# List of mayors of Bridgeport, Connecticut

The Mayor is the chief executive of Bridgeport, Connecticut who is directly elected for a four-year term. They have the power to issue executive orders, declare emergencies, submit a yearly budget to the city council and makes appointments to city government offices.
As of July 2012, the Mayor of Bridgeport earns an annual salary of $132,459.

## List of mayors

| Name | In office | Party | Notes |
| Isaac Sherman | 1836–1837 | | |
| Daniel Sterling | 1837–1838 | | |
| Alanson Hamlin | 1838–1839 | | |
| Charles Foote | 1839 | | |
| Charles Bostwick | 1840 | | |
| William Burrall | 1841–1842? | | |
| James Loomis | 1843–1844 | | |
| Henry Harral | 1844–1847 | | |
| Sherwood Sterling | 1847–1849 | | |
| Henry Harral | 1849–1851 | | |
| John Brooks | 1851–1852 | | |
| Henry Harral | 1852–1853 | | |
| Charles Hubbell | 1853–1854 | | |
| John Brook | 1854–1855 | | |
| Philo Calhoun | 1855–1858 | Democratic | |
| Silas Booth | 1858–1860 | | |
| Daniel Sterling | 1860–1863 | | |
| Clapp Spooner | 1863–1864 | Republican | |
| Jarratt Morford | 1864–1865 | | |
| Stillman Clapp | 1865–1866 | | |
| Monson Hawley | 1866–1868 | | |
| Jarratt Morford | 1868–1869 | | |
| Monson Hawley | 1869–1870 | | |
| Jarratt Morford | 1870–1871 | | |
| Epaphras Goodsell | 1871–1874 | Democratic | |
| Robert Clarke | 1874–1875 | | |
| Phineas Barnum | 1875–1876 | Republican | |
| Jarratt Morford | 1876–1878 | | |
| Robert De Forest | 1878–1879 | Democratic | |
| John Wessells | 1879–1880 | | |
| Daniel Morgan | 1880–1881 | Democratic | |
| John Wessells | 1881–1882 | | |
| Carlos Curtis | 1882–1883 | | |
| John Wessells | 1883–1884 | | |
| Daniel Morgan | 1884–1885 | | |
| Henry 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 De Forest | 1889–1891 | Democratic | |
| William Marigold | 1891–1893 | Republican | |
| Walter Bostwick | 1893–1895 | | |
| Frank Clark | 1895–1897 | Democratic | |
| Thomas Taylor | 1897–1899 | Republican | |
| Hugh Stirling | 1899–1901 | Republican | |
| Denis Mulvihill | 1901–1905 | Democratic | |
| Marcus Reynolds | 1905–1907 | | |
| Henry Lee | 1907–1909 | | |
| Edward Buckingham | 1909–1911 | Democratic | |
| Clifford Wilson | 1911–1921 | Republican | |
| Fred Atwater | 1921–1923 | Democratic | |
| William Behrens | 1923–1929 | Republican | |
| Edward Buckingham | 1929–1933 | Democratic | |
| Jasper McLevy | 1933–1957 | Socialist | Longest-serving mayor |
| Samuel Tedesco | 1957–1965 | Democratic | |
| Hugh Curran | 1965–1971 | Democratic | |
| Nicholas 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 | |
| Lenny Paoletta | 1981–1985 | Republican | |
| Thomas Bucci | 1985–1989 | Democratic | |
| Mary Moran | 1989–1991 | 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 |
| Joe Ganim | 1991–2003 | Democratic | Second-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison. |
| John 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. |
| 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. |