# List of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts

This is a list of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
The area known today as the city of Lynn was originally part of a larger area named Saugus (part of which lives on as the Town of Saugus). It was renamed "Lynn" in 1637 in honor of King's Lynn in England. Lynn was incorporated as a city in 1850.

## List

| # | Mayor | Term | Party | Notes |
| 1st | George Hood | May 14, 1850 – June 16, 1852 | Democratic | |
| 2nd | Benjamin F. Mudge | June 16, 1852 – April 4, 1853 | | |
| 3rd | Daniel C. Baker | April 4, 1853 – April 3, 1854 | | |
| 4th | Thomas P. Richardson | April 3, 1854 – January 1, 1855 | | |
| 5th | Andrews Breed | January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856 | Whig | |
| 6th | Ezra W. Mudge | January 7, 1856 – January 4, 1858 | Democratic | |
| 7th | William F. Johnson | January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859 | | |
| 8th | Edward S. Davis | January 3, 1859 – January 7, 1861 | | |
| 9th | Hiram N. Breed | January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862 | Workingmen's Party | |
| 10th | Peter M. Neal | January 6, 1862 – January 1, 1866 | Republican | |
| 11th | Roland G. Usher | January 1, 1866 – January 4, 1869 | Republican | |
| 12th | James N. Buffum | January 4, 1869 – January 3, 1870 | Republican | |
| 13th | Edwin Walden | January 3, 1870 – January 1, 1872 | | |
| 14th | James N. Buffum | January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873 | Republican | |
| 15th | Jacob M. Lewis | January 6, 1873 – January 1, 1877 | | |
| 16th | Samuel M. Bubier | January 1, 1877 – January 6, 1879 | Republican | |
| 17th | George Plaisted Sanderson | January 6, 1879 – January 3, 1881 | Greenback | |
| 18th | Henry B. Lovering | January 3, 1881 – January 1, 1883 | Democrat | |
| 19th | William L. Baird | January 1, 1883 – January 5, 1885 | Republican | |
| 20th | John R. Baldwin | January 5, 1885 – January 4, 1886 | | |
| 21st | George D. Hart | January 4, 1886–1887 | | |
| 22nd | George C. Higgins | 1888–1888 | Republican | |
| 23rd | Asa T. Newhall | 1889–1890 | Democrat | |
| 24th | E. Knowlton Fogg | 1891–1891 | Republican | |
| 25th | Elihu B. Hayes | 1892–1893 | Republican | |
| 26th | Charles E. Harwood | 1894–1895 | Republican | |
| 27th | Eugene A. Besson | 1896–1896 | Republican | |
| 28th | Walter L. Ramsdell | 1897–1898 | Democrat | |
| 29th | William Shepherd | 1899–1902 | Republican | |
| 30th | Henry W. Eastham | 1903–1905 | | |
| 31st | Charles Neal Barney | 1906–1907 | Republican | |
| 32nd | Thomas F. Porter | 1908–1909 | Republican | |
| 33rd | James E. Rich | 1909–1910 | Democrat | |
| 34th | William P. Connery, Sr. | 1911–1912 | | From 1910 to 1917 the mayor was chosen under the commission form of government. The mayoralty was held by the commissioner of public safety. |
| 35th | George H. Newhall | 1913–1917 | Republican | |
| 36th | Walter H. Creamer | 1918–1921 | Democrat | In 1917 the city returned to a mayor and city council form of government. |
| 37th | Harland A. McPhetres | 1922–1925 | | |
| 38th | Ralph S. Bauer | 1926–1930 | | |
| 39th | J. Fred Manning | 1930–1939 | | |
| 40th | Albert Cole | 1940–1943 | Republican | Leave of absence due to military service. |
| 41st | Arthur J. Frawley | 1943-1945 | | Began as acting mayor, elected in own right. |
| 42nd | Albert Cole | 1946–1947 | Republican | |
| 43rd | Stuart A. Tarr | 1948–1951 | | |
| 44th | Arthur J. Frawley | 1952–1955 | | |
| 45th | Thomas P. Costin, Jr. | 1956 – July 3, 1961 | Democrat | Resigned to become the Postmaster of Lynn. |
| 46th | M. Henry Wall | July 3, 1961 – 1965 | | As city council president, when Mayor Costin submitted his resignation, pursuant to the city charter, Wall became mayor. Wall was elected in his own right in the 1961 election. |
| 47th | Irving E. Kane | 1966–1969 | | |
| 48th | J. Warren Cassidy | 1970 – January 1972 | | |
| 49th | Pasquale Caggiano | January 1972 – April 1972 | Democrat | Died in office. |
| Acting | Walter F. Meserve | April 1972 – July 1972 | | Acting mayor. |
| 50th | Antonio J. Marino | July 1972 – 1973 | | |
| 51st | David L. Phillips | 1974–1975 | | |
| 52nd | Antonio J. Marino | 1976–1985 | | |
| 53rd | Albert V. DiVirgilio | 1986–1991 | | |
| 54th | Patrick J. McManus | 1992–2001 | | |
| 55th | Edward J. Clancy Jr. | 2002 – January 4, 2010 | Democrat | |
| 56th | Judith Flanagan Kennedy | January 4, 2010 – January 3, 2018 | Republican | |
| 57th | Thomas M. McGee | January 3, 2018 – January 3, 2022 | Democrat | |
| 58th | Jared C. Nicholson | January 3, 2022 – present | Democrat | |