List of mayors of Newburyport, Massachusetts explained

The mayor of Newburyport is the head of the municipal government in Newburyport, Massachusetts. There was no mayor of Newburyport until 1851, because up to that point Newburyport was still incorporated as a town.

List of mayors

Mayor Picture Term Party Notes
1stCaleb CushingJune 24, 1851 – June 21, 1852DemocratResigned June 21, 1852.
2ndHenry JohnsonJune 21, 1852 – 1853Johnson was elected on June 21, 1852, to fill the position after Caleb Cushing resigned. Johnson was subsequently elected mayor in the annual city election of 1853.
3rdMoses Davenport 1854-1855
4thWilliam Cushing 1855–1858
5thAlbert Currier 1859–1860
6thMoses Davenport 1861-February 18, 1861 Died on February 18, 1861.
7thFebruary 27, 1861 – 1862 DemocratElected on February 27, 1861, to replace Moses Davenport, who had died February 18, 1861. Jackman was subsequently elected mayor in the election of 1862.
8thIssac H. Boardman1863–1863
9thGeorge W. Jackman Jr.1864-1865Democrat
10thWilliam Graves1866-1866
11thEben Francis Stone1867–1867Republican
12thNathaniel Pierce 1868-1869
13thRobert Couch1870-1870
14thElbridge G. Kelly1871-1872
15thWarren Currier1873-1874
16thBenjamin F. Atkinson 1875-1876
17thGeorge W. Jackman, Jr.1877-1877Democrat
18thJonathan Smith1878-1878
19thJohn J. Currier1879-1880
20thRobert Couch1881-1881
21stBenjamin Hale1882-1882
22ndWilliam A. Johnson 1883-1884
23rdThomas C. Simpson1885-1885 Republican
24thCharles C. Dame 1886-1886
25thJ. Otis Winkley 1887-1887
26thWilliam H. Huse1888-March 28, 1888 RepublicanDied March 28, 1888, replaced on April 2, 1888, by Albert C. Titcomb.
27thAlbert C. TitcombApril 2, 1888 – 1889 Elected on April 2, 1888, to replace William H. Huse, who had died on March 28, 1888, Titcomb was elected to a full term in the annual city election of 1889.
28thElisha P. Dodge 1890-1891
29thOrin J. Gurney 1892-1895
30thAndrew R. Curtis 1896-1897
31stGeorge H. Plummer 1898-1898
32ndThomas Huse1899-1900
33rdMoses Brown 1901-1902
34thJames F. Carens 1903-1904
35thWilliam F. Houston 1905-1906
36thAlfred F. Hunt 1907-1907
37thIrvin Besse 1908-1908
38thAlfred F. Hunt 1909-1909
39thRobert E. Burke 1910-1912
40thHiram H. Landford 1913-1914
41st1915-1916
42ndWalter B. Hopkinson 1917-1918
43rd David P. Page 1919-1920
44thMichael Cashman1921-1925
45thOscar H. Nelson1926-1927
46thAndrew J. Gillis 1928-1931
47thGayden Wells Morrill 1932-1935
48thAndrew J. Gillis 1936-1937
49thJames F. Carens1938-1941
50thJohn H. Kelleher1942-1949
51stAndrew J. Gillis1950-1953
52ndHenry Graf, Jr.1954-1957
53rdAndrew J. Gillis1958-1959
54thAlbert H. Zabriskie1960-1963
55thGeorge H. Lawler, Jr.1964-1967
56thByron J. Matthews1968-1978
56thRichard E. Sullivan1978-1985
57thPeter J. Matthews1985-1987
58thEdward G. Molin1988-1989
59thPeter J. Matthews1990-1993
60thLisa L. Mead1994-1997Resigned to accept a position in Senator John Kerry's office.
ActingChristopher R. Sullivan1997
61stMary M. Carrier1998-1999
62ndLisa L. Mead2000-2001
63rdAl Lavender2002-2003
64thMary Anne Clancy2004-2005
65thJohn F. Moak2006-2009
66thDonna D. Holaday2010–2022
67thSean R. Reardon2022-present

Notes

Newburyport (Mass.) 1909. Appendix XI. pages 602-612; Mayors and Members of the Board of Aldermen, 1851 to 1909.