List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut

The Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut is the chief executive of the government of Norwalk, Connecticut, United States, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Norwalk. The current mayor of Norwalk, is Harry Rilling, a Democrat.

Mayors prior to 1913

Elections were held on the first Monday in October annually up to 1913.

Mayors of the city of South Norwalk from 1870 to 1913 On August 18, 1870, the settlement of Old Well was incorporated as the city of South Norwalk. Name Start year End year Dudley P. Ely [1] [2] 1870 1872 Walter C. Quintard [1] [2] 1873 1875 Dudley P. Ely [1] [2] 1876 1877 Winfield S. Hanford [1] [2] 1878 1878 Walter C. Quintard [1] [2] 1879 1879 Christian Swartz [1] [2] 1880 1880 Edwin Adams [1] [2] 1881 1881 Christian Swartz [1] [2] 1882 1882 Peter L. Cunningham [1] [2] 1883 1883 Richard H. Golden [1] [2] 1884 1884 Nelson Taylor Jr. [1] [2] 1885 1885 John L. Richards [1] [2] 1886 1886 William B. Hubbell [1] [2] 1887 1888 Frank Comstock [1] [2] 1889 1889 Edwin Wilcox [1] [2] 1890 1890 William B. Reed [1] [2] 1891 1892 George Lockwood [1] [2] 1893 1893 Mortimer M. Lee [1] [2] 1894 1896 Charles G. Bohannan [1] [2] 1897 1898 J. Milton Coburn [1] [2] 1897 1898 Charles G. Bohannan [1] [2] 1899 1901 Mortimer M. Lee [1] [2] 1901 1902 John J. Cavanagh [1] [2] 1902 1903 Charles E. Dow [1] [2] 1903 1907 Francis I. Burnell [1] [2] 1907 1909 Robert M. Wolfe [1] [2] 1909 1910 Albert M. Pohlman [1] [2] 1910 1911 William F. Tammany [1] [2] 1911 1912 Robert M. Wolfe [1] [2] 1912 1913

Wardens of the Borough of Norwalk from 1836 to 1872 The Borough of Norwalk was incorporated on May 4, 1836. The head of the Borough was titled its Warden. Name Years served Joseph W. Hubbell [3] 1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1855 Clark Bissell [3] 1839 William J. Street [3] 1842, 1843, 1844 Stiles Curtis [3] 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851 Charles E. Disbrow [3] 1852 Samuel Lynes [3] 1853, 1854, 1859, 1871 Dimon Fanton [3] 1856, 1857, 1858 William C. Street [3] 1860 George R. Cholwell [3] 1861, 1862 Asa Smith [3] 1863, 1864, 1870, 1873 Edwin Lockwood [3] 1865, 1866, 1869 Edward P. Weed [3] 1867, 1874§ Harvey Fitch [3] 1868 Asa Woodward [3] 1872 Samuel Daskam [3] 1874§§, 1875, 1876 James W. Hyatt [3] 1877, 1880, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1887§ Thomas H. Morison [3] 1878, 1879 William H. Smith [3] 1882, 1883, 1884 George S. Gregory [3] 1887§§§ James G. Gregory [3] 1888 Clarence B. Coolidge [3] 1889 John H. Lee [3] 1890 Edwin O. Keeler [3] 1891 John D. Kimmey [3] 1892 Edgar N. Sloan [3] 1893 § Resigned. §§ Elected to fill the vacancy caused by Edward P. Weed's resignation. §§§ Elected to fill vacancy caused by James W. Hyatt's resignation. Mayors of the city of Norwalk from 1893 to 1913 On June 30, 1893, the Borough of Norwalk was incorporated as the city of Norwalk. Name Start year End year Edwin O. Keeler [1] [2] 1893 1894 James T. Hubbell [1] [2] 1894 1895 Arthur C. Wheeler [1] [2] 1895 1897 Charles L. Glover [1] [2] 1897 1901 George Buxton [1] [2] 1901 1902 Charles L. Glover [1] [2] 1902 1903 Ferdinand B. Smith [1] [2] 1903 1904 George Buxton [1] [2] 1904 1905 Charles L. Glover [1] [2] 1905 1905 Wallace Dann [4] 1905 1907 Charles A. Scofield [1] [2] 1907 1908 John J. Cavanagh [1] [2] 1908 1909 Leeman M. Brundage [1] [2] 1909 1910 Edward J. Finnegan [1] [2] 1910 1913

Mayors of the city of Norwalk from 1913 to the present

The city was consolidated on June 6, 1913. Elections for mayor are held every two years, in odd numbered years. The former city of South Norwalk became the new Norwalk’s Second Taxing District.

Name	Start year	End year	Political Party
Francis Irwin Burnell [1] [2]	1913	1915	Republican
Carl Axel Harstrom [1] [2]	1915	1917	Republican
Jeremiah Donovan [1] [2]	1917	1921	Democratic
Calvin Barton [1] [2]	1921	1923	Republican
Thomas Robins [1] [2]	1923	1927	Republican
Anson F. Keeler [1] [2]	1927	1931	Republican
Harold L. Nash [1] [2]	1931	1933	Republican
Charles C. Swartz [1] [2]	1933	1935	Democratic
Frank T. Stack [1] [2]	1935	1943	Democratic
Robert B. Oliver [1] [2]	1943	1945	Republican
Edward J. Kelley [1] [2]	1945	1947	Democratic
Irving Freese [1] [2]	1947	1951	Socialist
	1951	1955	Independent Party of Norwalk
George Brunjes [1] [2]	1955	1957	Democratic
Irving Freese [1] [2]	1957	1959	Independent Party of Norwalk
John Shostak [1] [2]	1959	1961	Republican
Frank J. Cooke [1] [2]	1961	1965	Republican
Frank Zullo [1] [2]	1965	1971	Democratic
Donald J. Irwin [1] [2]	1971	1975	Democratic
Jennie Cave [1] [2]	1975	1977	Independent Party of Connecticut
William A. Collins [1] [2]	1977	1981	Democratic
Thomas C. O'Connor [1] [2]	1981	1983	Republican
William A. Collins [1] [2]	1983	1987	Democratic
Frank Esposito [1] [2]	1987	2001	Republican
Alex Knopp [1] [2]	2001	2005	Democratic
Richard A. Moccia [1] [2]	2005	2013	Republican
Harry Rilling	2013	present	Democratic

See also

• History of Norwalk, Connecticut
• Connecticut's 12th Senate district
• List of members of the Connecticut General Assembly from Norwalk

References

1. The Political Graveyard
2. List of mayors of Norwalk, 1913 – present Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
3. Norwalk Historical and Memorial Library Association (1901). Norwalk After Two Hundred & Fifty Years: An Account of the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Charter of the Town, 1651-September 11th-1901 : Including Historical Sketches of Churches, Schools, Old Homes, Institutions, Eminent Men, Patriotic and Benevolent Work, Together with the Record of Soldiers and Sailors Enlisted in Norwalk from 1676 to 1898, the Civic Progress in the Last Century and Statistics of Commerce and Other Miscellany of Local Interest. C.A. Freeman. pp.  307.
4. The Norwalk Hour