List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts

This is an incomplete list of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts.

# Image Mayor Term Notes 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 electionto finish Mayor Blake's term. 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, 1893Previously 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 A William A. Bennett 1936 As president of the board of Aldermen, became acting mayor following Cookson's death. 43 John S. Sullivan 1936–1937 44 William A. Bennett 1938–1945 Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts. A John H. Toomey Jr. 1945 As president of the board of Aldermen, became acting mayor upon the resignation of William A. Bennett. 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. 46 Andrew B. Holmstrom 1950–1953 First Appointed Mayor.Beginning of the weak Mayor system. 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 Notes1stEverett F. Merrill1950–19512ndFrancis J. McGrath1951–19853rdWilliam Mulford1985–19934thThomas R. Hoover1993–20045thMichael V. O'Brien2004–20146thEdward M. Augustus Jr.2014–20227thEric Batista2022–present

See also Mayoral elections in Worcester, Massachusetts

References

External links

List of Mayors of Worcester, Massachusetts from the Worcester Public Library