List of mayors of Salem, Massachusetts
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The mayor of Salem is the head of municipal government of Salem, Massachusetts . There was no mayor of Salem until its city charter was accepted on March 23, 1836, prior to which Salem was still incorporated as a town.
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Mayor
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Term
Party
Notes
1st
Leverett Saltonstall
1836–1838
Whig
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
1838–1842
Whig
3rd
Stephen Palfrey Webb
1842–1845
Whig
Also served as the twelfth Mayor of Salem . From 1854 to 1855 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco , California
4th
Joseph S. Cabot
1845–1849
Whig
5th
Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr.
1849–1851
Whig
6th
David Pingree
1851–1852
Independent
7th
Charles Wentworth Upham
1852–1853
Whig
8th
Asahel Huntington
1853–1854
Know Nothing
9th
Joseph Andrews
1854–1856
Know Nothing
From 1856 to 1874 inclusive the Municipal year ended on the Fourth Monday in January.
10th
William S. Messervy
1856–1858
Democratic
11th
Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr.
1858–1859
Republican
12th
Stephen Palfrey Webb
1860–1862
Republican
Second time as Mayor of Salem . From 1854 to 1855 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco , California
13th
Stephen G. Wheatland
1863–1864
Democratic
14th
Joseph B. F. Osgood
1865–1865
Republican
15th
David Roberts
January 1866 – September 26, 1867
Republican
Roberts resigned as a result of disagreement with the Board of Aldermen.
16th
William Cogswell
September 26, 1867–1869
Republican
17th
Nathanial Brown
1870–1871
None
18th
Samuel Calley
1872–1872
Republican
19th
William Cogswell
1873–1875
Republican
From 1875 on the Municipal year ends on the First Monday in January.
20th
Henry Laurens Williams
1875–1876
None
21st
Henry K. Oliver
1877–1880
Republican
22nd
Samuel Calley
1881–1882
Republican
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
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
33rd
Thomas G. Pinnock
1906–1907
Republican
34th
John F. Hurley
1908–1909
None
35th
Arthur Howard
1910–1910
None
36th
Rufus D. Adams
1911–1912
Republican
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
Republican [ 6]
First Mayor under the January 3, 1916 (Plan B) city charter.
41st
George J. Bates
1924–1937
Republican
Served in U.S. House from January 3, 1937 – November 1, 1949.
42nd
Edward A. Coffey
1938–1947
Republican
43rd
Joseph B. Harrington
1948–1949
Democratic
44th
Francis X. Collins
1950–1969
Democratic
45th
Samuel Edward Zoll
1970–1973
Democratic
46th
Jean A. Levesque
1973–1983
Republican
47th
Anthony V. Salvo
1984–1989
Democratic
48th
Neil J. Harrington
1990–1997
Democratic
49th
Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr.
1998–2005
Democratic
50th
Kim Driscoll
January 2006 – January 4, 2023
Democratic
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in the 2022 election
51st
Bob McCarthy
January 4, 2023 – May 27, 2023
Elected by Salem City Council as Acting Mayor following resignation of Mayor Kim Driscoll .
52nd
Dominick Pangallo
May 27, 2023 – Present
Democratic
Elected Mayor in special election on May 16, 2023, to complete Mayor Kim Driscoll 's term.
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