List of mayors of New Bedford, Massachusetts explained

Mayors of New Bedford, Massachusetts^[1]

	Name	Picture	Notes
1st	1847–1851	Abraham H. Howland
2nd	1852	William J. Rotch
3rd	1853–1854	Rodney French
4th	1855–1856	George Howland Jr.
5th	1857–1858	George H. Dunbar
6th	1859	Willard Nye
7th	1860–1862	Isaac C. Taber
8th	1862 (3 months), 1863–1865	George Howland Jr.
9th	1866–1867	John H. Perry
10th	1868–1869	Andrew G. Pierce		Republican
11th	1870–1872	George B. Richmond
12th	1873	George H. Dunbar
13th	1874	George B. Richmond
14th	1875–1876	Abraham H. Howland Jr.
15th	1877	Alanson Borden
16th	1878	George B. Richmond
17th	1879–1880	William T. Soule
18th	1881–1884	George Wilson
19th	1885–1888	Morgan Rotch		Republican
20th	1889–1890	Walter Clifford^[2]
21st	1891–1892	Charles S. Ashley		Democratic
22nd	1893	Jethro C. Brock
23rd	1894	Stephen Allen Brownell
24th	1895–1896	David Parker
25th	1897–1905	Charles S. Ashley		Democratic
26th	1906	Thomas Thompson
27th	1907	Charles S. Ashley		Democratic
28th	1908–1909	William J. Bullock		Republican
29th	1910–1914	Charles S. Ashley		Democratic
30th	1915–1916	Edward R. Hathaway
31st	1917–1921	Charles S. Ashley		Democratic
32nd	1922 - 1924(2 Year Terms Started 1923)	Walter H.B. Remington
33rd	1925–1926	Edward R. Hathaway
34th	1927–1936	Charles S. Ashley		Democratic	^[3]
35th	1937–1940	Leo E.J. Carney
36th	1941–1942	Mathew A. Glynn
37th	1943–1951	Arthur N. Harriman
38th	1952 - 1953	Edward C. Peirce
Interim	1953	Francis J. Lawler		Served As Interim Mayor From May To December 1953 while Peirce was in prison.
39th	1954–1955	Arthur N. Harriman
40th	1956–1961	Francis J. Lawler
41st	1962–1969	Edward F. Harrington
42nd	1970–1971	George Rogers	Democrat
43rd	1972–1982	John A. Markey		Resigned to accept a judicial appointment
Acting	1982 - 1983	Cynthia G. Kruger		Served as acting Mayor following Markey's resignation
Acting	1983	Nelson Macedo		Succeeded Kruger as council president. Served as acting Mayor until a special election was held.
44th	1983–1985	Brian J. Lawler
45th	1986–1991	John K. Bullard
46th	1992–1998	Rosemary S. Tierney
47th	1998–2006	Frederick M. Kalisz Jr.
48th	2006–2012	Scott W. Lang
49th	2012-	Jon Mitchell

Notes and References

Web site: Mayors of New Bedford . 2010-07-23 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091202002237/http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/Tourism/OurHistory/Mayorofnb.html . 2009-12-02 .
Book: Borden, Alanson. Our Country and Its People: A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Bristol County, Massachusetts. 1899-01-01. Boston History Company. en.
News: New Bedford Refuses to Let Him Retire After 25 Terms . It is part of the life of Charles S. Ashley to be Mayor of New Bedford, and part of New Bedford's official life to have Mr. Ashley as Mayor. ... . . December 7, 1932 . 2010-07-23 .