List of mayors of Newburyport, Massachusetts

The mayor of Newburyport is the head of the municipal government in Newburyport, Massachusetts. There was no mayor of Newburyport until 1851, because up to that point Newburyport was still incorporated as a town.

List of mayors edit

# Mayor Picture Term Party Notes
1st Caleb Cushing   June 24, 1851 – June 21, 1852 Democrat Resigned June 21, 1852.
2nd Henry Johnson June 21, 1852 – 1853 Johnson was elected on June 21, 1852, to fill the position after Caleb Cushing resigned. Johnson was subsequently elected mayor in the annual city election of 1853.
3rd Moses Davenport 1854-1855
4th William Cushing 1855–1858
5th Albert Currier 1859–1860
6th Moses Davenport 1861-February 18, 1861 Died on February 18, 1861.
7th George W. Jackman Jr.   February 27, 1861 – 1862 Democrat Elected on February 27, 1861, to replace Moses Davenport, who had died February 18, 1861. Jackman was subsequently elected mayor in the election of 1862.
8th Issac H. Boardman 1863–1863
9th George W. Jackman Jr.   1864-1865 Democrat
10th William Graves 1866-1866
11th Eben Francis Stone   1867–1867 Republican
12th Nathaniel Pierce 1868-1869
13th Robert Couch 1870-1870
14th Elbridge G. Kelly 1871-1872
15th Warren Currier 1873-1874
16th Benjamin F. Atkinson 1875-1876
17th George W. Jackman, Jr. 1877-1877 Democrat
18th Jonathan Smith 1878-1878
19th John J. Currier 1879-1880
20th Robert Couch 1881-1881
21st Benjamin Hale 1882-1882
22nd William A. Johnson 1883-1884
23rd Thomas C. Simpson 1885-1885 Republican
24th Charles C. Dame 1886-1886
25th J. Otis Winkley 1887-1887
26th William H. Huse 1888-March 28, 1888 Republican Died March 28, 1888, replaced on April 2, 1888, by Albert C. Titcomb.
27th Albert C. Titcomb April 2, 1888 – 1889 Elected on April 2, 1888, to replace William H. Huse, who had died on March 28, 1888, Titcomb was elected to a full term in the annual city election of 1889.
28th Elisha P. Dodge 1890-1891
29th Orin J. Gurney 1892-1895
30th Andrew R. Curtis 1896-1897
31st George H. Plummer 1898-1898
32nd Thomas Huse   1899-1900 Republican
33rd Moses Brown 1901-1902
34th James F. Carens 1903-1904
35th William F. Houston 1905-1906
36th Alfred F. Hunt 1907-1907
37th Irvin Besse 1908-1908
38th Alfred F. Hunt 1909-1909
39th Robert E. Burke 1910-1912
40th Hiram H. Landford 1913-1914
41st Clarence J. Fogg   1915-1916 Republican
42nd Walter B. Hopkinson 1917-1918 Republican
43rd David P. Page 1919-1920
44th Michael Cashman 1921-1925
45th Oscar H. Nelson 1926-1927
46th Andrew J. Gillis 1928-1931
47th Gayden Wells Morrill 1932-1935
48th Andrew J. Gillis 1936-1937
49th James F. Carens 1938-1941
50th John H. Kelleher 1942-1949
51st Andrew J. Gillis 1950-1953
52nd Henry Graf, Jr. 1954-1957
53rd Andrew J. Gillis 1958-1959
54th Albert H. Zabriskie 1960-1963
55th George H. Lawler, Jr. 1964-1967
56th Byron J. Matthews 1968-1978
56th Richard E. Sullivan 1978-1985
57th Peter J. Matthews 1985-1987
58th Edward G. Molin 1988-1989
59th Peter J. Matthews 1990-1993
60th Lisa L. Mead 1994-1997 Resigned to accept a position in Senator John Kerry's office.
Acting Christopher R. Sullivan 1997
61st Mary M. Carrier 1998-1999
62nd Lisa L. Mead 2000-2001
63rd Al Lavender 2002-2003
64th Mary Anne Clancy 2004-2005
65th John F. Moak 2006-2009
66th Donna D. Holaday 2010–2022
67th Sean R. Reardon 2022-present

Notes edit

  • Currier, John James: History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2,

Newburyport (Mass.) 1909. Appendix XI. pages 602-612; Mayors and Members of the Board of Aldermen, 1851 to 1909.