List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts facts for kids
This is an incomplete list of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts.
# | Image | Mayor | Term | Notes |
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1 | Levi Lincoln, Jr. | April 17, 1848 – April 1, 1849 | ||
2 | Henry Chapin | April 1, 1849 – April 7, 1851 | ||
3 | Peter C. Bacon | April 7, 1851 – January 3, 1853 | ||
4 | John S.C. Knowlton | January 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855 | ||
5 | George W. Richardson | January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856 | ||
6 | Isaac Davis | January 7, 1856 – January 5, 1857 | ||
7 | George W. Richardson | January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858 | ||
8 | Isaac Davis | January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859 | ||
9 | Alexander Bullock | January 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860 | ||
10 | William W. Rice | January 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861 | ||
11 | Isaac Davis | January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862 | ||
12 | Peleg Emory Aldrich | January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1863 | Later served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. | |
13 | Daniel Waldo Lincoln | January 3, 1863 – January 2, 1865 | ||
14 | Phinehas Ball | January 2, 1865 – January 1, 1866 | ||
15 | James B. Blake | January 1, 1866 – December 18, 1870 | Died in office. | |
A | Henry Chapin | December 19, 1870 – January 1, 1871 | Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870. | |
16 | Edward Earle | February 6, 1871 – January 1, 1871 | Elected mayor in a special election to finish Mayor Blake's term. |
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17 | George F. Verry | January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873 | ||
18 | Clark Jillson | January 6, 1873 – January 5, 1874 | ||
19 | Edward Livingston Davis | January 5, 1874 – January 4, 1875 | ||
20 | Clark Jillson | January 4, 1875 – January 1, 1877 | ||
21 | Charles B. Pratt | January 1, 1877 – January 5, 1880 | ||
22 | Frank H. Kelley | January 5, 1880 – January 3, 1882 | ||
23 | Elijah B. Stoddard | January 3, 1882 – January 1, 1883 | ||
24 | Samuel E. Hildreth | January 1, 1883 – January 7, 1884 | ||
25 | Charles G. Reed | January 7, 1884 – January 4, 1886 | ||
26 | Samuel Winslow | January 4, 1886 – January 6, 1890 | ||
27 | Francis A Harrington | January 6, 1890 - January 2, 1893 | Previously served in the Board of Aldermen of Worcester. | |
28 | Henry A. Marsh | January 2, 1893 – January 6, 1896 | ||
29 | Augustus B. R. Sprague | January 6, 1896 – January 3, 1898 | ||
30 | Rufus B. Dodge, Jr. | January 3, 1898 – February 25, 1901 | ||
31 | Philip J. O'Connell | 1901 | ||
32 | Edward F. Fletcher | 1902-1903 | ||
33 | Walter H. Blodgett | 1904-1905 | ||
34 | John T. Duggan | 1906-1907 | ||
35 | James Logan | 1908-1911 | ||
36 | David F. O'Connell | 1912 | ||
37 | George Merrill Wright | January 6, 1913 – January 1, 1917 | ||
38 | Pehr G. Holmes | January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1920 | ||
39 | Peter F. Sullivan | January 5, 1920 – 1923 | ||
40 | Michael J. O'Hara | 1924-1931 | ||
41 | John C. Mahoney | 1932-1935 | ||
42 | Walter J. Cookson | 1936-June 11, 1936 | ||
43 | John S. Sullivan | 1936-1937 | ||
44 | William A. Bennett | 1938-1945 | Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts. | |
45 | Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan | 1946-1949 | Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter. |
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46 | Andrew B. Holmstrom | 1950-1953 | First Appointed Mayor. Beginning of the weak Mayor system. |
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47 | James D. O'Brien | 1954-1958 | ||
48 | Joseph C. Casdin | 1959 | ||
49 | James D. O'Brien | 1960-1961 | ||
50 | John M. Shea | 1962 | ||
51 | Joseph C. Casdin | 1962-1963 | ||
52 | Paul V. Mullaney | 1963-1965 | ||
53 | George A. Wells | 1966 | ||
54 | Joseph C. Casdin | 1967-1968 | ||
55 | John M. Shea | 1969 | ||
56 | George A. Wells | 1970 | ||
57 | Joseph M. Tinsley | 1971 | ||
58 | Thomas J. Early | 1972 | ||
59 | Joseph M. Tinsley | 1973 | ||
60 | Israel Katz | 1974-1975 | ||
61 | Thomas J. Early | 1976-1979 | ||
62 | Jordan Levy | 1980-1981 | ||
63 | Sara Robertson | 1982-1983 | ||
64 | Joseph M. Tinsley | 1984-1985 | ||
65 | John B. Anderson | 1986 | ||
66 | Timothy J. Cooney, Jr. | 1987 | Last appointed mayor | |
67 | Jordan Levy | 1988-1993 | First popularly elected mayor under new charter | |
68 | Raymond Mariano | 1994-2001 | ||
69 | Timothy Murray | 2002-January 9, 2007 | Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. | |
70 | Konstantina Lukes | January 10, 2007 – January 4, 2010 | ||
71 | Joseph C. O'Brien | January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2012 | ||
72 | Joseph Petty | January 2, 2012 – Present |
City managers
# | City Manager | Term | Notes |
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1st | Everett F. Merrill | 1950–1951 | |
2nd | Francis J. McGrath | 1951–1985 | |
3rd | William Mulford | 1985–1993 | |
4th | Thomas R. Hoover | 1993–2004 | |
5th | Michael V. O'Brien | 2004–2014 | |
6th | Edward M. Augustus, Jr. | 2014–2022 | |
7th | Eric Batista | 2022–present |
See also
- Mayoral elections in Worcester, Massachusetts
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