List of mayors of Lowell, Massachusetts
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This is a list of Mayors of Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell
became a city in 1836. From 1836 to 1943 the mayor of Lowell
was the chief administrative officer of the city. Lowell
switched to a Massachusetts "Plan E" form of city government in 1943, since January 1, 1944 the city has been administrated by a professional city manager, the office of mayor, while retained under "Plan E", is strictly a ceremonial one.
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...
became a city in 1836. From 1836 to 1943 the mayor of Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...
was the chief administrative officer of the city. Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...
switched to a Massachusetts "Plan E" form of city government in 1943, since January 1, 1944 the city has been administrated by a professional city manager, the office of mayor, while retained under "Plan E", is strictly a ceremonial one.
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| 1st | Elisha Bartlett Elisha Bartlett Elisha Bartlett was a medical doctor, professor and poet who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the first Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.-Medical professor:... |
1836–1838 | Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
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| 2nd | Luther Lawrence Luther Lawrence Luther Lawrence was the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts .-Early life and family:Lawrence was the son of American Revolutionary, Samuel Lawrence, patriarch of the Lawrence family from Boston... |
1838 – April 17, 1839 | |||
| A | Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington was an American physician and politician who served as the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts and as the Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854.-Early life:... |
April 1839 – April 1840 | Became Acting Mayor after the death of Luther Lawrence Luther Lawrence Luther Lawrence was the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts .-Early life and family:Lawrence was the son of American Revolutionary, Samuel Lawrence, patriarch of the Lawrence family from Boston... in April of 1839. |
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| 3rd | Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington was an American physician and politician who served as the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts and as the Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854.-Early life:... |
April 1840 – April 1842 | |||
| 4th | Nathaniel Wright Nathaniel Wright Nathaniel Wright was an American businessman and lawyer who was the fourth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.- Early life :Wright was born in Sterling, Massachusetts on February 13, 1785, the oldest son of Hon... |
April 1842 – April 1844 | |||
| 5th | Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington was an American physician and politician who served as the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts and as the Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854.-Early life:... |
April 1844 – January 1846 | |||
| 6th | Jefferson Bancroft | 1846–1848 | |||
| 7th | Josiah B. French Josiah B. French Josiah Bowers French was a bank president who served as the seventh Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.-Family life:... |
1849–1850 | |||
| 8th | James H.B. Ayer | 1851 | Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
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| 9th | Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington was an American physician and politician who served as the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts and as the Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854.-Early life:... |
January 1852 – January 1853 | Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
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| 10th | Sewall G. Mack | 1853–1854 | Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
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| 11th | Ambrose Lawrence | 1855 | Native American Party | ||
| 12th | Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington was an American physician and politician who served as the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts and as the Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854.-Early life:... |
1856 | |||
| 13th | Stephen Mansur | 1857 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 14th | Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington Elisha Huntington was an American physician and politician who served as the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts and as the Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854.-Early life:... |
January 1858 – January 1859 | |||
| 15th | James Cook | 1859 | |||
| 16th | Benjamin C. Sargent | 1860–1861 | |||
| 17th | Hocum Hosford | 1862–1865 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 18th | Josiah G. Peabody | 1865–1866 | |||
| 19th | George F. Richardson | 1867 – January 4, 1869 | |||
| 20th | Jonathan P. Folsom Jonathan P. Folsom Jonathan P. Folsom served as the twentieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.-Business career:Folsom was, for many years, involved in the dry goods trade... |
January 4, 1869–1870 | |||
| 21st | Edward F. Sherman | 1871 | |||
| 22nd | Josiah G. Peabody | 1872 | |||
| 23rd | Francis Jewett | 1873–1875 | |||
| 24th | Charles A. Stott Charles A. Stott Charles Adams Stott was a Massachusetts businessman who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives; and as a Member of the Common Council, Board of Alderman, and the twenty fourth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.-Early life and education:Stott, the son of Charles and Sarah Stott, was... |
January 1, 1876–1877 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 25th | John A.G. Richardson | January 7, 1878–1879 | |||
| 26th | Frederic T. Greenhalge Frederic T. Greenhalge Frederic Thomas Greenhalge was born in Clitheroe, England and immigrated with his parents to the United States in early childhood... |
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1880 – January 2, 1882 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 27th | George Runels | January 2, 1882 | |||
| 28th | John J. Donovan | 1883–1884 | |||
| 29th | Edward J. Noyes | 1885 | |||
| 30th | James C. Abbott | 1886–1887 | |||
| 31st | Charles D. Palmer | 1888–1890 | |||
| 32nd | George W. Fifield | 1891–1892 | |||
| 33rd | John J. Pickman | 1893–1894 | |||
| 34th | William F. Courtney | 1895–1897 | |||
| 35th | James W. Bennett | 1898 | |||
| 36th | Jeremiah Crowley Jeremiah Crowley (politician) Jeremiah Crowley served as the thirty sixth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.-References:... |
1899–1900 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 37th | Charles A.R. Dimon Charles A.R. Dimon Charles Augustus Ropes Dimon was a volunteer soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Beginning his service as a private in the 8th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Dimon rose through the ranks to become a colonel of a U.S... |
1901 – May 5, 1902 | |||
| A | William E. Badger | 1902 | Acting | ||
| 38th | Charles E. Howe | 1903–1904 | |||
| 39th | James B. Casey | 1905–1906 | |||
| 40th | Frederick W. Farnham Frederick W. Farnham Frederick W. Farnham served as the fortieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.-References:... |
1907–1908 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 41st | George H. Brown | 1909 | |||
| 42nd | John F. Meehan | 1910–1911 | |||
| 43rd | James E. O'Donnell | 1912–1913 | |||
| 44th | Dennis J. Murphy | 1914–1915 | |||
| 45th | James E. O'Donnell | 1916–1917 | |||
| 46th | Perry D. Thompson Perry D. Thompson Perry Daniel Thompson served as the forty sixth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.-References:... |
1918–1921 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 47th | George H. Brown | 1922 | |||
| 48th | John J. Donovan | 1923–1926 | |||
| 49th | Thomas J. Corbett | 1927–1928 | |||
| 50th | Thomas H. Braden Thomas H. Braden Thomas Henry Braden served as the fiftieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.-References:... |
1929–1931 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 52nd | Charles H. Slowey | 1932–1933 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 53rd | James J. Bruin | 1934–1935 | |||
| 54th | Dewey G. Archambault | 1936–1939 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 55th | George T. Ashe George T. Ashe George T. Ashe served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the fifty fifth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts. Ashe was the last administrative mayor of Lowell... |
1940–1943 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| A | Joseph J. Sweeney | 1943 | Acting Mayor. Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter. |
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| 56th | Woodbury F. Howard | 1944–1945 | First Ceremonial Mayor. Beginning of the weak Mayor system. City Manager form of government established on January 1, 1944. |
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| 57th | Leo A. Roy | 1946–1947 | |||
| 58th | George A. Ayotte | 1948–1949 | |||
| 59th | William C. Geary | 1950 | |||
| 60th | George C. Eliades | 1951 | |||
| 61st | Henry Beaudry | 1952–1953 | |||
| 62nd | John Janas | 1954–1955 | |||
| 63rd | Samuel S. Pollard | 1956–1959 | |||
| 64th | Raymond J. Lord | 1960–1961 | |||
| 65th | Joseph M. Downes | 1962–1963 | |||
| 66th | Ellen A. Sampson | 1964–1965 | |||
| 67th | Edward J. Early, Jr. | 1966–1967 | |||
| 68th | Robert G. Maguire | 1968–1969 | |||
| 69th | Richard P. Howe | 1970–1971 | |||
| 70th | Ellen A. Sampson | 1972–1973 | |||
| 71st | Armand W. Lemay | 1974–1975 | |||
| 72nd | Leo J. Farley | 1976–1977 | |||
| 73rd | Raymond F. Rourke Raymond F. Rourke Raymond Francis Rourke was an American politician and firefighter who served for many years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and as the seventy third Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.-References:... |
1978–1979 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 74th | Robert C. Maguire | 1980–1981 | |||
| 75th | M. Brendan Fleming | 1982–1983 | |||
| 76th | Brian J. Martin | 1984–1985 | |||
| 77th | Robert B. Kennedy | 1986–1987 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 77th | Richard P. Howe | 1988–1991 | |||
| 78th | Tarsy T. Poulios Tarsy T. Poulios -Notes:... |
1992–1993 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 79th | Richard P. Howe | 1994–1995 | |||
| 80th | Edward "Bud" Caulfield | 1996–1997 | |||
| 81st | Eileen Donoghue | 1998–2001 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 82nd | Rita Mercier | 2002 – 2005 | |||
| 83rd | William F. Martin | 2006 - 2007 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 84th | Edward "Bud" Caulfield | 2008 - 2009 | |||
| 85th | James L. Milinazzo | 2010 - 2011 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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