List of mayors of Salem, Massachusetts
Appearance
Mayor of Salem | |
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His/Her Honor | |
Type | Chief executive |
Member of | School Committee[1] Board of Library Trustees[2] Board of Trust Fund Commissioners[3] |
Residence | None official |
Seat | Salem City Hall |
Nominator | Nominating petition |
Appointer | Popular vote |
Term length | Four years[4] |
Constituting instrument | Salem City Charter |
Precursor | Salem Board of Selectmen (1629-1836) |
Formation | 1836 |
First holder | Leverett Saltonstall |
Salary | $150,000 (2023)[5] |
Website | www |
The mayor of Salem is the head of municipal government of
city charter
was accepted on March 23, 1836, prior to which Salem was still incorporated as a town.
List
# | Mayor | Picture | Term | Party | Notes |
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1st | Leverett Saltonstall | 1836–1838 | Whig | First mayor under the original city charter, (which included a bicameral legislative body). From 1836 to 1856 the Municipal year ended on the second Monday in March. | |
2nd | Stephen C. Phillips | 1838–1842 | Whig | ||
3rd | Stephen Palfrey Webb | 1842–1845 | Whig | Also served as the twelfth Mayor of Salem. From 1854 to 1855 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco, California | |
4th | Joseph S. Cabot | 1845–1849 | Whig | ||
5th | Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr.
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1849–1851 | Whig | ||
6th | David Pingree | 1851–1852 | Independent | ||
7th | Charles Wentworth Upham
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1852–1853 | Whig | ||
8th | Asahel Huntington | 1853–1854 | Know Nothing | ||
9th | Joseph Andrews | 1854–1856 | Know Nothing | From 1856 to 1874 inclusive the Municipal year ended on the Fourth Monday in January. | |
10th | William S. Messervy | 1856–1858 | Democratic | ||
11th | Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr.
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1858–1859 | Republican | ||
12th | Stephen Palfrey Webb | 1860–1862 | Republican | Second time as Mayor of Salem. From 1854 to 1855 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco, California | |
13th | Stephen G. Wheatland | 1863–1864 | Democratic | ||
14th | Joseph B. F. Osgood | 1865–1865 | Republican | ||
15th | David Roberts | January 1866 – September 26, 1867 | Republican | Roberts resigned as a result of disagreement with the Board of Aldermen. | |
16th | William Cogswell | September 26, 1867–1869 | Republican | ||
17th | Nathanial Brown | 1870–1871 | None | ||
18th | Samuel Calley | 1872–1872 | Republican | ||
19th | William Cogswell | 1873–1875 | Republican | From 1875 on the Municipal year ends on the First Monday in January. | |
20th | Henry Laurens Williams | 1875–1876 | None | ||
21st | Henry K. Oliver | 1877–1880 | Republican | ||
22nd | Samuel Calley | 1881–1882 | Republican | ||
23rd | William M. Hill | 1883–1884 | None | ||
24th | Arthur L. Huntington | 1885–1885 | None | ||
25th | John M. Raymond | 1886–1887 | None | ||
26th | Robert S. Rantoul | 1890–1893 | Democratic | ||
27th | James H. Turner | 1894–1897 | None | ||
28th | David P. Waters | 1898–1898 | None | ||
29th | James H. Turner | 1899–1899 | None | ||
30th | David M. Little | 1900–1900 | None | ||
31st | John F. Hurley | 1901–1902 | None | ||
32nd | Joseph N. Peterson | 1903–1905 | Republican | ||
33rd | Thomas G. Pinnock | 1906–1907 | Republican | ||
34th | John F. Hurley | 1908–1909 | None | ||
35th | Arthur Howard | 1910–1910 | None | ||
36th | Rufus D. Adams | 1911–1912 | Republican | Last mayor under the Original (1836) city charter. | |
37th | John F. Hurley | 1913–1915 | First Mayor under the second city charter adopted in November 1912. Was Recalled by the voters December 29, 1914. | ||
38th | Mathias J. O'Keefe | 1915–1915 | Elected to finish out John F. Hurley's three-year term in the December 29, 1914 election that recalled Mayor Hurley. | ||
39th | Henry P. Benson | 1916–1917 | Last Mayor under the second (1912) city charter (Commission form of Government). | ||
40th | Denis J. Sullivan | 1918–1923 | Republican[6] | First Mayor under the January 3, 1916 (Plan B) city charter. | |
41st | George J. Bates | 1924–1937 | Republican | Served in U.S. House from January 3, 1937 – November 1, 1949. | |
42nd | Edward A. Coffey | 1938–1947 | Republican | ||
43rd | Joseph B. Harrington | 1948–1949 | Democratic | ||
44th | Francis X. Collins | 1950–1969 | Democratic | ||
45th | Samuel Edward Zoll | 1970–1973 | Democratic | ||
46th | Jean A. Levesque | 1973–1983 | Republican | ||
47th | Anthony V. Salvo | 1984–1989 | Democratic | ||
48th | Neil J. Harrington | 1990–1997 | Democratic | ||
49th | Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr. | 1998–2005 | Democratic | ||
50th | Kim Driscoll | January 2006 – January 4, 2023 | Democratic | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in the 2022 election | |
51st | Bob McCarthy | January 4, 2023 – May 27, 2023 | Elected by Salem City Council as Acting Mayor following resignation of Mayor Kim Driscoll. | ||
52nd | Dominick Pangallo | May 27, 2023 – Present | Democratic | Elected Mayor in special election on May 16, 2023, to complete Mayor Kim Driscoll's term. |
See also
References
- ^ "Code of Ordinances City of Salem, Massachusetts". library.municode.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ City of Salem. "Board of Public Library Trustees". salemma.gov. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Code of Ordinances City of Salem, Massachusetts". library.municode.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Code of Ordinances City of Salem, Massachusetts". library.municode.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Luca, Dustin (24 March 2022). "Council offers, then rejects mayor raise". The Salem News (Salem, Mass.). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators. Stoughton, Mass.: A. M. Bridgman. 1916. p. 89.