List of mayors of North Adams, Massachusetts
Mayors

List of mayors of North Adams, Massachusetts

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#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Party	Notes

1	Albert Charles Houghton	-	1896–1897	(April 13, 1844 – August 11, 1914) He was born April 13, 1844 in Stamford, Vermont to James and Chloe Houghton.

2	Hiram Torrey Cady	-	1898–1899	(January 17, 1843 - January 8, 1917) He was born on January 17, 1843 in North Adams, Massachusetts. He died on January 8, 1917 in Hartford, Connecticut.

3	Edward Shepard Wilkinson	-	1900-October 14, 1902	Republican	(March 21, 1842 – October 14, 1902) He was born on March 21, 1842. He worked as a banker.

Acting mayor.	Valmore Augustus Whitaker	1902–1903	Republican	(March 14, 1835 - ?) He was born March 14, 1835 in North Adams, Massachusetts to Ezra Douglas Whitaker and Amanda M.

4	Frank Dalmon Stafford, M.D.	-	1903–1904	Republican	(August 15, 1856 - ?) This was his first term. He was born on August 15, 1856 to Joel C.

5	Marshall Rufus Ford	-	1905–1906	Democratic

6	Frank Dalmon Stafford	-	1907–1908	Republican	This was his second term.

7	John H. Waterhouse	-	1909–1910	Republican	(March 1, 1870 - April 29, 1948) He was born on March 1, 1870 in Rhode Island. Waterhouse began his career in the wool industry working at a wool mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

8	Charles Lyman Frink	1911–1912	Republican	(February 16, 1849 – January 1937). He served as a deputy United States Marshal.

9	Wallace Everett Brown	1913–1914	Republican	(June 29, 1853 – April 4, 1930) He was a physician. He died on Wallace died on April 4, 1930 in Fort Collins, Colorado of a cerebral hemorrhage.

10	John W. Gale	1915-1916	Democratic

11	Ezra Douglas Whitaker	1917–1920	Republican	(December 11, 1874 – October 24, 1936) He was born on December 11, 1874 to Valmore Augustus Whitaker and Emma Louise Beckwith.

12	Harvey Alpheus Gallup	1921–1922	Republican	(October 16, 1869 - August 6, 1946) In 1891 Gallup formed the Harvey A. Gallup Agency with his brother Clarence.

13	William Kirk Greer	1923–1924	Republican

14	William Henry Johnson	1925–1932	He was born in Copake, New York February 26, 1871. He served for 5 terms and owned a foundry.

15	Archie James Pratt	1933–1934	(July 13, 1880 – November 1959). Pratt was, with Ed Price, the co-owner of Rice's Drug Store on the corner of Main and Eagle streets in North Adams.

16	William Johnson	1935–1936

17	Francis J. O'Hara	1937–1940	Democratic

18	Faxon Bowen	1941–1942	Independent

19	Cornelius E. O'Brien	1943–1946	Democratic

20	James A. Bowes	1947–1951	Democratic

21	Ernest Henry Rosasco	1952–1953	(August 4, 1907 – July 1985) was born in North Adams, Massachusetts to Giovanni B. Rosasco, a police captain; and Virginia Gazzaniga.

22	James M. Lilly	1954–1955	(July 17, 1891 - July 1978)

23	Julius Mark Calvi	1956–1958	(May 19, 1917 – January 22, 2009)

24	Joseph Raymond Bianco	1958–1959	(March 19, 1914 – March 3, 2000). This was his first term.

25	Louis J. Diamond	1960–1961	Last mayor elected under a Massachusetts Plan D form of government.

26	Francis Constant Florini	1962–1967	First mayor elected under a Massachusetts Plan A form of government.

27	James F. Cleary	1968–1969	Democratic

28	Joseph Raymond Bianco	1970–1977	This was his second term.

29	Richard Charles Lamb	1978–1983	In 1977 Lamb, then 28 years old, was elected mayor over Louis R. Sinclitico.

Acting mayor.	John R. Taft, Jr.	1983	Democratic	(April 28, 1954 – June 3, 2007 ) He was president of the North Adams, Massachusetts city council and, in 1983, as the acting mayor.

30	John Barrett III	1984–2009	Democratic

31	Richard J. Alcombright	2010-2018	Democratic

32	Thomas Bernard	2018-	Democratic

Sentence(s)

Albert Charles Houghton (April 13, 1844 – August 11, 1914) served as the first Mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts.

final_sentence: Albert Charles Houghton (April 13, 1844 – August 11, 1914) served as the first Mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts.