List of mayors of Medford, Massachusetts
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No.MayorPictureTermParty
1Samuel C. Lawrence
Samuel C. Lawrence
Samuel Crocker Lawrence was a Massachusetts politician who served as the first Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.Lawrence, was born in Medford on November 22, 1832 to Daniel and Elizabeth Lawrence.-Notes:...

1893– 1894Republican
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2Baxter E. Perry
Baxter E. Perry
Baxter E. Perry was a Massachusetts attorney and politician. Perry served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the second Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.-Career as an attorney:...

1895 – January 4, 1897Republican
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3Lewis H. LoveringJanuary 4, 1897 – 1900Republican
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4Charles S. Baxter1901 – 1904Republican
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5Michael F. Dwyer1905 – 1907Democrat
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6Clifford M. Brewer1908 – 1910Republican
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7Charles S. Taylor1911 – 1914Republican
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8Benjamin F. Haines
Benjamin F. Haines
Benjamin Franklin Haines was a Massachusetts attorney and politician and a Florida businessman. Haines served as a member of the Medford, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as the eighth Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts and as the Mayor of Altamonte...

1915 – 1922Republican
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9Richard B. Coolidge
Richard B. Coolidge
Richard Bradford Coolidge was a Massachusetts politician.-Early life and family:Coolidge was born in the Deering Center area of Portland, Maine. He was the fourth cousin of President Calvin Coolidge.-Education:...

1923 – 1926Republican
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10Edward H. Larkin
Edward H. Larkin
Edward H. Larkin was a Massachusetts politician who served as the tenth mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.-Notes:...

1927 – 1931Republican
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11John H. Burke1932 – 1933Democrat
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12John J. Irwin1934 – 1937Republican
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13John C. Carr
John C. Carr
John C. Carr was an American editor, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland.-Life:From 1965 to 1994, he was Adjunct Professor in the Drama Department at The Catholic University of America....

1938 – 1943Democrat
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14Walter E. Lawrence
Walter E. Lawrence
Walter Edward Lawrence was an American politician and city manager who served as a member of Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1939 to 1944 and as Mayor of Medford from 1944 to 1949.-Early life:Lawrence was born on December 8, 1905 to George Bertram Lawrence and Della...

1944 – 1949Republican
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15Frederick T. McDermott1950 – 1951
16John C. Carr, Jr.1952 – 1954
17Arthur DelloRusso1955
18Alfred P. Pompeo1956 – 1957
19John C. Carr, Jr.1958 – 1961
20John J. McGlynn1962 – 1967
21Patrick J. Skerry1968 – 1969
22John J. McGlynn1970 – 1971
23Theodore R. Lockwood1948 – 1953
24Angelo Marotta1972 – 1973
25Frederick DelloRusso1974
26James K. Kurker1975
27John J. McGlynn1976 – 1977
28Eugene F. Grant
Eugene F. Grant
Eugene F. "Gene" Grant was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Medford, Massachusetts City Council from 1972 to 1978 and the Medford School Committee from 1978 to 1980...

1978 – 1979
29Paul Donato
Paul Donato
Paul J. Donato is an American politician who currently represents the 35th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He previously served as a member of the Medford, Massachusetts School Committee from 1972 to 1975 and the City Council from 1976 to 1985 and again from 1996...

1980 – 1985
30Marilyn Porreca
Marilyn Porreca
Marilyn Catino Porreca was an American politician who served as Mayor of Medford from 1986 to 1988...

1986 – 1987
31Michael J. McGlynn
Michael J. McGlynn
Michael J. McGlynn is the Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts. He has been mayor since 1988. He also served from 1977- 1988 as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the 37th Middlesex District .-Education:...

1988 – present

City managers

From 1950 to 1988, an apponited city manager
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 served as the chief administrative manager of a city.











No.City ManagerTerm
1James Shurtleff
James Shurtleff
-Early life:Shurtleff was born on July 28, 1910 in Middleborough, Massachusetts. He attended Williston Academy and Brown University.Shurtleff worked as a writer for the Middleborough Journal and the The Standard-Times...

1950– 1956
2John B. Kennedy
John B. Kennedy (politician)
John Boyle Kennedy was an American City manager and politician who City Manager of Medford, Massachusetts and Town Manager of Norwood, Massachusetts and Saugus, Massachusetts...

1957– 1958
3Edward Conroy1958– 1960
4John C. Carr
John C. Carr
John C. Carr was an American editor, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland.-Life:From 1965 to 1994, he was Adjunct Professor in the Drama Department at The Catholic University of America....

1961– 1962
5Howard Reed1962– 1970
6James O. Nicholson1970– 1980
7Carroll Sheehan1980– 1982
8John Ghiloni1982– 1985
9Richard Lee1985– 1988
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