List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts
This is an incomplete List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Mayor
Term
Notes
1
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April 17, 1848-April 1, 1849
2
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April 1, 1849-April 7,,1851
3
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April 7, 1851-January 3, 1853
4
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January 3, 1853-January 1, 1855
5
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January 1, 1855-January 7, 1856
6
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January 7, 1856-January 5, 1857
7
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January 5, 1857-January 4, 1858
8
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January 4, 1858-January 3, 1859
9
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January 3, 1859-January 2, 1860
10
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January 2, 1860-January 7, 1861
11
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January 7, 1861-January 6, 1862
12
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January 6, 1862-January 3, 1863
Later served as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
13
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January 3, 1863-January 2, 1865
14
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January 2, 1865-January 1, 1866
15
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January 1, 1866-December 18, 1870
Died in office.
A
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December 19, 1870-January 1, 1871
Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870.
16
Edward Earle
February 6, 1871-January 1, 1871
Elected mayor in a special election to finish Mayor Blake's term.
17
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January 1, 1872-January 6, 1873
18
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January 6, 1873-January 5, 1874
19
Edward L. Davis
January 5, 1874-January 4, 1875
20
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January 4, 1875-January 1, 1877
21
Charles B. Pratt
January 1, 1877-January 5, 1880
22
Frank H. Kelley
January 5, 1880-January 3, 1882
23
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January 3, 1882-January 1, 1883
24
Samuel E. Hildreth
January 1, 1883-January 7, 1884
25
Charles G. Reed
January 7, 1884-January 4, 1886
26
Samuel Winslow
January 4, 1886-January 6, 1890
27
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January 6, 1890 - January 2, 1893
Previously served in the Board of Aldermen of Worcester.
28
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January 2, 1893-January 6, 1896
29
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January 6, 1896-January 3, 1898
30
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January 3, 1898-February 25, 1901
31
Philip J. O'Connell
1901
32
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1902-1903
33
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1904-1905
34
John T. Duggan
1906-1907
35
James Logan
1908-1911
36
David F. O'Connell
1912
37
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January 6, 1913-January 1, 1917
38
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January 1, 1917-January 5, 1920
39
Peter F. Sullivan
January 5, 1920-1923
40
Michael J. O'Hara
1924-1931
41
John C. Mahoney
1932-1935
42
Walter J. Cookson
1936-June 11, 1936
43
John S. Sullivan
1936-1937
44
William A. Bennett
1938-1945
Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
45
Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan
1946-1949
Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
46
Andrew B. Holmstrom
1950-1953
First Appointed Mayor. Beginning of the weak Mayor system.
47
James D. O'Brien
1954-1958
48
Joseph C. Casdin
1959
49
James D. O'Brien
1960-1961
50
John M. Shea
1962
51
Joseph C. Casdin
1962-1963
52
Paul V. Mullaney
1963-1965
53
George A. Wells
1966
54
Joseph C. Casdin
1967-1968
55
John M. Shea
1969
56
George A. Wells
1970
57
Joseph M. Tinsley
1971
58
Thomas J. Early
1972
59
Joseph M. Tinsley
1973
60
Israel Katz
1974-1975
61
Thomas J. Early
1976-1979
62
Jordan Levy
1980-1981
63
Sara Robertson
1982-1983
64
Joseph M. Tinsley
1984-1985
65
John B. Anderson
1986
66
Timothy J. Cooney, Jr.
1987
Last appointed mayor
67
Jordan Levy
1988-1993
First popularly elected mayor under new charter
68
Raymond Mariano
1994-2001
69
Timothy Murray
2002-January 9, 2007
Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
70
Konstantina Lukes
January 10, 2007-January 4, 2010
71
Joseph C. O'Brien
January 4, 2010-January 2, 2012
72
Joseph Petty
January 2, 2012-Present
Joseph M. Petty is an American attorney, politician and the current mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Joseph Petty is the current mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Joseph Petty is the current mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Joseph Petty is the current mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Joseph Petty is the current mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.
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