List of mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts
Mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts

List of mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts

Section Title: Mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts
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#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Party

1st	George O. Brastow	-	January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874

2nd	William Henry Furber	-	January 5, 1874 – January 3, 1876

3rd	Austin Belknap	-	January 3, 1876 – January 1878

4th	George A. Bruce	-	January 1878–1880	Republican

5th	John Adams Cummings	-	1881–1884

6th	Mark F. Burns	-	1885–1888	Republican

7th	Charles G. Pope	-	1889–1891	Republican

8th	William H. Hodgkins	-	1892 – January 6, 1896	Republican

9th	Albion A. Perry	-	January 6, 1896–1898	Citizens and Republican

10th	George O. Proctor	-	1899–1900	Republican

11th	Edward Glines	-	January, 1901 – January 4, 1904	Republican

12th	Leonard B. Chandler	-	January 4, 1904 – January 1, 1906	Republican

13th	Charles Arnold Grimmons	January 1, 1906 – January 4, 1909	Republican

14th	John M. Woods	-	January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911	Republican

15th	Charles A. Burns	January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1914	Republican

16th	Zebedee E. Cliff	-	January 5, 1914 – January 7, 1918	Republican

17th	Charles W. Eldridge	-	January 7, 1918 – January 1922	Republican

18th	John M. Webster	January 1922 – January 4, 1926	Republican

19th	Leon Martin Conwell	-	January 4, 1926 – January 6, 1930	Republican

20th	John J. Murphy	January 6, 1930 – January 1, 1934	Democratic

21st	James E. Hagan	January 1, 1934 – January 6, 1936	Democratic

22nd	Leslie E. Knox	January 6, 1936 – January 3, 1938	Republican

23rd	John M. Lynch	January 3, 1938 – January 1945	Democratic

24th	G. Edward Bradley	January 1945 – January 1950	Democratic

25th	John M. Lynch	January 1950 – January 1954	Democratic

26th	William J. Donovan	January 1954 – November 24, 1959

(Acting)	Paul M. Haley	November 24, 1959 – January 1960

27th	Harold W. Wells	January 1960 – January 1, 1962	Democratic

28th	Lawrence F. Bretta	January 1, 1962 – January 1968	Democratic

29th	James F. Brennan	January 1968 – January 1970

30th	S. Lester Ralph	January 1970 – January 1978	Democratic

31st	Thomas F. August	January 1978 – January 1980

32nd	Eugene C. Brune	January 1980 – January 1990	Democratic

33rd	Michael Capuano	-	January 1, 1990 – January 5, 1999	Democratic

(Acting)	William M. Roche	January 5, 1999 – May 20, 1999

34th	Dorothy Kelly Gay	May 21, 1999 – January 5, 2004	Democratic

35th	Joseph Curtatone	January 5, 2004	Democratic

Sentence(s)

Harold W. Wells was the 27th Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

final_sentence: Harold W. Wells was the 27th Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.