This is a list of the mayors of New Haven, Connecticut.

Before 1826, the city's mayors did not have a fixed term of office; once elected, they held office indefinitely, at the pleasure of the Connecticut General Assembly. Beginning in 1826 the mayor and members of the Common Council were elected an annual town meeting and held office until the following year's town meeting. Since the 1870s, New Haven's mayors have been elected to two-year terms.Robert A. Dahl (1961), Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in an American City. Yale University Press. , . Page 12.

As of July 2023, the mayor of New Haven earns an annual salary of $134,013.

Yearsserved Name Party Lived Notes1784–1793Roger ShermanFederalist 1721–1793Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Later became a U.S. Senator.1793–1803Samuel BishopDemocratic-Republican1723–1803Also probate judge1803–1822Elizur GoodrichFederalist 1761–1849Professor of law. Also served as a U.S. Congressman.1822–1826George HoadleyDemocratic-Republican1781–1857Bank president. Later became Mayor of Cleveland (1846–1847).1826–1827Simeon BaldwinFederalist 1761–1851Judge. Was previously a U.S. Congressman.1827–1828William BristolDemocratic-Republican1779–1836Also State Senator1828–1830David DaggettFederalist 1764–1851Also U.S. Senator; CT House Speaker; Chief Justice of the CT Supreme Court1830–1831Ralph IngersollDemocrat1789-1872Also U.S. Congressman1831–1832Dennis KimberlyDemocrat1790–1862Lawyer. Also major general and member of Connecticut General Assembly. Was elected mayor again in 1833, but declined the office. Was chosen U.S. Senator in 1838.Dennis Kimberly , Memorials of Connecticut Judges and Attorneys as printed in the Connecticut Reports volume 30, page(s) 605-607. Connecticut State Library website, accessed August 3, 2010.1832–1833Ebenezer Seeley Democrat1793–18661833–1834 Noyes Darling Whig1782–1846Judge. (Dennis Kimberly had been elected to fill this term, but declined to serve.)1834–1839 Henry Collins Flagg Whig1792–1863Lawyer, editor1839–1842Samuel Johnson Hitchcock Whig1786–1845Lawyer, president of Yale Law School1842–1845 Philip S. Galpin Whig1796–1872Businessman (carpet manufacturing and insurance)1846–1850Henry E. PeckWhig1795–1867Newspaper printer and publisher.1850–1854Aaron N. SkinnerWhig1800–1858Classical boarding school headmaster1854–1855Chauncey JeromeWhig1793–1868Clock manufacturer1855-1856Alfred BlackmanDemocrat1807-18801856–1860Philip S. Galpin Whig1796–1872Secretary of Mutual Security Insurance Company1860–1863Harmanus M. WelchDemocrat1813–1889Businessman who was founder and president of the New Haven Rolling Mill and president of the First National Bank.1863-1865Morris TylerRepublican1806–18761865–1866Erastus C. ScrantonRepublican1808–18661866–1869Lucien Wells SperryDemocrat1820−1890Carpenter and merchant; committed suicide after embezzling trust funds; died $50,000 in debt.1869-1870William FitchRepublican1820-18771870-1877Henry G. LewisDemocrat1820-18911877-1879William R. SheltonDemocrat1821-1892Prosecuted by Republicans (as a Democratic ex-mayor) for his involvement in a scandal with a female employee1879-1881Hobart B. BigelowRepublican1834–1891 Businessman, founder of the Bigelow Manufacturing Co.1881-1883John Brownlee RobertsonDemocrat1809-18921883-1885Henry G. LewisDemocrat1820-18911885-1887George F. HolcombDemocrat1887–1888 Samuel Amos York Democrat1839-18981889–1890 Henry Franklin Peck Republican1828-19111891–1894Joseph B. Sargent Democrat1822–1907Served three terms. Founder of Sargent & Co.1895–1896Albert C. HendrickRepublican1833-1912ex-chief of the New Haven Fire Department1897–1899Frederick Benjamin FarnsworthRepublican1851-1930Presided over the enactment of a new city charter, which gave New Haven a unified administrative structure. Interred in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven1899–1901Cornelius Thomas DriscollDemocrat1845–1931born in Ireland, he was New Haven's first immigrant mayor1901-1909John Payne StudleyRepublican1846–1931Used the police to stop performances of Bernard Shaw's play, "Mrs. Warren's Profession". Interred in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT1910–1917Frank J. RiceRepublican1869–1917Elected to four terms. Died in office.1917Samuel CampnerRepublican1887-1934New Haven's first Jewish mayor1918–1926David E. FitzGerald Democrat1874-19421926-1928John B. TowerRepublican1929–1931Thomas A. Tully Republican1886-19501932–1944John W. Murphy Democrat1878–1964Labor leader1945–1953William C. CelentanoRepublican1904-1972Served eight years. First Italian-American mayor of New Haven, funeral director.1954–1970Richard C. LeeDemocrat1916–2003Served eight terms. Was New Haven's youngest mayor.1970–1975Bartholomew F. Guida Democrat1914–19781976–1979Frank LogueDemocrat 1924–2010Served two two-year terms as the city's chief executive. He won the office in the 1975 election, defeating incumbent Democratic mayor Bart Guida in a party primary. 1980–1989Biagio "Ben" DiLietoDemocrat1922–1999Served five terms. Former police chief.1990–1993John C. DanielsDemocrat1936–2015First black mayor of New Haven.1994–2013John DeStefano, Jr. Democratborn 1955New Haven's longest-serving mayor.2014–2020Toni HarpDemocratborn 1949First woman elected mayor and 2nd African American mayor of New Haven.2020–presentJustin ElickerDemocratborn 1975

See also Mayoral elections in New Haven, Connecticut

References Citations

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Robert A. Dahl (1961), Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in an American City. Yale University Press. , . Table 2.1, The Mayors of New Haven, 1784–1960 (pages 12–14).