List of mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts
Mayor of Somerville | |
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![]() Former City Seal (1872–1972) depicting George Washington | |
![]() Incumbent since January 3, 2022Katjana Ballantyne | |
Seat | Somerville City Hall |
Term length | Two years |
Formation | 1872 |
First holder | George O. Brastow |
Website | www |
From 1841 until 1872 Somerville was run by the Board of Selectmen, because up to that point Somerville was still incorporated as a town. The Mayor is the current head of the municipal government in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts
# | Mayor | Picture | Term | Party |
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1st | George O. Brastow | ![]() | January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874 | |
2nd | William Henry Furber | ![]() | January 5, 1874 – January 3, 1876 | |
3rd | Austin Belknap | ![]() | January 3, 1876 – January 1878 | |
4th | George A. Bruce | ![]() | January 1878 – 1880 | Republican |
5th | John Adams Cummings | ![]() | 1881–1884 | |
6th | Mark F. Burns | ![]() | 1885–1888 | Republican |
7th | Charles G. Pope | ![]() | 1889–1891 | Republican |
8th | William H. Hodgkins | ![]() | 1892 – January 6, 1896 | Republican |
9th | Albion A. Perry | ![]() | January 6, 1896 – 1898 | Citizens and Republican |
10th | George O. Proctor | ![]() | 1899–1900 | Republican |
11th | Edward Glines | ![]() | January, 1901 – January 4, 1904 | Republican |
12th | Leonard B. Chandler | ![]() | January 4, 1904 – January 1, 1906 | Republican |
13th | Charles Arnold Grimmons | January 1, 1906 – January 4, 1909 | Republican | |
14th | John M. Woods | ![]() | January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911 | Republican |
15th | Charles A. Burns | January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1914 | Republican | |
16th | Zebedee E. Cliff | ![]() | January 5, 1914 – January 7, 1918 | Republican |
17th | Charles W. Eldridge | ![]() | January 7, 1918 – January 1922 | Republican |
18th | John M. Webster | January 1922 – January 4, 1926 | Republican | |
19th | Leon Martin Conwell | ![]() | January 4, 1926 – January 6, 1930 | Republican |
20th | John J. Murphy | January 6, 1930 – January 1, 1934 | Democratic | |
21st | James E. Hagan | ![]() | January 1, 1934 – January 6, 1936 | Democratic |
22nd | Leslie E. Knox | January 6, 1936 – January 3, 1938 | Republican | |
23rd | John M. Lynch | January 3, 1938 – January 1945 | Democratic | |
24th | G. Edward Bradley | ![]() | January 1945 – January 1950 | Democratic |
25th | John M. Lynch | January 1950 – January 1954 | Democratic | |
26th | William J. Donovan | January 1954 – November 24, 1959 | ||
(Acting) | Paul M. Haley | November 24, 1959 – January 1960 | ||
27th | Harold W. Wells | January 1960 – January 1, 1962 | Democratic | |
28th | Lawrence F. Bretta | ![]() | January 1, 1962 – July 17, 1967 | Democratic |
(Acting) | John R. Havican | July 17, 1967[1] – January 1968 | ||
29th | James F. Brennan | January 1968 – January 1970 | ||
30th | S. Lester Ralph | January 1970 – January 1978 | Democratic | |
31st | Thomas F. August | January 1978 – January 1980 | ||
32nd | Eugene C. Brune | January 1980 – January 1990 | Democratic | |
33rd | Michael Capuano | ![]() | January 1, 1990 – January 5, 1999 | Democratic |
(Acting) | William M. Roche | January 5, 1999 – May 20, 1999 | ||
34th | Dorothy Kelly Gay | May 21, 1999 – January 5, 2004 | Democratic | |
35th | Joseph Curtatone | ![]() | January 5, 2004 — January 3, 2022 | Democratic |
36th | Katjana Ballantyne | ![]() | January 3, 2022 | Democratic |
References
- ^ "Havican Takes Over As Somerville Mayor". The Boston Globe. July 17, 1967.
- City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901.), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, pages. 175–180; 189–204.