List_of_mayors_of_Worcester,_Massachusetts

List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts

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This is an incomplete list of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts.

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#	Mayor	Term	Notes
1	Levi Lincoln, Jr.	April 17, 1848 – April 1, 1849
2	Henry Chapin	April 1, 1849 – April 7, 1851
3	Peter C. Bacon	April 7, 1851 – January 3, 1853
4	John S.C. Knowlton	January 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855
5	George W. Richardson	January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856
6	Isaac Davis	January 7, 1856 – January 5, 1857
7	George W. Richardson	January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858
8	Isaac Davis	January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859
9	Alexander Bullock	January 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860
10	William W. Rice	January 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861
11	Isaac Davis	January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862
12	Peleg Emory Aldrich	January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1863	Later served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
13	Daniel Waldo Lincoln	January 3, 1863 – January 2, 1865
14	Phinehas Ball	January 2, 1865 – January 1, 1866
15	James B. Blake	January 1, 1866 – December 18, 1870	Died in office.
A	Henry Chapin	December 19, 1870 – January 1, 1871	Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870.
16	Edward Earle	February 6, 1871 – January 1, 1871	Elected mayor in a special election to finish Mayor Blake's term.
17	George F. Verry	January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
18	Clark Jillson	January 6, 1873 – January 5, 1874
19	Edward Livingston Davis	January 5, 1874 – January 4, 1875
20	Clark Jillson	January 4, 1875 – January 1, 1877
21	Charles B. Pratt	January 1, 1877 – January 5, 1880
22	Frank H. Kelley	January 5, 1880 – January 3, 1882
23	Elijah B. Stoddard	January 3, 1882 – January 1, 1883
24	Samuel E. Hildreth	January 1, 1883 – January 7, 1884
25	Charles G. Reed	January 7, 1884 – January 4, 1886
26	Samuel Winslow	January 4, 1886 – January 6, 1890
27	Francis A Harrington	January 6, 1890 - January 2, 1893	Previously served in the Board of Aldermen of Worcester.
28	Henry A. Marsh	January 2, 1893 – January 6, 1896
29	Augustus B. R. Sprague	January 6, 1896 – January 3, 1898
30	Rufus B. Dodge, Jr.	January 3, 1898 – February 25, 1901
31	Philip J. O'Connell	1901
32	Edward F. Fletcher	1902-1903
33	Walter H. Blodgett	1904-1905
34	John T. Duggan	1906-1907
35	James Logan	1908-1911
36	David F. O'Connell	1912
37	George Merrill Wright	January 6, 1913 – January 1, 1917
38	Pehr G. Holmes	January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1920
39	Peter F. Sullivan	January 5, 1920 – 1923
40	Michael J. O'Hara	1924-1931
41	John C. Mahoney	1932-1935
42	Walter J. Cookson	1936-June 11, 1936
43	John S. Sullivan	1936-1937
44	William A. Bennett	1938-1945	Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
45	Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan	1946-1949	Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter.
46	Andrew B. Holmstrom	1950-1953	First Appointed Mayor. Beginning of the weak Mayor system.
47	James D. O'Brien	1954-1958
48	Joseph C. Casdin	1959
49	James D. O'Brien	1960-1961
50	John M. Shea	1962
51	Joseph C. Casdin	1962-1963
52	Paul V. Mullaney	1963-1965
53	George A. Wells	1966
54	Joseph C. Casdin	1967-1968
55	John M. Shea	1969
56	George A. Wells	1970
57	Joseph M. Tinsley	1971
58	Thomas J. Early	1972
59	Joseph M. Tinsley	1973
60	Israel Katz	1974-1975
61	Thomas J. Early	1976-1979
62	Jordan Levy	1980-1981
63	Sara Robertson	1982-1983
64	Joseph M. Tinsley	1984-1985
65	John B. Anderson	1986
66	Timothy J. Cooney, Jr.	1987	Last appointed mayor
67	Jordan Levy	1988-1993	First popularly elected mayor under new charter
68	Raymond Mariano	1994-2001
69	Timothy Murray	2002-January 9, 2007	Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
70	Konstantina Lukes	January 10, 2007 – January 4, 2010
71	Joseph C. O'Brien	January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2012
72	Joseph Petty	January 2, 2012 – Present

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#	City Manager	Term
1st	Everett F. Merrill	1950–1951
2nd	Francis J. McGrath	1951–1985
3rd	William Mulford	1985–1993
4th	Thomas R. Hoover	1993–2004
5th	Michael V. O'Brien	2004–2014
6th	Edward M. Augustus, Jr.	2014–2022
7th	Eric Batista	2022–present

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