Mayors of Olean, 1894-1959 (may be incomplete!)
Nicholas
V. V. Franchot 1894-98
Peter
C. Foley 1910-11
William
H. Simpson as of 1915
Foster
Studholme 1916-19
Willis
Z. Georgia 1920-21
Peter
C. Foley 1922
George
H. Pierce 1923-29
Earl
C. Vedder 1930-31
Albert
J. Carr 1932-33
Fred
W. Forness, Jr. 1934-37
John
E. McAuliffe 1938-39
Fred
W. Forness, Jr. 1940-41
Walkerman
D. Dugan 1942-43
Thomas
A. Gustafson 1943-51
William
N. Davis 1952-53
Thomas
A. Gustafson 1954-55
Ivers
J. Norton 1956-59
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1909 Nov 2:
Peter
C. Foley (Dem), elected.
1911 Nov 7:
Peter
C. Foley (Dem), elected.
1915 Nov 2:
Foster
Studholme (Rep), elected.
1917 Nov 6:
Foster
Studholme (Rep & Prohibition), elected;
Peter
C. Foley (Dem), defeated;
Gaius
C. Smith (Socialist), defeated.
1919 Nov 4:
Willis
Z. Georgia (Rep), elected;
Peter
C. Foley (Dem), defeated;
Gaius
C. Smith (Socialist), defeated.
1921 Nov 8:
Peter
C. Foley (Dem), elected.
1925 Nov 3:
George
H. Pierce (Rep), elected.
1927 Nov 8:
George
H. Pierce (Rep), elected.
1929 Nov 5:
Earl
C. Vedder (Rep), elected.
1933 Nov 7:
Fred
W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), elected.
1935 Nov 5:
Fred
W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), elected;
Howard
K. Jaekle (Rep), defeated;
John
G. Cooper (Socialist), defeated.
1937 Nov 2:
John
E. McAuliffe (Rep), elected;
Fred
W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), defeated;
John
G. Cooper (Socialist), defeated.
1939 Nov 7:
Fred
W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), elected.
1941 Nov 4:
Walkerman
D. Dugan (Rep & Dem), elected;
John
G. Cooper (American Labor), defeated.
1943 Jan 2:
Walkerman
D. Dugan, resigned.
1943 Feb 23:
Thomas
A. Gustafson (Rep), elected;
James
V. Rogers (Dem), defeated;
John
G. Cooper (American Labor), defeated.
1943 Nov 2:
Thomas
A. Gustafson (Rep), elected;
Fred
W. Forness, Jr. (Dem), defeated;
John
G. Cooper (American Labor), defeated.
1949 Nov 8:
Thomas
A. Gustafson (Rep), elected.
1951 Nov 6:
William
N. Davis (Rep), elected.
1955 Nov 8:
Ivers
J. Norton (Rep), elected;
Raymond
M. Haggerty, Sr. (Dem), defeated.
1959 Nov 3:
Ivers
J. Norton (Rep & Dem), elected.
Postmasters at Olean, 1817-1969 (may be
incomplete!)
Horatio
Orton 1817-20
Sylvanus
Russell 1820-24
Henry
Bryan 1824-29
Darror
Swain 1829-30
Frederic
L. Martin 1830-39
David
Day 1839-49
Olcott
P. Boardman 1849-53
David
Day 1853-57
Henry
W. Fish 1857-61
Rufus
L. Page 1861-70
James
G. Johnson 1870-77
George
N. Fobes 1877-78
Milton
B. Fobes 1878-81
Wilson
R. Page 1881-86
Calvin
S. Stowell 1886-90
Wilson
R. Page 1890-94
Frank
L. Stowell 1894-98
George
M. Mayer 1898-1910
Edward
Troy 1910-15
Herbert
D. Sibley 1915-24
Copeland
E. Smith 1924-33
Dennis
W. Keating 1933-34
Dennis
W. Keating 1934
Margaret
E. Keating 1935-36
Margaret
E. Keating 1936-41
John
Joseph Shortell 1941-52
James
V. Rogers 1952-53
Donald
R. Harvison 1953-54
Donald
R. Harvison 1954-69
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1934 Dec 13:
Dennis
W. Keating, died in office.
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