Poormaster/Overseer of the Poor

Term Start
Term End
Name
1920
1920
Martin Quinn
1918
1919
1917
1917
Martin Quinn
1913
1916
1912
1912
George Zent
1906
1912
Martin Quinn
1908
1909
Joseph J. Reisch
1905
1907
George Zent
1905
1906
John Dauman
1899
1904
1897
1898
George Zent
1897
1897
Peter Diehl
1880
1896
1879
1879
Jacob Keifer
1878
1879
Anthony F. Weber
1872
1879
Manly Brown
1876
1877
Valentine Brunner
1875
1875
Mathias Gaul
1873
1874
Joseph L. Bucher
1872
1872
Isaac Hershey
1870
1872
Damian Switzer
1871
1871
Nicholas Bitterman
1868
1870
Jacob Keiffer
1865
1869
Peter Munch
1861
1867
Isaac Warner
1862
1864
Lucius Pickard
1860
1861
George Hinkley
1860
1860
Phillip Hipple
1847
1859
1845
1846
James S. Youngs
1845
1845
Timothy S. Hopkins
1844
1844
Isaac Staley
1840
1844
Benjamin Hershey
1843
1843
Tobias Witmer
1841
1842
James R. Allen
1840
1840
John G. Bush
1839
1839
John Hutchinson
1839
1839
Caleb Rogers
1838
1838
James Carney
1838
1838
Jesse Vaughan
1837
1837
Calvin Ely
1837
1837
Arthur H. Moulton
1836
1836
Jacob Hershey
1829
1836
Amos Robinson
1835
1835
John G. Bush
1833
1834
Christian Hershey
1826
1832
John Fogelsonger
1828
1828
John Roads
1825
1827
Abraham Long
1823
1825
Warner Roberts
1819
1824
John Fogelsonger
1822
1822
Timothy S. Hopkins
1821
1821
John Roads
1820
1820
Joseph Hershey
1819
1819
Peter Hershey
1819
1819
James S. Young

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The Town of Amherst was established in 1818 and celebrated its 200th Anniversary in 2018. The town has a geographical area of 53.6 square miles and a population of greater than 122,000.

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