List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts 

The Mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston has a strong mayor system. The Mayor’s Office is in Boston City Hall, in Government Center. There was no Mayor of Boston until 1822 because up to that point Boston was still incorporated as a town. The current mayor is Thomas Menino.

The current Mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino.

This is a list of Mayors of Boston, Massachusetts. "A" denotes an acting mayor:

# Mayor Picture Term Party Notes
1st John Phillips 1822 None
2nd Josiah Quincy III 1823 – 1828 None
3rd Harrison Gray Otis 1829 – 1831 None
4th Charles Wells 1832 – 1833 None
5th Theodore Lyman 1834 – 1835 None
6th Samuel T. Armstrong 1836-1837 Whig
7th Samuel A. Eliot 1838 – 1839 None
8th Jonathan Chapman 1840 – 1842 None
9th Martin Brimmer 1843 – January 6, 1845
A William Parker January 6, 1845 – February 27, 1844 None From January 6, 1845 to February 27, 1844, from the close of Mayor Brimmer's term until the election of his successor Thomas A. Davis, William Parker, Chairman of the Board of Aldermen, performed the duties of mayor.
10th Thomas Aspinwall Davis 1845 – November 22, 1845 Native American Party Died in office, November 22, 1845
A Benson Leavitt 1845 – 1845 Chairman of the Board of Aldermen served as Acting Mayor from November 22, 1845 to December 11, 1845.
11th Josiah Quincy, Jr. December 11, 1845 – January 1, 1849 Whig After he was elected Mayor on December 8, 1845 for the term beginning January 5, 1846, Quincy was appointed by the City Council on December 11, 1845 to serve out Mayor Davis' term.
12th John P. Bigelow 1849 – 1851 Whig
13th Benjamin Seaver 1852 – 1853 Whig
14th Jerome V.C. Smith 1854 – 1855 Native American Party1
15th Alexander H. Rice 1856 – 1857 Republican
16th Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr. 1858 – 1860 None
17th Joseph Wightman January 7, 18612 January 5, 18633 Democratic4 Two Terms
18th Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr. January 5, 18635 1866 None Second time
19th Otis Norcross January 7, 1867 to January 6, 18686 None
20th Nathaniel B. Shurtleff January 6, 1868 – January 2, 18717 None
21st William Gaston 1871 – 1872 Democratic
22nd Henry L. Pierce 1873 None
A Leonard R. Cutter 1873 None Acting Mayor after Pierce resigns for congress
24th Samuel C. Cobb 1874 – 1876 None
25th Frederick O. Prince 1877 None
26th Henry L. Pierce 1878 None Second time
27th Frederick O. Prince 1879 – 1881 None Second time
28th Samuel A. Green 1882 None
29th Albert Palmer 1883 None
30th Augustus P. Martin 1884 None
31st Hugh O'Brien 1885 – 1888 None First Irish Mayor of Boston
32nd Thomas N. Hart 1889 – 1890 Republican
33rd Nathan Matthews, Jr. 1891 – 1894 None
34th Edwin Upton Curtis 1895 – 1895 None
35th Josiah Quincy 1896 – 1899 Democratic
36th Thomas N. Hart 1900 – 1902 Republican Second time
37th Patrick Collins 1902 – 1905 Democratic
A Daniel A. Whelton 1905 – 1906 Democratic Acting mayor after Collins died in office; First native born Irish Mayor; First Native Born Catholic Mayor
38th John F. Fitzgerald 1906 – 1908 Democratic
39th George A. Hibbard 1908 – 1910 Republican
40th John F. Fitzgerald 1910 – 1914 Democratic Second time
41st James M. Curley 1914 – 1918 Democratic
42nd Andrew J. Peters 1918 – 1922 Democratic
43rd James M. Curley 1922 – 1926 Democratic Second time
44th Malcolm Nichols 1926 – 1930 Republican
45th James M. Curley 1930 – 1934 Democratic Third time
46th Frederick Mansfield 1934 – 1938 Democratic
47th Maurice J. Tobin 1938 – 1945 Democratic
A John E. Kerrigan 1945 – 1946 Democratic Acting mayor after Tobin elected Governor
48th James M. Curley 1946 – 1950 Democratic Fourth time; jailed for 5 months during term
A John B. Hynes 1947 Democratic Acting mayor during incarceration of Curley
49th John B. Hynes 1950 – 1960 Democratic Three terms
50th John F. Collins 1960 – 1968 Democratic Two terms
51st Kevin H. White 1968 – 1984 Democratic Four terms
52nd Raymond L. Flynn January 2, 1984 – July 12, 1993 Democratic Three terms
53rd Thomas M. Menino July 12, 1993 – Present Democratic Incumbent; fourth term

References

  1. ^ From Our Own Correspondent (5 January 1868), BOSTON.; The City and Its New Mayor--The Past Mayors of Boston and Who They Were--Distress in the City--Personal., New York, NY: New York Times, p. 3 
  2. ^ Vrabel, Jim (2004), When in Boston: A Time Line & Almanac, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, p. 173 
  3. ^ Vrabel, Jim (2004), When in Boston: A Time Line & Almanac, Boston, MA: University Press of New England (UPNE), p. 175 
  4. ^ Vrabel, Jim (2004), When in Boston: A Time Line & Almanac, Boston, MA: University Press of New England (UPNE), p. 175 
  5. ^ Vrabel, Jim (2004), When in Boston: A Time Line & Almanac, Boston, MA: University Press of New England (UPNE), p. 175 
  6. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, pp. 257-258 
  7. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, pp. 258-261 

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