The mayor of Springfield is the head of the municipal government in Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield has a mayor-council government. Mayors of Springfield are appointed through direct, non-partisan elections to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office oversees the enforcement of all laws and ordinances within the city, appoints and supervises a majority of appointed officials, and serves as an ex officio member of the Springfield School Committee. The mayor's office is located in Springfield City Hall, as part of the Municipal Group in Metro Center.
The current mayor of Springfield is Domenic Sarno.
List of mayors # Picture Mayor Term Party ElectionStartEnd1Caleb RiceMay 25, 1852January 10, 1854WhigMay 1852
December 18522Philos B. TylerJanuary 10, 1854January 1, 1855Democratic 1853–18543Eliphalet TraskJanuary 1, 1855January 7, 1856Know Nothing18544Ansel Phelps, Jr.January 7, 1856January 3, 1859Democratic1855
1856
18575William Barron CalhounJanuary 3, 1859January 2, 1860Whig18586Daniel L. HarrisJanuary 2, 1860January 7, 1861Republican18597Stephen C. BemisJanuary 7, 1861January 5, 1863Democratic1860
18618Henry Alexander, Jr.January 5, 1863January 2, 1865Republican1862
18639Albert D. BriggsJanuary 2, 1865January 6, 1868Republican(Anti-Refunder)1864
1865
186610Charles A. WinchesterJanuary 6, 1868January 3, 1870Republican1867
186811William L. SmithJanuary 3, 1870January 1, 1872Democratic1869
187012Samuel B. SpoonerJanuary 1, 1872January 5, 1874Republican1871
187213John M. StebbinsJanuary 5, 1874January 4, 1875Democratic187314Emerson WightJanuary 4, 1875January 6, 1879Republican1874
1875
1876
187715Lewis J. PowersJanuary 6, 1879January 3, 1881Democratic & Citizens
Republican1878
187916William H. HaileJanuary 3, 1881January 2, 1882Republican188017Edwin W. LaddJanuary 2, 1882January 1, 1883Democratic188118Henry M. PhillipsJanuary 1, 1883January 4, 1886Republican1882
1883
188419Edwin D. MetcalfJanuary 4, 1886January 3, 1887Republican188520Elisha B. MaynardJanuary 3, 1887January 7, 1889Democratic1886
188721Edward S. BradfordJanuary 7, 1889January 4, 1892Republican1888
1889
189022Lawson SibleyJanuary 4, 1892January 2, 1893Democratic189123Edmund P. KendrickJanuary 2, 1893January 7, 1895Republican1892
189324Charles L. LongJanuary 7, 1895January 6, 1896Republican189425Newrie D. WinterJanuary 6, 1896January 4, 1897Democratic189526Henry S. DickinsonJanuary 4, 1897January 2, 1899Republican1896 189727Dwight O. GilmoreJanuary 2, 1899January 1, 1900Republican189828William P. HayesJanuary 1, 1900January 6, 1902Democratic1899
190029Ralph W. EllisJanuary 6, 1902January 5, 1903Republican190130Everett E. StoneJanuary 5, 1903January 2, 1905Republican1902
190331Francke W. DickinsonJanuary 2, 1905January 7, 1907Republican1904
190532William E. SandersonJanuary 7, 1907January 3, 1910Republican1906
1907
190833Edward H. LathropJanuary 3, 1910January 6, 1913Democratic1909
1910
191134John A. DenisonJanuary 6, 1913January 4, 1915Republican1912
191335Frank E. StacyJanuary 4, 1915January 6, 1919Republican1914
1915
1916
191736Arthur A. AdamsJanuary 6, 1919January 3, 1921Republican1918
191937Edwin F. LeonardJanuary 3, 1921January 5, 1925Republican1920
1921
1922
192338Fordis C. ParkerJanuary 5, 1925January 6, 1930Republican1924
1925
192739Dwight R. WinterJanuary 6, 1930January 1, 1934Democratic1929
193140Henry MartensJanuary 1, 1934January 3, 1938Republican1933
193541Roger L. PutnamJanuary 3, 1938April 13, 1943Democratic1937
1939
194142J. Albin Anderson, Jr.April 13, 1943January 7, 1946RepublicanActing
194343Daniel B. BruntonJanuary 7, 1946January 6, 1958Democratic1945
1947
1949
1951
1953
195544Thomas J. O'ConnorJanuary 6, 1958January 1, 1962Democratic1957
195945Charles V. RyanJanuary 1, 1962January 1, 1968Democratic1961
1963
196546Frank Harlan FreedmanJanuary 1, 1968October 17, 1972Republican1967
1969
197147Theodore DimauroOctober 17, 1972February 9, 1973DemocraticActing48William C. SullivanFebruary 9, 1973January 2, 1978DemocraticJanuary 1973
November 1973
1975(47)Theodore DimauroJanuary 2, 1978January 2, 1984Democratic1977
1979
198149Richard NealJanuary 2, 1984January 3, 1989Democratic1983
1985
198750Vincent DiMonacoJanuary 3, 1989May 5, 1989DemocraticActing51Mary HurleyMay 5, 1989January 6, 1992DemocraticApril 1989
November 198952Robert MarkelJanuary 6, 1992January 1, 1996Democratic1991
199353Michael AlbanoJanuary 1, 1996January 5, 2004Democratic1995
1997
1999
200154Charles V. RyanJanuary 5, 2004January 7, 2008Democratic2003
200555Domenic J. SarnoJanuary 7, 2008IncumbentDemocratic2007
2009
2011
2015
2019
2023
Notes
See also Mayoral elections in Springfield, Massachusetts
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