List of mayors of Manchester, New Hampshire
List
Table:
Mayor
Term
Party
Birth/Death
Notes

Hiram Brown
1846–1847
Whig
January 23, 1801 – September 7, 1890
Elected the city's first mayor, August 19, 1846.

Jacob F. James
1847–1849
Whig
d, April 15, 1892
Elected May 22, 1847, after two previous elections had been invalidated, since no candidate had won the required number of votes. He was re-elected April 26, 1848, after two elections had failed to yield the need number of votes to declare a winner.

Warren L. Lane
1849–1850
Democrat
d. March 4, 1861
Elected in Oct. 1849 special election after elections in both April and May 1849 election yielded no clear winner.

Moses Fellows
1851–1852

Frederick Smyth
1852–1855

March 9, 1819 – April 22, 1899

Theodore T. Abbott
1855–1857
American
March 22, 1799 – 1886
Elected March 1855, re-elected March 1856.

Jacob F. James
1857

Elected Nov. 1856.

Alonzo Smith
1858

May 21, 1808 – April 17, 1865

Edward W. Harrington
1859–1860

David A. Bunton
1861–1862
Republican
October 18, 1805 – July 10, 1890

Theodore T. Abbott
1863
American
March 22, 1799 – 1886

Frederick Smyth
1864
Republican
March 9, 1819 – April 22, 1899)
Smyth won election almost unanimously with numerous candidates receiving 5 votes or less. Elected governor of New Hampshire in 1865.

Darwin J. Daniels
1865 – August 15, 1865

d. August 15, 1865
Died in office, aged 50. [1]

John Hosley
August 1865 – 1866

Elected to fill vacancy.

Joseph B. Clark
1867

James A. Weston
1868
Democrat

Governor of New Hampshire, 1871–1872

Isaac W. Smith
1869
Republican
May 18, 1825 – 1898

James A. Weston
1870–1871
Democrat

Person C. Cheney
1872
Republican

Governor of New Hampshire 1875–77. Appointed U.S. Senator 1886–1887 to fill vacancy.

Charles H. Bartlett
1873

October 15, 1833–January 25, 1900[1]
Elected December 12, 1872, resigned February 18, 1873 because he was Clerk of the U.S. District Court, and could not hold a state or municipal elected office.

John P. Newell
1873

Chosen mayor by Aldermen and the Common Council to fill vacancy.

James A. Weston
1874–1875
Democrat

Alpheus Gay
1875–1876

Ira Cross
1876–1877
Republican
July 23, 1833 – February 11, 1914
Resigned.

John L. Kelly
1877–1880

Horace B. Putnam
1881–1884

November 5, 1825 – April 20, 1888

George H. Stearns
1885–1886

April 22, 1838 – August 21, 1929
Died at the age of 91.

John Hosley
1887–1888

David B. Varney
1889–1890

Edgar J. Knowlton
1891 – May 10, 1894

Resigned May 10, 1894. David B. Varney de facto mayor, July 1894 – June 1895.

William C. Clarke
1895–1902

Eugene E. Reed
1903–1910
Democrat
April 23, 1866 – December 15, 1940
U.S. Congress, 1913 – 1915, defeated 1914. Candidate for U.S. Senate, 1918.

Edward C. Smith
1911–1912
Republican
October 24, 1864 – August 25, 1926

Charles C. Hayes
1913–1914
Republican

Harry W. Spaulding
1915–1917
Republican

Moise Verrette
1918–1921
Democrat

Executive Councillor 1916–1918

George E. Trudel
1922–1925

Arthur E. Moreau
1926–1931
Republican

Dr. Damase Caron
1932–1941
Democrat

Wilfred A. Laflamme
1942–1943
Republican

Josephat T. Benoit
1944–1961
Democrat
March 3, 1900 – May 14, 1976
Served a record nine consecutive terms. Born a Canadian citizen and moved to the United States at the age of seven. Held two doctorates.

John C. Mongan
1962–1963
Republican
b. April 17, 1925
Inaugurated at Memorial High School, first mayor since 1946 inaugurated outside of City Hall.

Roland S. Vallee
1964–1967
Democrat
November 13, 1929 – October 27, 1997
Known as the "singing mayor."

John C. Mongan
1968–1969
Republican
b. April 17, 1925

Henry J. Pariseau
1970
Republican
April 1, 1918 – May 30, 1970
Died in office

Charles R. "Dick" Stanton
1970–1971
Democrat
April 10, 1929 – May 10, 1985
City Clerk Stanton was chosen by Board of Mayor and Aldermen to fill remainder of Pariseau's two-year term.

Sylvio L. Dupuis
1972–1975
Democrat
b. 1934
Resigned, May 1975, to be one of the founders of Catholic Medical Center.

Charles R. "Dick" Stanton
1975–1981
Democrat
April 10, 1929 – May 1985

Emile Beaulieu
1982–1983
Democrat
b. April 2, 1931
Lost reelection to Robert F. Shaw, 1983.

Robert F. Shaw
1984–1987
Republican
May 29, 1934 – August 17, 2004
Switched to Democratic Party in 1995. Killed in auto accident on Route 93 in Manchester.

Emile Beaulieu
1988–1989[2]
Democrat
b. April 2, 1931
Lost reelection to Raymond J. Wieczorek, 1989. Switched to Republican Party in 1995.

Raymond J. Wieczorek
1989–2000
Republican
b. December 9, 1928
Lost reelection to Robert A. Baines, 1999. Now serving as an Executive Councillor 2002–.

Robert A. Baines
2000–2006
Democrat
b. 1946
Lost reelection to Frank Guinta, 2005.

Frank Guinta
2006–2010
Republican
b. September 26, 1970
Inaugurated January 3, 2006. Youngest Manchester mayor in over 150 years.

Theodore Gatsas
2010–2018
Republican
b. May 22, 1950
Inaugurated January 5, 2010. Lost reelection to Joyce Craig, 2017.

Joyce Craig
2018-present
Democratic

Inaugurated January 2, 2018. First female elected mayor of Manchester.

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