List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts

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

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1Levi Lincoln, Jr.April 17, 1848 – April 1, 1849
2Henry ChapinApril 1, 1849 – April 7, 1851
3Peter C. BaconApril 7, 1851 – January 3, 1853
4John S.C. KnowltonJanuary 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855
5George W. RichardsonJanuary 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856
6Isaac DavisJanuary 7, 1856 – January 5, 1857
7George W. RichardsonJanuary 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858
8Isaac DavisJanuary 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859
9Alexander BullockJanuary 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860
10William W. RiceJanuary 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861
11Isaac DavisJanuary 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862
12Peleg Emory AldrichJanuary 6, 1862 – January 3, 1863Later served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
13Daniel Waldo LincolnJanuary 3, 1863 – January 2, 1865
14Phinehas BallJanuary 2, 1865 – January 1, 1866
15James B. BlakeJanuary 1, 1866 – December 18, 1870Died in office.
AHenry ChapinDecember 19, 1870 – January 1, 1871Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870.
16Edward EarleFebruary 6, 1871 – January 1, 1871Elected mayor in a special election
to finish Mayor Blake's term.
17George F. VerryJanuary 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
18Clark JillsonJanuary 6, 1873 – January 5, 1874
19Edward Livingston DavisJanuary 5, 1874 – January 4, 1875
20Clark JillsonJanuary 4, 1875 – January 1, 1877
21Charles B. PrattJanuary 1, 1877 – January 5, 1880
22Frank H. KelleyJanuary 5, 1880 – January 3, 1882
23Elijah B. StoddardJanuary 3, 1882 – January 1, 1883
24Samuel E. HildrethJanuary 1, 1883 – January 7, 1884
25Charles G. ReedJanuary 7, 1884 – January 4, 1886
26Samuel WinslowJanuary 4, 1886 – January 6, 1890
27Francis A HarringtonJanuary 6, 1890 - January 2, 1893 Previously served in the Board of Aldermen of Worcester.
28Henry A. MarshJanuary 2, 1893 – January 6, 1896
29Augustus B. R. SpragueJanuary 6, 1896 – January 3, 1898
30Rufus B. Dodge, Jr.January 3, 1898 – February 25, 1901
31Philip J. O'Connell1901
32Edward F. Fletcher1902-1903
33Walter H. Blodgett1904-1905
34John T. Duggan1906-1907
35James Logan1908-1911
36David F. O'Connell1912
37George Merrill WrightJanuary 6, 1913 – January 1, 1917
38Pehr G. HolmesJanuary 1, 1917 – January 5, 1920
39Peter F. SullivanJanuary 5, 1920 – 1923
40Michael J. O'Hara1924-1931
41John C. Mahoney1932-1935
42Walter J. Cookson1936-June 11, 1936
43John S. Sullivan1936-1937
44William A. Bennett1938-1945Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
45Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan1946-1949Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter.
46Andrew B. Holmstrom1950-1953First Appointed Mayor.
Beginning of the weak Mayor system.
47James D. O'Brien1954-1958
48Joseph C. Casdin1959
49James D. O'Brien1960-1961
50John M. Shea1962
51Joseph C. Casdin1962-1963
52Paul V. Mullaney1963-1965
53George A. Wells1966
54Joseph C. Casdin1967-1968
55John M. Shea1969
56George A. Wells1970
57Joseph M. Tinsley1971
58Thomas J. Early1972
59Joseph M. Tinsley1973
60Israel Katz1974-1975
61Thomas J. Early1976-1979
62Jordan Levy1980-1981
63Sara Robertson1982-1983
64Joseph M. Tinsley1984-1985
65John B. Anderson1986
66Timothy J. Cooney, Jr.1987Last appointed mayor
67Jordan Levy1988-1993First popularly elected mayor under new charter
68Raymond Mariano1994-2001
69Timothy Murray2002-January 9, 2007Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
70Konstantina LukesJanuary 10, 2007 – January 4, 2010
71Joseph C. O'BrienJanuary 4, 2010 – January 2, 2012
72Joseph PettyJanuary 2, 2012 – Present

City managers

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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

See also

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