List of mayors of Worcester, Massachusetts
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Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
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| # | Mayor | Term | Party | Notes |
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| 1 |  Levi Lincoln, Jr.Levi Lincoln, Jr. Levi Lincoln, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the 13th Governor of Massachusetts and represented the state in the U.S. Congress... |
1848 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 2 | Henry Chapin Judge Henry Chapin Henry Chapin was a judge, a state legislator, and a three-term mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.-Early life and career:... |
1849-50 | ||
| 3 | Peter C. Bacon | 1851–1852 | ||
| 4 | John S.C. Knowlton John S.C. Knowlton John Stocker Coffin Knowlton was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. He was the son of Daniel Knowlton and Mary Stocker. He attended Hopkinton and Phillips Andover academies, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1828.... |
1853–1854 | ||
| 5 | George W. Richardson | 1855 | ||
| 6 | Isaac Davis Isaac Davis (lawyer) Isaac Davis was a lawyer and politician active in Worcester, Massachusetts.Davis was born in Northborough, Massachusetts, graduated from Brown University in 1822, studied law until admitted to the bar in 1825, and began the practice in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he soon rose to eminence... |
1856 | ||
| 7 | George W. Richardson | 1857 | ||
| 8 | Isaac Davis Isaac Davis Isaac Davis was a gunsmith and a militia officer who commanded a company of Minutemen from Acton, Massachusetts, during the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. In the months leading up to the Revolution, Davis set unusually high standards for his company in terms of equipment,... |
1858 | ||
| 9 | Alexander H. Bullock Alexander H. Bullock Alexander Hamilton Bullock was the 26th Governor of Massachusetts from 1866 to 1869 and helped create the New England Emigrant Aid Society in 1855.-Education and early career:... |
1859 | 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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| 10 | William W. Rice William W. Rice William Whitney Rice was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Rice attended Gorham Academy, Maine, and graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1846. He served as the preceptor of Leicester Academy, Leicester, Massachusetts from 1847 to 1851... |
1860 | 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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| 11 | Isaac Davis Isaac Davis Isaac Davis was a gunsmith and a militia officer who commanded a company of Minutemen from Acton, Massachusetts, during the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. In the months leading up to the Revolution, Davis set unusually high standards for his company in terms of equipment,... |
1861 | ||
| 12 | P. Emory Aldrich | 1862 | ||
| 13 | D. Waldo Lincoln | 1863 | ||
| 14 | F. B. Fenby F. B. Fenby F. B. Fenby was an inventor in Worcester, Massachusetts, who was granted a patent in 1863 for an unsuccessful device called the “Electro-Magnetic Phonograph”, making him the first to use the term "phonograph", even before Thomas Edison. His concept detailed a system that would record a sequence of... |
1864 | ||
| 15 | Phineas Ball | 1865 | ||
| 16 | James B. Blake | 1866–1870 | ||
| 17 | Henry Chapin Judge Henry Chapin Henry Chapin was a judge, a state legislator, and a three-term mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.-Early life and career:... |
1870 | 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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| 18 | Edward Earle Edward Earle Edward Earle was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in almost 400 films between 1914 and 1956.He was born in Toronto and died in Los Angeles, California, aged 90.-Selected filmography:* The Purple Dress... |
1871 | ||
| 19 | George F. Verry | 1872 | ||
| 20 | Clark Jillson | 187 | ||
| 21 | Edward L. Davis | 1874 | ||
| 22 | Clark Jillson | 1875–1876 | ||
| 23 | Charles B. Pratt | 1877–1879 | ||
| 24 | Frank H. Kelley | 1880–1881 | ||
| 25 | Elijah B. Stoddard | 1882 | ||
| 26 | Samuel E. Hildreth | 1883 | ||
| 27 | Charles G. Reed | 1884–1885 | ||
| 28 | Samuel E. Winslow | 1886–1889 | ||
| 29 | Francis A. Harrington | 1890–1893 | 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... |
Father of Worcester political activist: Frank C. Harrington. |
| 30 | Henry A. Marsh | 1893–1895 | ||
| 31 | Augustus B. R. Sprague | 1896–1897 | ||
| 32 | Rufus B. Dodge, Jr. | 1898–1900 | ||
| 33 | Philip J. O'Connell | 1901 | ||
| 34 | Edward F. Fletcher | 1902–1903 | ||
| 35 | Walter H. Blodgett | 1904–1905 | ||
| 36 | John T. Duggan | 1906–1907 | ||
| 37 | James Logan James Logan -People:* James Logan , colonial American statesman* James Richardson Logan , British lawyer and amateur ethnologist* James Harvey Logan , American horticulturist... |
1908–1911 | ||
| 38 | David F. O'Connell | 1912 | ||
| 39 | George M. Wright | 1913–1916 | ||
| 40 | Pehr G. Holmes Pehr G. Holmes Pehr Gustaf Holmes was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.Holmes was born in Mölnbacka in Forshaga Municipality in Värmland, Sweden. In 1886 he immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holmes attended public schools, and engaged in... |
1917–1919 | 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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| 41 | Peter F. Sullivan | 1920–1923 | ||
| 42 | Michael J. O'Hara | 1924–1931 | ||
| 43 | John C. Mahoney | 1932–1935 | ||
| 44 | Walter J. Cookson Walter J. Cookson Walter J. Cookson , Republican politician, was Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1936. Cookson was elected mayor after serving several years on the school board. Only a few months after his election, he collapsed and died of a heart attack in his Cleveland hotel room while attending the 1936... |
1936 | ||
| 45 | John S. Sullivan | 1936–1937 | ||
| 46 | William A. Bennett | 1938–1945 | ||
| 47 | Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan Charles F. Sullivan Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1949 to 1953... |
1946–1949 | ||
| 48 | Andrew B. Holstrom | 1950–1953 | ||
| 49 | James D. O'Brien | 1954–1958 | ||
| 50 | Joseph C. Casdin | 1959 | ||
| 51 | James D. O'Brien | 1960–1961 | ||
| 52 | John M. Shea | 1962 | ||
| 53 | Joseph C. Casdin | 1962-196 | ||
| 54 | Paul V. Mullaney | 1963–1965 | ||
| 55 | George A. Wells | 1966 | ||
| 56 | Joseph C. Casdin | 1967–1968 | ||
| 57 | John M. Shea | 1969 | ||
| 58 | George A. Wells | 1970 | ||
| 59 | oseph M. Tinsley | 1971 | ||
| 60 | Thomas J. Early | 1972 | ||
| 61 | oseph M. Tinsley | 1973 | ||
| 62 | Israel Katz | 1974–1975 | ||
| 63 | Thomas J. Early | 1976–1979 | ||
| 64 | Jordan Levy Jordan Levy Jordan Levy is an American politician and talk radio host from Worcester, Massachusetts. He served as the Mayor of Worcester on two occasions, first from 1981 to 1982 and the second time from 1988–93... |
1980–1981 | ||
| 65 | Sara Robertson | 1982–1983 | ||
| 66 | oseph M. Tinsley | 1984–1985 | ||
| 67 | John B. Anderson John B. Anderson John Bayard Anderson is a former United States Congressman and Presidential candidate from Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative from the 16th Congressional District of Illinois for ten terms from 1961 through 1981 and an Independent candidate in the 1980 presidential election. He was previously... |
1986 | ||
| 68 | Timothy J. Cooney, Jr. | 1987 | ||
| 69 | Jordan Levy Jordan Levy Jordan Levy is an American politician and talk radio host from Worcester, Massachusetts. He served as the Mayor of Worcester on two occasions, first from 1981 to 1982 and the second time from 1988–93... |
1988–1993 | ||
| 70 | Raymond Mariano Raymond Mariano Raymond V. Mariano , better known as Ray Mariano, is the current Executive Director of the Worcester Housing Authority. Prior to his service as Executive Director of the WHA, Ray served as Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.... |
1994–2001 | ||
| 71 | Timothy Murray | 2002-January 9, 2007 | ||
| 72 | Konstantina Lukes Konstantina Lukes -Childhood and Education:Konstantina is daughter of two Albanian immigrants. She was born and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut and worked in her parents' restaurant while attending public school. Konstantina worked her way through college and law school, graduating from Simmons College and the... |
January 10, 2007-January 4, 2010 | ||
| 73 | Joseph C. O'Brien Joseph C. O'Brien Joseph C. O'Brien is a Massachusetts politician. He began his first term as Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts in 2009 and he also sits on the Worcester City Council. He was born and raised in Worcester before earning his B.A. in urban studies from Fordham University and a M.A. in public... |
January 4, 2010–Present | ||
| # | Mayor | Term | Party | Notes |