List of mayors of Holyoke, Massachusetts


The Mayor of Holyoke is the head of the executive branch of the municipal government of Holyoke, Massachusetts responsible for presenting an initial budget to the city council, and appointing key office holders such as the chief of police and fire commissioners.
Although members of both major parties have successfully run for office since the city's incorporation, elections for municipal positions are officially nonpartisan, on the ballot candidates do not run as members of any political party, nor require backing of one in any official capacity.
When Holyoke was incorporated as a city, initially the mayoral term given in the 1874 charter was for the mayor to serve a single-year term, being elected at the end of the municipal year. This was subsequently raised to two years during the mayoralty of William P. Yoerg in 1936, and from two to four years during that of Alex B. Morse in 2015. Oftentimes mayoral administrations and mayors themselves are referred to interchangeably with the office space that each has occupied since the city's incorporation, "Room One".
Since Holyoke's establishment as a City in 1873, the following individuals have served as its mayor-
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1stWilliam B. C. Pearsons1874-1876
2ndRoswell P. Crafts1877
3rdWilliam Whiting II1878-1879
4thWilliam Ruddy1880
5thFranklin P. Goodall1881
6thRoswell P. Crafts1882-1883
7thJames E. Delaney1884-1885
8thJames J. O'Connor1886-1887
9thJames E. Delaney1888
10thJeremiah F. Sullivan1889-1890
11thMichael J. Griffin1891
12thJeremiah F. Sullivan1892
13thDennie L. Farr1893
14thMarciene H. Whitcomb1894
15thHenry A. Chase1895
16thJames J. Curran1896
17thGeorge H. Smith1897
18thMichael Connors1898
19thArthur B. Chapin1899–1904
20thNathan P. Avery1904–1910
21stJohn J. White1911–1913
22ndJohn H. Woods1914–1915
23rdJohn J. White1916–1917
24thJohn D. Ryan1918–1919
25thJohn F. Cronin1920–1925
26thGregory J. Scanlon1926
27thJohn F. Cronin1927
28thFred G. Burnham1928–1929
29thWilliam T. Dillon1930–1931
30thFred G. Burnham1932Died in office
ActingWilliam M. Hart1932Acting mayor.
31stHenry J. Toepfert1932–1935First elected in special election to finish Burnham's term.
32ndWilliam P. Yoerg1936–1939Did not seek re-election to become
director of Holyoke Housing Authority;
presided over Lyman Terrace
33rdHenry J. Toepfert1940–1953Died in office
ActingJames T. Doherty1953Acting mayor.
34thEdwin A. Seibel1953–1957First elected in special election to finish Toepfert's term.
Only mayor to serve concurrently as state representative.
Died in office
35thSamuel Resnic1957–1963Acting mayor following Seibel's death.
Elected in special election to finish Seibel's term.
Holyoke's first Jewish mayor.
36thDaniel F. Dibble1964–1967
37thWilliam Taupier1968–1975Resigned to become City Manager of Lowell, Massachusetts.
ActingThomas Monahan1975Acting mayor.
38thErnest E. Proulx1976–1986
39thMartin J. Dunn1987–1991Resigned to become a State Senator.
ActingJoseph M. McGiverin1991Acting mayor.
40thWilliam Hamilton1991–1995First elected in special election to finish Dunn's term.
41stDaniel Szostkiewicz1995–1999
42ndMichael J. Sullivan2000–2009
43rdElaine A. Pluta2010–2011First female mayor.
44thAlex B. Morse2012–presentYoungest mayor in city history.
First openly gay mayor.