List of mayors of Malden, Massachusetts

The mayor of Malden, Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Malden as set in the city charter. The current officeholder, the 37th in the sequence of regular mayors, is Gary Christenson, a member of the Democratic Party.

#	Image	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Length of service	Party
ONE YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 169 of the Acts of 1881)[1]
1		Elisha S. Converse (1820–1904) [2][3]	January 1, 1882	January 1, 1883	1 year		Republican
2		John K.C. Sleeper (1828–1893) [4][5]	January 1, 1883	January 1, 1884	1 year		Republican
3		Lorin L. Fuller (1826–1895) [6][7]	January 7, 1884	January 1, 1886	2 years		Democrat
4		Marcellus Coggan (1847–1925) [8][9]	January 1, 1886	January 1, 1888	2 years		Independent
5		Joseph F. Wiggin (1838–1906) [10][11]	January 2, 1888	January 1, 1892	4 years		Democrat / Citizens (1890)[12]
6		James Pierce (1837–1904) [13][14]	January 1, 1892	January 1, 1893	1 year		Republican
7		Henry Winn (1838–1916) [15][16]	January 2, 1893	January 1, 1894	1 year		Independent
8		Everett J. Stevens (1859–1952) [17]	January 1, 1894	January 6, 1896	2 years		Citizens
9		Clarence O. Walker (1848–1911) [18][19]	January 6, 1896	January 1, 1897	1 year		Republican
10		John E. Farnham (1862–1904) [20][21]	January 4, 1897	January 2, 1899	2 years		Independent
11		Charles L. Dean (1844–1909) [22][23]	January 2, 1899	January 2, 1905	6 years		Republican
12		William A. Hastings (1868–1950) [24][25]	January 2, 1905	January 1, 1906	1 year		Citizens
13		Charles G. Warren (1856–1919) [26][27]	January 1, 1906	January 7, 1907	1 year		Republican
14		Charles D. McCarthy (1860–1920) [28][29]	January 7, 1907	January 6, 1908	1 year		Citizens
15		George L. Richards (1860–1932) [30][31]	January 6, 1908	January 3, 1910	2 years		Republican
16		George H. Fall (1858–1937) [32][33]	January 3, 1910	January 1, 1912	2 years		Republican
17		George L. Farrell (1866/67–1913) [34]	January 1, 1912	January 1, 1913[a]	1 year		Republican
—		Charles L. Moore [b]	January 1, 1913	February 25, 1913	2 months
18		Charles Schumaker (1867–1921) [35][36]	February 25, 1913	January 4, 1915	1 year, 11 months		Democrat
19		William M. Blakeley (d. 1932) [37][38]	January 4, 1915	January 3, 1916	1 year
20		Charles M. Blodgett	January 3, 1916	January 5, 1920	4 years
21		John V. Kimball	January 5, 1920	January 5, 1925	5 years
22		John D. Devir	January 5, 1925	January 6, 1930	5 years
23		William A. Hastings (1868–1950)	January 6, 1930	January 2, 1933	3 years		Republican
TWO YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 155 of the Acts of 1933)[39]
24		John D. Devir	January 2, 1933	January 1, 1940	7 years
25		William A. Hastings (1868–1950)	January 1, 1940	January 2, 1942	2 years		Republican
26		Vernon C. Newman	January 2, 1942	January 2, 1944	2 years
—		Max Rosenblatt [c]	February 8, 1943	December 31, 1943	11 months
27		John D. McCarthy	January 3, 1944	January 5, 1948	4 years
28		Fred I. Lamson (1910–1981) [40]	January 5, 1948	January 6, 1958	10 years		Republican
29		Walter J. Kelliher (1912/13–1997) [41]	January 6, 1958	January 4, 1960	2 years		Democrat
30		John P. Donnelly (d. 2007) [42]	January 4, 1960	January 1, 1962	2 years		Democrat
31		Walter J. Kelliher (1912/13–1997) [41]	January 1, 1962	January 5, 1976	14 years		Democrat
32		James S. Conway (1930–2019) [43]	January 5, 1976	January 4, 1982	6 years		Democrat
33		Thomas H. Fallon (1942–2010) [44]	January 4, 1982	January 4, 1988	6 years		Democrat
34		James S. Conway (1930–2019) [45]	January 4, 1988	January 6, 1992	4 years		Democrat
35		Edwin C. Lucey (b. 1932) [46]	January 6, 1992	January 1, 1996	4 years		Democrat
FOUR YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 105 of the Acts of 2005)[47]
36		Richard C. Howard [48]	January 1, 1996	January 2, 2012	16 years		Democrat
37		Gary Christenson [49]	January 2, 2012	Incumbent	13 years, 4 months and 11 days		Democrat