List of mayors of Salem, Massachusetts

The Mayor of Salem is the head of the municipal government in Salem, Massachusetts

Salem, Massachusetts

Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...

. There was no Mayor of Salem until the city charter was accepted on March 23, 1836, because up to that point Salem was still incorporated as a town.

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#	Mayor	Term	Party	Notes
1st	Leverett Saltonstall Leverett Saltonstall I Leverett Saltonstall , was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts who also served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, President of the Massachusetts Senate, the first Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts and a Member of the Board of Overseers of...	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...	First mayor under the original city charter, (which included a bicameral legislative body). From 1836 to 1856 the Municipal year ended on the second Monday in March.
2nd	Stephen C. Phillips Stephen C. Phillips Stephen Clarendon Phillips was a Representative from Massachusetts.Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas Phillips, he graduated from Harvard University in 1819. Phillips' engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of...	1838–1842	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...
3rd	Stephen Palfrey Webb Stephen Palfrey Webb Stephen Palfrey Webb was third and twelfth Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts serving and the sixth Mayor of San Francisco .-Early life and education:...	1842–1845	None
4th	Joseph S. Cabot Joseph S. Cabot Joseph Sebastian Cabot was a Massachusetts banker and politician who served as the fourth Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts....	1845–1849	None
5th	Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and twice as the Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and was for many years the treasurer of Harvard.-Early life:Silsbee was born on December 28, 1804 to former U.S...	1849–1851	None
6th	David Pingree	1851–1852	None
7th	Charles Wentworth Upham Charles Wentworth Upham Charles Wentworth Upham was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Upham was also a member, and President of the Massachusetts State Senate, the 7th Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and twice a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives...	1852–1853	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...
8th	Asahel Huntington Asahel Huntington Asahel Huntington was an American politician who served as a Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts.-Early life:...	1853–1854	None
9th	Joseph Andrews	1854–1856	None	From 1856 to 1874 inclusive the Municipal year ended on the Fourth Monday in January.
10th	William S. Messervy	1856–1858	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...
11th	Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and twice as the Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and was for many years the treasurer of Harvard.-Early life:Silsbee was born on December 28, 1804 to former U.S...	1858–1859	None
12th	Stephen Palfrey Webb Stephen Palfrey Webb Stephen Palfrey Webb was third and twelfth Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts serving and the sixth Mayor of San Francisco .-Early life and education:...	1860–1862	None
13th	Stephen G. Wheatland Stephen G. Wheatland Stephen Goodhue Wheatland was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as a member and President of the Common Council and who served as a Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts.Wheatland attended Harvard where he was a member and...	1863–1864	None
14th	Joseph B. F. Osgood	1865–1865	None
15th	David Roberts	January 1866 – September 26, 1867	None	Roberts resigned as a result of disagreement with the Board of Aldermen.
16th	William Cogswell William Cogswell William Cogswell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers.-Biography:...	September 26, 1867–1869	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...
17th	Nathanial Brown	1870–1871	None
18th	Samuel Calley Samuel Calley Samuel Calley was a Massachusetts house painter and politician who served as the eighteenth and twenty second Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1870 to 1871.- References :...	1872 - 1872	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...
19th	William Cogswell William Cogswell William Cogswell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers.-Biography:...	1873–1875	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...	From 1875 on the Municipal year ends on the First Monday in January.
20th	Henry Laurens Williams	1875–1876	None
21st	Henry K. Oliver Henry K. Oliver Henry Kemble Oliver was an American who served as the 5th Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts, the 21st Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, and as the 26th Treasurer of Massachusetts.-Early life:Oliver was...	1877–1880	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...
22nd	Samuel Calley Samuel Calley Samuel Calley was a Massachusetts house painter and politician who served as the eighteenth and twenty second Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1870 to 1871.- References :...	1881–1882	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...
23rd	William M. Hill	1883–1884	None
24th	Arthur L. Huntington	1885 - 1885	None
25th	John M. Raymond	1886–1887	None
26th	Robert S. Rantoul	1890–1893	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...
27th	James H. Turner	1894–1897	None
28th	David P. Waters	1898-1898	None
29th	James H. Turner	1899-1899	None
30th	David M. Little	1900-1900	None
31st	John F. Hurley	1901–1902	None
32nd	Joseph N. Peterson	1903–1905	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...
33rd	Thomas G. Pinnock Thomas G. Pinnock Thomas G. Pinnock Was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts.-Footnotes:...	1906–1907	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...
34th	John F. Hurley	1908–1909	None
35th	Arthur Howard	1910-1910	None
36th	Rufus D. Adams	1911–1912	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...	Last mayor under the Original (1836) city charter.
37th	John F. Hurley	1913–1915		First Mayor under the second city charter adopted in November 1912. Was Recalled by the voters December 29, 1914.
38th	Mathias J. O'Keefe	1915-1915		Elected to finish out John F. Hurley's three year term in the December 29, 1914 election that recalled Mayor Hurley.
39th	Henry P. Benson	1916–1917		Last Mayor under the second (1912) city charter (Commission form of Government).
40th	Denis J. Sullivan	1918–1923		First Mayor under the January 3, 1916 (Plan B) city charter.
41st	George J. Bates George J. Bates George Joseph Bates was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Massachusetts. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Bates was elected Mayor of Salem in 1924 at the age of 33. He served as mayor until 1937, at which time he was sworn in as a Republican member of the House...	1924–1937	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...	Served in U.S. House from January 3, 1937 – November 1, 1949.
42nd	Edward A. Coffey	1938–1947
43rd	Joseph B. Harrington	1948–1949
44th	Francis X. Collins	1950–1969
45th	Samuel Edward Zoll Samuel Zoll Samuel Edward Zoll was an American lawyer, judge and politician. He began his career as a high school teacher then became a lawyer, politician, then a judge. Later in life he was named to be Chief Justice of the District Courts in Massachusetts.-Early life and education:Zoll was born in Peabody,...	1970–1973	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...
46th	Jean A. Levesque	1973–1983
47th	Anthony V. Salvo	1984–1989
48th	Neil J. Harrington	1990–1997	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...
49th	Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr.	1998–2005	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...
50th	Kimberley Driscoll	January 2006 -	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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