| Mayor of Burlington, Vermont | |
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 Seal of Burlington | |
| Term length | 3 years (2 years prior to 2003) |
| Constituting instrument | Burlington City Charter |
| Formation | 1865 |
| First holder | Albert L. Catlin |
| Salary | $114,309.09 (FY 2021) [1] |
| Website | https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/Mayor |
The following is a list of mayors of Burlington, Vermont. [2] The 43rd and current mayor is Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, elected in 2024. [3] Mayoral elections in Burlington have been held every three years since 2003. [4]
| No. | Portrait | Mayor | Term start | Term end | ||
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| 1 |  | Albert L. Catlin | February 21, 1865 | April 1, 1866 | Republican | |
| 2 |  | Torrey E. Wales | April 2, 1866 | April 6, 1868 | Republican | |
| 3 | | Phineas D. Ballou | April 7, 1868 | April 2, 1870 | Republican | |
| 4 |  | Daniel Chipman Linsley | April 3, 1870 | October 6, 1870 | Democratic | |
| – | | Torrey E. Wales | October 6, 1870 | April 2, 1871 | Republican | |
| 5 | | Luther C. Dodge | April 3, 1871 | April 5, 1874 | Republican | |
| 6 | | Calvin H. Blodgett | April 6, 1874 | April 2, 1876 | Democratic | |
| 7 |  | Joseph D. Hatch | April 3, 1876 | April 1, 1883 | Republican | |
| 8 |  | George H. Morse | April 2, 1883 | April 5, 1885 | Republican | |
| 9 |  | Urban A. Woodbury | April 6, 1885 | April 3, 1887 | Republican | |
| 10 |  | William W. Henry | April 4, 1887 | March 31, 1889 | Republican | |
| 11 |  | William A. Crombie | April 1, 1889 | April 5, 1891 | Republican | |
| 12 |  | Seneca Haselton | April 6, 1891 | April 2, 1894 | Democratic | |
| 13 |  | William J. Van Patten | April 3, 1894 | April 5, 1896 | Republican | |
| 14 |  | Hamilton S. Peck | April 6, 1896 | April 4, 1898 | Republican | |
| 15 |  | Elliot M. Sutton | April 4, 1898 | April 3, 1899 | Democratic | |
| 16 |  | Robert Roberts | April 3, 1899 | March 31, 1901 | Republican | |
| 17 |  | Donly C. Hawley | April 1, 1901 | May 31, 1903 | Republican | |
| 18 |  | James Edmund Burke | June 1, 1903 | March 31, 1907 | Democratic | |
| 19 |  | Walter J. Bigelow | April 1, 1907 | April 4, 1909 | Republican | |
| 20 | | James Edmund Burke | April 5, 1909 | April 2, 1911 | Democratic | |
| 21 | | Robert Roberts | April 3, 1911 | April 6, 1913 | Republican | |
| 22 | | James Edmund Burke | April 7, 1913 | April 4, 1915 | Democratic | |
| 23 | | Albert S. Drew | April 5, 1915 | April 1, 1917 | Republican | |
| 24 |  | John Holmes Jackson | April 2, 1917 | April 5, 1925 | Democratic | |
| 25 |  | Clarence H. Beecher | April 6, 1925 | March 31, 1929 | Republican | |
| 26 | | John Holmes Jackson | April 1, 1929 | April 2, 1933 | Democratic | |
| 27 | | James Edmund Burke | April 3, 1933 | March 31, 1935 | Democratic | |
| 28 |  | Louis F. Dow | April 1, 1935 | June 4, 1939 | Republican | |
| 29 |  | John Burns | June 5, 1939 | May 31, 1948 | Democratic | |
| – |  | John Edward Moran | June 1, 1948 | June 5, 1949 | Democratic | |
| 30 | June 6, 1949 | June 2, 1957 | ||||
| 31 |  | C. Douglas Cairns | June 3, 1957 | June 1, 1959 | Republican | |
| 32 |  | James E. Fitzpatrick | June 1, 1959 | June 5, 1961 | Democratic | |
| 33 |  | Robert K. Bing | June 5, 1961 | June 3, 1963 | Republican | |
| 34 |  | Edward A. Keenan | June 3, 1963 | June 7, 1965 | Republican | |
| 35 |  | Francis J. Cain | June 7, 1965 | April 5, 1971 | Democratic | |
| 36 |  | Gordon Paquette | April 5, 1971 | April 6, 1981 | Democratic | |
| 37 |  | Bernie Sanders | April 6, 1981 | April 4, 1989 | Independent | |
| 38 |  | Peter Clavelle | April 4, 1989 | April 5, 1993 | Progressive | |
| 39 | | Peter Brownell | April 5, 1993 | April 3, 1995 | Republican | |
| 40 | | Peter Clavelle | April 3, 1995 | April 1, 2006 | Progressive | |
| 41 |  | Bob Kiss | April 1, 2006 | April 1, 2012 | Progressive | |
| 42 |  | Miro Weinberger | April 2, 2012 | April 1, 2024 | Democratic | |
| 43 |  | Emma Mulvaney-Stanak | April 1, 2024 | Incumbent | Progressive | |
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