List of mayors of Salem, Massachusetts
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List of mayors of Salem, Massachusetts

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#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Party	Notes

1st	Leverett Saltonstall	-	1836–1838	Whig	First mayor under the original city charter, (which included a bicameral legislative body). From 1836 to 1856 the Municipal year ended on the second Monday in March.

2nd	Stephen C. Phillips	-	1838–1842	Whig

3rd	Stephen Palfrey Webb	1842–1845	Whig	Also served as the twelfth Mayor of Salem. From 1842–1845 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco

4th	Joseph S. Cabot	1845–1849	Whig

5th	Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr.	1849–1851	Whig

6th	David Pingree	1851–1852	Independent

7th	Charles Wentworth Upham	-	1852–1853	Whig

8th	Asahel Huntington	-	1853–1854	Know Nothing

9th	Joseph Andrews	1854–1856	Know Nothing	From 1856 to 1874 inclusive the Municipal year ended on the Fourth Monday in January.

10th	William S. Messervy	1856–1858	Democratic

11th	Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr.	1858–1859	Republican

12th	Stephen Palfrey Webb	1860–1862	Republican	Second time as Mayor of Salem. From 1842–1845 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco

13th	Stephen G. Wheatland	1863–1864	Democratic

14th	Joseph B. F. Osgood	-	1865–1865	Democratic

15th	David Roberts	January 1866 – September 26, 1867	Republican	Roberts resigned as a result of disagreement with the Board of Aldermen.

16th	William Cogswell	-	September 26, 1867–1869	Republican

17th	Nathanial Brown	1870–1871	None

18th	Samuel Calley	1872–1872	Republican

19th	William Cogswell	-	1873–1875	Republican	From 1875 on the Municipal year ends on the First Monday in January.

20th	Henry Laurens Williams	1875–1876	None

21st	Henry K. Oliver	-	1877–1880	Republican

22nd	Samuel Calley	1881–1882	Republican

23rd	William M. Hill	1883–1884	None

24th	Arthur L. Huntington	1885–1885	None

25th	John M. Raymond	1886–1887	None

26th	Robert S. Rantoul	-	1890–1893	Democratic

27th	James H. Turner	1894–1897	None

28th	David P. Waters	1898–1898	None

29th	James H. Turner	1899–1899	None

30th	David M. Little	1900–1900	None

31st	John F. Hurley	1901–1902	None

32nd	Joseph N. Peterson	-	1903–1905	Republican

33rd	Thomas G. Pinnock	1906–1907	Republican

34th	John F. Hurley	1908–1909	None

35th	Arthur Howard	1910–1910	None

36th	Rufus D. Adams	1911–1912	Republican	Last mayor under the Original (1836) city charter.

37th	John F. Hurley	1913–1915	First Mayor under the second city charter adopted in November 1912. Was Recalled by the voters December 29, 1914.

38th	Mathias J. O'Keefe	1915–1915	Elected to finish out John F. Hurley's three-year term in the December 29, 1914 election that recalled Mayor Hurley.

39th	Henry P. Benson	1916–1917	Last Mayor under the second (1912) city charter (Commission form of Government).

40th	Denis J. Sullivan	-	1918–1923	First Mayor under the January 3, 1916 (Plan B) city charter.

41st	George J. Bates	-	1924–1937	Republican	Served in U.S. House from January 3, 1937 – November 1, 1949.

42nd	Edward A. Coffey	1938–1947	Republican

43rd	Joseph B. Harrington	1948–1949	Democratic

44th	Francis X. Collins	1950–1969	Democratic

45th	Samuel Edward Zoll	1970–1973	Democratic

46th	Jean A. Levesque	1973–1983	Republican

47th	Anthony V. Salvo	1984–1989	Democratic

48th	Neil J. Harrington	1990–1997	Democratic

49th	Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr.	1998–2005	Democratic

50th	Kim Driscoll	January 2006 –	Democratic

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Asahel Huntington served as a Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts.

final_sentence: Asahel Huntington served as a Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts.