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List of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts

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This is a list of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.

George Hood, the first mayor of Lynn

The area known today as the city of Lynn was originally part of a larger area named Saugus (part of which lives on as the Town of Saugus). It was renamed "Lynn" in 1637 in honor of King's Lynn in England.[1] Lynn was incorporated as a city in 1850.[2]

List of mayors

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No. Mayor Took office Left office Tenure Party Election
1 George Hood
(1794–1859)		 May 14, 1850 June 16, 1852 2 years, 33 days Democratic TBA
2 Benjamin Franklin Mudge
(1817–1879)		 June 16, 1852 April 4, 1853 292 days Unknown TBA
3 Daniel C. Baker
(1816–1863)		 April 4, 1853 April 3, 1854 364 days Unknown TBA
4 Thomas P. Richardson
(TBA–TBA)		 April 3, 1854 January 1, 1855 273 days Unknown TBA
5 Andrews Breed
(1794–1881)		 January 1, 1855 January 7, 1856 1 year, 6 days Whig TBA
6 Ezra W. Mudge
(1811–1878)		 January 7, 1856 January 4, 1858 1 year, 362 days Democratic TBA
7 William F. Johnson
(1819–1898)		 January 4, 1858 January 3, 1859 364 days Unknown TBA
8 Edward S. Davis
(1808–1887)		 January 3, 1859 January 7, 1861 2 years, 4 days Unknown TBA
9 Hiram N. Breed
(1809–1893)		 January 7, 1861 January 6, 1862 364 days Workingmen's TBA
10 Peter M. Neal
(1811–1908)		 January 6, 1862 January 1, 1866 3 years, 360 days Republican TBA
11 Roland G. Usher
(1823–1895)		 January 1, 1866 January 4, 1869 3 years, 3 days Republican TBA
12 James N. Buffum
(1807–1887)
1st time		 January 4, 1869 January 3, 1870 364 days Republican TBA
13 Edwin Walden
(1818–1889)		 January 3, 1870 January 1, 1872 1 year, 363 days Unknown TBA
14 James N. Buffum
(1807–1887)
2nd time		 January 1, 1872 January 6, 1873 1 year, 5 days Republican TBA
15 Jacob M. Lewis
(1823–1905)		 January 6, 1873 January 1, 1877 3 years, 361 days Unknown TBA
16 Samuel M. Bubier
(1816–1894)		 January 1, 1877 January 6, 1879 2 years, 5 days Republican TBA
17 George Plaisted Sanderson
(1836–1915)		 January 6, 1879 January 3, 1881 1 year, 363 days Greenback TBA
18 Henry B. Lovering
(1841–1911)		 January 3, 1881 January 1, 1883 1 year, 363 days Democratic TBA
19 William L. Baird
(1843–1916)		 January 1, 1883 January 5, 1885 2 years, 4 days Republican TBA
20 John R. Baldwin
(1854–1897)		 January 5, 1885 January 4, 1886 364 days Unknown TBA
21 George D. Hart
(1846–1932)		 January 4, 1886 1888 1–2 years Unknown TBA
22 George C. Higgins
(1845–1933)		 1888 1889 1 year Republican TBA
23 Asa T. Newhall
(1846–1937)		 1889 January 5, 1891 1–2 years Democratic TBA
24 E. Knowlton Fogg
(1837–1900)		 January 5, 1891 1892 1 year Republican TBA
25 Elihu B. Hayes
(1848–1903)		 1892 1894 2 years Republican TBA
26 Charles E. Harwood
(1851–1924)		 1894 1896 2 years Republican TBA
27 Eugene A. Bessom
(1855–1913)		 1896 1897 1 year Republican TBA
28 Walter L. Ramsdell
(1860–1909)		 1897 1899 2 years Democratic TBA
29 William Shepherd
(1837–1907)		 1899 1903 4 years Republican TBA
30 Henry W. Eastham
(TBA–TBA)		 1903 1906 3 years Unknown TBA
31 Charles Neal Barney
(1875–1949)		 1906 1908 2 years Republican TBA
32 Thomas F. Porter
(1847–1927)		 1908 1909 1 year Republican TBA
33 James E. Rich
(1869–1961)		 1909 1911 2 years Democratic TBA
34 William P. Connery Sr.
(1855–1928)		 1911 1913 2 years Unknown TBA[a]
35 George H. Newhall
(1850–1923)		 1913 1918 5 years Republican TBA[a]
36 Walter H. Creamer
(1860–1937)		 1918 1922 4 years Democratic TBA[b]
37 Harland A. McPhetres
(1892–1972)		 1922 1926 4 years Unknown TBA
38 Ralph S. Bauer
(1867–1941)		 1926 1930 4 years Unknown TBA
39 J. Fred Manning
(1875–1955)		 1930 1940 10 years Unknown TBA
40 Albert Cole
(1904–1966)
1st time		 1940 1943[c] 3 years Republican TBA
– Arthur J. Frawley
(c. 1899–1969)
1st time		 1943 1944 1 year Unknown –
41 1944 1946 2 years TBA
42 Albert Cole
(1904–1966)
2nd time		 1946 1948 2 years Republican TBA
43 Stuart A. Tarr
(TBA–TBA)		 1948 1952 4 years Unknown TBA
44 Arthur J. Frawley
(c. 1899–1969)
2nd time		 1952 1956 4 years Unknown TBA
45 Thomas P. Costin Jr.
(1926–2025)		 1956 July 3, 1961[d] 4–5 years Democratic TBA
46 M. Henry Wall
(1899–1970)		 July 3, 1961[e] 1965 3–4 years Unknown –
TBA
47 Irving E. Kane
(1930–2019)		 1966 1970 4 years Unknown TBA
48 J. Warren Cassidy
(1930–2024)		 1970 January 1972 1–2 years Democratic TBA
49 Pasquale Caggiano
(1909–1972)		 January 1972 April 13, 1972[f] 2–3 months Democratic TBA
– Walter F. Meserve
(1921–1984)
Acting		 April 13, 1972 July 11, 1972 89 days Unknown –
50 Antonio J. Marino
(1921–2013)
1st time		 July 11, 1972 1974 1–2 years Unknown TBA
51 David L. Phillips
(born 1938)		 1974 1976 2 years Unknown TBA
52 Antonio J. Marino
(1921–2013)
2nd time		 1976 1986 10 years Unknown TBA
53 Albert V. DiVirgilio
(born 1942)		 1986 1992 6 years Unknown TBA
54 Patrick J. McManus
(1954–2009)		 1992 2002 10 years Unknown TBA
55 Edward J. Clancy Jr.
(1950–2021)		 2002 January 4, 2010 7–8 years Democratic TBA
56 Judith Flanagan Kennedy
(born TBA)		 January 4, 2010 January 3, 2018 7 years, 364 days Republican TBA
57 Thomas M. McGee
(born 1955)		 January 3, 2018 January 3, 2022 4 years, 0 days Democratic TBA
58 Jared C. Nicholson
(born 1985)		 January 3, 2022 Incumbent 4 years, 255 days Democratic 2021
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Notes

  1. [a]
    From 1910 to 1917, the mayor was chosen under the commission form of government. The mayoralty was held by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
  2. [b]
    In 1917, the city returned to a mayor and city council form of government.
  3. [c]
    Cole stepped down to serve in the United States Army in World War II.
  4. [d]
    Costin resigned to become Postmaster of Lynn.
  5. [e]
    As city council president, Wall became mayor upon the resignation of Costin.
  6. [f]
    Died in office.

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