List of mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts
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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
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Board of Selectmen of Somerville, Massachusetts
From 1841 until 1872 Somerville was run by the Board of Selectmen, because up to that point Somerville was still incorporated as a town. From 1842 to 1868 the Board of Selectmen was made up of five members, from 1869 to 1871 the expanded board was made up of nine members.The Mayor of Somerville,...
, 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
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located just north of Boston. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 75,754 and was the most densely populated municipality in New England. It is also the 17th most densely populated incorporated place in...
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s of Somerville, MassachusettsSomerville, MassachusettsSomerville is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located just north of Boston. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 75,754 and was the most densely populated municipality in New England. It is also the 17th most densely populated incorporated place in...
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| 1st | George O. Brastow George O. Brastow George Oliver Brastow was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member and President of the Massachusetts Senate, as a member of the Governor's Council, and as the first Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Military service:Before the American Civil War Brastow was the... |
January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874 | ||
| 2nd | William Henry Furber | January 5, 1874 – January 3, 1876 | ||
| 3rd | Austin Belknap Austin Belknap Austin Belknap was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member, and last Chairman, of the Board of Selectmen of Somerville, Massachusetts, and as the third Mayor, of Somerville.-Early life:... |
January 3, 1876 – January 1878 | ||
| 4th | George A. Bruce George A. Bruce George Anson Bruce was a Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives on the Board of Aldermen, and as the fourth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts, and as a member and President of the Massachusetts Senate.-Early life:Bruce was born to Nathaniel... |
January 1878–1880 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 5th | John Adams Cummings John A. Cummings John Adams Cummings was a Massachusetts politician who served as the fifth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.From 1872 to 1874 Cummings was the publisher of The Somerville Journal.-Notes:... |
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| 6th | Mark F. Burns Mark F. Burns Mark F. Burns was an American politician who served on the Board of Aldermen, as a member and President of the Common Council, and as the sixth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Notes:... |
1885–1888 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 7th | Charles G. Pope Charles G. Pope Charles G. Pope was an American teacher, lawyer and politician who served as a member and President of the Somerville, Massachusetts Common Council and as the seventh Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Notes:... |
1889–1891 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 8th | William H. Hodgkins William H. Hodgkins William Henry Hodgkins was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts State Senate, as a member and President of the Somerville, Massachusetts, Common Council and as the eighth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.... |
1892 – January 6, 1896 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 9th | Albion A. Perry Albion A. Perry Albion Atwood Perry was an American politician who served on the water board, school committee, on both branches of the Somerville city council and as the ninth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Early life:... |
January 6, 1896–1898 | Citizens and Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 10th | George O. Proctor George O. Proctor George O. Proctor was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the tenth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Notes:... |
1899–1900 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 11th | Edward Glines Edward Glines Edward Glines was a Massachusetts politician who served as the eleventh Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.Glines was a delegate to the 1892 Republican National Convention. Glines was chosen as a Presidential elector in 1892 and he voted for Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid in the Electoral... |
January, 1901 – January 4, 1904 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 12th | Leonard B. Chandler Leonard B. Chandler Leonard Blanchard Chandler was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature, both branches of the city council and as the twelfth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.- Early life... |
January 4, 1904 – January 1, 1906 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 13th | Charles Arnold Grimmons | January 1, 1906 – January 4, 1909 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 14th | John M. Woods John M. Woods John M. Woods was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature and as the fourteenth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.... |
January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 15th | Charles A. Burns Charles A. Burns Charles Alonzo Burns was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served on the Board of Aldermen, and as the fifteenth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Early life:... |
January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1914 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 16th | Zebedee E. Cliff Zebedee E. Cliff Zebedee E. Cliff was an American architect, builder and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the sixteenth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Notes:... |
January 5, 1914 – January 7, 1918 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 17th | Charles W. Eldridge Charles W. Eldridge Charles Wadleigh Eldridge was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature as a member of the Board of Aldermen and as the seventeenth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.... |
January 7, 1918 – January 1922 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 18th | John M. Webster John M. Webster John M. Webster was an American politician who served as the eighteenth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.In December 1921 Webster was elected Mayor of Somerville, he was reelected over John J. Murphy in December 1923.-Notes:... |
January 1922 – January 4, 1926 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 19th | Leon Martin Conwell Leon M. Conwell Leon Martin Conwell was an American Journalist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the nineteenth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.... |
January 4, 1926 – January 6, 1930 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 20th | John J. Murphy | January 6, 1930 – January 1, 1934 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 21st | James E. Hagan James E. Hagan James E. Hagan was an American businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the twenty first Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Mayor of Somerville:... |
January 1, 1934 – January 6, 1936 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 22nd | Leslie E. Knox | January 6, 1936 – January 3, 1938 | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 23rd | John M. Lynch John M. Lynch John M. "Pat" Lynch was an American politician who served and as the twenty third and twenty fifth Mayors, of Somerville, Massachusetts. He was the Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair from 1956–1962.-Notes:... |
January 3, 1938 – January 1945 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 24th | G. Edward Bradley G. Edward Bradley G. Edward Bradley was an American optometrist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the 24th Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Notes:... |
January 1945 – January 1950 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 25th | John M. Lynch John M. Lynch John M. "Pat" Lynch was an American politician who served and as the twenty third and twenty fifth Mayors, of Somerville, Massachusetts. He was the Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair from 1956–1962.-Notes:... |
January 1950 – January 1954 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 26th | William J. Donovan | January 1954 – November 24, 1959 | ||
| (Acting) | Paul M. Haley | November 24, 1959 – January 1960 | ||
| 27th | Harold W. Wells Harold W. Wells Harold W. Wells was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 27th Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Notes:... |
January 1960 – January 1, 1962 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 28th | Lawrence F. Bretta Lawrence F. Bretta Lawrence Francis Bretta was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Notes:... |
January 1, 1962 – January 1968 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 29th | James F. Brennan James F. Brennan (Mayor) James F. Brennan was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 29th Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.-Notes:... |
January 1968 – January 1970 | ||
| 30th | S. Lester Ralph | January 1970 – January 1978 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 31st | Thomas F. August Thomas F. August Thomas F. August was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 31st Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.August was the son of John and Margaret August.-Notes:... |
January 1978 – January 1980 | ||
| 32nd | Eugene C. Brune | January 1980 – January 1990 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 33rd | Michael Capuano Mike Capuano Michael Everett "Mike" Capuano is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, which was once represented by John F. Kennedy and Tip O'Neill, includes the northern three-fourths of Boston, as well as Somerville and Cambridge... |
January 1, 1990 – January 5, 1999 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| (Acting) | William M. Roche | January 5, 1999 – May 20, 1999 | ||
| 34th | Dorothy Kelly Gay | May 21, 1999 – January 5, 2004 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 35th | Joseph Curtatone Joseph Curtatone Joseph A. Curtatone is a Massachusetts politician. A Democrat, Curtatone has been the mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts since taking office in 2004.-Political career:... |
January 5, 2004 | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |