List of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts
This is a list of Mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. The area known today as the city of Lynn was originally part of a larger area named Saugus (part of which lives on as the Town of Saugus).

List of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts

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Table Section Text: This is a list of Mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. The area known today as the city of Lynn was originally part of a larger area named Saugus (part of which lives on as the Town of Saugus).

#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Party	Notes

1st	George Hood	-	May 14, 1850 – June 16, 1852	Democratic

2nd	Benjamin F. Mudge	-	June 16, 1852 – April 4, 1853

3rd	Daniel C. Baker	-	April 4, 1853 – April 3, 1854

4th	Thomas P. Richardson	-	April 3, 1854 – January 1, 1855

5th	Andrews Breed	-	January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856

6th	Ezra W. Mudge	-	January 7, 1856 – January 4, 1858	Democratic

7th	William F. Johnson	-	January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859

8th	Edward S. Davis	-	January 3, 1859 – January 7, 1861

9th	Hiram N. Breed	-	January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862	Workingmen's Party

10th	Peter M. Neal	-	January 6, 1862 – January 1, 1866

11th	Roland G. Usher	-	January 1, 1866 – January 4, 1869	Republican

12th	James N. Buffum	-	January 4, 1869 – January 3, 1870

13th	Edwin Walden	-	January 3, 1870 – January 1, 1872

14th	James N. Buffum	-	January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873

15th	Jacob M. Lewis	-	January 6, 1873 – January 1, 1877

16th	Samuel M. Bubier	-	January 1, 1877 – January 6, 1879	Republican

17th	George Plaisted Sanderson	-	January 6, 1879 – January 3, 1881	Greenback

18th	Henry B. Lovering	-	January 3, 1881 – January 1, 1883	Democrat

19th	William L. Baird	-	January 1, 1883 – January 5, 1885	Republican

20th	John R. Baldwin	-	January 5, 1885 – January 4, 1886

21st	George D. Hart	-	January 4, 1886–1887

22nd	George C. Higgins	-	1888–1888	Republican

23rd	Asa T. Newhall	-	1889–1890	Democrat

24th	E. Knowlton Fogg	-	1891–1891	Republican

25th	Elihu B. Hayes	-	1892–1893	Republican

26th	Charles E. Harwood	-	1894–1895	Republican

27th	Eugene A. Besson	-	1896–1896	Republican

28th	Walter L. Ramsdell	-	1897–1898	Democrat

29th	William Shepherd	-	1899–1902	Republican

30th	Henry W. Eastham	-	1903–1905

31st	Charles Neal Barney	-	1906–1907	Republican

32nd	Thomas F. Porter	-	1908–1909	Republican

33rd	James E. Rich	1909–1910	Democrat

34th	William P. Connery, Sr.	1911–1912	From 1910 to 1917 the mayor was chosen under the commission form of government. The mayoralty was held by the commissioner of public safety.

35th	George H. Newhall	-	1913–1917	Republican

36th	Walter H. Creamer	-	1918–1921	In 1917 the city returned to a mayor and city council form of government.

37th	Harland A. McPhetres	1922–1925

38th	Ralph S. Bauer	1926–1930

39th	J. Fred Manning	1930–1939

40th	Albert Cole	1940–1943	Republican	Leave of absence due to military service.

41st	Arthur J. Frawley	1943-1945	Began as acting mayor, elected in own right.

42nd	Albert Cole	1946–1947	Republican

43rd	Stuart A. Tarr	1948–1951

44th	Arthur J. Frawley	1952–1955

45th	Thomas P. Costin, Jr.	1956 – July 3, 1961	Democrat	Resigned to become the Postmaster of Lynn.

46th	M. Henry Wall	July 3, 1961 – 1965	As city council president, when Mayor Costin submitted his resignation, pursuant to the city charter, Wall became mayor. Wall was elected in his own right in the 1961 election.

47th	Irving E. Kane	1966–1969

48th	J. Warren Cassidy	1970 – January 1972

49th	Pasquale Caggiano	January 1972 – April 1972	Democrat	Died in office.

Acting	Walter F. Meserve	April 1972 – July 1972	Acting mayor.

50th	Antonio J. Marino	July 1972 – 1973

51st	David L. Phillips	1974–1975

52nd	Antonio J. Marino	1976–1985

53rd	Albert V. DiVirgilio	1986–1991

54th	Patrick J. McManus	1992–2001

55th	Edward J. Clancy, Jr.	2002 – January 4, 2010

56th	Judith Flanagan Kennedy	January 4, 2010 – January 3, 2018

57th	Thomas M. McGee	-	January 3, 2018–present

Sentence(s)

Peter Morrell Neal was the tenth Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

final_sentence: Peter Morrell Neal was the tenth Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.