List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut


The Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut is the chief executive of the government of Norwalk, Connecticut, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Norwalk. The current mayor of Norwalk, is Harry Rilling, a Democrat.

Mayors prior to 1913

Elections were held on the first Monday in October annually up to 1913.

Mayors of the city of South Norwalk from 1870 to 1913

On August 18, 1870, the settlement of Old Well was incorporated as the city of South Norwalk.

NameStart
year
End
year
Dudley P. Ely1870

1872

Walter C. Quintard
1873


1875

Dudley P. Ely
1876


1877

Winfield S. Hanford
1878


1878

Walter C. Quintard
1879


1879

Christian Swartz
1880


1880

Edwin Adams
1881


1881

Christian Swartz
1882


1882

Peter L. Cunningham
1883


1883

Richard H. Golden
1884


1884

Nelson Taylor Jr.
1885


1885

John L. Richards
1886


1886

William B. Hubbell
1887


1888

Frank Comstock
1889


1889

Edwin Wilcox
1890


1890

William B. Reed
1891


1892

George Lockwood
1893


1893

Mortimer M. Lee
1894


1896

Charles G. Bohannan
1897


1898

J. Milton Coburn
1897


1898

Charles G. Bohannan
1899


1901

Mortimer M. Lee
1901


1902

John J. Cavanagh
1902


1903

Charles E. Dow
1903


1907

Francis I. Burnell
1907


1909

Robert M. Wolfe
1909


1910

Albert M. Pohlman
1910


1911

William F. Tammany
1911


1912

Robert M. Wolfe
1912


1913


Wardens of the Borough of Norwalk from 1836 to 1872

The Borough of Norwalk was incorporated on May 4, 1836. The head of the Borough was titled its Warden.

NameYears
served
Joseph W. Hubbell1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1855
Clark Bissell1839
William J. Street1842, 1843, 1844
Stiles Curtis1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851
Charles E. Disbrow1852
Samuel Lynes1853, 1854, 1859, 1871
Dimon Fanton1856, 1857, 1858
William C. Street1860
George R. Cholwell1861, 1862
Asa Smith1863, 1864, 1870, 1873
Edwin Lockwood1865, 1866, 1869
Edward P. Weed1867, 1874§
Harvey Fitch1868
Asa Woodward1872
Samuel Daskam1874§§, 1875, 1876
James W. Hyatt1877, 1880, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1887§
Thomas H. Morison1878, 1879
William H. Smith1882, 1883, 1884
George S. Gregory1887§§§
James G. Gregory1888
Clarence B. Coolidge1889
John H. Lee1890
Edwin O. Keeler1891
John D. Kimmey1892
Edgar N. Sloan1893


§ Resigned.

§§ Elected to fill the vacancy caused by Edward P. Weed's resignation.

§§§ Elected to fill vacancy caused by James W. Hyatt's resignation.

Mayors of the city of Norwalk from 1893 to 1913

On June 30, 1893, the Borough of Norwalk was incorporated as the city of Norwalk.

NameStart
year
End
year
Edwin O. Keeler18931894
James T. Hubbell18941895
Arthur C. Wheeler18951897
Charles L. Glover18971901
George Buxton19011902
Charles L. Glover19021903
Ferdinand B. Smith19031904
George Buxton19041905
Charles L. Glover19051905
Wallace Dann19051907
Charles A. Scofield19071908
John J. Cavanagh19081909
Leeman M. Brundage19091910
Edward J. Finnegan19101913

Mayors of the city of Norwalk from 1913 to the present

The city was consolidated on June 6, 1913. Elections for mayor are held every two years, in odd numbered years. The former city of South Norwalk became the new Norwalk’s Second Taxing District.

NameStart
year
End
year
Political Party
Francis Irwin Burnell19131915Republican
Carl Axel Harstrom19151917Republican
Jeremiah Donovan19171921Democratic
Calvin Barton19211923Republican
Thomas Robins19231927Republican
Anson F. Keeler19271931Republican
Harold L. Nash19311933Republican
Charles C. Swartz19331935Democratic
Frank T. Stack19351943Democratic
Robert B. Oliver19431945Republican
Edward J. Kelley19451947Democratic
Irving Freese19471951Socialist
Irving Freese19511955Independent Party
of Norwalk
George Brunjes19551957Democratic
Irving Freese19571959Independent Party
of Norwalk
John Shostak19591961Republican
Frank J. Cooke19611965Republican
Frank Zullo19651971Democratic
Donald J. Irwin19711975Democratic
Jennie Cave19751977Independent Party
of Connecticut
William A. Collins19771981Democratic
Thomas C. O'Connor19811983Republican
William A. Collins19831987Democratic
Frank Esposito19872001Republican
Alex Knopp20012005Democratic
Richard A. Moccia20052013Republican
Harry Rilling2013presentDemocratic