List of mayors of Manchester, New Hampshire
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List of mayors of Manchester, New Hampshire

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Mayor	Term	Party	Birth/Death	Notes

Hiram Brown	1846–1847	Whig	January 23, 1801 – September 7, 1890	Elected the city's first mayor, August 19, 1846.

Jacob F. James	1847–1849	Whig	d, April 15, 1892	Elected May 22, 1847, after two previous elections had been invalidated, since no candidate had won the required number of votes.

Warren L. Lane	1849–1850	Democrat	d. March 4, 1861	Elected in Oct. 1849 special election after elections in both April and May 1849 election yielded no clear winner.

Moses Fellows	1851–1852

Frederick Smyth	1852–1855	March 9, 1819 – April 22, 1899

Theodore T. Abbott	1855–1857	American	March 22, 1799 – 1886	Elected March 1855, re-elected March 1856.

Jacob F. James	1857	Elected Nov. 1856.

Alonzo Smith	1858	May 21, 1808 – April 17, 1865

Edward W. Harrington	1859–1860

David A. Bunton	1861–1862	Republican	October 18, 1805 – July 10, 1890

Theodore T. Abbott	1863	American	March 22, 1799 – 1886

Frederick Smyth	1864	Republican	March 9, 1819 – April 22, 1899)	Smyth won election almost unanimously with numerous candidates receiving 5 votes or less. Elected governor of New Hampshire in 1865.

Darwin J. Daniels	1865 – August 15, 1865	d. August 15, 1865	Died in office, aged 50. [1]

John Hosley	August 1865 – 1866	Elected to fill vacancy.

Joseph B. Clark	1867

James A. Weston	1868	Democrat	Governor of New Hampshire, 1871–1872

Isaac W. Smith	1869	Republican	May 18, 1825 – 1898

James A. Weston	1870–1871	Democrat

Person C. Cheney	1872	Republican	Governor of New Hampshire 1875–77. Appointed U.S. Senator 1886–1887 to fill vacancy.

Charles H. Bartlett	1873	October 15, 1833–January 25, 1900	Elected December 12, 1872, resigned February 18, 1873 because he was Clerk of the U.S. District Court, and could not hold a state or municipal elected office.

John P. Newell	1873	Chosen mayor by Aldermen and the Common Council to fill vacancy.

James A. Weston	1874–1875	Democrat

Alpheus Gay	1875–1876

Ira Cross	1876–1877	Republican	July 23, 1833 – February 11, 1914	Resigned.

John L. Kelly	1877–1880

Horace B. Putnam	1881–1884	November 5, 1825 – April 20, 1888

George H. Stearns	1885–1886	April 22, 1838 – August 21, 1929	Died at the age of 91.

John Hosley	1887–1888

David B. Varney	1889–1890

Edgar J. Knowlton	1891 – May 10, 1894	Resigned May 10, 1894. David B. Varney de facto mayor, July 1894 – June 1895.

William C. Clarke	1895–1902

Eugene E. Reed	1903–1910	Democrat	April 23, 1866 – December 15, 1940	U.S. Congress, 1913 – 1915, defeated 1914. Candidate for U.S. Senate, 1918.

Edward C. Smith	1911–1912	Republican	October 24, 1864 – August 25, 1926

Charles C. Hayes	1913–1914	Republican

Harry W. Spaulding	1915–1917	Republican

Moise Verrette	1918–1921	Democrat	Executive Councillor 1916–1918

George E. Trudel	1922–1925

Arthur E. Moreau	1926–1931	Republican

Dr. Damase Caron	1932–1941	Democrat

Wilfred A. Laflamme	1942–1943	Republican

Josephat T. Benoit	1944–1961	Democrat	March 3, 1900 – May 14, 1976	Served a record nine consecutive terms. Born a Canadian citizen and moved to the United States at the age of seven.

John C. Mongan	1962–1963	Republican	b. April 17, 1925	Inaugurated at Memorial High School, first mayor since 1946 inaugurated outside of City Hall.

Roland S. Vallee	1964–1967	Democrat	November 13, 1929 – October 27, 1997	Known as the "singing mayor."

John C. Mongan	1968–1969	Republican	b. April 17, 1925

Henry J. Pariseau	1970	Republican	April 1, 1918 – May 30, 1970	Died in office

Charles R. "Dick" Stanton	1970–1971	Democrat	April 10, 1929 – May 10, 1985	City Clerk Stanton was chosen by Board of Mayor and Aldermen to fill remainder of Pariseau's two-year term.

Sylvio L. Dupuis	1972–1975	Democrat	b. 1934	Resigned, May 1975, to be one of the founders of Catholic Medical Center.

Charles R. "Dick" Stanton	1975–1981	Democrat	April 10, 1929 – May 1985

Emile Beaulieu	1982–1983	Democrat	b. April 2, 1931	Lost reelection to Robert F. Shaw, 1983.

Robert F. Shaw	1984–1987	Republican	May 29, 1934 – August 17, 2004	Switched to Democratic Party in 1995. Killed in auto accident on Route 93 in Manchester.

Emile Beaulieu	1988–1989	Democrat	b. April 2, 1931	Lost reelection to Raymond J. Wieczorek, 1989. Switched to Republican Party in 1995.

Raymond J. Wieczorek	1989–2000	Republican	b. December 9, 1928	Lost reelection to Robert A. Baines, 1999. Now serving as an Executive Councillor 2002–.

Robert A. Baines	2000–2006	Democrat	b. 1946	Lost reelection to Frank Guinta, 2005.

Frank Guinta	2006–2010	Republican	b. September 26, 1970	Inaugurated January 3, 2006. Youngest Manchester mayor in over 150 years.

Theodore Gatsas	2010–2018	Republican	b. May 22, 1950	Inaugurated January 5, 2010. Lost reelection to Joyce Craig, 2017.

Joyce Craig	2018-present	Democratic	Inaugurated January 2, 2018. First female elected mayor of Manchester.

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