List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts

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This is an incomplete list of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts .

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#ImageMayorTermNotes
1 LLincolnJr.jpg Levi Lincoln, Jr. April 17, 1848 – April 1, 1849
2 Henry Chapin Worcester Ma. Mayor.png Henry Chapin April 1, 1849 – April 7, 1851
3 Peter Child Bacon.png Peter C. Bacon April 7, 1851 – January 3, 1853
4 John sc knowlton.jpg John S.C. Knowlton January 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855
5 George W. Richardson.png George W. Richardson January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856
6 Isaac Davis (June 2, 1799 - April 1, 1883).jpg Isaac Davis January 7, 1856 – January 5, 1857
7 George W. Richardson.png George W. Richardson January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858
8 Isaac Davis (June 2, 1799 - April 1, 1883).jpg Isaac Davis January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859
9 Alexander H. Bullock.png Alexander Bullock January 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860
10 WWRice.jpg William W. Rice January 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861
11 Isaac Davis (June 2, 1799 - April 1, 1883).jpg Isaac Davis January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862
12 Peleg Emory Aldrich.png Peleg Emory Aldrich January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1863Later served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
13 Daniel Waldo Lincoln.png Daniel Waldo Lincoln January 3, 1863 – January 2, 1865
14 Phinehas Ball.png Phinehas Ball January 2, 1865 – January 1, 1866
15 James B. Blake.png James B. Blake January 1, 1866 – December 18, 1870Died in office.
A Henry Chapin Worcester Ma. Mayor.png Henry Chapin December 19, 1870 – January 1, 1871Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870.
16 Edward Earle February 6, 1871 – January 1, 1871Elected mayor in a special election
to finish Mayor Blake's term.
17 George Verry.png George F. Verry January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
18 Clark Jillson.png Clark Jillson January 6, 1873 – January 5, 1874
19 Edward Livingston Davis (page 368 crop).jpg Edward Livingston Davis January 5, 1874 – January 4, 1875
20 Clark Jillson.png Clark Jillson January 4, 1875 – January 1, 1877
21 Charles B. Pratt January 1, 1877 – January 5, 1880
22 Frank H. Kelley January 5, 1880 – January 3, 1882
23 Elijah B. Stoddard.png Elijah B. Stoddard January 3, 1882 – January 1, 1883
24 Samuel E. Hildreth January 1, 1883 – January 7, 1884
25 Charles G. Reed January 7, 1884 – January 4, 1886
26 Samuel Winslow (mayor).png Samuel Winslow January 4, 1886 – January 6, 1890
27 FrancisAHarringtonBookPhoto.JPG Francis A Harrington January 6, 1890 - January 2, 1893Previously served in the Board of Aldermen of Worcester.
28 Henry Alexander Marsh.png Henry A. Marsh January 2, 1893 – January 6, 1896
29 Augustus B. R. Sprague.png Augustus B. R. Sprague January 6, 1896 – January 3, 1898
30 Rufus B. Dodge, Jr..png Rufus B. Dodge, Jr. January 3, 1898 – February 25, 1901
31 Philip J. O'Connell 1901
32 Edward F. Fletcher.png Edward F. Fletcher 1902-1903
33 Walter H. Blodgett Mayor of Worcester.png Walter H. Blodgett 1904-1905
34 John T. Duggan 1906-1907
35 Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; (1907) (14782800362).jpg James Logan 1908-1911
36 David F. O'Connell 1912
37 George Merrill Wright.png George Merrill Wright January 6, 1913 – January 1, 1917
38 Pehr G. Holmes Worcester Mayor.png Pehr G. Holmes January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1920
39 Peter F. Sullivan LCCN2014715269.jpg Peter F. Sullivan January 5, 1920 – 1923
40 Michael J. O'Hara 1924-1931
41 John C. Mahoney 1932-1935
42 WalterJCookson.jpg Walter J. Cookson 1936-June 11, 1936
43 John S. Sullivan 1936-1937
44 1927 William A Bennett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png William A. Bennett 1938-1945Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
45 1945 Charles F Jeff Sullivan senator Massachusetts.jpg Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan 1946-1949Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter.
46 Andrew B. Holmstrom 1950-1953First Appointed Mayor.
Beginning of the weak Mayor system.
47 James D. O'Brien 1954-1958
48 Joseph C. Casdin (cropped).jpg Joseph C. Casdin 1959
49 James D. O'Brien 1960-1961
50 John M. Shea 1962
51 Joseph C. Casdin (cropped).jpg Joseph C. Casdin 1962-1963
52 Paul V. Mullaney 1963-1965
53 George A. Wells 1966
54 Joseph C. Casdin (cropped).jpg Joseph C. Casdin 1967-1968
55 John M. Shea 1969
56 George A. Wells 1970
57 Joseph M. Tinsley 1971
58 Thomas J. Early 1972
59 Joseph M. Tinsley 1973
60 Israel Katz 1974-1975
61 Thomas J. Early 1976-1979
62 Jordan Levy 1980-1981
63 Sara Robertson 1982-1983
64 Joseph M. Tinsley 1984-1985
65 John B. Anderson 1986
66 Timothy J. Cooney, Jr. 1987Last appointed mayor
67 Jordan Levy 1988-1993First popularly elected mayor under new charter
68 Raymond Mariano 1994-2001
69 Tim murray.jpg Timothy Murray 2002-January 9, 2007Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
70 Konstantina Lukes January 10, 2007 – January 4, 2010
71 Joseph C. O'Brien January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2012
72 Mayor Joe Petty State Senate Announcement Photo (cropped).jpg Joseph Petty January 2, 2012 – Present

City managers

#City ManagerTermNotes
1st Everett F. Merrill 1950–1951
2ndFrancis J. McGrath1951–1985
3rdWilliam Mulford1985–1993
4thThomas R. Hoover1993–2004
5thMichael V. O'Brien2004–2014
6th Edward M. Augustus, Jr. 2014–2022
7thEric Batista2022–present

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