-34JosephM. Sterrett 1835J.B. Langhead 1836-37JamesH. White 1838WilliamKelley 1839MyronGoodwin 1840RubusS. Reed 1841ThomasStewart 1842ThomasH. Sill 1843-44CharlesW. Kelso 1845WilliamKelley 1846-47CharlesW. Kelso 1848A.W. Brewster 1849B.B. Vincent 1850 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1806 May 5:JohnC. Wallace, elected.
Postmasters at Erie, 1811-1980(may be incomplete!) RobertKnox 1811-28JamesHughs 1828-33RobertCochran 1833-40SmithJackson 1840-41AndrewScott 1841-45RobertCochran 1845-49ThomasH. Sill 1849-53BenjaminF. Sloan 1853-61JosephM. Sterrett 1861-69IsaacB. Gara 1869-76ThomasM. Walker 1876-79IsaacMoorhead 1879-81EdmundW. Reed 1881-85HenryC. Shannon 1885-89JohnC. Hilton 1889-94CharlesS. Clarke 1894-98IsadorSobel 1898-1914JohnT. Brew 1914-17SamuelL. Gibson 1917TurnerW. Shacklett 1918JosephA. Hanley 1918-33HerbertA. Schlaudecker 1933-35HerbertA. Schlaudecker 1935CharlesH. Schloss 1935-36CharlesH. Schloss 1936-68StanleyP. Dombroski 1968-70StanleyP. Dombroski 1970-80
(annexed to Erie about 1870)
Burgesses of South Erie, 1866-70(may beincomplete!) WilliamHenry 1866-70
Collectors of Customs at Erie, 1854-1909(may beincomplete!) JamesLytle as of 1854JamesR. Willard 1874-77HiramL. Brown as of 1879MatthewR. Barr as of 1881JohnM. Glazier as of 1891BenjaminB. Brown as of 1909
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Erie, 1862-79(maybe incomplete!) JohnW. Douglass 1862-69CharlesM. Lynch as of 1879 | |
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