List of mayors of Bridgeport, Connecticut
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The Mayor is the chief executive of Bridgeport, Connecticut who is directly elected for a four-year term. They have the power to issue executive orders, declare emergencies, submit a yearly budget to the city council and makes appointments to city government offices.
As of July 2012, the Mayor of Bridgeport earns an annual salary of $132,459.[1]
List of mayors
| Name | In office | Party | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Sherman | 1836–1837 | [2][3] | ||
| Daniel Sterling | 1837–1838 | [2][3] | ||
| Alanson Hamlin | 1838–1839 | [2] | ||
| Charles Foote | 1839 | [3] | ||
| Charles Bostwick | 1840 | [2][3] | ||
| William Burrall | 1841–1842? | [2][3] | ||
| James Chaffee Loomis | 1843–1844 | Democratic[4] | [2][3] | |
| Henry Harral | 1844–1847 | [2][3] | ||
| Sherwood Sterling | 1847–1849 | [2][3] | ||
| Henry Harral | 1849–1851 | [2][3] | ||
| John Brooks | 1851–1852 | [2][3] | ||
| Henry Harral | 1852–1853 | [2][3] | ||
| Charles Hubbell | 1853–1854 | [2][3] | ||
| John Brook | 1854–1855 | [2][3] | ||
| Philo Calhoun | 1855–1858 | Democratic[5][6] | [2][3] | |
| Silas Booth | 1858–1860 | [2][3] | ||
| Daniel Sterling | 1860–1863 | [2][3] | ||
| Clapp Spooner | 1863–1864 | Republican[7] | [2][3] | |
| Jarratt Morford | 1864–1865 | [2][3] | ||
| Stillman Clapp | 1865–1866 | [2][3] | ||
| Monson Hawley | 1866–1868 | [2][3] | ||
| Jarratt Morford | 1868–1869 | [2][3] | ||
| Monson Hawley | 1869–1870 | [2][3] | ||
| Jarratt Morford | 1870–1871 | [2][3] | ||
| Epaphras Goodsell | 1871–1874 | Democratic[8] | [2][3] | |
| Robert Clarke | 1874–1875 | [2][3][9] | ||
| Phineas Barnum | 1875–1876 | Republican[10] | [2][3] | |
| Jarratt Morford | 1876–1878 | [2][3] | ||
| Robert De Forest | 1878–1879 | Democratic[11][12] | [2][3] | |
| John Wessells | 1879–1880 | [2][3] | ||
| Daniel Morgan | 1880–1881 | Democratic[13] | [2][3] | |
| John Wessells | 1881–1882 | [2][3] | ||
| Carlos Curtis | 1882–1883 | [2][3] | ||
| John Wessells | 1883–1884 | [2][3] | ||
| Daniel Morgan | 1884–1885 | [2][3] | ||
| Henry Pyle | 1885–1886 | [2][3] | ||
| Civilion Fones | 1886–1888 | A dentist, his son Alfred Fones was also a dentist and a leader in early oral hygiene and education.[14][15] |
[2][3] | |
| Patrick Coughlin | 1888–1889 | [2] | ||
| Robert De Forest | 1889–1891 | Democratic | [2] | |
| William Marigold | 1891–1893 | Republican[16] | [2] | |
| Walter Bostwick | 1893–1895 | [2] | ||
| Frank Clark | 1895–1897 | Democratic[17] | [2] | |
| Thomas Taylor | 1897–1899 | Republican[18] | [2] | |
| Hugh Stirling | 1899–1901 | Republican[13] | [2] | |
| Denis Mulvihill | 1901–1905 | Democratic[19] | [2][20] | |
| Marcus Reynolds | 1905–1907 | [2][20] | ||
| Henry Lee | 1907–1909 | [2][20] | ||
| Edward Buckingham | 1909–1911 | Democratic[21] | [2][20] | |
| Clifford Wilson | 1911–1921 | Republican[22] | [2][20] | |
| Fred Atwater | 1921–1923 | Democratic[23] | [2][20] | |
| William Behrens | 1923–1929 | Republican[24] | [2][20] | |
| Edward Buckingham | 1929–1933 | Democratic | [2][20] | |
| Jasper McLevy | 1933–1957 | Socialist[25] | Longest-serving mayor | [2][20] |
| Samuel Tedesco | 1957–1965 | Democratic[26] | [20] | |
| Hugh Curran | 1965–1971 | Democratic[27] | [20] | |
| Nicholas Panuzio | 1971–1975 | Republican | Resigned toward the end of his second term to serve as deputy administrator of the General Services Administration in the Gerald Ford administration[27] |
[2][20] |
| William Seres | 1975 | Republican | President of the Common Council who succeeded as mayor following Panuzio's resignation; served 55 days[28] |
[20] |
| John C. Mandanici | 1975–1981 | Democratic[29] | [2][20] | |
| Lenny Paoletta | 1981–1985 | Republican[30] | [20] | |
| Thomas Bucci | 1985–1989 | Democratic[31] | [20] | |
| Mary Moran | 1989–1991 | Republican | First and only woman to serve as Bridgeport mayor; last Republican to serve as Bridgeport mayor; unsuccessfully sought to have city declared insolvent in municipal bankruptcy[32][33][34] |
[20] |
| Joe Ganim | 1991–2003 | Democratic | Second-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison.[35][36] |
[20] |
| John Fabrizi | 2003–2007 | Democratic | Did not run for a second term in 2007 after admitting to a drinking problem and use of cocaine while in office.[37][38] |
[2][20] |
| Bill Finch | 2007–2015 | Democratic | Defeated by Joseph P. Ganim during the Democratic primary in September 2015.[39] | [2][20] |
| Joe Ganim | 2015–present | Democratic | Second-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison; re-elected to office November 3, 2015;[35][36][40] Sworn in on December 1, 2015.[41] |
[20] |
