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List of mayors of Old Town, Maine

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ130442164 ↗
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The following is a list of mayors and council presidents of the city of Old Town, Maine, United States.

Mayors

Geo. H. Hunt, 1891

M. M. Folsom, 1892

G. Gilmore Weld, 1893, 1907

Herbert Gray, 1894-1895

Eben T. Hartwell, 1896

Edgar B. Weeks, 1897–1900, 1908–1909, 1922-1924

George P. Longley, 1901, 1925

Arthur J. Bradbury, 1902-1903

H. Franklin Bailey, 1904

Wm. H. Waterhouse, 1905

Charles G. Davis, 1906

Chas. W. Stephens, 1910-1912

Chas. G. Davis, 1913

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