Question: Who is the current mayor the same Massachusetts town where Edmund H. Bennett first held the position?
Context: Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located approximately 40 mi south of Boston, 18 mi east of Providence, 10 mi north of Fall River, 20 mi north of New Bedford, and 25 mi west of Plymouth.  It is the seat of Bristol County.  Taunton is situated on the Taunton River which winds its way through the city on its way to Mount Hope Bay, 10 mi to the south.  At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 55,874.  Thomas Hoye Jr. is the current mayor of Taunton, and has held the position since 2012. Rajshahi City Corporation (Bengali: রাজশাহী সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: RCC), established in 1976, is one of the major divisional city corporations of Bangladesh.  Before its establishment as city corporation, it was a municipal corporation.  Current mayor of RCC is Mohammad Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul preceded by A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton who was in power for 5 years (2008–2013).  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He is the city's youngest Mayor since 1979 and previously held positions in the city's municipality like Deputy Mayor in Civil affairs.  He was also CEO of Malaysia based I.S. GOSTAR M company. This is a list of mayors of Columbus, Ohio.  There have been 48 individuals that have served as mayor of Columbus, serving 53 distinct mayoralties or consecutive terms in office.  The first mayor of Columbus was Jarvis W. Pike.  He was appointed by the Burough Council of Columbus in 1816.  The first mayor of Columbus to be elected by popular vote was John Brooks in 1834.  Five mayors have served non-consecutive terms.  Philo H. Olmsted is counted as both the 8th and 12th mayor, Alexander Patton as both the 17th and 19th mayor, James G. Bull as both the 22nd and 24th mayor, George J. Karb as both the 30th and 39th mayor, and Jack Sensenbrenner as both the 46th and 48th mayor.  Of the individuals appointed or elected as mayor, five have resigned from office - James Robinson, John Brooks, Warren Jenkins, John G. Miller, and Jim Rhodes.  No mayor has died or become permanently disabled while in office.  The shortest-serving former mayor is James Robinson, who served only eight months before resigning from office on September 11, 1827.  The longest-serving mayor is Michael B. Coleman, who served 16 years and is the only African American to serve as mayor.  Andrew Ginther is the current mayor.  He took office on January 1, 2016. Jim Strickland is the 64th and current mayor of the city of Memphis, Tennessee.  Prior to becoming mayor, Strickland worked as an attorney and an adjunct professor at Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.  He first held office as a member of the Memphis City Council in 2007. Mayor of Orange County, Florida is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners.  The Mayor is elected countywide.  Before the approval by voters of a 2004 charter amendment, the position of Mayor was called "Orange County Chairman", which became an elected position in 1990.  The Orange County mayor’s post is the most powerful elected office in Central Florida.  The current mayor of Orange County is Teresa Jacobs.  Jacobs assumed office on January 4, 2011.  The mayor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the county government, overseeing over 7,000 employees with an annual budget of over $3 billion. Edmund Hatch Bennett (April 6, 1824 – January 2, 1898) was an American lawyer, judge, the first Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts, and Dean of Boston University School of Law. The Mayor of Watford is the head of the borough council of Watford, Hertfordshire, England.  The holder of the position is a directly elected mayor elected using the supplementary vote, every four years.  The current Mayor of Watford is Dorothy Thornhill.  Thornhill is Watford's first directly elected mayor, and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom and the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor.  She has been Mayor of Watford since May 2002, being re-elected in May 2006, and in May 2010 she became the second mayor to be re-elected for a third term in the United Kingdom. The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts contains the coat of arms of Massachusetts.  The coat of arms is encircled by the Latin text "Sigillum Reipublicæ Massachusettensis" (literally, "The Seal of the Republic of Massachusetts").  The Massachusetts Constitution designates the form of government a "commonwealth," for which Respublica is the correct Latin term.  The Seal uses as its central element the Coat of Arms of Massachusetts.  An official emblem of the State, the Coat of Arms was adopted by the Legislature in 1775, and then reaffirmed by Governor John Hancock and his Council on December 13, 1780.  The present rendition of the seal was drawn by resident-artist Edmund H. Garrett, and was adopted by the state in 1900.  While the inscription around the seal is officially in Latin, a variant with "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" in English is also some times used. The Mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality.  In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that of a figurehead mayor with a mostly ceremonial role.  The current Mayor is Patricia de Lille.
Answer: Thomas Hoye Jr.