List of mayors of Salem, Massachusetts
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Mayor
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Term
Party
Notes

1st

Leverett Saltonstall

1836–1838

Whig

First mayor under the original city charter,
(which included a bicameral legislative body).
From 1836 to 1856 the Municipal year ended on the second Monday in March.

2nd

Stephen C. Phillips

1838–1842

Whig

3rd

Stephen Palfrey Webb

1842–1845

Whig

Also served as the twelfth Mayor of Salem. From 1842–1845 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco

4th

Joseph S. Cabot

1845–1849

Whig

5th

Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr.

1849–1851

Whig

6th

David Pingree

1851–1852

Independent

7th

Charles Wentworth Upham

1852–1853

Whig

8th

Asahel Huntington

1853–1854

Know Nothing

9th

Joseph Andrews

1854–1856

Know Nothing

From 1856 to 1874 inclusive the Municipal year ended on the Fourth Monday in January.

10th

William S. Messervy

1856–1858

Democratic

11th

Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr.

1858–1859

Republican

12th

Stephen Palfrey Webb

1860–1862

Republican

Second time as Mayor of Salem. From 1842–1845 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco

13th

Stephen G. Wheatland

1863–1864

Democratic

14th

Joseph B. F. Osgood

1865–1865

Democratic

15th

David Roberts

January 1866 – September 26, 1867

Republican

Roberts resigned as a result of disagreement with the Board of Aldermen.

16th

William Cogswell

September 26, 1867–1869

Republican

17th

Nathanial Brown

1870–1871

None

18th

Samuel Calley

1872–1872

Republican

19th

William Cogswell

1873–1875

Republican

From 1875 on the Municipal year ends on the First Monday in January.

20th

Henry Laurens Williams

1875–1876

None

21st

Henry K. Oliver

1877–1880

Republican

22nd

Samuel Calley

1881–1882

Republican

23rd

William M. Hill

1883–1884

None

24th

Arthur L. Huntington

1885–1885

None

25th

John M. Raymond

1886–1887

None

26th

Robert S. Rantoul

1890–1893

Democratic

27th

James H. Turner

1894–1897

None

28th

David P. Waters

1898–1898

None

29th

James H. Turner

1899–1899

None

30th

David M. Little

1900–1900

None

31st

John F. Hurley

1901–1902

None

32nd

Joseph N. Peterson

1903–1905

Republican

33rd

Thomas G. Pinnock

1906–1907

Republican

34th

John F. Hurley

1908–1909

None

35th

Arthur Howard

1910–1910

None

36th

Rufus D. Adams

1911–1912

Republican

Last mayor under the Original (1836) city charter.

37th

John F. Hurley

1913–1915

First Mayor under the second city charter adopted in November 1912.
Was Recalled by the voters December 29, 1914.

38th

Mathias J. O'Keefe

1915–1915

Elected to finish out John F. Hurley's three-year term

in the December 29, 1914 election that recalled Mayor Hurley.

39th

Henry P. Benson

1916–1917

Last Mayor under the second (1912) city charter
(Commission form of Government).

40th

Denis J. Sullivan

1918–1923

First Mayor under the January 3, 1916 (Plan B) city charter.

41st

George J. Bates

1924–1937

Republican

Served in U.S. House from January 3, 1937 – November 1, 1949.

42nd

Edward A. Coffey

1938–1947

Republican

43rd

Joseph B. Harrington

1948–1949

Democratic

44th

Francis X. Collins

1950–1969

Democratic

45th

Samuel Edward Zoll

1970–1973

Democratic

46th

Jean A. Levesque

1973–1983

Republican

47th

Anthony V. Salvo

1984–1989

Democratic

48th

Neil J. Harrington

1990–1997

Democratic

49th

Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr.

1998–2005

Democratic

50th

Kim Driscoll

January 2006 –

Democratic

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