This is a list of mayors of Lynn , Massachusetts, USA.
The area known today as the city of Lynn was originally part of a larger area named Saugus (part of which lives on as the Town of Saugus). It was renamed "Lynn" in 1637 in honor of King's Lynn in England. [1] Lynn was incorporated as a city in 1850. [2]
| # | Mayor | Picture | Term | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | George Hood |  | May 14, 1850 – June 16, 1852 | Democratic | |
| 2nd | Benjamin F. Mudge |  | June 16, 1852 – April 4, 1853 | ||
| 3rd | Daniel C. Baker |  | April 4, 1853 – April 3, 1854 | ||
| 4th | Thomas P. Richardson |  | April 3, 1854 – January 1, 1855 | ||
| 5th | Andrews Breed |  | January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856 | ||
| 6th | Ezra W. Mudge |  | January 7, 1856 – January 4, 1858 | Democratic | |
| 7th | William F. Johnson |  | January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859 | ||
| 8th | Edward S. Davis |  | January 3, 1859 – January 7, 1861 | ||
| 9th | Hiram N. Breed |  | January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862 | Workingmen's Party | |
| 10th | Peter M. Neal |  | January 6, 1862 – January 1, 1866 | Republican | |
| 11th | Roland G. Usher |  | January 1, 1866 – January 4, 1869 | Republican | |
| 12th | James N. Buffum |  | January 4, 1869 – January 3, 1870 | Republican | |
| 13th | Edwin Walden |  | January 3, 1870 – January 1, 1872 | ||
| 14th | James N. Buffum | | January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873 | Republican | |
| 15th | Jacob M. Lewis |  | January 6, 1873 – January 1, 1877 | ||
| 16th | Samuel M. Bubier |  | January 1, 1877 – January 6, 1879 | Republican | |
| 17th | George Plaisted Sanderson |  | January 6, 1879 – January 3, 1881 | Greenback | |
| 18th | Henry B. Lovering |  | January 3, 1881 – January 1, 1883 | Democrat | |
| 19th | William L. Baird |  | January 1, 1883 – January 5, 1885 | Republican | |
| 20th | John R. Baldwin |  | January 5, 1885 – January 4, 1886 | ||
| 21st | George D. Hart |  | January 4, 1886–1887 | ||
| 22nd | George C. Higgins |  | 1888–1888 | Republican | |
| 23rd | Asa T. Newhall |  | 1889–1890 | Democrat | |
| 24th | E. Knowlton Fogg |  | 1891–1891 | Republican | |
| 25th | Elihu B. Hayes |  | 1892–1893 | Republican | |
| 26th | Charles E. Harwood |  | 1894–1895 | Republican | |
| 27th | Eugene A. Besson |  | 1896–1896 | Republican | |
| 28th | Walter L. Ramsdell |  | 1897–1898 | Democrat | |
| 29th | William Shepherd |  | 1899–1902 | Republican | |
| 30th | Henry W. Eastham |  | 1903–1905 | ||
| 31st | Charles Neal Barney |  | 1906–1907 | Republican | |
| 32nd | Thomas F. Porter |  | 1908–1909 | Republican | |
| 33rd | James E. Rich | 1909–1910 | Democrat | ||
| 34th | William P. Connery, Sr. | 1911–1912 | From 1910 to 1917 the mayor was chosen under the commission form of government. The mayoralty was held by the commissioner of public safety. | ||
| 35th | George H. Newhall |  | 1913–1917 | Republican | |
| 36th | Walter H. Creamer |  | 1918–1921 | Democrat | In 1917 the city returned to a mayor and city council form of government. |
| 37th | Harland A. McPhetres | 1922–1925 | |||
| 38th | Ralph S. Bauer | 1926–1930 | |||
| 39th | J. Fred Manning | 1930–1939 | |||
| 40th | Albert Cole |  | 1940–1943 [3] | Republican | Leave of absence due to military service. |
| 41st | Arthur J. Frawley | 1943 [4] -1945 | Began as acting mayor, elected in own right. | ||
| 42nd | Albert Cole | | 1946–1947 | Republican | |
| 43rd | Stuart A. Tarr | 1948–1951 | |||
| 44th | Arthur J. Frawley | 1952–1955 | |||
| 45th | Thomas P. Costin, Jr. | 1956 – July 3, 1961 | Democrat | Resigned to become the Postmaster of Lynn. | |
| 46th | M. Henry Wall | July 3, 1961 – 1965 | As city council president, when Mayor Costin submitted his resignation, pursuant to the city charter, Wall became mayor. Wall was elected in his own right in the 1961 election. | ||
| 47th | Irving E. Kane | 1966–1969 | |||
| 48th | J. Warren Cassidy | 1970 – January 1972 | |||
| 49th | Pasquale Caggiano |  | January 1972 – April 1972 | Democrat | Died in office. |
| Acting | Walter F. Meserve | April 1972 [5] – July 1972 | Acting mayor. | ||
| 50th | Antonio J. Marino | July 1972 – 1973 | |||
| 51st | David L. Phillips | 1974–1975 | |||
| 52nd | Antonio J. Marino | 1976–1985 | |||
| 53rd | Albert V. DiVirgilio | 1986–1991 | |||
| 54th | Patrick J. McManus | 1992–2001 | |||
| 55th | Edward J. Clancy Jr. |  | 2002 – January 4, 2010 | Democrat | |
| 56th | Judith Flanagan Kennedy | January 4, 2010 – January 3, 2018 | Republican | ||
| 57th | Thomas M. McGee |  | January 3, 2018 - January 3, 2022 | Democrat | |
| 58th | Jared C. Nicholson | January 3, 2022 - Present | Democrat |
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The following is a timeline of the history of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
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