List of mayors of Bridgeport, Connecticut
List of mayors

List of mayors of Bridgeport, Connecticut

Section Title: List of mayors
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Name	In office	Party	Notes	Reference

Isaac Sherman, Jr.	1836-1837

Daniel Sterling, Jr.	1837-1838

Alanson Hamlin	1838-1839

Charles Foote	1839

Charles Bostwick	1840

William P. Burrall	1841-1842?

James C. Loomis	1843-1844

Henry K. Harral	1844-1847

Sherwood Sterling	1847-1849

Henry K. Harral	1849-1851

John Brooks, Jr.	1851-1852

Henry K. Harral	1852-1853

Charles B. Hubbell	1853-1854

John Brooks, Jr.	1854-1855

Philo Clark Calhoun	1855-1858	Democratic

Silas C. Booth	1858-1860

Daniel H. Sterling	1860-1863

Clapp Spooner	1863-1864	Republican

Jarratt Morford	1864-1865

Stillman S. Clapp	1865-1866

Monson Hawley	1866-1868

Jarratt Morford	1868-1869

Monson Hawley	1869-1870

Jarratt Morford	1870-1871

Epaphras B. Goodsell	1871-1874	Democratic

Robert Toucey Clarke	1874-1875

Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum	1875-1876	Republican

Jarratt Morford	1876-1878

Robert E. De Forest	1878-1879	Democratic

John L. Wessells	1879-1880

Daniel Nash Morgan	1880-1881	Democratic

John L. Wessells	1881-1882

Carlos Curtis	1882-1883

John L. Wessells	1883-1884

Daniel Nash Morgan	1884-1885

Henry H. Pyle	1885-1886

Civilion Fones	1886-1888	A dentist, his son Alfred Fones was also a dentist and a leader in early oral hygiene and education.

Patrick Coughlin	1888-1889

Robert E. De Forest	1889-1891	Democratic

William Henry Marigold	1891-1893	Republican

Walter B. Bostwick	1893-1895

Frank E. Clark	1895-1897	Democratic

Thomas P. Taylor	1897-1899	Republican

Hugh Stirling	1899-1901	Republican

Denis Mulvihill	1901-1905	Democratic

Marcus L. Reynolds	1905-1907

Henry Lee	1907-1909

Edward T. Buckingham	1909-1911	Democratic

Clifford B. Wilson	1911-1921	Republican

Fred Atwater	1921-1923	Democratic

F. William Behrens, Jr.	1923-1929	Republican

Edward T. Buckingham	1929-1933	Democratic

Jasper McLevy	1933-1957	Socialist	Longest-serving mayor

Samuel J. Tedesco	1957-1965	Democratic

Hugh C. Curran	1965-1971	Democratic

Nicholas A. Panuzio	1971-1975	Republican	Resigned toward the end of his second term to serve as deputy administrator of the General Services Administration in the Gerald Ford administration

William Seres	1975	Republican	President of the Common Council who succeeded as mayor following Panuzio's resignation; served 55 days

John C. Mandanici	1975-1981	Democratic

Leonard S. "Lenny" Paoletta	1981-1984	Republican

Thomas W. Bucci	1985-1989	Democratic

Mary C. Moran	1990-1992	Republican	First and only woman to serve as Bridgeport mayor; last Republican to serve as Bridgeport mayor; unsuccessfully sought to have city declared insolvent in municipal bankruptcy

Joseph P. "Joe" Ganim	1993-2003	Democratic	Second-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison.

John M. Fabrizi	2003-2007	Democratic	Did not run for a second term in 2007 after admitting to a drinking problem and use of cocaine while in office.

Bill Finch	2007-2015	Democratic	Defeated by Joseph P. Ganim during the Democratic primary in September 2015.

Joseph P. "Joe" Ganim	2015-present	Democratic	Second-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison; re-elected to office November 3, 2015; Sworn in on December 1, 2015.

Sentence(s)

Thomas W. Bucci is the mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

final_sentence: Thomas W. Bucci is the mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut.