List of mayors of Springfield, Massachusetts

This is a list of Mayors of Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield

Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...

became a city in 1852.

#	Mayor	Term	Party
1	Caleb Rice Caleb Rice Caleb Rice was an American politician and businessman, the first Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts when it became a city in 1852, and also the first president of MassMutual Life Insurance Company, now a Fortune 100 company...	1852–1853
2	Philos B. Tyler	1854
3	Eliphalet Trask Eliphalet Trask Eliphalet Trask was an American politician who served as the third Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts and as the Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1858 to 1861.-External links:*...	1855	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
4	Ansel Phelps, Jr.	1856–1858
5	William B. Calhoun William B. Calhoun William Barron Calhoun was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life:Calhoun, the eldest child of Andrew Calhoun and Martha Calhoun, was born on December 29, 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts...	1859	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
6	Daniel L Harris	1860
7	Stephen C. Bemis	1861–1862
8	Henry Alexander, Jr.	1864–1865
9	Albert Briggs	1865–1867
10	Charles A. Winchester	1868–1869	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...
11	William L. Smith	1870–1871	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...
12	Samuel B. Spooner	1872–1873	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...
13	John M. Stebbins	1874	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...
14	Emerson Wight	1875–1878	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...
15	Lewis J. Powers Lewis J. Powers Lewis J. Powers was an American businessman and politician who served in both branches of the city council and as the 15th Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts from 1879 to 1880.-Notes:...	1879	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... and Citizens

		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...
16	William H. Haile William H. Haile William Henry Haile was an American businessman and politician who served as the Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1881, and as Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1890 to 1893....	1881	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...
17	Edwin W. Ladd	1882	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...
18	Henry M. Phillips	1883–1885	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...
19	Edwin D. Metcalf	1886	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...
20	Elisha B. Maynard Elisha B. Maynard Elisha B. Maynard was an American attorney and politician who served on the city council and as Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts and as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.-Notes:...	1887–1888	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...
21	Edward S. Bradford	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...
22	Lawson Sibley Lawson Sibley Lawson Sibley was an American businessman and politician who served as the Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1892.-Notes:...	1892	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...
23	Edmund P. Kendrick	1893–1894	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...
24	Charles L. Long	1895	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...
25	Newrie D. Winter	1896–1897	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...
26	Henry S. Dickinson	1898	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...
27	Dwight O. Gilmore	1899	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...
28	William P. Hayes William P. Hayes William P. Hayes was an American lawyer and politician who served as the twenty seventh Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.-Early life:Hayes was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 27, 1866 to John and Margaret Hayes.-Education:...	1900–1901	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...
29	Ralph W. Ellis Ralph W. Ellis Ralph Waterbury Ellis was an American lawyer, banker and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as a member of the Springfield, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen and Common Council, and as the Mayor of Springfield in 1902.-Early life:Ellis, was born to Theodore...	1902	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...
30	Everett E. Stone	1903–1904	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...
31	Francke W. Dickinson	1905–1906	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...
32	William E. Sanderson	1907–1909	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...
33	Edward H. Lathrop	1910–1912	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...
34	John A. Denison	1913–1914
35	Frank E. Stacy	1915–1918	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...
36	Arthur A. Adams	1919–1920	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...
37	Edwin F. Leonard Edwin F. Leonard Edwin F. Leonard was an American druggist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the 37th Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.-Trivia:...	1921–1924	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...
38	Fordis C. Parker Fordis C. Parker Fordis C. Parker was an American politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature, and in both branches of the city council, and as the 38th Mayor of, Springfield, Massachusetts.-Notes:...	1925–1929	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...
39	Dwight R. Winter	1930–1933	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...
40	Henry Martens	1934–1937	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...
41	Roger L. Putnam	1938–1943	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...
42	J. Albin Anderson, Jr.	1944–1945
43	Daniel B. Brunton	1946–1957
44	Thomas J. O'Connor, Jr.	1958–1961
45	Charles Ryan Charles Ryan Charles V. Ryan is a former mayor of the city Springfield, Massachusetts. He served from 1962 to 1967 and again from 2004 to 2008.Ryan also served as the city's mayor during the mid-sixties for three terms. His terms then occurred during a time when there was fear that growing civil unrest would... (1st term)	1962–1967
46	Frank Freedman	1968–1972
47	Theodore Dimauro (acting)	1972
48	William C. Sullivan	1973–1977
49	Theodore Dimauro	1978–1983
50	Richard Neal Richard Neal Richard Edmund Neal is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is a former city councilor and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts....	1984–1989	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...
51	Mary Hurley	1989–1991
52	Robert Markel	1992–1995
53	Michael Albano	1996–2003
54	Charles Ryan Charles Ryan Charles V. Ryan is a former mayor of the city Springfield, Massachusetts. He served from 1962 to 1967 and again from 2004 to 2008.Ryan also served as the city's mayor during the mid-sixties for three terms. His terms then occurred during a time when there was fear that growing civil unrest would... (2nd term)	2004–2007
55	Domenic Sarno	2008-

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