List of mayors of Malden, Massachusetts
Appearance
The mayor of Malden, Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Malden as set in the city charter. The current officeholder, the 37th in the sequence of regular mayors, is Gary Christenson, a member of the Democratic Party.
# | Image | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Length of service | Party | ||
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ONE YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 169 of the Acts of 1881)[1] | ||||||||
1 | Elisha S. Converse (1820–1904) [2][3] |
January 1, 1882 | January 1, 1883 | 1 year | Republican | |||
2 | John K.C. Sleeper (1828–1893) [4][5] |
January 1, 1883 | January 1, 1884 | 1 year | Republican | |||
3 | Lorin L. Fuller (1826–1895) [6][7] |
January 7, 1884 | January 1, 1886 | 2 years | Democrat | |||
4 | Marcellus Coggan (1847–1925) [8][9] |
January 1, 1886 | January 1, 1888 | 2 years | Independent | |||
5 | Joseph F. Wiggin (1838–1906) [10][11] |
January 2, 1888 | January 1, 1892 | 4 years | Democrat / Citizens (1890)[12] | |||
6 | James Pierce (1837–1904) [13][14] |
January 1, 1892 | January 1, 1893 | 1 year | Republican | |||
7 | Henry Winn (1838–1916) [15][16] |
January 2, 1893 | January 1, 1894 | 1 year | Independent | |||
8 | Everett J. Stevens (1859–1952) [17] |
January 1, 1894 | January 6, 1896 | 2 years | Citizens | |||
9 | Clarence O. Walker (1848–1911) [18][19] |
January 6, 1896 | January 1, 1897 | 1 year | Republican | |||
10 | John E. Farnham (1862–1904) [20][21] |
January 4, 1897 | January 2, 1899 | 2 years | Independent | |||
11 | Charles L. Dean (1844–1909) [22][23] |
January 2, 1899 | January 2, 1905 | 6 years | Republican | |||
12 | William A. Hastings (1868–1950) [24][25] |
January 2, 1905 | January 1, 1906 | 1 year | Citizens | |||
13 | Charles G. Warren (1856–1919) [26][27] |
January 1, 1906 | January 7, 1907 | 1 year | Republican | |||
14 | Charles D. McCarthy (1860–1920) [28][29] |
January 7, 1907 | January 6, 1908 | 1 year | Citizens | |||
15 | George L. Richards (1860–1932) [30][31] |
January 6, 1908 | January 3, 1910 | 2 years | Republican | |||
16 | George H. Fall (1858–1937) [32][33] |
January 3, 1910 | January 1, 1912 | 2 years | Republican | |||
17 | George L. Farrell (1866/67–1913) [34] |
January 1, 1912 | January 1, 1913[a] | 1 year | Republican | |||
— | Charles L. Moore [b] |
January 1, 1913 | February 25, 1913 | 2 months | ||||
18 | Charles Schumaker (1867–1921) [35][36] |
February 25, 1913 | January 4, 1915 | 1 year, 11 months | Democrat | |||
19 | William M. Blakeley (d. 1932) [37][38] |
January 4, 1915 | January 3, 1916 | 1 year | ||||
20 | Charles M. Blodgett | January 3, 1916 | January 5, 1920 | 4 years | ||||
21 | John V. Kimball | January 5, 1920 | January 5, 1925 | 5 years | ||||
22 | John D. Devir | January 5, 1925 | January 6, 1930 | 5 years | ||||
23 | William A. Hastings (1868–1950) |
January 6, 1930 | January 2, 1933 | 3 years | Republican | |||
TWO YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 155 of the Acts of 1933)[39] | ||||||||
24 | John D. Devir | January 2, 1933 | January 1, 1940 | 7 years | ||||
25 | William A. Hastings (1868–1950) |
January 1, 1940 | January 2, 1942 | 2 years | Republican | |||
26 | Vernon C. Newman | January 2, 1942 | January 2, 1944 | 2 years | ||||
— | Max Rosenblatt [c] |
February 8, 1943 | December 31, 1943 | 11 months | ||||
27 | John D. McCarthy | January 3, 1944 | January 5, 1948 | 4 years | ||||
28 | Fred I. Lamson (1910–1981) [40] |
January 5, 1948 | January 6, 1958 | 10 years | Republican | |||
29 | Walter J. Kelliher (1912/13–1997) [41] |
January 6, 1958 | January 4, 1960 | 2 years | Democrat | |||
30 | John P. Donnelly (d. 2007) [42] |
January 4, 1960 | January 1, 1962 | 2 years | Democrat | |||
31 | Walter J. Kelliher (1912/13–1997) [41] |
January 1, 1962 | January 5, 1976 | 14 years | Democrat | |||
32 | James S. Conway (1930–2019) [43] |
January 5, 1976 | January 4, 1982 | 6 years | Democrat | |||
33 | Thomas H. Fallon (1942–2010) [44] |
January 4, 1982 | January 4, 1988 | 6 years | Democrat | |||
34 | James S. Conway (1930–2019) [45] |
January 4, 1988 | January 6, 1992 | 4 years | Democrat | |||
35 | Edwin C. Lucey (b. 1932) [46] |
January 6, 1992 | January 1, 1996 | 4 years | Democrat | |||
FOUR YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 105 of the Acts of 2005)[47] | ||||||||
36 | Richard C. Howard [48] |
January 1, 1996 | January 2, 2012 | 16 years | Democrat | |||
37 | Gary Christenson [49] |
January 2, 2012 | Incumbent | 12 years, 11 months and 19 days | Democrat |
Notes
[edit]- a Died in office after having been re-elected for a second term in December 1912.
- b Acting Mayor.
- c Acting mayor while Newman was in United States Army.
References
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- ^ "Lawyer Marcellus Coggan Elected Mayor Over Judge Wiggin". The Boston Globe. 1885-12-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "FORMER MAYOR OF MALDEN DEAD". The Boston Globe. 1925-12-25. p. 28. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "John Ernest Farnham, a Lawyer, Who Was Prominent In Public Affairs, Died This Morning". The Boston Evening Transcript. 1904-01-23. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "ELECTION DAY". The Daily Item. 1898-12-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-08 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "EX-MAYOR G.H. FALL IS DEAD IN MALDEN". The Boston Globe. 1937-06-03. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MAYOR OF MALDEN IS DEAD". The Boston Evening Transcript. 1913-01-02. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Massachusetts mayors mull goals as inaugurals draw near". The Boston Globe. 1988-01-03. p. 38. Retrieved 2024-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Mayor-elect to use high school for inaugural ceremonies". The Daily Item. 1995-12-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
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