List of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts
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This is a list of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
The area known today as the city of Lynn was originally part of a larger area named Saugus (part of which lives on as the Town of Saugus). It was renamed "Lynn" in 1637 in honor of King's Lynn in England.[1] Lynn was incorporated as a city in 1850.[2]
List
| No. | Mayor | Term | Party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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George Hood (1794–1859) |
May 14, 1850 – June 16, 1852 |
Democratic | 1849 | |
| 1850 | ||||||
| 2 | 
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817–1879) |
June 16, 1852 – April 4, 1853 |
Independent | 1851 | |
| 3 | 
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Daniel C. Baker (1816–1863) |
April 4, 1853 – April 3, 1854 |
Independent | 1852 | |
| 4 | 
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Thomas P. Richardson (TBA–TBA) |
April 3, 1854 – January 1, 1855 |
Independent | 1853 | |
| 5 | 
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Andrews Breed (1794–1881) |
January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856 |
Whig | 1854 | |
| 6 | 
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Ezra W. Mudge (1811–1878) |
January 7, 1856 – January 4, 1858 |
Democratic | 1855 | |
| 1856 | ||||||
| 7 | 
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William F. Johnson (1819–1898) |
January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859 |
Independent | 1857 | |
| 8 | 
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Edward S. Davis (1808–1887) |
January 3, 1859 – January 7, 1861 |
Independent | 1858 | |
| 1859 | ||||||
| 9 | 
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Hiram N. Breed (1809–1893) |
January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862 |
Workingmen's | 1860 | |
| 10 | 
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Peter M. Neal (1811–1908) |
January 6, 1862 – January 1, 1866 |
Republican | 1861 | |
| 1862 | ||||||
| 1863 | ||||||
| 1864 | ||||||
| 11 | 
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Roland G. Usher (1823–1895) |
January 1, 1866 – January 4, 1869 |
Republican | 1865 | |
| 1866 | ||||||
| 1867 | ||||||
| 12 | 
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James N. Buffum (1807–1887) 1st time |
January 4, 1869 – January 3, 1870 |
Republican | 1868 | |
| 13 | 
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Edwin Walden (1818–1889) |
January 3, 1870 – January 1, 1872 |
Independent | 1869 | |
| 1870 | ||||||
| 14 |
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James N. Buffum (1807–1887) 2nd time |
January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873 |
Republican | 1871 | |
| 15 | 
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Jacob M. Lewis (1823–1905) |
January 6, 1873 – January 1, 1877 |
Independent | 1872 | |
| 1873 | ||||||
| 1874 | ||||||
| 1875 | ||||||
| 16 | 
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Samuel M. Bubier (1816–1894) |
January 1, 1877 – January 6, 1879 |
Republican | 1876 | |
| 1877 | ||||||
| 17 | 
|
George Plaisted Sanderson (1836–1915) |
January 6, 1879 – January 3, 1881 |
Greenback | 1878 | |
| 1879 | ||||||
| 18 | 
|
Henry B. Lovering (1841–1911) |
January 3, 1881 – January 1, 1883 |
Democratic | 1880 | |
| 1881 | ||||||
| 19 | 
|
William L. Baird (1843–1916) |
January 1, 1883 – January 5, 1885 |
Republican | 1882 | |
| 1883 | ||||||
| 20 | 
|
John R. Baldwin (1854–1897) |
January 5, 1885 – January 4, 1886 |
Independent | 1884 | |
| 21 | 
|
George D. Hart (1846–1932) |
January 4, 1886 – 1888 |
Independent | 1885 | |
| 1886 | ||||||
| 22 | 
|
George C. Higgins (1845–1933) |
1888 – 1889 |
Republican | 1887 | |
| 23 | 
|
Asa T. Newhall (1846–1937) |
1889 – January 5, 1891 |
Democratic | 1888 | |
| 1889 | ||||||
| 24 | 
|
E. Knowlton Fogg (1837–1900) |
January 5, 1891 – 1892 |
Republican | 1890 | |
| 25 | 
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Elihu B. Hayes (1848–1903) |
1892 – 1894 |
Republican | 1891 | |
| 1892 | ||||||
| 26 | 
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Charles E. Harwood (1851–1924) |
1894 – 1896 |
Republican | 1893 | |
| 1894 | ||||||
| 27 | 
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Eugene A. Bessom (1855–1913) |
1896 – 1897 |
Republican | 1895 | |
| 28 | 
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Walter L. Ramsdell (1860–1909) |
1897 – 1899 |
Democratic | 1896 | |
| 1897 | ||||||
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William Shepherd (1837–1907) |
1899 – 1903 |
Republican | 1898 | |
| 1899 | ||||||
| 1900 | ||||||
| 1901 | ||||||
| 30 | 
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Henry W. Eastham (TBA–TBA) |
1903 – 1906 |
Independent | 1902 | |
| 1903 | ||||||
| 1904 | ||||||
| 31 | 
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Charles Neal Barney (1875–1949) |
1906 – 1908 |
Republican | 1905 | |
| 1906 | ||||||
| 32 | 
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Thomas F. Porter (1847–1927) |
1908 – 1909 |
Republican | 1907 | |
| 33 | James E. Rich (1869–1961) |
1909 – 1911 |
Democratic | 1908 | ||
| 1909 | ||||||
| 34 | William P. Connery Sr. (1855–1928) |
1911 – 1913 |
Independent | 1910[a] | ||
| 1911[a] | ||||||
| 35 | 
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George H. Newhall (1850–1923) |
1913 – 1918 |
Republican | 1912[a] | |
| 1913[a] | ||||||
| 1914[a] | ||||||
| 1915[a] | ||||||
| 1916[a] | ||||||
| 36 | 
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Walter H. Creamer (1860–1937) |
1918 – 1922 |
Democratic | 1917[b] | |
| 1919 | ||||||
| 37 | Harland A. McPhetres (1892–1972) |
1922 – 1926 |
Independent | 1921 | ||
| 1923 | ||||||
| 38 | Ralph S. Bauer (1867–1941) |
1926 – 1930 |
Independent | 1925 | ||
| 1927 | ||||||
| 39 | J. Fred Manning (1875–1955) |
1930 – 1940 |
Independent | 1929 | ||
| 1931 | ||||||
| 1933 | ||||||
| 1935 | ||||||
| 1937 | ||||||
| 40 | 
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Albert Cole (1904–1966) 1st time |
1940 – 1943 (stepped down)[c] |
Republican | 1939 | |
| 1941 | ||||||
| – | Arthur J. Frawley (c.1899–1969) 1st time |
1943 – 1944 |
Independent | – | ||
| 41 | 1944 – 1946 (lost election) |
1943 | ||||
| 42 |
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Albert Cole (1904–1966) 2nd time |
1946 – 1948 |
Republican | 1945 | |
| 43 | Stuart A. Tarr (TBA–TBA) |
1948 – 1952 |
Independent | 1947 | ||
| 1949 | ||||||
| 44 | Arthur J. Frawley (c.1899–1969) 2nd time |
1952 – 1956 |
Independent | 1951 | ||
| 1953 | ||||||
| 45 | Thomas P. Costin Jr. (1926–2025) |
1956 – July 3, 1961 (resigned)[d] |
Democratic | 1955 | ||
| 1957 | ||||||
| 1959 | ||||||
| 46 | M. Henry Wall (1899–1970) |
July 3, 1961[e] – 1965 |
Independent | – | ||
| 1961 | ||||||
| 1963 | ||||||
| 47 | Irving E. Kane (1930–2019) |
1966 – 1970 |
Independent | 1965 | ||
| 1967 | ||||||
| 48 | J. Warren Cassidy (1930–2024) |
1970 – January 1972 |
Democratic | 1969 | ||
| 49 | 
|
Pasquale Caggiano (1909–1972) |
January 1972 – April 13, 1972 (died in office) |
Democratic | 1971 | |
| – | Walter F. Meserve (1921–1984) Acting |
April 13, 1972 – July 11, 1972 (successor took office) |
Independent | – | ||
| 50 | Antonio J. Marino (1921–2013) 1st time |
July 11, 1972 – 1974 |
Independent | 1972 special | ||
| 51 | David L. Phillips (born 1938) |
1974 – 1976 |
Independent | 1973 | ||
| 52 | Antonio J. Marino (1921–2013) 2nd time |
1976 – 1986 (lost election) |
Independent | 1975 | ||
| 1977 | ||||||
| 1979 | ||||||
| 1981 | ||||||
| 1983 | ||||||
| 53 | Albert V. DiVirgilio (born 1942) |
1986 – 1992 (lost election) |
Independent | 1985 | ||
| 1987 | ||||||
| 1989 | ||||||
| 54 | Patrick J. McManus (1954–2009) |
1992 – 2002 |
Independent | 1991 | ||
| 1993 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 55 | 
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Edward J. Clancy Jr. (1950–2021) |
2002 – January 4, 2010 (lost election) |
Democratic | 2001 | |
| 2005 | ||||||
| 56 | Judith Flanagan Kennedy (born TBA) |
January 4, 2010 – January 3, 2018 (lost election) |
Republican | 2009 | ||
| 2013 | ||||||
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Thomas M. McGee (born 1955) |
January 3, 2018 – January 3, 2022 |
Democratic | 2017 | |
| 58 | 
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Jared C. Nicholson (born 1985) |
January 3, 2022 – present |
Democratic | 2021 | |
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g From 1910 to 1917, the mayor was chosen under the commission form of government. The mayoralty was held by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
- ^ In 1917, the city returned to a mayor and city council form of government.
- ^ Cole stepped down to serve in the United States Army in World War II.
- ^ Costin resigned to become Postmaster of Lynn.
- ^ As city council president, Wall became mayor upon the resignation of Costin.
See also
Notes
- ^ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF LYNN". About Lynn. City of Lynn. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
When the first official minister, Samuel Whiting, arrived from King's Lynn, England, the new settlers were so excited that they changed the name of their community to Lynn in 1637 in honor of him.
- ^ "Brief History of Lynn". City of Lynn. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
References
- "List of Mayors". City of Lynn. Archived from the original on December 11, 2009. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
Further reading
- Yvonne Abraham (June 26, 2021), "Lynn, like many other cities in the Commonwealth, faces a momentous mayoral choice this fall", Boston Globe