The mayor of Newburyport is the head of the municipal government in Newburyport, Massachusetts. There was no mayor of Newburyport until 1851, because up to that point Newburyport was still incorporated as a town.
List of mayors # Mayor Picture Term Party Notes1stCaleb CushingJune 24, 1851 – June 21, 1852DemocratResigned June 21, 1852.2ndHenry Johnson June 21, 1852 – 1853 Johnson was elected on June 21, 1852, to fill the position after Caleb Cushing resigned. Johnson was subsequently elected mayor in the annual city election of 1853.3rdMoses Davenport 1854-1855 4thWilliam Cushing 1855–1858 5thAlbert Currier 1859–1860 6thMoses Davenport 1861-February 18, 1861 Died on February 18, 1861. 7thGeorge W. Jackman Jr. February 27, 1861 – 1862 DemocratElected on February 27, 1861, to replace Moses Davenport, who had died February 18, 1861. Jackman was subsequently elected mayor in the election of 1862.8thIssac H. Boardman 1863–1863 9thGeorge W. Jackman Jr.1864-1865Democrat10thWilliam Graves1866-1866 11thEben Francis Stone1867–1867Republican12thNathaniel Pierce 1868-1869 13thRobert Couch 1870-1870 14thElbridge G. Kelly 1871-1872 15thWarren Currier 1873-1874 16thBenjamin F. Atkinson 1875-1876 17thGeorge W. Jackman, Jr. 1877-1877 Democrat18thJonathan Smith 1878-1878 19thJohn J. Currier 1879-1880 20thRobert Couch 1881-1881 21stBenjamin Hale 1882-1882 22ndWilliam A. Johnson 1883-1884 23rdThomas C. Simpson 1885-1885 Republican24thCharles C. Dame 1886-1886 25thJ. Otis Winkley 1887-1887 26thWilliam H. Huse 1888-March 28, 1888 RepublicanDied March 28, 1888, replaced on April 2, 1888, by Albert C. Titcomb.27thAlbert C. Titcomb April 2, 1888 – 1889 Elected on April 2, 1888, to replace William H. Huse, who had died on March 28, 1888, Titcomb was elected to a full term in the annual city election of 1889.28thElisha P. Dodge 1890-1891 29thOrin J. Gurney 1892-1895 30thAndrew R. Curtis 1896-1897 31stGeorge H. Plummer 1898-1898 32ndThomas Huse1899-1900 Republican 33rdMoses Brown 1901-1902 34thJames F. Carens 1903-1904 35thWilliam F. Houston 1905-1906 36thAlfred F. Hunt 1907-1907 37thIrvin Besse 1908-1908 38thAlfred F. Hunt 1909-1909 39thRobert E. Burke 1910-1912 40th Hiram H. Landford 1913-1914 41stClarence J. Fogg 1915-1916 Republican 42ndWalter B. Hopkinson 1917-1918 Republican 43rd David P. Page 1919-1920 44thMichael Cashman 1921-1925 45thOscar H. Nelson 1926-1927 46thAndrew J. Gillis 1928-1931 47thGayden Wells Morrill 1932-1935 48thAndrew J. Gillis 1936-1937 49thJames F. Carens 1938-1941 50thJohn H. Kelleher 1942-1949 51stAndrew J. Gillis 1950-1953 52ndHenry Graf, Jr. 1954-1957 53rdAndrew J. Gillis 1958-1959 54thAlbert H. Zabriskie 1960-1963 55thGeorge H. Lawler, Jr. 1964-1967 56thByron J. Matthews 1968-1978 56thRichard E. Sullivan 1978-1985 57thPeter J. Matthews 1985-1987 58thEdward G. Molin 1988-1989 59thPeter J. Matthews 1990-1993 60thLisa L. Mead 1994-1997 Resigned to accept a position in Senator John Kerry's office.ActingChristopher R. Sullivan 1997 61stMary M. Carrier 1998-1999 62ndLisa L. Mead 2000-2001 63rdAl Lavender 2002-2003 64thMary Anne Clancy 2004-2005 65thJohn F. Moak 2006-2009 66thDonna D. Holaday 2010–2022 67thSean R. Reardon2022–present
Notes Currier, John James: History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2, Newburyport (Mass.) 1909. Appendix XI. pages 602-612; Mayors and Members of the Board of Aldermen, 1851 to 1909. The Newburyport Mayor’s Office, mayors from 1950 to 2000.