List of mayors of Lawrence, Massachusetts

Mayor of Lawrence
Mayor of Lawrence
	Flag of Lawrence
	Incumbent; Brian De Peña; since November 12, 2021
Style	His/Her Honor
Type	Chief executive
Member of	School Committee
Residence	None official
Seat	Lawrence City Hall
Nominator	Non-partisan nominating petition
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Lawrence City Charter
Precursor	Lawrence Board of Selectmen; (1847-1853)
Formation	1853
First holder	Charles Storer Storrow
Website	www.cityoflawrence.com/27/Office-of-The-Mayor

StyleHis/Her Honor

TypeChief executive

Member ofSchool Committee

ResidenceNone official

The mayor of Lawrence is the head of the municipal government in Lawrence, Massachusetts. There was no mayor of Lawrence from April 14, 1847 until March 21, 1853, because up to that point Lawrence was still incorporated as a town. The town of Lawrence was administered by the board of selectmen.

#	Mayor	Term	Party	Notes
1st	Charles Storer Storrow	1853–1854	Whig	First mayor under the original city charter.
2nd	Enoch Bartlett	1854–1855	Democratic
3rd	Albert Warren	1855–1857	Native American Party
4th	John R. Rollins	1857–1859	Whig
5th	Henry K. Oliver	1859–1860	Republican
6th	Daniel Saunders, Jr.	1860–1861	Democratic	Saunders was the founder of Lawrence.
7th	James K. Barker	1861–1862	Republican
8th	William H. P. Wright	1862–1864	Republican
9th	Alfred J. French	1864–1865	Republican
10th	Milton Bonney	1865–January 1, 1866	Republican
11th	Pardon Armington	January 1, 1866–1867	Republican
12th	Nathaniel P. H. Melvin	1867–1869	Democratic
13th	Frank Davis	1869–January 3, 1870	Republican
14th	Nathaniel P. H. Melvin	January 3, 1870–1871	Democratic
15th	S. B. W. Davis	1871–1872	Republican
16th	John K. Tarbox	1873–January 4, 1875	Democratic
17th	Robert H. Tewksbury	January 4, 1875–January 3, 1876	Republican
18th	Edmund R. Hayden	January 3, 1876–1876	Democratic
19th	Caleb Saunders	January 1, 1877–1877	Democratic
20th	James R. Simpson	1878–1880	Republican
21st	Henry Kingman Webster	1881–1881	Republican
22nd	John Breen	1882–1884	Democratic	First Irish born or Roman Catholic Mayor in New England.
23rd	James R. Simpson	1885–1885	Republican
24th	Alexander B. Bruce	1886–1887	Democratic
25th	Alvin E. Mack	1888–1889	Republican
26th	John W. Crawford	1890–1890	Democratic
27th	Lewis P. Collins	1891–1891	Republican
28th	Henry P. Doe	1892–1892	Democratic
29th	Alvin E. Mack	1893–1893	Republican
30th	Charles G. Rutter	1894–1895	Democratic
31st	George S. Junkins	1896–1897	Republican
32nd	James H. Eaton	1898–1899	Republican
33rd	James F. Leonard	1900–1902	Democratic
34th	Alexander F. Grany	1903–January 4, 1904
35th	Cornelius F. Lynch	January 4, 1904–1905
36th	John P. Kane	1906–1908
37th	William P. White	1909–July 25, 1910		Resigned after he was convicted on bribery charges and sentenced to three years in the house of correction. White's resignation was effective when accepted by both branches of the city council on July 25, 1910.
Acting	Thomas M. Jordan	July 25, 1910–August 29, 1910		Served as acting mayor in his role as chairman of the board of aldermen.
38th	John T. Cahill	August 29, 1910–January 1, 1912	Democratic	Elected by a joint session of the city council to fill the vacancy caused by White's resignation.
39th	Michael A. Scanlon	January 1, 1912–August 16, 1914		A new city charter went into effect on January 1, 1912, creating a commission form of government and giving the mayor a two-year term beginning with Scanlon. On January 15, 1912, Scanlon requested the state militia to suppress the 'Bread and Roses strike', resulting in the death of a striker. On February 24, 1912, Scanlon ordered police to prevent striking workers' children from traveling to Washington, D.C., for a protest march. The mothers and children were beaten as they gathered at the train station. Scanlon died in office.
40th	John P. Kane	1914–1915		To fill vacancy
41st	John J. Hurley	1916–1919
42nd	William P. White	1920–1921
43rd	Daniel W. Mahoney	1922–1923
44th	Walter T. Rochefort	1924–1928
45th	Michael A. Landers	1928–1931
46th	William P. White	1932–1933
47th	Walter A. Griffin	1934–1942
48th	James P. Meehan	1942–1951	Democratic
49th	John J. Buckley	1952–1965	Democratic
50th	Daniel P. Kiley, Jr.	1966–1971
51st	John J. Buckley	1972–1977	Democratic
52nd	Lawrence P. LeFebre	1978–1983	Democratic
53rd	John J. Buckley	1984-January 2, 1986	Democratic
54th	Kevin J. Sullivan	January 2, 1986–1991	Democratic	Switched from Democrat to Republican^[1]
54th	Kevin J. Sullivan	1991–1993	Republican	Resigned to accept an appointment as head of State Transportation
Acting	George Miller	1993
Acting	Leonard J. Degnan	1993	Democratic
55th	Mary Claire Kennedy	1993–1998	Republican
56th	Patricia Dowling	1998–2001	Democratic	Resigned to accept an appointment as a state district court judge.
Acting	Marcos Devers	September 2001 – November, 2001	Democratic	First Hispanic mayor of Lawrence.
57th	Michael J. Sullivan	November 2001 - January 4, 2010	Republican
58th	William Lantigua	January 4, 2010 – January 4, 2014	Democratic
59th	Dan Rivera	January 4, 2014 - January 9, 2021	Democratic
Acting	Kendrys Vasquez	January 9, 2021 – November 12, 2021	Democratic
60th	Brian De Peña	November 12, 2021 -	Democratic

List of mayors of Lawrence, Massachusetts

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Mayor of Lawrence
Flag of Lawrence
Incumbent Brian De Peña since November 12, 2021
Style	His/Her Honor
Type	Chief executive
Member of	School Committee
Residence	None official
Seat	Lawrence City Hall
Nominator	Non-partisan nominating petition
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Lawrence City Charter
Precursor	Lawrence Board of Selectmen (1847-1853)
Formation	1853
First holder	Charles Storer Storrow
Website	www.cityoflawrence.com/27/Office-of-The-Mayor