List of mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts

The Mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts has been the head of the municipal government in Gloucester, Massachusetts since 1874, with the exception of February 10, 1954 to July 1, 1976 when the head of government was the city manager and the mayor was a ceremonial position appointed by the city council.

List of mayors[]

This is a list of mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Party	Notes
1st	Robert R. Fears		1874–1876	Democratic
2nd			1876–1878	Republican
3rd			1878–1879	Republican
4th			1879–1880	Greenback Party
5th	Joseph Garland		1880–1882	Republican
6th	William Williams		1882–1883	Greenback Party
7th			1883–1885	Republican
8th	John S. Parsons		1885–1887	Citizen's
9th	David I. Robinson		1887–May 24, 1888	Republican	Chose to resign rather comply with writ of mandamus issued by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordering him to sign a liquor license.
Acting			May 24, 1888–May 29, 1888	Republican	Served as acting mayor in his capacity as president of the board of aldermen.
10th			May 29, 1888-1891	Republican	Elected mayor by a joint session of the board of aldermen and common council to fill the unexpired term of David I. Robinson. Later elected to a full term.
11th			1891-1894	Republican
12th			1894-1896	Republican
13th	David I. Robinson		1896–1897	Republican
14th	Benjamin F. Cook		1897-1898	Republican
15th			1898–1899	Republican
16th	William Wesley French		1899-1900	Republican
17th			1900-1901	Republican
18th	William Wesley French		1901-1903	Republican
19th	James E. Tolman		1903–1905	Independent Republican
20th	George E. MacDonald		1905-1908	Republican
21st			1908-1911	No Party Affiliation
22nd			1911–1912	Republican
23rd	Harry C. Foster		1912–1915	Republican
24th	C. Homer Barrett		1915–1917	Republican
25th			1917–1919		First mayor elected in a non-partisan election.
26th			1919–1920
27th			1920–1921
28th			1921–1923
29th	William MacInnis		1923–1925
30th	Henry H. Parsons		1925–1930
31st			1930–1934
32nd			1934–1936
33rd			1936–1938
34th			1938–1939
35th			1939–1942
36th			1942–1943
Acting	Weston U. Friend		1943–1944		Served as acting mayor after Donald J. Ross entered the United States Navy.
37th	Weston U. Friend		1944–1950
38th			1950–1951
39th	Joseph Grillo		1951–1954
40th	Benjamin A. Smith II		1954–1955		Beginning of Plan E Government. City's head of government was the city manager, and the position of mayor was a ceremonial one appointed by the city council.
41st	Beatrice Corliss		1955–1959
42nd			1960–1961
43rd			1962–1965
44th	J. Stanley Boudreau		1965–1966
45th			1966–1968
46th			1968–1970
47th	J. Stanley Boudreau		1970–1972
48th			1972–1974
49th			1974–1975
50th	J. Stanley Boudreau		1975–1976
51st			1976–July 1, 1976		Final ceremonial mayor under Plan E Government.
52nd			July 1, 1976-1984
53rd	Richard R. Silva		1984-1988
54th			1988-1991		Resigned to become Assistant State Treasurer.
Interim			1991-1992		Completed the term of William Squillace.
55th	William Rafter		1992-1994[1]
56th	Bruce Tobey		1994-2002
57th			2002-2008
58th			2008-January 6, 2015		Resigned to become the state's Deputy Secretary of Housing and Community Development.
Acting			January 6, 2015-January 9, 2015		Served as acting mayor in his capacity as president of the city council.
Interim			January 9, 2015-January 1, 2016		Chosen by the city council to complete the term of Carolyn Kirk.
59th	Sefatia Romeo Theken		January 1, 2016-January 1, 2022
60th	Gregory P. Verga		January 1, 2022-Present

List of city managers[]

See also[]

• Timeline of Gloucester, Massachusetts

References[]