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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Richmond, Virginia</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <p><a name=g><hr></a></p> <p> <b>Mayors of Richmond, 1782-2006</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fouch-fowle.html#947.42.09">William Foushee</a> 1782-83 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beckham-bedel.html#754.30.69">John Beckley</a> 1783-84 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell7.html#172.72.80">Robert Mitchell</a> 1784-85 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvie-hasenfratz.html#448.41.78">John Harvie</a> 1785-86 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#658.38.43">William Pennock</a> 1786-87 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#606.68.37">Richard Adams, Sr.</a> 1787-88 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beckham-bedel.html#754.30.69">John Beckley</a> 1788-89 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#447.53.51">Alexander McRobert</a> 1789-90 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html#037.97.37">Robert Boyd</a> 1790 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#183.62.13">George Nicolson</a> 1790 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell7.html#172.72.80">Robert Mitchell</a> 1790-91 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#806.02.15">John Barrett</a> 1791-92 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell7.html#172.72.80">Robert Mitchell</a> 1792-93 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#806.02.15">John Barrett</a> 1793-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell7.html#172.72.80">Robert Mitchell</a> 1794-95 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunnagan-dunwell.html#694.78.35">Andrew Dunscomb</a> 1795-96 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell7.html#172.72.80">Robert Mitchell</a> 1796-97 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclurg-mcconkey.html#892.84.88">James McClurg</a> 1797-98 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#806.02.15">John Barrett</a> 1798-99 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#183.62.13">George Nicolson</a> 1799-1800 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclurg-mcconkey.html#892.84.88">James McClurg</a> 1800-01 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#606.36.98">William Richardson</a> 1801-02 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#797.89.64">John Foster</a> 1802-03 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclurg-mcconkey.html#892.84.88">James McClurg</a> 1803-04 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell7.html#172.72.80">Robert Mitchell</a> 1804-05 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/durkee-duval.html#654.68.10">William Duval</a> 1805-06 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrington.html#041.27.33">Edward Carrington</a> 1806-07 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#606.36.98">William Richardson</a> 1807-08 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#488.21.53">David Bullock</a> 1808-09 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrington.html#041.27.33">Edward Carrington</a> 1809-10 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#488.21.53">David Bullock</a> 1810-11 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tate.html#391.31.41">Benjamin Tate</a> 1811-12 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html#714.52.12">Thomas Wilson</a> 1812-13 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#930.69.02">Robert Greenhow</a> 1813-14 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html#714.52.12">Thomas Wilson</a> 1814-15 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gamble.html#695.60.49">Robert Gamble</a> 1815-16 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html#714.52.12">Thomas Wilson</a> 1816-17 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzsimmons-fladeland.html#319.21.81">William H. Fitzwhylson</a> 1817-18 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html#714.52.12">Thomas Wilson</a> 1818 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#424.71.50">Francis Wirker</a> 1818-19 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#776.53.52">John Adams</a> 1819-26 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tate.html#887.17.87">Joseph Tate</a> 1826-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#424.71.50">Francis Wirker</a> 1839-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#219.64.47">William Lambert</a> 1840-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pugsley-puntley.html#721.10.97">Samuel Pulliam</a> 1853 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mayne-mcallen.html#466.94.29">Joseph Carrington Mayo</a> 1853-65 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saunders.html#876.10.48">David J. Saunders</a> 1865-66 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mayne-mcallen.html#466.94.29">Joseph Carrington Mayo</a> 1866-68 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#389.49.33">George Chahoon</a> 1868-70 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellwein-elmer.html#572.97.59">Henry K. Ellyson</a> 1870-71 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#231.48.69">Anthony M. Keiley</a> 1871-76 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrington.html#908.03.90">William Cornelius Carrington</a> 1876-88 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellwein-elmer.html#924.41.63">J. Taylor Ellyson</a> 1888-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor7.html#776.69.12">Richard M. Taylor</a> 1894-1904 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccarthy.html#694.40.90">Carlton McCarthy</a> 1904-08 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#238.66.26">David C. Richardson</a> 1908-12 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#431.71.61">George Ainslie</a> 1912-24 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#650.06.94">J. Fulmer Bright</a> 1924-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#553.68.79">Gordon B. Ambler</a> 1940-44 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herbert.html#256.43.78">William C. Herbert</a> 1944-46 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#578.88.44">Horace H. Edwards</a> 1946-48 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king9.html#561.18.81">W. Stirling King</a> 1948-50 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker8.html#789.13.82">T. Nelson Parker</a> 1950-52 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#884.04.22">Edward E. Haddock</a> 1952-54 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#489.92.26">Thomas P. Bryan</a> 1954-56 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gambrell-garcelon.html#109.54.55">F. Henry Garber</a> 1956-58 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson1.html#545.15.63">A. Scott Anderson</a> 1958-60 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#209.74.42">Claude Woodward</a> 1960-62 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheppard.html#456.89.29">Eleanor P. Sheppard</a> 1962-64 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#278.97.82">Morrill Crowe</a> 1964-68 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#781.14.74">Phil J. Bagley, Jr.</a> 1968-70 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#502.60.34">Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.</a> 1970-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marsh-marshal.html#450.11.27">Henry L. Marsh</a> 1977-82 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/west-westbrook.html#396.23.87">Roy West</a> 1982-88 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams4.html#466.00.62">Geline B. Williams</a> 1988-90 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy-kensey.html#954.32.55">Walter T. Kenney</a> 1990-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young6.html#905.31.20">Leonidas Young</a> 1994-96 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#830.04.17">Larry E. Chavis</a> 1996-98 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#258.17.10">Tim Kaine</a> 1998-2001 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclurg-mcconkey.html#261.55.79">Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr.</a> 2001-05 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#923.59.83">L. Douglas Wilder</a> 2005- <p> <b>Events and Candidates</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <li> 1789 Mar 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beckham-bedel.html#754.30.69">John Beckley</a>, resigned. <li> 1790 Mar 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#447.53.51">Alexander McRobert</a>, resigned. <li> 1790 Dec 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#183.62.13">George Nicolson</a>, resigned. <li> 1818 Sep 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html#714.52.12">Thomas Wilson</a>, died in office. <li> 1839 May 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tate.html#887.17.87">Joseph Tate</a>, died in office. <li> 1853 Mar 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#219.64.47">William Lambert</a>, died in office. <li> 1865: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#632.71.86">N. A. Sturdevant</a>, elected, but never took office. <li> 1940: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#650.06.94">J. Fulmer Bright</a>, defeated. <li> 1977: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marsh-marshal.html#450.11.27">Henry L. Marsh</a>, elected. <p><a name=2><hr></a></p> <p> <b>Postmasters at Richmond, 1782-1978</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#220.51.63">James Hayes</a> 1782-86 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis1.html#877.75.95">Augustine Davis</a> 1786-1802 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#417.91.50">Marks Vandervoll</a> 1802-08 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fouch-fowle.html#947.42.09">William Foushee</a> 1808-24 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#086.13.03">James P. Preston</a> 1824-37 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roads-robberson.html#975.93.47">William H. Roane</a> 1837 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gonas-gooch.html#562.33.78">Claiborne W. Gooch</a> 1837-41 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pettitt-pezzulo.html#592.62.74">Bernard Peyton</a> 1841-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigger-bikar.html#627.45.13">Thomas B. Bigger</a> 1845-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#097.45.56">Alexander Sharp</a> 1865-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyne-vanmeter.html#171.58.34">Elizabeth L. Van Lew</a> 1869-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foraker-forbes.html#427.87.19">William W. Forbes</a> 1877-80 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#682.58.21">George K. Gilmer</a> 1880-85 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#612.59.45">William H. Collingworth</a> 1885-89 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell7.html#918.55.36">Otis H. Russell</a> 1889-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#612.59.45">William H. Collingworth</a> 1894-98 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knight.html#929.85.94">Wray Thomas Knight</a> 1898-1906 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#785.09.19">Royal E. Cabell</a> 1906-09 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#630.64.98">Edgar Allan, Jr.</a> 1909-14 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornton.html#976.87.13">Hay T. Thornton</a> 1914-22 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart5.html#968.98.46">Joseph W. Stewart</a> 1922 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart5.html#968.98.46">Joseph W. Stewart</a> 1922-31 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams1.html#152.59.45">Berkeley Williams</a> 1931-34 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saunders.html#849.07.65">Clyde W. Saunders</a> 1934-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#157.89.13">Fergus McRee</a> 1939-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#969.71.94">J. Floyd Bates</a> 1961-62 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#969.71.94">J. Floyd Bates</a> 1962 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchellson-moeur.html#151.26.11">John G. Mizell</a> 1962-63 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchellson-moeur.html#151.26.11">John G. Mizell</a> 1963-78 <p><a name=4><hr></a></p> <p align="center"><font size=5><b>Manchester </a></b></font><br>(consolidated with Richmond 1910)</p> <p> <b>Postmasters at Manchester, 1901</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weinmann-weisman.html#445.69.03">B. B. 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