Political History of - Village of Hamburg
Erie County, New York

Incorporated May 9, 1874
1st Elections - May 9, 1874

Village Officials - 1874

President
George M. Pierce
Harry S. Spencer

Trustees
Dr. G. A. Schmidt
J.A. Rittman
George Kopp

Treasurer
Thomas L. Bunting

Collector
Andrew Stein

Clerk
A.C. Calkins

 

ROLL CALL
Presidents of the Village of Hamburg
1874 - 76 George M. Pierce
1876 - 79 Milford Fish
1879 - 81 William Newton
1881 - 83 John R. Rittman
1883 - 84 William Kronrnberg
1884 - 86 Perry M. Thorn
1886 - 89 Samuel M. Stewart
1889 - 89 Perry N. Thorn
1890 - 91 Harvey S. Spencer
1891 - 96 Samuel M. Stuart
1896 - 97 George A. Bensley
1897 - 1902 Samuel M. Stuart *
1902 - 04 Charles J. Ueblacker
1904 - 07 Smith F. Colvin
1907 - 09 Leslie L. Lake
1909 - 11 Horace F. Hunt
1911 - 13 Carlton E. Eno
1913 - 14 William G. Wesp
1914 - 15 Horace F. Hunt
1915 - 16 Joseph E. Leach
1916 - 22 Robert W. Hengerer
1922 - 23 Harrison W. Fritzerald
1923 - 24 William N. Colvin
1924 - 27 W. Henry Bruce
* Samuel Stuart - 12 years as President
* Raymond J. Emerling - 8 years as Mayor

Village Mayors
1927 - 29 John J. Sullivan
1929 - 31 Charles H. Fosdick
1931 - 35 Henry R. Stratemeier
1935 - 39 William J. Luxford
1939 - 46 *Ray J. Emerling
1946 - 51 Albert Dreschster
1951 - 55 J. Leo Goodyear
1955 - 59 William Shoemaker
1958 - James Best

Village Clerks
1874 - 76 A. C. Calkins

1876 - 77 Ed. K. Emery
1877 - 79 A. C. Calkins
1879 - 80 Charles W. Sickmon
1880 - 81 A. C. Calkins
1881 - 86 Ed.S. Nott
1886 - 91 Fayette Kelly
1891 - 97 Elon G. Nott
1907 - 22 Perry M. Thorn
1922 - 24 R. Foster Piper
1924 - 32 Emma Yochum
1932 - 58 Ray F. Ueblacker (Margaret Taylor - Deputy - 9 yrs)
1958 - Margaret Taylor

Village of Hamburg Police Judges
1918 - 26 A.C. Stolting
1926 - 30 Henry F. Pellman
1930 - 39 *Carlton E. Eno
1939 - 42 Curtis W. Meyn
1943 - 51 Willard J. Magavern
1951 - 58 Seth A. Abbott
1958 - Leo J. Fallon
* Served 9 years

Police Chiefs
Pat Moran
William McHenry
Walter Hammond
Jud W. Roger
Robert Drechsler
Fred Weiss
William Silage
Ferdinand Meyers
Maurice Mansfield
Joseph Imhof
Norman Haas

Village Attorneys
1924 - 1941 R. Foster Piper (18 yrs. resigned to take Supreme Court Appt.)
1941 - Frederick T. Sherwood

Village Engineers
1957 Byron Whitford (Resigned - 7 yrs.)
Leroy Leavell

Source:
1812 - 1962
Town of Hamburg Sesquicentennial
Reflections Through the Years

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