List of mayors of Lawrence, Massachusetts
List of mayors

List of mayors of Lawrence, Massachusetts

Section Title: List of mayors
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#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Party	Notes

1st	Charles Storer Storrow	-	1853–1854	Whig	First mayor under the original city charter.

2nd	Enoch Bartlett	1854–1855	Democratic

3rd	Albert Warren	1855–1857	Native American Party

4th	John R. Rollins	1857–1859	Whig

5th	Henry K. Oliver	-	1859–1860	Republican

6th	Daniel Saunders, Jr.	1860–1861	Democratic	Saunders was the founder of Lawrence.

7th	James K. Barker	1861–1862	Republican

8th	William H. P. Wright	1862–1864	Republican

9th	Alfred J. French	1864–1865	Republican

10th	Milton Bonney	1865–January 1, 1866	Republican

11th	Pardon Armington	January 1, 1866–1867	Republican

12th	Nathaniel P. H. Melvin	1867–1869	Democratic

13th	Frank Davis	1869–January 3, 1870	Republican

14th	Nathaniel P. H. Melvin	January 3, 1870–1871	Democratic

15th	S. B. W. Davis	1871–1872	Republican

16th	John K. Tarbox	-	1873–January 4, 1875	Democratic

17th	Robert H. Tewksbury	January 4, 1875–January 3, 1876	Republican

18th	Edmund R. Hayden	January 3, 1876–1876	Democratic

19th	Caleb Saunders	January 1, 1877–1877	Democratic

20th	James R. Simpson	1878–1880	Republican

21st	Henry Kingman Webster	1881–1881	Republican

22nd	John Breen	-	1882–1884	Democratic	First Irish born or Roman Catholic Mayor in New England.

23rd	James R. Simpson	1885–1885	Republican

24th	Alexander B. Bruce	-	1886–1887	Democratic

25th	Alvin E. Mack	1888–1889	Republican

26th	John W. Crawford	1890–1890	Democratic

27th	Lewis P. Collins	1891–1891	Republican

28th	Henry P. Doe	1892–1892	Democratic

29th	Alvin E. Mack	1893–1893	Republican

30th	Charles G. Rutter	1894–1895	Democratic

31st	George S. Junkins	1896–1897	Republican

32nd	James H. Eaton	1898–1899	Republican

33rd	James F. Leonard	1900–1902	Democratic

34th	Alexander F. Grany	1903–January 4, 1904

35th	Cornelius F. Lynch	January 4, 1904–1905

36th	John P. Kane	1906–1908

37th	William P. White	1909-July 25, 1910	Resigned after he was convicted on bribery charges and sentenced to three years in the house of correction. White's resignation was effective when accepted by both branches of the city council on July 25, 1910.

38th	John T. Cahill	1910–1911	Democratic	To fill vacancy.

39th	Michael A. Scanlon	January 1, 1912–August 16, 1914	A new city charter went into effect on January 1, 1912. With the new charter a Commission form of government was established.

40th	John P. Kane	1914–1915	To fill vacancy

41st	John J. Hurley	1916–1919

42nd	William P. White	1920–1921

43rd	Daniel W. Mahoney	1922–1923

44th	Walter T. Rochefort	1924–1928

45th	Michael A. Landers	1928–1931

46th	William P. White	1932–1933

47th	Walter A. Griffin	1934–1942

48th	James P. Meehan	1942–1951	Democratic

49th	John J. Buckley	1952–1965	Democratic

50th	Daniel P. Kiley, Jr.	1966–1971

51st	John J. Buckley	1972–1977	Democratic

52nd	Lawrence P. LeFebre	1978–1983	Democratic

53rd	John J. Buckley	1984-January 2, 1986	Democratic

54th	Kevin J. Sullivan	January 2, 1986–1991	Democratic	Switched from Democrat to Republican

1991–1993	Republican	Resigned to accept an appointment as head of State Transportation

Acting	George Miller	1993

Acting	Leonard J. Degnan	1993	Democratic

55th	Mary Claire Kennedy	1993–1998	Republican

56th	Patricia Dowling	1998–2001	Democratic	Resigned to accept an appointment as a state district court judge.

Acting	Marcos Devers	September 2001 – November, 2001	Democratic

57th	Michael J. Sullivan	November 2001 - January 4, 2010	Republican

58th	William Lantigua	January 4, 2010– January 4, 2014	Democratic

59th	Dan Rivera	January 4, 2014 -	Democratic

Sentence(s)

Kevin J. Sullivan served as Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts from 1986–93.

final_sentence: Kevin J. Sullivan served as Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts from 1986–93.