List of mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts

Last updated November 02, 2024

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	Term	Party	Notes
1st	Robert R. Fears	1874–1876	Democratic
2nd	Allan Rogers	1876–1878	Republican
3rd	J. Franklin Dyer	1878–1879	Republican
4th	William Williams	1879–1880	Greenback Party
5th	Joseph Garland	1880–1882	Republican
6th	William Williams	1882–1883	Greenback Party
7th	William H. Wonson III	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	Charles Piper	May 24, 1888–May 29, 1888	Republican	Served as acting mayor in his capacity as president of the board of aldermen.
10th	William Wesley French	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	Asa G. Andrews	1891-1894	Republican
12th	Benjamin F. Cook	1894-1896	Republican
13th	David I. Robinson	1896–1897	Republican
14th	Benjamin F. Cook	1897-1898	Republican
15th	Frank E. Davis	1898–1899	Republican
16th	William Wesley French	1899-1900	Republican
17th	George E. MacDonald	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	Henry H. Parsons	1908-1911	No Party Affiliation
22nd	Isaac Patch	1911–1912	Republican
23rd	Harry C. Foster	1912–1915	Republican
24th	C. Homer Barrett	1915–1917	Republican
25th	John A. Stoddart	1917–1919		First mayor elected in a non-partisan election.
26th	John J. Burke	1919–1920
27th	Charles D. Brown	1920–1921
28th	Percy W. Wheeler	1921–1923
29th	William MacInnis	1923–1925
30th	Henry H. Parsons	1925–1930
31st	John E. Parker	1930–1934
32nd	George H. Newell	1934–1936
33rd	Weston U. Friend	1936–1938
34th	Elmer W. Babson	1938–1939
35th	Sylvester Whalen	1939–1942
36th	Donald J. Ross	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	John J. Burke, Jr.	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	J. Stanley Boudreau	1960–1961
43rd	Ralph B. O'Maley	1962–1965
44th	J. Stanley Boudreau	1965–1966
45th	Donald H. Lowe	1966–1968
46th	Joseph F. Grace	1968–1970
47th	J. Stanley Boudreau	1970–1972
48th	Robert L. French	1972–1974
49th	Norman C. Ross	1974–1975
50th	J. Stanley Boudreau	1975–1976
51st	Stephen A. Moynahan, Jr.	1976–July 1, 1976		Final ceremonial mayor under Plan E Government.
52nd	Leo Alper	July 1, 1976-1984
53rd	Richard R. Silva	1984-1988
54th	William Squillace	1988-1991		Resigned to become Assistant State Treasurer.
Interim	Bruce Tobey	1991-1992		Completed the term of William Squillace.
55th	William Rafter	1992-1994^[1]
56th	Bruce Tobey	1994-2002
57th	John Bell	2002-2008
58th	Carolyn Kirk	2008-January 6, 2015		Resigned to become the state's Deputy Secretary of Housing and Community Development.
Acting	Paul McGeary	January 6, 2015-January 9, 2015		Served as acting mayor in his capacity as president of the city council.
Interim	Sefatia Romeo Theken	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

#	City Manager	Term
1st	Dean C. Cushing	February 10, 1954–June 1, 1956
Acting	Kenneth S. Webster	June 1, 1956– July 31, 1956
2nd	Richard Walden Mayo	July 31, 1956-1958
3rd	Philip Tartas	October 13, 1958–September 25, 1967
4th	Paul Talbot	March 11, 1968–July 1, 1976

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[1] "William S. Rafter Jr., 65", Gloucester Times, November 30, 2010

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