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==Government== The town of Shawangunk is led by a supervisor and a board of four council members. The current supervisor is John Valk, Jr., in office since 1998. List of supervisors of Shawangunk:<ref>{{cite book |title=Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Ulster County |date=1923 |publisher=Freeman Publishing Company |location=Kingston, New York |pages=447β448 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Supervisors of Shawangunk and Their Genealogies |url=https://www.ourfamtree.org/tag/town-supervisor/61229 |website=ourfamtree.org |publisher=Ray Gurganus |access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name !! Years Served !! Notes |- | Jacobus Bruyn III || 1744β1747 || |- | Cornelius Bruyn || 1748β1749 || Brother of Jacobus |- | Benjamin Van Keuren || 1750 || |- | Isaac Hasbrouck || 1751β1752 || Member of [[Hasbrouck family]] |- | Jacobus Sammon || 1753 || |- | Johannis Jansen || 1754β1760 || |- | Benjamin Van Keuren || 1761 || |- | Johannis Jansen || 1762 || |- | Benjamin Van Keuren || 1763β1764 || |- | Johannis Jansen || 1765β1768 || |- | Benjamin Van Keuren || 1769 || |- | Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. || 1770 || |- | Johannis Jansen || 1771β1772 || |- | Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. || 1773β1775 || |- | [[Cornelius C. Schoonmaker]] || 1776β1777 || Served as New York State Assemblyman (1777β1790) following term |- | Thomas Jansen Jr. || 1778β1779 || Brother of Johannis |- | James Hunter || 1780β1781 || |- | Cornelius C. Schoonmaker || 1782β1783 || Served as United States Congressman (1791β1793) years after this term |- | Thomas Jansen Jr. || 1784 || |- | James Hunter || 1785 || |- | Cornelius Bruyn || 1786β1793 || Son of Jacobus III; nephew of Cornelius |- | Justus Banks || 1794β1796 || |- | Joseph Isaac Hasbrouck || 1797β1799 || Son of Isaac, member of [[Hasbrouck family]] |- | James Kain || 1800β1803 || |- | Abraham Bruyn || 1804β1805 || Son of Cornelius; nephew of Jacobus III; first cousin of Cornelius |- | Stephen Rea || 1806 || |- | Albert Roosa || 1807 || |- | Stephen Rea || 1808β1812 || |- | Joseph Isaac Hasbrouck || 1813β1814 || |- | Beverly Kain || 1815β1816 || Brother of James |- | Joseph Isaac Hasbrouck || 1817 || |- | Abraham J. Hardenbergh || 1818β1821 || Relative of Johannes Jr.; previously served as [[New Paltz, New York|New Paltz]] Town Supervisor |- | Johannes "John" Jansen || 1822β1826 || Son of Thomas Jr., nephew of Johannis |- | George G. Graham || 1827β1835 || |- | Hezekiah Watkins || 1836β1841 || |- | Cornelius A. Bruyn || 1842β1844 || Son of Abraham, grandson of Cornelius; great-nephew of Jacobus III; cousin of Cornelius |- | Eli Van Keuren || 1845 || |- | James N. Mitchell || 1846 || |- | Samuel Dill || 1847 || |- | Eli Van Keuren || 1848β1851 || |- | Hector S. Webb || 1852β1855 || |- | Matthew Jansen || 1856 || Son of Johannes, grandson of Thomas Jr., great-nephew of Johannis |- | Egbert N. Brink || 1857β1858 || |- | Edmund Bruyn || 1859β1860 || Great-grandson of Jacobus III; relative of Abraham, Cornelius, Cornelius, and Cornelius A. Bruyn |- | Cornelius Abram Jansen Hardenbergh || 1861β1867 || Great-nephew of Abraham J. Hardenbergh; relative of Johannes Hardenberg Jr.; cousin of Johannis, Thomas Jr., Johannes and Matthew Jansen |- | Eli Van Keuren || 1868β1869 || |- | Abram N. Deyoe || 1870β1872 || |- | Thomas Fulton || 1873 || |- | Samuel Dill Jr. || 1874β1875 || Son of Samuel |- | Cornelius Abram Jansen Hardenbergh || 1876β1882 || Served as New York State Assemblyman shortly after this term (1885 to 1886) |- | Elias Mulford || 1883β1884 || |- | Walstein Childs || 1885β1892 || |- | Benjamin F. Dickinson || 1893β1895 || |- | D. Barclay DuBois || 1896β1897 || |- | Benjamin F. Dickinson || 1898β1901 || |- | George J. Alsdorf || 1902β1907 || |- | William W. McElhone || 1908β1917 || |- | Robert H. Terwilliger || 1918β1919 || |- | Frank J. Wilkin || 1920β1921 || |- | Joseph F. Scott || 1922β1927 || |- | George E. Halliday || 1928β1929 || Died in office |- | Lester C. Terwilliger || 1935 || Relative of Robert |- | Edward E. Murray || 1936β1946 || |- | Jesse McHugh || 1951β1965 || |- | Charles E. Penney || 1965β1969 || C.E. Penney Drive in Wallkill named for him |- | M.J. Oscar Smith || 1969β1972 || |- | Francis V. Garrison || 1972β1975 || |- | Charles Flynn || 1979 || |- | John Scott || 1987β1988 || |- | John Valk Jr. || 1998βPresent || Re-elected in 2021 |}
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