List of mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts
List of mayors
This is a list of Mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

List of mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts

Section Title: List of mayors
Table Section Text: This is a list of Mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Party	Notes

1st	Robert R. Fears	-	1874–1876	Democratic

2nd	Allan Rogers	-	1876–1878	Republican

3rd	J. Franklin Dyer	-	1878–1879	Republican

4th	William Williams	-	1879–1880	Greenback Party

5th	Joseph Garland	-	1880–1882	Republican

6th	William Williams	-	1882–1883	Greenback Party

7th	William H. Wonson III	-	1883–1885	Republican

8th	John S. Parsons	-	1885–1887	Citizen's

9th	David I. Robinson	-	1887–May 24, 1888	Republican	Chose to resign rather comply with writ of mandamus issued by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordering him to sign a liquor license.

Acting	Charles Piper	May 24, 1888–May 29, 1888	Republican	Served as acting mayor in his capacity as president of the board of aldermen.

10th	William Wesley French	-	May 29, 1888-1891	Republican	Elected mayor by a joint session of the board of aldermen and common council to fill the unexpired term of David I.

11th	Asa G. Andrews	-	1891-1894	Republican

12th	Benjamin F. Cook	-	1894-1896	Republican

13th	David I. Robinson	-	1896–1897	Republican

14th	Benjamin F. Cook	-	1897-1898	Republican

15th	Frank E. Davis	1898–1899	Republican

16th	William Wesley French	-	1899-1900	Republican

17th	George E. MacDonald	-	1900-1901	Republican

18th	William Wesley French	-	1901-1903	Republican

19th	James E. Tolman	-	1903–1905	Independent Republican

20th	George E. MacDonald	-	1905-1908	Republican

21st	Henry H. Parsons	1908-1911	No Party Affiliation

22nd	Isaac Patch	1911–1912	Republican

23rd	Harry C. Foster	1912–1915	Republican

24th	C. Homer Barrett	1915–1917	Republican

25th	John A. Stoddart	1917–1919	First mayor elected in a non-partisan election.

26th	John J. Burke	1919–1920

27th	Charles D. Brown	1920–1921

28th	Percy W. Wheeler	-	1921–1923

29th	William MacInnis	1923–1925

30th	Henry H. Parsons	1925–1930

31st	John E. Parker	1930–1934

32nd	George H. Newell	1934–1936

33rd	Weston U. Friend	1936–1938

34th	Elmer W. Babson	1938–1939

35th	Sylvester Whalen	1939–1942

36th	Donald J. Ross	1942–1943

Acting	Weston U. Friend	1943–1944	Served as acting mayor after Donald J. Ross entered the United States Navy.

37th	Weston U. Friend	1944–1950

38th	John J. Burke, Jr.	1950–1951

39th	Joseph Grillo	1951–1954

40th	Benjamin A. Smith II	-	1954–1955	Beginning of Plan E Government. City's head of government was the city manager, and the position of mayor was a ceremonial one appointed by the city council.

41st	Beatrice Corliss	1955–1959

42nd	J. Stanley Boudreau	1960–1961

43rd	Ralph B. O'Maley	1962–1965

44th	J. Stanley Boudreau	1965–1966

45th	Donald H. Lowe	1966–1968

46th	Joseph F. Grace	1968–1970

47th	J. Stanley Boudreau	1970–1972

48th	Robert L. French	1972–1974

49th	Norman C. Ross	1974–1975

50th	J. Stanley Boudreau	1975–1976

51st	Stephen A. Moynahan, Jr.	1976–July 1, 1976	Final ceremonial mayor under Plan E Government.

52nd	Leo Alper	July 1, 1976-1984

53rd	Richard R. Silva	1984-1988

54th	William Squillace	1988-1991	Resigned to become Assistant State Treasurer.

Interim	Bruce Tobey	1991-1992	Completed the term of William Squillace.

55th	William Rafter	1992-1994

56th	Bruce Tobey	1994-2002

57th	John Bell	2002-2008

58th	Carolyn Kirk	2008-January 6, 2015	Resigned to become the state's Deputy Secretary of Housing and Community Development.

Acting	Paul McGeary	January 6, 2015-January 9, 2015	Served as acting mayor in his capacity as president of the city council.

Interim	Sefatia Romeo Theken	January 9, 2015-January 1, 2016	Chosen by the city council to complete the term of Carolyn Kirk.

59th	Sefatia Romeo Theken	January 1, 2016-present

Sentence(s)

Robert R. Fears was the first Mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

final_sentence: Robert R. Fears was the first Mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.