List of mayors of Fall River, Massachusetts
Mayoral chronology
As of March 2019, there have been 44 mayors and three acting mayors. Non-consecutive terms by the same person are counted separately (for example, John W.

List of mayors of Fall River, Massachusetts

Section Title: Mayoral chronology
Table Section Text: As of March 2019, there have been 44 mayors and three acting mayors. Non-consecutive terms by the same person are counted separately (for example, John W.

#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Notes

1st	James Buffington	-	May 15, 1854–1855	Previously a selectman from 1851 until establishment of the city.

2nd	Edward P. Buffinton	1856–1857

3rd	Nathaniel B. Borden	-	1857–1858	Previously a selectman from 1840 to 1841.

4th	Josiah C. Blaisdell	1858–1860

5th	Edward P. Buffinton	1860–1867

6th	George O. Fairbanks	1867–1869	Previously a selectman from 1852 until 1854.

7th	Samuel M. Brown	1869–1873

8th	Robert T. Davis	-	1873–1874

9th	James F. Davenport	1874–1877

10th	Crawford E. Lindsey	1878–1879

11th	William S. Greene	-	1880 – March 28, 1881	Resigned.

Acting	Robert Henry	1881–1881	Elected by the city council.

12th	Henry K. Braley	-	1882–1883

13th	Milton Reed	1884–1884

14th	John W. Cummings	-	1885–1885

15th	William S. Greene	-	1886–1886

16th	John W. Cummings	-	1887–1888

17th	James Frederick Jackson	1889–1890

18th	John W. Coughlin	-	1891–1894

19th	William S. Greene	-	1895–1897

20th	Amos M. Jackson	1898–1899

21st	John H. Abbott	1900–1901

22nd	George Grime	1902–1904	Sitting in 1902.

23rd	John T. Coughlin	1905–1910

24th	Thomas F. Higgins	1911–1913

25th	James H. Kay	January 5, 1913 – 1923

26th	Edmond P. Talbot	1923–1926	Sitting in 1923. First mayor of French-Canadian descent.

27th	W. Harry Monks	1927–1928

28th	Edmond P. Talbot	1929–1930	First mayor under city manager form of government.

29th	Daniel F. Sullivan	1931–1932

30th	Joseph Leo Hurley	1933–1934	Final mayor under city manager form of government.

31st	Alexander C. Murray	1935–1945

32nd	William P. Grant	1946–1951

33rd	John F. Kane	1952–1957

34th	John M. Arruda	1958–1963	First mayor of Portuguese descent.

35th	Roland G. Desmarais	1964–1967

36th	Nicholas W. Mitchell	1968–1971

37th	Wilfred C. Driscoll	1972–1978

38th	Carlton M. Viveiros	1978 – December 23, 1990	Resigned to become clerk-magistrate of the Southeastern District Housing Court.

Acting	Daniel Bogan	December 23, 1990 – June 25, 1991	Acting mayor.

39th	John R. Mitchell	June 25, 1991 – January 1996

40th	Edward M. Lambert Jr.	January 1996 – October 26, 2007	Resigned to accept a position at the University of Massachusetts.

Acting	William F. Whitty	October 26, 2007 – January 7, 2008	Acting mayor.

41st	Robert Correia	RobertCorreia2008.JPG	January 7, 2008 – January 4, 2010	Lost re-election bid when he finished third in a field of six in the preliminary election.

42nd	William A. Flanagan	January 4, 2010 – December 29, 2014	Lost recall election held on December 16, 2014.

43rd	Sam Sutter	December 29, 2014 – January 4, 2016	Elected mayor on the same ballot that recalled William Flanagan. Lost election to a full term in November 2015.

44th	Jasiel Correia	January 4, 2016	Youngest mayor elected at 23 years old. First mayor of Cape Verdean descent. Recalled yet re-elected on March 12, 2019.

Sentence(s)

John William Cummings was the 14th and 16th Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts.

final_sentence: John William Cummings was the 14th and 16th Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts.