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.Name | Start year | End year |
Dudley P. Ely | 1870 | 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.Name | Years served |
Joseph W. Hubbell | 1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1855 |
Clark Bissell | 1839 |
William J. Street | 1842, 1843, 1844 |
Stiles Curtis | 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851 |
Charles E. Disbrow | 1852 |
Samuel Lynes | 1853, 1854, 1859, 1871 |
Dimon Fanton | 1856, 1857, 1858 |
William C. Street | 1860 |
George R. Cholwell | 1861, 1862 |
Asa Smith | 1863, 1864, 1870, 1873 |
Edwin Lockwood | 1865, 1866, 1869 |
Edward P. Weed | 1867, 1874§ |
Harvey Fitch | 1868 |
Asa Woodward | 1872 |
Samuel Daskam | 1874§§, 1875, 1876 |
James W. Hyatt | 1877, 1880, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1887§ |
Thomas H. Morison | 1878, 1879 |
William H. Smith | 1882, 1883, 1884 |
George S. Gregory | 1887§§§ |
James G. Gregory | 1888 |
Clarence B. Coolidge | 1889 |
John H. Lee | 1890 |
Edwin O. Keeler | 1891 |
John D. Kimmey | 1892 |
Edgar N. Sloan | 1893 |
§ 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.Name | Start year | End year |
Edwin O. Keeler | 1893 | 1894 |
James T. Hubbell | 1894 | 1895 |
Arthur C. Wheeler | 1895 | 1897 |
Charles L. Glover | 1897 | 1901 |
George Buxton | 1901 | 1902 |
Charles L. Glover | 1902 | 1903 |
Ferdinand B. Smith | 1903 | 1904 |
George Buxton | 1904 | 1905 |
Charles L. Glover | 1905 | 1905 |
Wallace Dann | 1905 | 1907 |
Charles A. Scofield | 1907 | 1908 |
John J. Cavanagh | 1908 | 1909 |
Leeman M. Brundage | 1909 | 1910 |
Edward J. Finnegan | 1910 | 1913 |
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.Name | Start year | End year | Political Party |
Francis Irwin Burnell | 1913 | 1915 | Republican |
Carl Axel Harstrom | 1915 | 1917 | Republican |
Jeremiah Donovan | 1917 | 1921 | Democratic |
Calvin Barton | 1921 | 1923 | Republican |
Thomas Robins | 1923 | 1927 | Republican |
Anson F. Keeler | 1927 | 1931 | Republican |
Harold L. Nash | 1931 | 1933 | Republican |
Charles C. Swartz | 1933 | 1935 | Democratic |
Frank T. Stack | 1935 | 1943 | Democratic |
Robert B. Oliver | 1943 | 1945 | Republican |
Edward J. Kelley | 1945 | 1947 | Democratic |
Irving Freese | 1947 | 1951 | Socialist |
Irving Freese | 1951 | 1955 | Independent Party of Norwalk |
George Brunjes | 1955 | 1957 | Democratic |
Irving Freese | 1957 | 1959 | Independent Party of Norwalk |
John Shostak | 1959 | 1961 | Republican |
Frank J. Cooke | 1961 | 1965 | Republican |
Frank Zullo | 1965 | 1971 | Democratic |
Donald J. Irwin | 1971 | 1975 | Democratic |
Jennie Cave | 1975 | 1977 | Independent Party of Connecticut |
William A. Collins | 1977 | 1981 | Democratic |
Thomas C. O'Connor | 1981 | 1983 | Republican |
William A. Collins | 1983 | 1987 | Democratic |
Frank Esposito | 1987 | 2001 | Republican |
Alex Knopp | 2001 | 2005 | Democratic |
Richard A. Moccia | 2005 | 2013 | Republican |
Harry Rilling | 2013 | present | Democratic |