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

NameIn officePartyNotesReference
Isaac Sherman1836–1837 [2] [3]
Daniel Sterling1837–1838 [2] [3]
Alanson Hamlin1838–1839 [2]
Charles Foote1839 [3]
Charles Bostwick1840 [2] [3]
William Burrall 1841–1842? [2] [3]
James Loomis1843–1844 [2] [3]
Henry Harral1844–1847 [2] [3]
Sherwood Sterling1847–1849 [2] [3]
Henry Harral1849–1851 [2] [3]
John Brooks1851–1852 [2] [3]
Henry Harral1852–1853 [2] [3]
Charles Hubbell1853–1854 [2] [3]
John Brook1854–1855 [2] [3]
Philo Calhoun 1855–1858Democratic [4] [5] [2] [3]
Silas Booth1858–1860 [2] [3]
Daniel Sterling1860–1863 [2] [3]
Clapp Spooner1863–1864Republican [6] [2] [3]
Jarratt Morford1864–1865 [2] [3]
Stillman Clapp1865–1866 [2] [3]
Monson Hawley1866–1868 [2] [3]
Jarratt Morford1868–1869 [2] [3]
Monson Hawley1869–1870 [2] [3]
Jarratt Morford1870–1871 [2] [3]
Epaphras Goodsell1871–1874Democratic [7] [2] [3]
Robert Clarke1874–1875 [2] [3] [8]
Phineas Barnum 1875–1876Republican [9] [2] [3]
Jarratt Morford1876–1878 [2] [3]
Robert De Forest 1878–1879Democratic [10] [11] [2] [3]
John Wessells1879–1880 [2] [3]
Daniel Morgan1880–1881Democratic [12] [2] [3]
John Wessells1881–1882 [2] [3]
Carlos Curtis1882–1883 [2] [3]
John Wessells1883–1884 [2] [3]
Daniel Morgan1884–1885 [2] [3]
Henry Pyle1885–1886 [2] [3]
Civilion Fones1886–1888A dentist, his son Alfred Fones was also a dentist
and a leader in early oral hygiene and education. [13] [14] 		[2] [3]
Patrick Coughlin1888–1889 [2]
Robert De Forest1889–1891Democratic [2]
William Marigold1891–1893Republican [15] [2]
Walter Bostwick1893–1895 [2]
Frank Clark1895–1897Democratic [16] [2]
Thomas Taylor1897–1899Republican [17] [2]
Hugh Stirling1899–1901Republican [12] [2]
Denis Mulvihill1901–1905Democratic [18] [2] [19]
Marcus Reynolds1905–1907 [2] [19]
Henry Lee1907–1909 [2] [19]
Edward Buckingham1909–1911Democratic [20] [2] [19]
Clifford Wilson 1911–1921Republican [21] [2] [19]
Fred Atwater1921–1923Democratic [22] [2] [19]
William Behrens1923–1929Republican [23] [2] [19]
Edward Buckingham1929–1933Democratic [2] [19]
Jasper McLevy 1933–1957 Socialist [24] Longest-serving mayor [2] [19]
Samuel Tedesco 1957–1965Democratic [25] [19]
Hugh Curran 1965–1971Democratic [26] [19]
Nicholas Panuzio 1971–1975RepublicanResigned toward the end of his second term to serve as deputy administrator
of the General Services Administration in the Gerald Ford administration [26] 		[2] [19]
William Seres1975RepublicanPresident of the Common Council who succeeded as mayor following
Panuzio's resignation; served 55 days [27] 		[19]
John C. Mandanici 1975–1981Democratic [28] [2] [19]
Lenny Paoletta 1981–1985Republican [29] [19]
Thomas Bucci 1985–1989Democratic [30] [19]
Mary Moran 1989–1991RepublicanFirst 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 [31] [32] [33] 		[19]
Joe Ganim 1991–2003DemocraticSecond-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on
federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison. [34] [35] 		[19]
John Fabrizi 2003–2007DemocraticDid not run for a second term in 2007 after admitting to a drinking problem
and use of cocaine while in office. [36] [37] 		[2] [19]
Bill Finch 2007–2015DemocraticDefeated by Joseph P. Ganim during the Democratic primary in September 2015. [38] [2] [19]
Joe Ganim 2015–presentDemocraticSecond-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on
federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison; re-elected to office November 3, 2015; [34] [35] [39] Sworn in on December 1, 2015. [40] 		[19]

References

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  1. ↑ "Finch, mayor of biggest city, doesn't earn biggest salary". ctnews.com. August 30, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 Bridgeport, Connecticut, The Political Graveyard.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Samuel Orcutt, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City Bridgeport of Connecticut (Vol. 2), Fairfield County Historical Society: 1886.
  4. ↑ History of Bridgeport and Vicinity (Vol. 2), pp. 689–90.
  5. ↑ A. H. Saxon, P.T. Barnum: The Legend and the Man (Columbia University Press, 1989), p. 217.
  6. ↑ America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography, Vol. 2 (ed. Henry Hall), 1896, p. 742.
  7. ↑ Men of Progress, p. 145.
  8. ↑ History of Bridgeport and Vicinity (Vol. 2), pp. 607.
  9. ↑ Susan Nance, "Barnum, P.T. (1810–1891)" in American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U.S. History (ed. Gina Misiroglu), M.E. Sharpe: 2009, p. 63.
  10. ↑ Daniel R. Ernst, Lawyers Against Labor: From Individual Rights to Corporate Liberalism (University of Illinois Press, 19965), p. 41.
  11. ↑ Gerald W. McFarland, Mugwumps, Morals, & Politics, 1884–1920 (University of Massachusetts Press, 1975), pp. 66–67.
  12. 1 2 Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, p. 165.
  13. ↑ Mary K. Witkowski, Bridgeport at Work (Arcadia Publishing, 2000), p. 88.
  14. ↑ Alyssa Picard, Making the American Mouth: Dentists and Public Health in the Twentieth Century (Rutgers University Press, 2009), p. 36.
  15. ↑ Men of Progress, p. 389.
  16. ↑ History of Bridgeport and Vicinity (Vol. 2), p. 616.
  17. ↑ Robert Coltrane, "Taylor, Thomas P." in A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia, (Greenwood Press, 2003, ed. Keith Newlin), pp. 360–61.
  18. ↑ Bannister Merwin, Our Own Times: A Continuous History of the Twentieth Century (Vol. 1), J. A. Hill: 1904.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Bridgeport Mayors 1901–Present, City of Bridgeport.
  20. ↑ Cecelia Bucki, Bridgeport's Socialist New Deal, 1915–36 (University of Illinois Press, 2001), pp. 96–97.
  21. ↑ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 25–26.
  22. ↑ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, p. 26.
  23. ↑ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, p. 29.
  24. ↑ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 31–36, 45
  25. ↑ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 46–49.
  26. 1 2 Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 51–54.
  27. ↑ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, p. 55.
  28. ↑ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 56–58.
  29. ↑ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 66–70.
  30. ↑ Peter F. Burns, Electoral Politics Is Not Enough: Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Urban Politics (SUNY Press, 2012), p. 15.
  31. ↑ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 90–92.
  32. ↑ George Judson, U.S. Judge Blocks Bridgeport From Bankruptcy Court, New York Times (August 2, 1991).
  33. ↑ Nick Ravo, A Novice Reigns as Bridgeport Mayor, New York Times, November 15, 1989.
  34. 1 2 Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 97–98, 102–03.
  35. 1 2 Edmund H. Mahony, Joe Ganim: Is He Back?, Hartford Courant, January 12, 2015.
  36. ↑ Alison Leigh Cowan, Mayor of Scandal-Weary Bridgeport Admits That He Used Cocaine, New York Times, June 21, 2006.
  37. ↑ Brian Lockhart, Fabrizi exploring run for mayor, Connecticut Post, June 4, 2014.
  38. ↑ Joseph De Avila, Ganim, Former Bridgeport Mayor Who Served Prison Time, Wins Primary, Wall Street Journal (September 17, 2015).
  39. ↑ Ex-convict declares victory in Bridgeport mayor’s race WTNH (November 3, 2015).
  40. ↑ Associated Press, Ganim Sworn In As Bridgeport Mayor Five Years After Getting Out of Prison (December 1, 2015).
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