List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts


This is an incomplete List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts.
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1 Levi Lincoln, Jr.April 17, 1848-April 1, 1849
2Henry ChapinApril 1, 1849-April 7,,1851
3Peter C. BaconApril 7, 1851-January 3, 1853
4 John S.C. KnowltonJanuary 3, 1853-January 1, 1855
5 George W. RichardsonJanuary 1, 1855-January 7, 1856
6Isaac DavisJanuary 7, 1856-January 5, 1857
7George W. RichardsonJanuary 5, 1857-January 4, 1858
8Isaac DavisJanuary 4, 1858-January 3, 1859
9 Alexander BullockJanuary 3, 1859-January 2, 1860
10 William W. RiceJanuary 2, 1860-January 7, 1861
11 Isaac DavisJanuary 7, 1861-January 6, 1862
12Peleg Emory AldrichJanuary 6, 1862-January 3, 1863Later served as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
13Daniel Waldo LincolnJanuary 3, 1863-January 2, 1865
14Phinehas BallJanuary 2, 1865-January 1, 1866
15James B. BlakeJanuary 1, 1866-December 18, 1870Died in office.
AHenry ChapinDecember 19, 1870-January 1, 1871Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870.
16Edward EarleFebruary 6, 1871-January 1, 1871Elected mayor in a special election
to finish Mayor Blake's term.
17George F. VerryJanuary 1, 1872-January 6, 1873
18Clark JillsonJanuary 6, 1873-January 5, 1874
19 Edward Livingston DavisJanuary 5, 1874-January 4, 1875
20Clark JillsonJanuary 4, 1875-January 1, 1877
21Charles B. PrattJanuary 1, 1877-January 5, 1880
22Frank H. KelleyJanuary 5, 1880-January 3, 1882
23 Elijah B. StoddardJanuary 3, 1882-January 1, 1883
24Samuel E. HildrethJanuary 1, 1883-January 7, 1884
25Charles G. ReedJanuary 7, 1884-January 4, 1886
26Samuel WinslowJanuary 4, 1886-January 6, 1890
27Francis A HarringtonJanuary 6, 1890 - January 2, 1893Previously served in the Board of Aldermen of Worcester.
28Henry A. MarshJanuary 2, 1893-January 6, 1896
29Augustus B. R. SpragueJanuary 6, 1896-January 3, 1898
30 Rufus B. Dodge, Jr.January 3, 1898-February 25, 1901
31Philip J. O'Connell1901
32 Edward F. Fletcher1902-1903
33Walter H. Blodgett1904-1905
34John T. Duggan1906-1907
35James Logan1908-1911
36David F. O'Connell1912
37 George Merrill WrightJanuary 6, 1913-January 1, 1917
38 Pehr G. HolmesJanuary 1, 1917-January 5, 1920
39Peter F. SullivanJanuary 5, 1920-1923
40Michael J. O'Hara1924-1931
41John C. Mahoney1932-1935
42Walter J. Cookson1936-June 11, 1936
43John S. Sullivan1936-1937
44William A. Bennett1938-1945Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
45Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan1946-1949Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter.
46Andrew B. Holmstrom1950-1953First Appointed Mayor.
Beginning of the weak Mayor system.
47James D. O'Brien1954-1958
48Joseph C. Casdin1959
49James D. O'Brien1960-1961
50John M. Shea1962
51Joseph C. Casdin1962-1963
52Paul V. Mullaney1963-1965
53George A. Wells1966
54Joseph C. Casdin1967-1968
55John M. Shea1969
56George A. Wells1970
57Joseph M. Tinsley1971
58Thomas J. Early1972
59Joseph M. Tinsley1973
60Israel Katz1974-1975
61Thomas J. Early1976-1979
62Jordan Levy1980-1981
63Sara Robertson1982-1983
64Joseph M. Tinsley1984-1985
65John B. Anderson1986
66Timothy J. Cooney, Jr.1987Last appointed mayor
67Jordan Levy1988-1993First popularly elected mayor under new charter
68Raymond Mariano1994-2001
69Timothy Murray2002-January 9, 2007Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
70Konstantina LukesJanuary 10, 2007-January 4, 2010
71Joseph C. O'BrienJanuary 4, 2010-January 2, 2012
72Joseph PettyJanuary 2, 2012-Present

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