List of Mayors of Springfield, Massachusetts edit

Mayor of Springfield
 
Seal of Springfield
Incumbent
Domenic J. Sarno
since January 7, 2008[1]
StyleHis/Her Honor
TypeChief executive
Member ofSchool Committee[2]
ResidenceNone official
SeatSpringfield City Hall
NominatorNon-partisan nominating petition[3]
AppointerPopular vote
Term lengthFour years
(2011-Present)
Two year
(1925-2011)
One year
(1852-1925)[4]
Constituting instrumentSpringfield City Charter
PrecursorSpringfield Board of Selectmen
(1636-1852)
Formation1852
First holderCaleb Rice
Salary$175,000 (2024)[5]
Websitewww.springfield-ma.gov/cos/mayor

The mayor of Springfield is the head of the municipal government in Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield has a mayor-council government. Mayors of Springfield are appointed through direct, non-partisan elections to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office oversees the enforcement of all laws and ordinances within the city, appoints and supervises a majority of appointed officials, and serves as an ex officio member of the Springfield School Committee. The mayor's office is located in Springfield City Hall, as part of the Municipal Group in Metro Center.[2][3]

The current mayor of Springfield is Domenic Sarno.

List of mayors edit

# Picture Mayor Term Party Election
Start End
1   Caleb Rice 1852 1854 Whig[6] 1851

1852

2   Philos B. Tyler 1854 1855 Democratic[7] 1853
3   Eliphalet Trask 1855 1856 Know Nothing 1854
4   Ansel Phelps, Jr. 1856 1859 Democratic[8] 1855

1856


1857

5   William Barron Calhoun 1859 1860 Whig 1858
6   Daniel L. Harris 1860 1861 Republican[9] 1859
7   Stephen C. Bemis 1861 1863 Democratic[10] 1860

1861

8   Henry Alexander, Jr. 1863 1865 Republican[11] 1862

1863

9   Albert D. Briggs 1865 1868 Republican[12]
(Anti-Refunder)[13]
1864

1865


1866

10   Charles A. Winchester 1868 1870 Republican 1867

1868

11   William L. Smith 1870 1872 Democratic 1869

1870

12   Samuel B. Spooner 1872 1874 Republican 1871

1872

13   John M. Stebbins 1874 1875 Democratic 1873
14   Emerson Wight 1875 1879 Republican 1874

1875


1876


1877

15   Lewis J. Powers 1879 1881 Democratic & Citizens

Republican

1878

1879

16   William H. Haile 1881 1882 Republican 1880
17   Edwin W. Ladd 1882 1883 Democratic 1881
18   Henry M. Phillips 1883 1886 Republican 1882

1883


1884

19   Edwin D. Metcalf 1886 1887 Republican 1885
20   Elisha B. Maynard 1887 1889 Democratic 1886

1887

21   Edward S. Bradford 1889 1892 Republican 1888

1889


1890

22   Lawson Sibley 1892 1893 Democratic 1891
23   Edmund P. Kendrick 1893 1895 Republican 1892

1893

24   Charles L. Long 1895 1896 Republican 1894
25 Newrie D. Winter 1896 1898 Democratic 1895

1896

26   Henry S. Dickinson 1898 1899 Republican 1897
27 Dwight O. Gilmore 1899 1900 Republican 1898
28   William P. Hayes 1900 1902 Democratic 1899

1900

29   Ralph W. Ellis 1902 1903 Republican 1901
30 Everett E. Stone 1903 1905 Republican 1902

1903

31   Francke W. Dickinson 1905 1907 Republican 1904

1905

32 William E. Sanderson 1907 1910 Republican 1906

1907


1908

33 Edward H. Lathrop 1910 1913 Democratic 1909

1910


1911

34   John A. Denison 1913 1915 Republican 1912

1913

35 Frank E. Stacy 1915 1919 Republican 1914

1915


1916


1917

36 Arthur A. Adams 1919 1921 Republican 1918

1919

37   Edwin F. Leonard 1921 1925 Republican 1920

1921


1922


1923

38   Fordis C. Parker 1925 1930 Republican 1924

1925


1927

39 Dwight R. Winter 1930 1934 Democratic 1929

1931

40 Henry Martens 1934 1938 Republican 1933

1936

41 Roger L. Putnam 1938 1943[14] Democratic 1937

1939


1941

42 J. Albin Anderson, Jr. 1943 1946 Republican[15] Acting

1943

43 Daniel B. Brunton 1946 1958 Democratic 1945

1947


1949


1951


1953


1955

44   Thomas J. O'Connor 1958 1962 Democratic 1957

1959

45 Charles V. Ryan 1962 1968 Democratic 1961

1963


1965

46   Frank Harlan Freedman 1968 1972 Republican 1967

1969


1971

47 Theodore Dimauro 1972 1973 Democratic[16] Acting
48 William C. Sullivan 1973 1978 Democratic[17] January 1973

November 1973


1975

(47) Theodore Dimauro 1978 1984 Democratic 1977

1979


1981

49   Richard Neal 1984 1989 Democratic 1983

1985


1987

50 Vincent DiMonaco 1989 1989 Democratic[18] Acting
51 Mary Hurley 1989 1992 Democratic April 1989

November 1989

52 Robert Markel 1992 1996 Democratic 1991

1993

53   Michael Albano 1996 2004 Democratic 1995

1997


1999


2001

(45) Charles V. Ryan 2004 2008 Democratic 2003

2005

54   Domenic J. Sarno[19] 2008 Present Democratic 2007

2009


2011


2015


2019


2023

Holly Cashman edit

Holly Cashman
NationalityUnited States of America
Known forPresident Emerita of International Gender and Language Association
TitleAssociate Professor
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of New Hampshire, Arizona State University
WebsitePersonal Website, Department Website

Holly Cashman is an Associate Professor the University of New Hampshire and, from 2018 to 2021, served as the President of the International Gender and Language Association.

The Shoestring (newspaper) edit

The Shoestring
TypeAlternative weekly
FormatWebsite
Owner(s)The Shoestring
Managing editorsBrian Zayatz
Blair Gimma
WillMeyer
Founded2017
Political alignmentCenter-left to Left-wing
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersNorthampton, Massachusetts
United States
Websitetheshoestring.org
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