# List of mayors of Malden, Massachusetts

The mayor of Malden, Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Malden as set in the city charter. The current officeholder, the 37th in the sequence of regular mayors, is Gary Christenson, a member of the Democratic Party.
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Length of service | Party |
| ONE YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 169 of the Acts of 1881) ||||||||
| 1 | Elisha S. Converse (1820–1904) | January 1, 1882 | January 1, 1883 | 1 year | Republican |
| 2 | John K.C. Sleeper (1828–1893) | January 1, 1883 | January 1, 1884 | 1 year | Republican |
| 3 | Lorin L. Fuller (1826–1895) | January 7, 1884 | January 1, 1886 | 2 years | Democrat |
| 4 | Marcellus Coggan (1847–1925) | January 1, 1886 | January 1, 1888 | 2 years | Independent |
| 5 | Joseph F. Wiggin (1838–1906) | January 2, 1888 | January 1, 1892 | 4 years | Democrat / Citizens (1890) |
| 6 | James Pierce (1837–1904) | January 1, 1892 | January 1, 1893 | 1 year | Republican |
| 7 | Henry Winn (1838–1916) | January 2, 1893 | January 1, 1894 | 1 year | Independent |
| 8 | Everett J. Stevens (1859–1952) | January 1, 1894 | January 6, 1896 | 2 years | Citizens |
| 9 | Clarence O. Walker (1848–1911) | January 6, 1896 | January 1, 1897 | 1 year | Republican |
| 10 | John E. Farnham (1862–1904) | January 4, 1897 | January 2, 1899 | 2 years | Independent |
| 11 | Charles L. Dean (1844–1909) | January 2, 1899 | January 2, 1905 | 6 years | Republican |
| 12 | William A. Hastings (1868–1950) | January 2, 1905 | January 1, 1906 | 1 year | Citizens |
| 13 | Charles G. Warren (1856–1919) | January 1, 1906 | January 7, 1907 | 1 year | Republican |
| 14 | Charles D. McCarthy (1860–1920) | January 7, 1907 | January 6, 1908 | 1 year | Citizens |
| 15 | George L. Richards (1860–1932) | January 6, 1908 | January 3, 1910 | 2 years | Republican |
| 16 | George H. Fall (1858–1937) | January 3, 1910 | January 1, 1912 | 2 years | Republican |
| 17 | George L. Farrell (1866/67–1913) | January 1, 1912 | January 1, 1913 | 1 year | Republican |
| — | Charles L. Moore | January 1, 1913 | February 25, 1913 | 2 months | |
| 18 | Charles Schumaker (1867–1921) | February 25, 1913 | January 4, 1915 | 1 year, 11 months | Democrat |
| 19 | William M. Blakeley (d. 1932) | January 4, 1915 | January 3, 1916 | 1 year | |
| 20 | Charles M. Blodgett | January 3, 1916 | January 5, 1920 | 4 years | |
| 21 | John V. Kimball | January 5, 1920 | January 5, 1925 | 5 years | |
| 22 | John D. Devir | January 5, 1925 | January 6, 1930 | 5 years | |
| 23 | William A. Hastings (1868–1950) | January 6, 1930 | January 2, 1933 | 3 years | Republican |
| TWO YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 155 of the Acts of 1933) ||||||||
| 24 | John D. Devir | January 2, 1933 | January 1, 1940 | 7 years | |
| 25 | William A. Hastings (1868–1950) | January 1, 1940 | January 2, 1942 | 2 years | Republican |
| 26 | Vernon C. Newman | January 2, 1942 | January 2, 1944 | 2 years | |
| — | Max Rosenblatt | February 8, 1943 | December 31, 1943 | 11 months | |
| 27 | John D. McCarthy | January 3, 1944 | January 5, 1948 | 4 years | |
| 28 | Fred I. Lamson (1910–1981) | January 5, 1948 | January 6, 1958 | 10 years | Republican |
| 29 | Walter J. Kelliher (1912/13–1997) | January 6, 1958 | January 4, 1960 | 2 years | Democrat |
| 30 | John P. Donnelly (d. 2007) | January 4, 1960 | January 1, 1962 | 2 years | Democrat |
| 31 | Walter J. Kelliher (1912/13–1997) | January 1, 1962 | January 5, 1976 | 14 years | Democrat |
| 32 | James S. Conway (1930–2019) | January 5, 1976 | January 4, 1982 | 6 years | Democrat |
| 33 | Thomas H. Fallon (1942–2010) | January 4, 1982 | January 4, 1988 | 6 years | Democrat |
| 34 | James S. Conway (1930–2019) | January 4, 1988 | January 6, 1992 | 4 years | Democrat |
| 35 | Edwin C. Lucey (b. 1932) | January 6, 1992 | January 1, 1996 | 4 years | Democrat |
| FOUR YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 105 of the Acts of 2005) ||||||||
| 36 | Richard C. Howard | January 1, 1996 | January 2, 2012 | 16 years | Democrat |
| 37 | Gary Christenson | January 2, 2012 | Incumbent | 12 years, 10 months and 14 days | Democrat |