List of mayors of Poughkeepsie, New York
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, United States.
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- James Emott, 1854-1855 [1]
- Henry D. Varick, 1855 [1]
- George Wilkinson, 1856-1857 [1]
- Charles W. Swift, 1858-1860 [1]
- James Bowne, 1861-1862 [1][2]
- George Innis, 1863-1868 [1]
- George Morgan, 1869-1870 [1]
- Harvey G. Eastman, 1871-1874, 1877-1878 [1][3]
- Jacob P. Carpenter, 1875-1876 [1]
- John R. Cooper, 1878 [1]
- William Harloe, 1879-1880 [1]
- Ezra White, 1881-1886 [1]
- Edward Elsworth, 1887-1888, 1891-1892 [1]
- Charles M. Rowley, 1889-1890 [1]
- William M. Ketcham, 1893-1894 [1]
- Charles N. Arnold, 1895-1896 [1]
- J. Frank Hull, 1897-1898 [1]
- Isaac W. Sherrill, 1899-1900 [1]
- George M. Hine, 1901 [1]
- John K. Sague, c.1906-1911, 1928-1929 [4][5]
- William H. Frank Sr., c.1913 [6][7]
- Daniel W. Wilbur, c.1915-1916 [8]
- Ralph F. Butts, c.1920-1921 [8]
- George D. Campbell, c.1922 [9]
- Frank B. Lovelace, 1924-1928 [10]
- Alexander Caven, c.1930-1933 [8]
- George V. L. Spratt, c.1934-1939 [8]
- William H. Schrauth, c.1940-1943 [8]
- Frank M. Doran, c.1944-1947 [8]
- Horace S. Graham, c.1948-1949 [8]
- Robert E. Stevens, c.1952-1955 [8]
- J. Thomas Dietz, c.1956 [8]
- J. George Spitz, c.1959 [8]
- Robert Ahmed, 1976-1977 [11][12]
- John T. Kennedy, 1978-1979 [13]
- Colette Lafuente, c.1996-2001 [14][15]
- Nancy Cozean, 2004-2008 [16]
- John Tkazyik, c.2008-2014 [17][18]
- Robert Rolison, 2016-2022 [19][20]
- Marc Nelson, 2023 [19]
- Yvonne Flowers, 2024-present [21]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "City Officers", Eagle's history of Poughkeepsie from earliest settlements 1683 to 1905, Poughkeepsie, NY: Platt & Platt, 1905 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "James Bowne: Mayor of Poughkeepsie", Local History Blog, NY: Poughkeepsie Public Library District, June 24, 2022
- ^ "HARVEY G. EASTMAN DEAD.; THE SCHOOLMASTER AND LEGISLATOR. POUGHKEEPSIE'S MAYOR DIES IN DENVER, COL. THE STORY OF HIS LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES HIS CAREER IN THE ASSEMBLY.", New York Times, July 14, 1878
- ^ "John K. Sague, Ex-Port Collector, Dies; Four-Time Poughkeepsie Mayor Was 91", New York Times, November 10, 1957
- ^ Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference of Mayors of the Cities of New York State, Volume 1 (1911)
- ^ "WILLIAM H. FRANK SR.; Former Mayor of Poughkeepsie and Regatta Committee Chairman.", New York Times, April 18, 1924
- ^ Municipal Journal and Public Works (1913)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Poughkeepsie, New York", Political Graveyard, retrieved May 31, 2025
- ^ New-York Tribune, New York, NY, November 9, 1921 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Frank B. Lovelace; Former Mayor of Poughkeepsie Victim of Pneumonia", New York Times, April 18, 1934
- ^ "Republican Wins Election As Poughkeepsie's Mayor", New York Times, November 5, 1975
- ^ "Robert Ahmed", New York Times, October 15, 1981
- ^ "Former Poughkeepsie mayor dies", Poughkeepsie Journal, April 2, 2015
- ^ "Poughkeepsie mayor's husband among the missing", dailyfreeman.com, September 14, 2001
- ^ "Mystery of Poughkeepsie Mayor's Hubby", New York Post, September 19, 2001
- ^ "Common Council", www.cityofpoughkeepsie.com, archived from the original on February 5, 2004 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "Poughkeepsie Mayor John Tkazyik enters race for 41st state Senate District seat", dailyfreeman.com, February 1, 2014
- ^ "Poughkeepsie Mayor Tkazyik's father owes $50,000 in city, school taxes, interest: A Journal exclusive", Poughkeepsie Journal, April 3, 2014
- ^ a b "Nelson to Become Mayor in 2023", www.cityofpoughkeepsie.com, November 21, 2022
- ^ About Rob Rolison
- ^ "Yvonne Flowers takes oath of office as first African American Mayor of Poughkeepsie", Poughkeepsie Journal, January 2, 2024
Further reading
- Charter of the city of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1914 – via HathiTrust
- Poughkeepsie city government; a survey report on the governmental structure and operations of the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, 1949 – via HathiTrust