Mayors of Providence, 1832-2022(may beincomplete!) SamuelW. Bridgham 1832-40ThomasM. Burgess 1841-52AmosBarstow 1852-53WalterR. Danforth 1853-54EdwardP. Knowles 1854-55JamesY. Smith 1855-57WilliamM. Rodman 1857-59JabezC. Knight 1859-64ThomasA. Doyle 1864-69GeorgeL. Clarke 1869-70ThomasA. Doyle 1870-81WilliamS. Hayward 1881-84ThomasA. Doyle 1884-86GilbertF. Robbins 1886-89HenryR. Barker 1889-91CharlesSydney Smith 1891-92WilliamK. Potter 1892-94FrankF. Olney 1894-96EdwinD. McGuiness 1896-98WilliamC. Baker 1898-1901DanielL. D. Granger 1901-03AugustusS. Miller 1903-05ElishaDyer, Jr. 1906PatrickJ. McCarthy 1907-09HenryFletcher 1909-13JosephH. Gainer 1913-27JamesE. Dunne 1927-39JohnF. Collins 1939-41DennisJ. Roberts 1941-51WalterH. Reynolds 1951-65JosephA. Doorley, Jr. 1965-75BuddyCianci 1975-84JosephR. Paolino, Jr. 1984-91BuddyCianci 1991-2002JohnJ. Lombardi 2002-03DavidN. Cicilline 2003-11AngelTaveras 2011-15JorgeElorza 2015- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1840 Dec 28:SamuelW. Bridgham, died in office. 1886 Jun 9:ThomasA. Doyle, died in office. 1893:EdwinD. McGuiness, defeated. 1895:EdwinD. McGuiness, elected. 1905 Sep 26:AugustusS. Miller, died in office. 1906 Nov 29:ElishaDyer, Jr., died in office. 1907:SamuelBrowning Prentice (Prohibition), defeated. 1910 Nov 8:HenryFletcher, elected. 1930 Nov 4:JamesE. Dunne (Dem), elected. 1936 Nov 3:JamesE. Dunne (Dem), elected. 1974 Nov 5:BuddyCianci (Rep), elected. 1978 Nov 7:BuddyCianci (Rep), elected. 1982 Nov 2:BuddyCianci (Ind), elected. 1984:FrederickLippitt, defeated. 1990:FrederickLippitt, defeated. 1990 Nov 6:BuddyCianci (Ind), elected. 1994 Nov 8:BuddyCianci (Ind), elected. 1998 Nov 3:BuddyCianci (Ind), elected. 2002:JosephR. Paolino, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary. 2002:DavidN. Cicilline, elected. 2002 Nov 5:ChristopherF. Young (Ind), defeated. 2006:DavidN. Cicilline, elected. 2006 Sep 12:ChristopherF. Young (Dem), defeated in primary. 2006 Nov 7:DanielS. Harrop III (Rep), defeated. 2010 Sep 14:AngelTaveras (Dem), nominated;JohnJ. Lombardi (Dem), defeated in primary;StevenM. Constantino (Dem), defeated in primary;ChristopherF. Young (Dem), defeated in primary. 2010 Nov 2:AngelTaveras (Dem), elected;JonathanP. Scott (Ind), defeated. 2014 Sep 9:JorgeElorza (Dem), nominated;MichaelA. Solomon (Dem), defeated in primary;ChristopherF. Young (Dem), defeated in primary;BrettSmiley (Dem), defeated in primary. 2014 Nov 4:JorgeElorza (Dem), elected;BuddyCianci (Ind), defeated;DanielS. Harrop III (Rep), defeated. 2018 Sep 12:JorgeElorza (Dem), nominated;KobiJason Dennis (Dem), defeated in primary;RobertA. DeRobbio (Dem), defeated in primary. 2018 Nov 6:JorgeElorza (Dem), elected;DianneS. Witman (Ind), defeated;JeffreyE. Lemire (Ind), defeated. 2022 Sep 13:BrettSmiley (Dem), nominated;GonzaloCuervo (Dem), defeated in primary;NirvaR. LaFortune (Dem), defeated in primary. 2022 Nov 8:BrettSmiley (Dem), elected unopposed.
Postmasters at Providence, 1792-1986(may beincomplete!) WilliamWilkinson 1792-1802BenjaminWest 1802-13GabrielAllen 1813-24BennettH. Wheeler 1824-31EdwardJ. Mallett 1831-45WelcomeB. Sayles 1845-49HenryL. Bowen 1849-53WelcomeB. Sayles 1853-58AlbertS. Gallup 1858-61WalterC. Simmons 1861-65EphraimS. Jackson 1865-74CharlesR. Brayton 1874-80HenryW. Gardner 1880-87CharlesH. George 1887-95RichardHayward 1895-1901ClintonD. Sellew 1901-09WalterA. Kilton 1909-17EdwardF. Carroll 1917-21WalterA. Kilton 1921-33EdwardF. Carroll 1933-34EdwardF. Carroll 1934-42MichaelF. Coyne 1942MichaelF. Coyne 1942-45RaymondA. Creegan 1945-46RaymondA. Creegan 1946-61HarryKizirian 1961HarryKizirian 1961-86
Collectors of Customs at Providence, 1829-1951(may beincomplete!) WalterR. Danforth 1829-41GideonBradford as of 1854JamesShaw, Jr. 1870-77CyrusHarris as of 1879-81GorhamP. Pomroy as of 1891GeorgeW. Gardiner as of 1909FrankE. Fitzsimmons as of 1917EmeryJ. San Souci 1923-32JosephJ. Cunningham as of 1941LouisT. Rocheleau as of 1946-51
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Providence, 1879-1951(may be incomplete!) ElishaH. Rhodes as of 1879GeorgeF. O. Shaunessy as of 1919FrankA. Page as of 1927-32JosephV. Broderick as of 1941FarrellD. Coyle as of 1946-51 | |
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