List of mayors of New Bedford, Massachusetts

Mayors of New Bedford, Massachusetts[1]

# Term Name Picture Party Notes
1st 1847–1851 Abraham H. Howland
2nd 1852 William J. Rotch
3rd 1853–1854 Rodney French
4th 1855–1856 George Howland Jr.
5th 1857–1858 George H. Dunbar
6th 1859 Willard Nye
7th 1860–1862 Isaac C. Taber
8th 1862 (3 months), 1863–1865 George Howland Jr.
9th 1866–1867 John H. Perry
10th 1868–1869 Andrew G. Pierce Republican
11th 1870–1872 George B. Richmond
12th 1873 George H. Dunbar
13th 1874 George B. Richmond
14th 1875–1876 Abraham H. Howland Jr.
15th 1877 Alanson Borden
16th 1878 George B. Richmond
17th 1879–1880 William T. Soule
18th 1881–1884 George Wilson
19th 1885–1888 Morgan Rotch Republican
20th 1889–1890 Walter Clifford[2]
21st 1891–1892 Charles S. Ashley Democratic
22nd 1893 Jethro C. Brock
23rd 1894 Stephen Allen Brownell
24th 1895–1896 David Parker
25th 1897–1905 Charles S. Ashley Democratic
26th 1906 Thomas Thompson
27th 1907 Charles S. Ashley Democratic
28th 1908–1909 William J. Bullock Republican
29th 1910–1914 Charles S. Ashley Democratic
30th 1915–1916 Edward R. Hathaway
31st 1917–1921 Charles S. Ashley Democratic
32nd 1922 - 1924(2 Year Terms Started 1923) Walter H.B. Remington
33rd 1925–1926 Edward R. Hathaway
34th 1927–1936 Charles S. Ashley Democratic [3]
35th 1937–1940 Leo E.J. Carney
36th 1941–1942 Mathew A. Glynn
37th 1943–1951 Arthur N. Harriman
38th 1952 - 1953 Edward C. Peirce
Interim 1953 Francis J. Lawler Served As Interim Mayor From May To December 1953 while Peirce was in prison.
39th 1954–1955 Arthur N. Harriman
40th 1956–1961 Francis J. Lawler
41st 1962–1969 Edward F. Harrington
42nd 1970–1971 George Rogers Democrat
43rd 1972–1982 John A. Markey Resigned to accept a judicial appointment
Acting 1982 - 1983 Cynthia G. Kruger Served as acting Mayor following Markey's resignation
Acting 1983 Nelson Macedo Succeeded Kruger as council president. Served as acting Mayor until a special election was held.
44th 1983–1985 Brian J. Lawler
45th 1986–1991 John K. Bullard
46th 1992–1998 Rosemary S. Tierney
47th 1998–2006 Frederick M. Kalisz Jr.
48th 2006–2012 Scott W. Lang
49th 2012- Jon Mitchell

References

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  1. ^ "Mayors of New Bedford". New Bedford, Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  2. ^ Borden, Alanson (1899-01-01). Our Country and Its People: A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Bristol County, Massachusetts. Boston History Company.
  3. ^ "New Bedford Refuses to Let Him Retire After 25 Terms". New York Times. December 7, 1932. Retrieved 2010-07-23. It is part of the life of Charles S. Ashley to be Mayor of New Bedford, and part of New Bedford's official life to have Mr. Ashley as Mayor. ...