List of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts
George Hood, the first mayor of Lynn
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
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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
Whig
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
Republican
11th
Roland G. Usher
January 1, 1866 – January 4, 1869
Republican
12th
James N. Buffum
January 4, 1869 – January 3, 1870
Republican
13th
Edwin Walden
January 3, 1870 – January 1, 1872
14th
James N. Buffum
January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
Republican
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
Democrat
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[ 3]
Republican
Leave of absence due to military service.
41st
Arthur J. Frawley
1943[ 4] -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
Democrat
Resigned to become the Postmaster of Lynn.
46th
M. Henry Wall
July 3, 1961 – 1965
As city council president, when Mayor 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[ 5] – 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
Democrat
56th
Judith Flanagan Kennedy
January 4, 2010 – January 3, 2018
Republican
57th
Thomas M. McGee
January 3, 2018 – January 3, 2022
Democrat
58th
Jared C. Nicholson
January 3, 2022 – present
Democrat
See also
Notes
^ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF LYNN" . About Lynn . City of Lynn. Retrieved 2021-12-01 . 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 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2009-10-16 .
^ Leave of absence due to military service
^ Began as acting mayor, elected in own right
^ Acting mayor
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