This is a list of mayors of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Political party designations are shown for some mayors, where known. However, municipal elections are officially non-partisan.
Throughout most of the previous century, elections have been held in odd-numbered years. Mayors are elected for a two-year term of office. The first city election in Manchester, New Hampshire occurred on August 19, 1846.
The administrative and executive powers of the city are vested in the mayor. The mayor must be a resident of the city for at least a year prior to filing for the office of mayor. The mayor has the power to supervise the administrative affairs of the city and presides over meetings of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The mayor is the de facto head of the Board of School Committee, which oversees the city’s schools.
From 1846 to 1857, mayors served for a one-year term, expiring on the third Tuesday in March. From 1857 to 1872, the mayor's term expired on the last day of December. In 1873, the term ended annually on the Third Tuesday in March, up until 1880, when it became a two-year term.
List Mayor Took office Left office Tenure Party Election 1 Hiram Brown 1 year Whig 1846 2 Jacob F. James 2 years Whig 1847 1848 3 Warren L. Lane 1 year Democratic 1849 4 Moses Fellows 2 years Unknown 1850 1851 5 Frederick Smyth 3 years Unknown 1852 1853 1854 6 Theodore T. Abbott 2 years American 1855 1856 7 Jacob F. James 1 year Whig 1856 8 Alonzo Smith 1 year Unknown 1857 9 Edward W. Harrington 2 years Unknown 1858 1859 10 David A. Bunton 2 years Republican 1860 1861 11 Theodore T. Abbott 1 year American 1862 12 Frederick Smyth 1 year Republican 1863 13 Darwin J. Daniels 8 months Unknown 1864 – F. W. Harrington 1 month Unknown – 14 John Hosley 1 year, 4 months Unknown 1865 15 Joseph B. Clark 1 year Republican 1866 16 James A. Weston 1 year Democratic 1867 17 Isaac W. Smith 1 year Republican 1868 18 James A. Weston 1 year Democratic 1869 1870 19 Person Colby Cheney 1 year Republican 1871 20 Charles H. BartlettManchester Historic Association collections, volume 3, 1902, p. xxiii 2 months Unknown 1872 21 John P. Newell 10 months Unknown 22 James A. Weston 1 year Democratic 1873 23 Alpheus Gay 1 year Republican 1875 24 Ira Cross 1 year Republican 1876 1877 25 John L. Kelly 4 years Unknown 1878 1878 26 Horace B. Putnam 4 years Unknown 1880 1882 27 George H. Stearns 2 years Unknown 1884 28 John Hosley 2 years Unknown 1886 29 David B. Varney 2 years Unknown 1888 30 Edgar J. Knowlton 3–4 years Unknown 1890 1892 – David B. Varney 11 months Unknown – 31 William C. Clarke 8 years Republican 1894 1896 1898 1900 32 Eugene E. Reed 8 years Democratic 1902 1904 1906 1908 33 Edward Clarke Smith 2 years Republican 1910 34 Charles C. Hayes 2 years Democratic 1912 35 Harry W. Spaulding 3 years Republican 1914 1915 36 Moise Verrette 4 years Democratic 1917 1919 37 George E. Trudel 4 years Republican 1921 1923 38 Arthur E. Moreau 6 years Republican 1925 1927 1929 39 Damase Caron 10 years Democratic 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 40 Wilfred A. LaFlamme 2 years Republican 1941 41 Josephat T. Benoit 18 years Democratic 1943 1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 42 John C. Mongan 2 years Republican 1961 43 Roland S. Vallee 4 years Democratic 1963 1965 44 John C. Mongan 2 years Republican 1967 45 Henry J. Pariseau 5 months Republican 1969 46 Charles R. Stanton 1 year, 6 months Democratic 47 Sylvio L. Dupuis 3 years, 5 months Democratic 1971 1973 48 Charles R. Stanton 6 years, 7 months Democratic 1975 1977 1979 49 Emile Beaulieu 2 years Democratic 1981 50 Robert F. Shaw 4 years Republican 1983 1985 51 Emile Beaulieu 2 years Democratic 1987 52 Raymond Wieczorek 10 years Republican 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 53 Robert A. Baines 6 years Democratic 1999 2001 2003 54 Frank Guinta Republican 2005 2007 55 Ted Gatsas Republican 2009 2011 2013 2015 56 Joyce Craig Democratic 2017 2019 2021 57 Jay Ruais Incumbent Republican 2023 2025
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See also Mayoral elections in Manchester, New Hampshire
References Manchester City Clerk's office, list of mayors Board of Mayor and Aldermen election results, 1846–2003 (.pdf file) Manchester City Government Book, 2004–2005. For dates of mayors' terms.
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