- 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. Lynn was incorporated as a city in 1850.[1]
This is a list of Mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts.
# Mayor Picture Term Party Notes 1st George Hood May 14, 1850-June 16, 1852 Democratic 2nd Benjamin F. Mudge June 16, 1852-April 4, 1853 3rd Daniel C. Baker April 4, 1853-April 3, 1854 4th Thomas P. Richardson April 3, 1854-January 1, 1855 5th Andrews Breed January 1, 1855-January 7, 1856 6th Ezra W. Mudge January 7, 1856-January 4, 1858 Democratic 7th William F. Johnson January 4, 1858-January 3, 1859 8th Edward S. Davis January 3, 1859-January 7, 1861 9th Hiram N. Breed January 7, 1861-January 6, 1862 Workingmen's Party 10th Peter M. Neal January 6, 1862-January 1, 1866 11th Roland G. Usher January 1, 1866-January 4, 1869 Republican 12th James N. Buffum January 4, 1869-January 3, 1870 13th Edwin Walden January 3, 1870-January 1, 1872 14th James N. Buffum January 1, 1872-January 6, 1873 15th Jacob M. Lewis January 6, 1873-January 1, 1877 16th Samuel M. Bubier January 1, 1877-January 6, 1879 Republican 17th George Plaisted Sanderson January 6, 1879-January 3, 1881 Greenback 18th Henry B. Lovering January 3, 1881-January 1, 1883 Democrat 19th William L. Baird January 1, 1883-January 5, 1885 Republican 20th John R. Baldwin January 5, 1885-January 4, 1886 21st George D. Hart January 4, 1886–1887 22nd George C. Higgins 1888-1888 Republican 23rd Asa T. Newhall 1889–1890 Democrat 24th E. Knowlton Fogg 1891-1891 Republican 25th Elihu B. Hayes 1892–1893 Republican 26th Charles E. Harwood 1894–1895 Republican 27th Eugene A. Besson 1896-1896 Republican 28th Walter L. Ramsdell 1897–1898 Democrat 29th William Shepherd 1899–1902 Republican 30th Henry W. Eastham 1903–1905 31st Charles Neal Barney 1906–1907 Republican 32nd Thomas F. Porter 1908–1909 Republican 33rd James E. Rich 1909–1910 Democrat 34th William P. Connery, Sr. 1911–1912 From 1910 to 1917 the Mayor was chosen under the Commission form of government. The Mayoralty was held by the Commissioner of public safety. 35th George H. Newhall 1913–1917 Republican 36th Walter H. Creamer 1918–1921 In 1917 the city returned to a Mayor and city council form of Government. 37th Harland A. McPhetres 1922–1925 38th Ralph S. Bauer 1926–1930 39th J. Fred Manning 1930–1939 40th Albert Cole 1940-1943[2] Republican Leave of absence due to military service. 41st Arthur J. Frawley 1943[3]-1945 Began as acting mayor, elected in own right. 42nd Albert Cole 1946–1947 Republican 43rd Stuart A. Tarr 1948–1951 44th Arthur J. Frawley 1952–1955 45th Thomas P. Costin, Jr. 1956-July 3, 1961 Resigned to become the Postmaster of Lynn. 46th M. Henry Wall July 3, 1961–1965 As city council president when Costin submitted his resignation, pursuant to the city charter Wall became mayor. Wall was elected in his own right in the 1961 election.
47th Irving E. Kane 1966–1969 48th J. Warren Cassidy 1970-January 1972 49th Pasquale Caggiano January 1972-April 1972 Democrat Died in office. Acting Walter F. Meserve April 1972[4]-July 1972 Acting mayor. 50th Antonio J. Marino July 1972-1973 51st David L. Phillips 1974–1975 52nd Antonio J. Marino 1976–1985 53rd Albert V. DiVirgilio 1986–1991 54th Patrick J. McManus 1992–2001 55th Edward J. Clancy, Jr. 2002-January 4, 2010 56th Judith Flanagan Kennedy January 4, 2010 - Notes
- ^ "Brief History of Lynn". City of Lynn. http://www.ci.lynn.ma.us/aboutlynn_history.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
- ^ Leave of absence due to military service
- ^ Began as acting mayor, elected in own right
- ^ Acting mayor
References
- "List of Mayors". City of Lynn. http://www.ci.lynn.ma.us/cityhall_mayorslist.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
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